Down With Books...

I joined the dark side...

I am now the proud owner of a Kindle Touch. I once said that I would never use an e-reader because I enjoyed reading real books- I liked holding them and turning the paper pages. Then we got my son a Kindle Fire for Christmas and after reading books to him on it I decided that having one myself wouldn't be so bad. I like to read big books and lugging those big books around the house with me while I find a place to plop my ass down to nurse the baby is not easy, especially when holding said baby and my Boppy pillow.

My birthday was yesterday (I turned 29 which means next year I will be 30- ugh) and my lovely husband took the hint of me saying I wanted a Kindle and bought me one. I bought myself the book Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow and can't wait to start reading it in my "spare" time.

Yeah for old farts like me embracing new technology!

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What I Have Been Reading Lately...

Lately, meaning since I've gone and gotten myself pregnant (well obviously it wasn't just me- my husband had a part in it too), I have been reading a lot. Here are all of the books I have read in the past few months...



1776 by David McCullough

John Adams by David McCullough

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough

Divinity of Doubt: The God Question by Vincent Bugliosi

You can tell for the most part that I have been on a nonfiction kick lately. I just ordered Truman by David McCullough from Amazon and have preordered Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow in paperback (it becomes available on September 27th). I love what I have read so far from David McCullough and Ron Chernow so like someone who gets stuck in their ways I plan on sticking with these authors until I've had my fill of history.

My husband keeps telling me I should buy a Kindle but to me, reading a book on an electronic device would be sacrilegious. I love to read and I love holding a real book in my hands and being able to fold the pages over to mark my place. I also love filling up my bookcase with new books that hopefully my children will want to read someday. Why must everything in this world be infiltrated by technology? As you can tell, I hate change. (Don't even get me started on schools not wanting to teach cursive writing anymore...)

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