Thanks for that--a very fair appraisal, I thought, though the
keyboard on the OL is a lot better than on the Kindle. Yeah, for me
it's all about reading books in transit--in airports, on planes, on
the subway--without lugging the timber. I've downloaded about five
books, and one of the best features was using the "search" feature to
go through a 500-page book by Anthony Trollope, looking for evidence
that an unmarried Victorian couple may or may not have consummated
their relationship. It would've been hell to try and find in my
paperback version; it was easy to find in the electronic version
(yes, they probably did, fyi, but Trollope is so sly he gets it right
past you if you're not looking for it). I also keep saying to
everyone that I don't expect to use it in my living room, but whaddya
know... and it's exactly the right size for reading in bed.
P.
Once when I asked a chieftain in a certain province [of Peru] if he
was a Christian, he said "I am not yet quite one, but I am making a
beginning." I asked him what he knew of being Christian, and he
said: "I know how to swear to God, and play cards a bit, and I am
beginning to steal."
Fray Domingo Santo Tomas, 1560
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