Sooo, what did the Christmas book elf bring...?

[Glamourcide]

Oh Marydean, it's unreal... soooo simple and user-friendly, I had it figured out in seconds. I'd never heard of them (I mean I knew digital/e-books existed but wasn't sure how they worked), so I opened the box and was like, 'Uhh... DH... what in the name of Christmas is THIS?' and he explained it to me... I just about killed myself waiting for it to charge up, I wanted to use it straight away! There are only three or four buttons, so navigation is really simple... the screen is sooo easy to read, in bright or dim light (it's not backlit but the ink rendering and matte screen makes it a very clear picture), books download in seconds and it's so easy to browse the store and purchase them (literally it takes just seconds), and you can download free samples (usually a chapter or two) of books that you're interested in to see if it's worth buying - and so cheap!! The Age of Innocence cost me US$2.99, Madame Bovary was free and most of the others I'm looking at (broke after Boxing Day sales lol) are around $11 (US). It's super portable and I've been using it non-stop since Christmas Day and the battery is still half-full I don't know how much they cost (lol I insisted DH not reveal that to me because I'm betting it's expensive and I don't deserve such a wonderful gift after the mood swings I've subjected him to lately) but they are definitely a great investment for any avid reader, I reckon... over 300,000 books from all kinds of catgories to choose from, I'm stoked

[fionas]

DP got me Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantle. It's about Thomas Cromwell who was Henry VIII's offsider. I was a bit dubious as a) I've read just about every book about The Tudors that there is since my teens and I'm a little bit over them now and b) this is fiction.

But, enjoying it so far.

[Trillian]

MIL is my book fairy. I think I have gotten either a book, or a voucher that I use to buy books since DH and I have been together. This year she got me the Masterchef cookbook and it has all their best recipes in it - including the lemon diva cupcakes LOL. It is a really good book with stacks of general information in it.

And the book elf didn't come for the kids this christmas because they came a few weeks early when they raided the A&R sale stall at batemans bay on holidays LOL. Got stacks of books for them then.

[sconeonamission]

so far, I have "The Law of Nines" by Terry Goodkind
Today I'll get "The Magician's Apprentice" by Trudi Canavan

Love dh and post christmas sales!