Lust

[bertine]

I have Kindle lust again.

Comments

[annablume.livejournal.com]

I really want one, too, but I try not to buy books (pro-library). If the library rented digital copies - then Kindle would be irresistible.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I am pro-library too but I have a hard time getting there as often as I would like. It would be nice to have the ability to just download a book when I want to read one.

[sharya.livejournal.com]

I have been really interested in this! Not sure if it's a good fit for me with the kids, but man oh man does it ever look interesting!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Why wouldn't it be a good fit?

The reasons I don't have one yet is:
1) I didn't want the first generation one
2) I am cheap

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

E-readers are the one gadget I have absolutely NO desire to own. Even if someone gave me one for free, I'd just sell the thing.

The tech is just not there yet.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I know but it doesn't stop me from wanting one!

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

That's the funny thing, it's stopping ME from wanting one. When have you ever known me to NOT want a gadget?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Good point. However, I just want something that means on Saturday night when I run out of books to read I can get a new one right then.

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

I've solved THAT problem by ransacking Half-Price Books and having PILES of books in my To Read stack.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I hate clutter and unread books are clutter in my mind.

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

Put them on shelves or in bags.

[phoenixredux.livejournal.com]

That's cheaper than the baby-rabies, I suppose. And I've had a bit of a case of both lately.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

It is cheaper but Kindle tech is only going to get better. My baby producing tech is just going to go downhill.

LOL.

Are you saying you have a baby rabies?

[phoenixredux.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. It's terrible. There should be a cream for that or something. And Grenacia doesn't have it at all. It doesn't seem to be contagious. I think that just makes it worse.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Zach wants them but he doesn't have it as bad as I do, plus there are good reasons not to right now.

So I try to contain my "Oh, think how a baby or child would be in this situation" remarks. I am pretty sure I fail.

[phoenixredux.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how accommodating you can make your condo when you have nine months to prepare. I think you should call Zach, take the rest of the day off, and spend the weekend "practicing". :)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Well... the good reasons would be the fact that he is going into the army in July. However, "practicing" would be a good use of time. :P

[phoenixredux.livejournal.com]

That's all the more reason!! You can't let a man go off to war without a bun in the oven. Joining the military is like drawing a "get pregnant" card in Monopoly. It's like, a sacred patriotic duty or something. Just close your eyes and think of Uncle Sam.

[melissa-maples.livejournal.com]

real, non-conjunctive lol.

[phoenixredux.livejournal.com]

And now, I have created a poll. Everyone should go click the clicky boxes. :)

[pallid-regina.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of free books or really cheap books! I need more books to read!

[ctakahara.livejournal.com]

My Kindle-lust has currently been consumed by Apple Tablet-lust. Not that we even know if such a thing exists, but the rumors have struck me into a frenzy.

Ahh, Apple.

[luno.livejournal.com]

Apple has aspired to be the market leader in showing us the same thing that Amazon has only mimicked - DRM makes for a crappy product that people will (oddly) buy anyway, if your brand has enough name recognition. After 1984, it became very clear that a netbook with WiFi is a bazillion times better than Kindle.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

I (at least) want a Sony reader.

[posthaste.livejournal.com]

i still don't see the point. just go to the library for free.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Because the library doesn't have a lot of the books I want to read.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

At least the library has started to have hours I can make again. For a couple years it was awful. I would have to leave work early to get to the library.