Kindles

In the fall of 2014 I was sitting in our family room staring at the bookcase which held quite a few unread novels.  Years ago I did a great deal of reading but lately had rarely even picked up a book.  I was a fan of Stephen King and had read many of his books.  My daughter Mary Ann is also a huge fan and has a collection of hard cover versions of his novels. Two of his novels were the subject of my staring.  Both were ones I had not read and had been avoiding starting them.  Why?  Because they were huge.  I enjoy reading in bed before sleep but no way would I be able to hold up those thousand page monsters for long.  That’s when I began to consider investing some money in one of those newfangled things called a “Kindle”.  Eventually I broke down and bought one.

It was amazing.  I downloaded those thousand pagers in what seemed like a minute…unbelievable. Long story short I fell in love with my Kindle.  Especially loved the fact that many of the old classics I had never read were available free of charge.  Began to read all those books that our high school teachers were never able to convince us to read. In no time at all polished off Treasure Island, Phantom of the Opera, all the Sherlock Holmes, even Dracula.  Even knocked off both Stephen Kings.

Since September, 2014 I’ve read 797 books…all kind.  You would think I spend all day reading, but that’s not the case. In addition to being now able to comfortably read in bed, I’m now able to carry the Kindle in my pocket and take it on all the doctor’s visits the average 83 year old is subjected to.  For some unexplained reason it seems that we spend a great deal of time waiting to be called in for our appointments.  Now I don’t have to read those germ laden, outdated magazines so prevalent in waiting rooms.  Even Television is contributing to my reading time by continuing to offer us such a lot of crap that can’t hold a candle to a good book.

Writing these occasional Blogs has given me a great deal of respect for those that are able to publish an entire book.  I have trouble coming up with these small pages of prose while thousands of authors are cranking out 300 and 400 pages.  Many of the books I enjoy are mysteries and I marvel at these authors ability to develop so many different plots and be able to keep all the characters straight while weaving their tales.  Anyway I’m very happy that the Kindle has enabled me to get back to a forgotten love…reading.  Get yourself one and give reading a chance, you’ll love it.

So long as I’m writing this tiny blurb I’m going to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year.

God Bless,

Bill