One of the greatest pleasures of my life is reading books – living vicariously, enjoying.
One can’t always hop across to a library or a bookshop and pick up a new book to read. Apart from the facts that new books are frighteningly expensive, and that there are some purchased books which you would rather not read and preserve on your bookshelf because they are crap, library books tend to be in relatively poor condition and just don’t feel right.
Receiving an Amazon Kindle 2i on my birthday a couple of months ago was like a dream come true.
I now have a complete library of must-read and must-keep books with me at all times. Even in those long and dreary waits in court or elsewhere, its a pleasure to be able to get lost in the minds of various wonderful authors.
I have a few hundred books that I can now carry with me at all times. The list is as eccentric and eclectic as I am. From Osho to Enid Blyton, including Paulo Coelho, Mario Puzo, Louis L’amour, Tom Clancy, Wilbur Smith, the obligatory unread Deepak Chopras. I even managed to find decent readable versions of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseou and even Sun Tzu.
The kindle also lets me carry around sufi music. There’s nothing like listening to the Wadali Brothers sing their heart out with Dama Dam Mast Kalander while reading.
All in all, a great way to move around. Highly recommended.