Kindle Schmindle

My Kindle died. Again. The one I receive Monday morning in the mail will be my fifth Kindle, I've stopped giving them names. AT this point, I'm concerned they may be suicidal.

I am an avid reader, I read several books at a time and love to read from different genres. I can dig into a juicy, trashy, vampire romance, or be deeply moved by an inspiring memoir of a woman growing up in rural China during the Mao years. My tastes vary so widely I laugh when people ask me what my favorite book is. I obsess over books and series, I get sucked in, change my syntax, my thought processes, everything when I'm deep in the heart of a good book. It's a huge relief for me to be able to escape my life this way. So when my books are suddenly taken away due to technical error. I turn into something akin to She-Hulk. MUST HAVE BOOOOOOOKS!!!

When my Kindle is in working order though, I can't speak ill of it. I love the thing like my first born. It can heal all ills, end world hunger, it's freaking Batman's utility belt! How could you not want one of these things? I got it as a compromise, sell most of my print books and use the cash to pay for the device, then buy my books, within reason. SInce most ebooks for Kindle cost about half of what they cost in print they save us a lot of money. (Do not start on the idea that I could use the library or buy used books, it doesn't work. Not really. Not for long.)

I will say that Amazon has been very nice with me throughout this trial, they have dutifully replaced each defective device without any charge to me, shipping it off the very day I report it broken. But what happens when my warranty ends in July?