Several weeks ago, I decided to finally tackle David McCullough's
biography of John Adams, a book I've wanted to read since we watched the
TV adaption on HBO a few years ago. Normally, I don't read history or
biography, but where's it written that a man can't try something different occasionally?
John Adams is a hefty book (768 pages), with a shipping weight of nearly 2.5 pounds. I do most of my book reading in bed during that last hour of the day before I go to sleep. I have a habit of dozing off while I read, and sometimes the book falls forward onto my face. When a book is as heavy as McCullough's, the impact on my nose and chin is guaranteed to snap me out of my catnap.
At any rate, I was about 450 pages into John Adams when my Kindle arrived in the mail. I was anxious to try it out, but I have a hangup about starting a new book before I finish the one I'm still working on.
My son-in-law got me interested in e-readers last Christmas when he showed me his Kindle and gave me a demonstration of its features and operating procedures. He asked me how I liked mine, and I told him I hadn't tried it yet because I was still reading John Adams. He gave me a DVD with his Kindle library on it, and I was able to transfer his Kindle edition of John Adams onto my device. Frankly, I'm enjoying the book more now that it doesn't require as much physical energy and injury risk to read it.
John Adams is a hefty book (768 pages), with a shipping weight of nearly 2.5 pounds. I do most of my book reading in bed during that last hour of the day before I go to sleep. I have a habit of dozing off while I read, and sometimes the book falls forward onto my face. When a book is as heavy as McCullough's, the impact on my nose and chin is guaranteed to snap me out of my catnap.
At any rate, I was about 450 pages into John Adams when my Kindle arrived in the mail. I was anxious to try it out, but I have a hangup about starting a new book before I finish the one I'm still working on.
My son-in-law got me interested in e-readers last Christmas when he showed me his Kindle and gave me a demonstration of its features and operating procedures. He asked me how I liked mine, and I told him I hadn't tried it yet because I was still reading John Adams. He gave me a DVD with his Kindle library on it, and I was able to transfer his Kindle edition of John Adams onto my device. Frankly, I'm enjoying the book more now that it doesn't require as much physical energy and injury risk to read it.
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