Waiting to Kindle

I'm so excited!

I'm finally getting my belated birthday present from my husband. (Mind you that my birthday was in October...) 

Originally, the birthday gift was to be a nice dSLR filter... But after much research, I decided that I really didn't need a pricey filter since I have my fancy Photoshop CS3 Extended, which can mimic many filter effects. So I purchased cheaper filters for each of my lenses myself (Tiffen 812 warming filters), which cost about $15 each. And decided that my husband should get me Kindle: Amazon's new wireless reading device instead. 

(photo from Amazon.com)

To quote my husband, I "crush books" when I have the time to read them. That amounts to 3 books on weekend trips (2, if the books are 1000 pages long like the last Madrid trip). And on average a book a week. So what does this mean? It means that our bookshelves have no room at all for new books (even though I tend to give away books at a fairly quick rate.) And it means that I will be bored to death on my upcoming trip to Africa if I can take only 3~5 books (due to strict luggage weight restrictions) when I will have time to read 15 books.  

 

So here comes along my savior! 

With Kindle, I no longer have to worry about the diminishing, or actually non-existent shelf space, and the weight limit when taking books on trips. 

My only worry is that Kindle is on backorder and I will not get one before our trip....