Kindle Converted

Early on in our relationship my husband talked about getting me a Kindle as a gift and I quickly shot it down. I didn't read enough to justify that kind of purchase. Yes, we often discuss gifts with each other to make sure it is something they would actually want and use. Time went buy and I didn't buy a single book. I just really don't read that much. I have a couple authors that I follow religiously but otherwise I am not a reader unless it is a cookbook.

Would you believe that I didn't read a book front to back until fifth grade (The Outsiders - Loved it!)? It is true. I just didn't care for books. In second grade we had to take these tests on kid books. I remember scanning the Clifford book, looking at the pictures, and taking the test. I failed it the first time but passed it the second time. Since it was a "take it till you pass it" thing it didn't bother me and I didn't change my ways. As I got older I did many book reports by reading the back, the first few pages, and the last few pages. I was great at talking my way through it, sounding like I knew what I was talking about, and I always got an A. I was a 4.0 student until I hit high school (it only went down to 3.8 during that time though). During all of my school years, including college, I didn't read more then probably 10 books completely and that includes my three psychology text books that I completely loved! Makes you wonder how I made it through with a 3.8 being my lowest GPA (including college which was 3.9).

So last week I saw a book in the grocery store from one of my two authors that I follow. I didn't even know she had a new book out because well I have been busy with the whole motherhood thing. I snatched it up and read it during nap times. I had it finished by the next day. My husband looked and me and said I really think you should get one of those Kindles. I agreed with him as I had been thinking the same thing. Nap time goes so much quicker when I have something to do other then surfing Facebook on my extremely slow phone.

I ordered my Kindle, got online and order a few free books, a few one cent books, and one ten dollar book about getting your baby to sleep on their own. I read the sleeping book in one day. Today when my daughter took a five hour nap after being up all night I read two whole books. (No, I didn't sleep while she slept because I have to work to keep her sleeping through nursing and rocking otherwise she would be awake in half hour - that is why I bought the sleeping book.) This Kindle turned out to be a great little gadget. I am sorry I didn't let my husband get it for me originally when he wanted to! I think I could have gotten a lot of reading done while I was on bed rest!

I guess my husband is right occasionally!