Sunday Salon: The Amazon Kindle Electronic Reader
My reading life is about to change.* I will soon be the owner of an Amazon Kindle electronic reader! They came back in stock last week after having sold out in less than six hours after being released...
View ArticleSunday Salon: Books Read In The Year After Having a Baby
Following up on Sunday Salon member Maxine pointing to Susan Hill’s rant about a survey in the UK regarding women’s reading habits after having children, I went to my reading list to see what I was up...
View ArticleUnread Books Read
To satisfy my own curiosity…. I’ve read more of these books than I expected (~37) but can’t really recall some, esp. the ones I read for school. What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked...
View ArticleHow to Convert PDF Files to Read on the Amazon Kindle
One of the first things I wanted to do with my Amazon Kindle electronic reader was to read PDF files on it. Unfortunately, you can’t just dump PDF files directly into the Documents folder of the...
View ArticleSunday Salon: Reading on the Kindle
Two weeks ago, my sister brought an Amazon Kindle electronic reader for me from the States (I live in London, UK). Since then, I haven’t gone a day without using it and obsessing over it by reading...
View ArticleRecommended Parenting Books for Infants and Toddlers
My sister sent me the following list of parenting books that people on her company mailing list recommended. Baby 411 (after birth advice) Baby Bargains (buying guide) The Happiest Baby on the Block:...
View ArticleThrowing Away the Parenting Books
Parenting books can drive a person InSaNe. They all have a laundry list of things not to do: Don’t label your children. They’re changing all the time. So instead of saying “you are such and such,” say...
View ArticleAmazon Kindle Tip: Go to Cover
I don’t know if this will apply to Amazon’s new Kindle v2 but for my old Kindle v1, I always click on Menu when starting a new book and Go to Cover. If I begin at the automatic start page for newly...
View ArticleYoungest Kindle Reader?
At 6 1/2 years old, Stephen is probably not THE youngest Kindle user ever but one of the younger ones for sure. Here he’s reading How to Take the Grrr Out of Anger – a book we’re both finding helpful!
View ArticleComics A Seven-Year-Old Would Love
Garfield is Stephen’s second greatest love, second only to Lego. Lilian’s Sean first introduced Stephen to Garfield in London when the two were about five years old but it wasn’t until a few months ago...
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