Since my fiancée’s father got an iPad (for which I am slightly jealous) he gave us his Kindle 2. I always want to read books but really I don’t get too much chance too because I’m either playing a game or I’m busy studying. The most apt place for me to read a book happens to be on the way to university in the mornings. BUT I usually get pretty bad motion sickness from reading while on the bus or train. Yeah, it kinda sucks. :(

Unfortunately, my want-to-read pile is getting pretty damn large and so I thought maybe using the Kindle on the way to uni might actually work. To put it simply, it did. I didn’t feel nauseous once! Yay!

As a test, I started reading a book I’ve been wanting to read for about a decade, the first book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel Of Time Series, The Eye Of The World. To put it briefly, the Kindle is really easy to read with it’s e-ink display, page flipping is easy with a next page button on either side but only one previous page button (which is handily on the left), and it’s super light but not too light that it feels like you’re holding nothing. As it has no back-lighting, there is practically zero strain on my eyes. All in all, a fantastic little unit.

I must also mention that the software I’m using to upload to it, Calibre, is astonishing. It allows you to create a full library, auto download covers, get information and convert between a tonne of formats.