So I have always been a big lover of reading and getting completely and utterly involved in a book (a number of times forgetting that they aren't real life) - I may or may not have finished reading The Hunger Games feeling like I was about to volunteer as tribute for EVERYTHING. However, I never thought I would say that I would enjoy a Kindle (or any other brand of eBook!). I'm a big lover of tradition and there is something so satisfying about buying a crisp, new book and turning that final page that I could never imagine being the same with a Kindle.
However, in January this year, I bit the bullet and bought an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. My mum had gotten one for Christmas and I noticed that she had whizzed through about five various autobiographies and two true-life misery books within about two weeks - which I found astonishing!! Additionally, she could fit it in her handbag easily and it was so slight and inconspicuous!
Now, as you may know from my previous posts, I commute through London and the wonderful (!) tubes three times a week to get to university - all whilst carrying a satchel full of books, stationery, food and a HUGE make up bag (priorities!). This was a daily jigsaw puzzle which meant I couldn't carry around books like I used to, hence my reckoning for becoming 21st century.
Although it will never beat a physical book in my eyes, the convenience and the huge collection and reasonable prices make the tablet a great purchase! I've only owned it for a couple of months and I've already raced through Veronica Roth's Divergent series and am half way through the chick-lit series 'I Heart...' by Lindsey Kelk! So all-in-all, I'm loving this little gadget, with it's ease to fit in my bulked out bag and lots of stories at my fingertips, I'm glad I have one... but don't worry books, you'll always be my number one <3
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