Kindle

Yes. It's true what I said in my previous post. I've got one. I have to say so far I like it a lot. I have it for 3 weeks now and I have finished reading my first book on it. Like you can read in previous post, it was not a thin book, but a book of almost a thousand pages. I just had to try it out very thoroughly and that's why I wanted to finish reading a decent book, before evaluating the usability of it.

I had a very hard time choosing the right e-book reader for myself. I usually think things through and do my research before I spend such amount of money on something. It was a hard choice to make, but I think I made the right one. I was weighting between the original Kindle and it's larger brother (the DX version) as well as Sony's readers. The tests and reviews on the internet made my choice easier. I would like a touch interface of Sony's readers but the trade of between less shiny display screen and touch screen goes to better readability and that's why I've choose Kindle. Now decisions between smaller and bigger brother was the matter of price as well as size. If the DX model would have much smaller edges and the touch screen for the price I would have chosen that one.

Kindle proved a great way for reading books and even browsing the web, reading news and more. I will use it mostly for reading books and much less for anything else. And that is the thing that work awesome. The contrasts are great, the font sharpness is great and the build in English dictionary does a great job. It is all I need of such device and love it. It even fits in my pockets (I do have to say my pockets are quite big) and it is light enough to take it almost everywhere.

A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords

It took me a bit longer to finish the third book (The Storms of Swords) from A song of Ice and Fire series. Like first two parts (1st and 2nd) I must say this one is at least as good if not better, but that might be because I've read this one in original - english language, as well as waiting to get it in my hands. The story is so fascinating that one can hardly stop reading even if he must. It took me longer to finish this one because I have even more things to do now that I had just month ago.

The story drags very hard and it is hard to resist it's depth and richness. G. R. R. Martin proves that he is a great novelist and this series surely puts him very high on my list of favorite writers. I can hardly wait to finish the whole series, once it will be done. There are still many other books and series waiting to be read, hopefully at least half as good as this one. Again, if you haven't started reading the yet, and you are a Fantasy lover, I really do not know what you are wanting for. Go grab it and you won't be sorry.

This was also first book that I've read on my very own and brand new Kindle, but more on that in the next post.