It doesn’t happen often, but on those rare occasions when it does, it drives me nuts: I leave the house and by the time I get to work, I realize I’ve forgotten whatever book it is that I happen to be reading. I look forward to my lunches everyday because I usually spend that time reading. It gets my mind off work and breaks up the day for me. And so when I forget my book, it ruins lunch (and sometime the day) for me.
Today, I forgot my book.
I’m currently reading Stephen King’s The Stand and I’m enjoying it. When I left the house this morning, going through my mental checklist, I ticked off this check box labeled “take stuff out to car”. The thing is, Kelly is heading out of town and I took her stuff out to the car, and forgot my own messenger bag in the house. Inside that messenger bag is my book.
But never fear, Kindle is here!
I’ve had my Kindle since late June and I’ve read a dozen books on it. In fact, The Stand is the 13th book I’ve read on my Kindle (for those of you who are superstitious). Of course, it doesn’t matter that I left my Kindle at home. My lunchtime is not ruined. I have at least 2 options:
- I can continue to read The Stand from where I left off by simply opening up the Kindle App on my iPhone. Sure the screen is a little smaller, but the text is clear and I’ve read from my phone before without any trouble.
- I can download and install the Kindle App for Windows on my laptop and read from there, if I feel like I need a bigger screen.
This is one of those advantages to eBooks, in general, and the Kindle, specifically, that isn’t always captured in the “Why You Should Read eBooks” articles that are all over the web these days. With an eBook, gone are the days where leaving your “book” (device) at home is a problem. My lunch is not ruined.
Kindle saved the day.
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