Heart of the City by Steenz for January 11, 2011
January 10, 2011
January 12, 2011
Transcript:
Mom: Ugh, look at all these books all over the floor. Would it kill you to use a book shelf? Heart: Hey, it's not my fault, mom... Heart: ... i'm the one who asked for a kindle.
Destiny23 almost 14 years ago
If Mom’s buying all those books for her, the Kindle would be cheaper in the long run… (Strange, it’s usually dolls littering her floor, not books!)
Yukoneric almost 14 years ago
Yeah, but you can’t whack a kid with a kindle………………
Miba almost 14 years ago
Better get her REAL books because in the long run she’ll be much happier. Real books are like best friends, you wouldn’t want your best friend to be an unemotional slab of wires that you can’t curl up with and smell and flip pages. Plus her eyes will be healthier because reading words on a screen for long periods of time gives people like me a nasty headache.
Constantinepaleologos almost 14 years ago
At least she reads. I talked to a girl a couple weeks ago who didn’t even know what Treasure Island was. Sad.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
TI wasn’t exactly a ladies book anyhow, Con. Ask her about Nora Roberts and you might have a talking ground.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
It’s the smell, Miba. Ask Buffy’s Librarian.
sotadragon almost 14 years ago
That’s the difference with a Kindle, Miba, it’s not like reading words on a screen, it’s like reading words on paper. I know first hand, I owned a 2nd generation Kindle and now I have the latest generation Kindle and I LOVE it.
Vicki Wolf almost 14 years ago
My daughter loves her Kindle and before I got her own for her, she was always stealing mine.
bossyheifer almost 14 years ago
Hey Miba, I’m with you. No electronic gizmo can’t take the place of a book which you can get from the library for FREE and yes turning the pages is just a nostalgic treat. :)
syke34 almost 14 years ago
I’m with bossyheifer.
SaunaBeach almost 14 years ago
Turning the pages. How quaint.
JoePhan almost 14 years ago
Con, if that girl’s at the right age for Treasure Island, there’s a good chance she’s familiar with the Little House books. My older sister read them all, but I never heard of them until the TV series came along.
dbigwood almost 14 years ago
Well, with some e-readers, but not the Kindle, you can check books out from the library or get the out-of-copyright ones on the Web for FREE. Project Gutenberg and the Adalie University Electronic text Collection are both great resources for the old stuff. My local library has well over 10,000 recent ebooks to lend.
Real e-readers do not have backlighting so they are just like reading paper, not a computer screen. I enjoy mine.
There are some drawbacks. They are not really simple to use. They do not have color.
I still buy and read paper books. The books I treasure, I’ll want to have on the shelf and experience the smell, touch, etc. For light reading (Tarzan, Allan Quatermain, Doctor Who) the ereader devices work just fine.
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
Oh man, Kindle is over 10 years old and counting.