This is my new toy, the Kindle 2. I received it in the mail Tuesday. I was dying to get home and download my very first book. That choice seemed so important. Which book will take me on the maiden Voyage of my Kindle? I read the beginnings of several books on amazon.com; Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Son of the Circus by John Irving to name a few. I was also considering one of John Saul's creepy horror stories. I finally chose Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I have heard great things about the book. It seems to be written for the older teen/young adult population. What pushed my final decision was my sister asking out of the blue if I had read the book. She highly recommended it. I downloaded the book easily enough. I read it Tuesday night and off and on on Wednesday. Then last night I decided I NEEDED another book to give me some options when reading time rolls around. I chose Coraline because within the first few pages it had really gripped me. It too is a younger generation read. Both books have me hooked. As for my Kindle 2, I love it. It is easy to use and comfortable to handle. I love the built in dictionary feature (put the cursor by the word and it displays its meaning at the bottom of the page), the fact that when I have to set the book down I can turn on the read to me feature and it does. The voice doesn't sound nearly as robotic as I expected. Now I am dying to get back into the U.S. so I can try out the Whispernet feature where I can get a free sample of any book, then if I want to buy it I push a button and within 60 seconds the book is on my Kindle. How cool is that?
