Kindle Fire Review

I was so excited that this year I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas!!  I had seen them and thought they were so neat, but decided that it was best I didn't want one and downplayed how cool it was.  It's very cool!

There are some pros and cons to it, things I had to get used to.  I'll start with the pros.  The Fire adjusts to which way you turn it.  I end up turning it upside down when I read since the power button is on the bottom and I'm afraid I'll accidentally turn it off while reading.  The screen is easy to navigate and once I figured out how to get them to pop up, I liked the way the menus disappear so you just have the book.  I'm also getting used to how much it takes to turn a page.  You can touch the screen or swipe your finger across to turn pages.  I end up doing both while reading.  I also like the fact that I can see the covers of the books that I have.  It's neat to be able to swipe through my library and see what I've got.  My husband downloaded Angry Birds and was playing with that.  Looked like something that could keep my kids busy if they run out of things to do BUT I might be stingy and not let them touch it!  Probably my favorite part is the backlight.  I like to read in bed and the light is not too great.  The backlight will be a useful addition for this and for traveling.  I was using a book light on vacations at hotels when the kids went to bed.  Now I don't have to!

There aren't too many cons, but my least favorite thing is that there are no more collections!  What I ended up doing was putting the books that I haven't read in my Favorites and I'll go from there.  It actually was a real pain in the rear because I was pretty click-happy when I first got my Kindle and I almost hadn't deleted any from my library.  Thus, I had almost 400 books that were popping up available on my Fire.  I went through and deleted oh so many for two days.  It taught me a valuable lesson - don't neglect the library!!  It was good since I sifted through my TBR piles again and ended up with about 20 total.  Not too bad I think.  The only other thing that kinda bothers me is user error.  Sometimes when I pick it up, my thumb hits the sides and turns my pages for me.  I'm sure that I'll get used to that, but right now it bothers me.

All in all, the Fire is great and I think I'm actually going to invest in a cover for it - a real one.  I'm thankful that I have such a thoughtful family.  They are a real blessing.  It was even great that my kids didn't blow the surprise - that's pretty good!  A+!!