Delving into my Kindle library

I'm a bit naughty with my Kindle.
I buy a load of books from reviews that I think I will like,start to read them and if they don't appeal I change to another. I never did this with paperbacks.
I'm sticking with it though it means I can read in the night when DH is asleep and I do delete as I go along. Some I've read so quickly I actually get my money back.

Floradora9

I have mentioned this before but if you have kindle books and any Alexa device she will read these books to you . Just ask " Alexa read my kindle book ......name it " To restart just ask her to read your kindle book and she will continue reading the same book and on any of your devices . We have them everywhere.
I have nearly 600 kindle book on mine .

Oh my goodness Flora I never knew that! I've just tried it and it worked beautifully.
Very excited about this.
Thank you

I'm reading Graham Norton's books at the moment and can thoroughly recommed them.

I love my kindle, I'm 61 my tastes of books are surviving the apocalyptic end of the world, zombie/horror books, it's the genre of films I prefer too, my hubby likes the chick flicks and thinks I'm weird 😂

I often get tempted by weekly BookBub offers in my email, most of which are 99p. The number of times I go to order something and (thankfully) it comes up with "Read Now" instead of "Buy Now" and they tell me it's already in my Kindle library. . But thanks to you wonderful Gransnetters I now have the library apps BorrowBox and Libby and can get new releases on library loan!!

My Kindle library is composed of about 50 free books from various sites. The Times has a free ebook monthly, Amazon Prime Reading has loads free too. I’m also on the NetGalley website where I can download prepublication ebooks in exchange for a review to my Goodreads page.

I often reread books. I have a paperback library including all the Regency Georgette Heyer's, all Phil Rickman's books, Barbara Erskine, Terry Pratchett, JD Robb and so on. I find that after 18 months or so I can go through the whole lot again quite happily! Can I also recommend 2 Spanish authors, available in English, Eva García Sáenz and Dolores Redondo.

I've started reading Catherine Cookson Books which I find on the computer on the Internet Archive Library which is free. I also watch the films of her books on Sunday afternoon.

I had an accident in 2010 which made it too painful to hold a book. My friend suggested that I buy a kindle and although I didn't really fancy one, I bought the 'keyboard kindle'. I don't even hold that but have a bookseat (Amazon).
I'm now on my 2nd kindle, an Oasis, which is fabulous and I wouldn't be without it. Since my accident my mobility is rubbish and walking is abysmally slow and painful. I therefore spend a lot of my time reading. I've never driven or worked since the day of my accident, just a couple of days after my 61st birthday.
I have just looked how many books I have and it's 1773, only half of which I've read. It's wonderful to know that wherever I am when I finish one book there's another to start reading. I'm never bored when I have my kindle and as I now have arthritis in both shoulders (and both knees) my kindle is my lifesaver.

That’s the same for me! I wonder if the physical book is more memorable because it is ‘real’ as opposed to ‘ virtual’?

I adore my Kindle, in that I can change font size on the train and not have the faff with looking for reading glasses. My journey in is over an hour - I've found I'm spinning through books! And another Georgette Heyer re-reader here!

My elderly neighbour is in hospital after a fall, where she broke her glasses - I might pass on my current (prob 3 year old) Kindle to her; I've ordered an Amazon Fire Tablet (cheapest version) this morning for my journeys.

I do still read ‘proper’ books, but the reasons I love my Kindle are:
Can read in bed without needing a bedside light

Since I can easily get through a book in not much more than 24 hours when on holiday, it means I don’t have to take 5 books to last me a week. Especially important if flying with hand baggage only, which I did when I first had my Kindle.

Very long, fat, books, which I’d never read otherwise (too heavy and awkward to hold in bed) are a doddle on the Kindle. Without it I’d never have read e.g. A Suitable Boy, and a few others.

And lastly, you can adjust the font.
Now and then I pick up a real book in a shop, only to put it back because the print is on the small size.

And it was a godsend when I was in hospital for 3 weeks back in March. Apart from the first few days, when I did little but sleep as much as is ever allowed in hospital, I’d have gone mad without it.

I love my Kindle. Never go anywhere without it. Can constantly read on the go without having to carry a large book around with me. Also I have just finished reading My Theodosia by Anya Seton. It was first recommended by my late DMIL 50 odd years ago and enjoyed it this time round as much as I did then. My all time favourite book though is Katherine also by Anya Seton and have read it quite a few times over the years

I find my Kindle is really useful on holiday. We were in Singapore for a couple of weeks recently and it was invaluable. As has already been said, doctors, dentists and hospital waiting rooms are another good place for them as they are so easy to slip in and out of a handbag. I also have my New International Version bible on it and it is so much easier to locate different places in it for my daily bible readings.
I do prefer “real” books for general reading and many of mine come from charity shops. As seems to be a recurring theme here, it is all too common for me to buy an interesting looking book in a charity shop only to find that I already have it on my kindle.

I must be quite sad as I keep a notebook of all the books I have read - Kindle or otherwise - as I often go to buy something I have already read. I also leave a small review of the book. (Perhaps I need to get out more) :-)

LondonMzFitz

I adore my Kindle, in that I can change font size on the train and not have the faff with looking for reading glasses. My journey in is over an hour - I've found I'm spinning through books! And another Georgette Heyer re-reader here!

My elderly neighbour is in hospital after a fall, where she broke her glasses - I might pass on my current (prob 3 year old) Kindle to her; I've ordered an Amazon Fire Tablet (cheapest version) this morning for my journeys.

Do you mean to de register this kindle before you give it away . If you give it away with all your books on this lady might order books by mistake and you will be charged for them . I thin there is a way round this but sadly do not know how you arrange it to keep the books but turn off ordering .

I cannot operate or travel without all my books - over 360 on my Paperwhite Kindle.

I buy all the latest best sellers and take advantage of all the free books they offer me. Since I retired I’ve become a sponge for information and good stories

I read both fiction and non-f. Really enjoy biographies (auto-b) of shakers and movers - the ones that make the world tick forward. I always learn something from these people that I can apply to my life.

Throw in a good story, mystery, thriller… I’m set. Don’t talk to me 😂 I’m busy reading.
I read all you ladies too. Entertaining!
USA Gundy

I love my kindle and share books with my daughter. I often find I love something that she has bought but would never have bought myself and vice versa. Reading Tomorrow, Tomorrow , Tomorrow ATM her choice and I love it!

I've got the six books of The Clifton Chronicles, the 7th and last is on my kindle! I've enjoyed them, Jeffrey Archer writes very well!

Mrsdof As as you seem to be an Anya Seton fan, I assume that you have read my all-time favourite, Green Darkness. I still have the paperback which I bought many years ago. Maybe I'll download the Kindle version, but I doubt I could bear to part with the paperback any way!