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nancymartira:

tktc:

queenieinmanhattan:

maritsa:

cynicalpink:

mrsellipsis:

thefrenemy:

I will never buy a Kindle. I look at the Kindles, the Nooks, and the e-books of the world with the kind of distaste saved for the eating of a sour fruit or an overly cologned gentleman at a bar. These electronic ‘download your book’ devices…

“ You will never curl up with a Kindle on a cold night and feel its warmth.”

Books are warm, too? What do you do, microwave them first?

You know what? I love books. So much so that I have more than 1,000 of them in my 350 square foot apartment. You know what else I love? The environment. Also, reading. Also, not getting bed bugs from library books. Also, being able to read whatever I want on the subway without lugging a 1,000 page book with me everywhere I go.

And, so, I have finally given in and gotten a Kindle. And I love it.

While I understand the sentiments attached to not going the Kindle route, I refuse to believe that I am somehow less of a devotee to the written word for using one. Puh-lease.

Alright- point to Queenie for just answering all of my basic Kindle misgivings in one swoop. I still think I’ll buy the hard copy if I love it but that’s only 20% of what I’m buying in paper currently.

Book lover + Kindle = it’s complicated