The Amazon Kindle-A virtual library at my fingertips!

I am an avid book reader so my bookshelf is literally overflowing.  I made several not so subtle hints over the months before my birthday, to anyone that would listen, that I desperately wanted a Kindle. I studied and researched this handy device to the point that I now know just about everything there is to know about it. Amazon should seriously think about hiring me as a sales person.  It can hold 3,500 books at a time.  It can sync with your smartphone app. You can even play games!!  There is an over abundance of awesomeness!!

So, on my birthday on June 18th, I sat outside with my family eating cake and ice cream anxiously awaiting "gift time."  Once we were all finished consuming a weeks worth of sugar, my mom got up quickly and went into the house.  It was time! She comes out holding a huge bag full of gifts! Through my greedy haze, I barely noticed the beautiful ribbons and tissue paper embellishments spouting from the top of the gift bag like a fountain.  I reached in and out came....bubble bath?!? Okay that's great, I thoroughly enjoy baths but where's my kindle? So I grasped at another object, and out came...a family craft?!? Okay, okay I love doing crafts with the kids but where is my kindle?!? I looked in the bag, and there among the frivolous decoration covering the bag, sat a slim brown box.  My eyes lit up, my heart stopped, and you could only hear the sound of my parents happy breathing.  There it was, the holy grail of birthday gifts, the Amazon Kindle!!!

Not everyone can get exactly what they asked for, this was not so in my case.  I was so ecstatic upon receiving the worlds best gift, that i jumped up and swallowed my parents in a big, squeeze the breath out of you, hug.

I opened it up, turned it on(my parents charged it up before giving it to me), and set off on reading my first ebook, Anna Karenina. 
**Gasp**
 Yes, I know...I have taken on Leo Tolstoy...War and Peace may very well be next! When normally I read romantic Nora Roberts, or empowering Jennifer Weiner, I decided to step outside of my literature comfort zone and read one of the most difficult (for me) books out there.  But let me tell you, it has, so far, been well worth it.  Tolstoy has so beautifully described several characters love stories which are so entwined with each other.  To step inside another persons mind from a totally different era and culture is an amazing gift.  But, i've gone off on a tangent so i'll cover more on this book later. 

My point is, if you're a book lover, consider the Kindle!  While I can no longer feel the coarse paper beneath my fingertips or smell the glue binding my beloved book together, I still feel that this is a decent trade off.  Being convenient and easy to use definitely puts a check in the pro column for me.  I have provided a link so you can see for yourself.  So, think about it!!
Check out the new Amazon Kindle.

Thanks for reading!!