Category: Amazon

I Heart My Kindle (Sometimes)

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Just because a person gets a “your inter-library loan has arrived” email at least once a week doesn’t mean they can’t love themselves an e-reader. Ever fallen asleep reading a library book and had the damnable thing crushing your face (Under The Dome, The Historian) or ended up with the edge of the book imprinted on your cheek (The Cooper Beech,  Wasp Where Is Thy Sting?)? Or knocked over a glass of water on your nightstand putting a book away before night-night time? Or dropped an entire shopping bag of Tom Frosted Pop Tart Clancy hardcovers on your freaking foot?

So you can see how an e-read can appeal to me. Shiny things are awesome. Especially shiny things you get after your brother upgrades to the Extra Shiny Thing. However there is a cloud in Shiny Thing land (besides the fact dearest sibling hasn’t upgraded his iPod lately…because a video iPod would be AWESOME! I could watch ALL the cool video podcasts while working versus waiting until I get home to Mr Laptop), my beloved Kindle can’t be used to check out library books! Cue Big No screaming scene with me in the parking lot of the public library.

But I’ll live. Thanks to the March 11, 2011 issue of Entertainment Weekly’s The Save section I now know  even though Mr Kindle isn’t library book friendly it’s still the best e-reader for me. First, it was FREE. Second, most of the books I get from the library aren’t even available as an e-book. Three,  lifting a bag full of library books is exercise right? And four, tablet tablet tablet tablet tablet tablet tablet…

Pull The Trigger!

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There’s been $20 of gift certificates just burning a hole in my virtual pocket since early November. (I know, me NOT spend gift certificates lightening quick? Blacklight is in the background muttering something about checking me for the pod marks).

Now since I’m trying to keep a sharp eye on my money (must try and keep at least one New Year’s Resolution!), I wanted the best deal for this $20 of loveliness. So I’ve been filling virtual carts  to compare prices and wondering how Company X can have corporate perks for B&N and Borders but NOT Amazon. Because you know the second I put on my big girl panties and actually break down and buy a book the local libraries are going to have copies just flooding the new fiction/non-fiction shelves.(see True Prep, any biography of a Tudor/Stuart/Hanoverian royal)

But today during morning snack,  riding the last of a Hershey Kisses for breakfast high, I said ‘SCREW IT” (okay it was more “do this thing! yeah!” to myself) I broke down and just ordered the $20 in Amazon e-certificates. Time to get me some new books! Seconds later the e-certificates are in my Outlook inbox just begging to be used. But morning snack was OVER! Back to work!

Lunch finally came eons later (okay, it was actually 90 minutes later) and cramming Aldi’s brand snack mix (Blacklight: “Ghetto Chex Mix…ewww it reeks! Why does all your food stink?”) in my maw, I click into Amazon and realize I can’t remember my blasted password. And the e-mail is my personal not work email. Pout and eat more snack mix.

Get home. Haul out Mr Laptop. Reset Amazon password. Add e-certificates. Realize can’t use e-certificates if want to buy Kindle edition. Get off Mr Couch, find wallet, update credit card information. Decide to buy single book and use $20 if decide to get hard copy of the new Peter Walsh tome. Place One-Click order.

See ship to HOMETOWN, CT vs ship to Gwen’s Mr Kindle. Scream because have bought hard copy vs Kindle edition of chosen book. NOOOOOO!!!!! Mr Laptop battery takes that very moment to decide it’s quite empty. Lunge for Mr Laptop’s power cord. Power restored. Discover One-Click has a 30 minute window to change mind. Cancel hard copy order with reason “stupid me want kindle edition not booky-book come UPS”. Cancel request accepted. Kindle edition of book purchased.

Goof off online for a few hours. Dig out Kindle to sync and update Kindle purchases. Critical battery error….FROSTED POP TART!!!!!! FROSTED STRAWBERRY WITH SPRINKLES NAME BRAND POP TART!!!!