Although the actual battery life depends on how your Kindle is used, it was able for me to use my Kindle for over a month. Airplane Mode is always on, especially when I’m not syncing with the cloud.

Goodreads syncs my reading activities.

As a certified bookworm , I religiously use Goodreads as my platform for tracking the books that I have read and want to read. I have been joining reading challenges since years back and I really enjoyed discovering new titles based on the recommendations of my friends or on the awards list.

Other than tracking my reading, the Another favorite feature is The Kindle Notes & Highlights This section is part of the website. So, if you have purchased a book from Amazon and read it on your Kindle, all the highlights and notes that  you do on the book will be synced with your Goodreads and you can access them from your profile there. This is an awesome feature that I love, particularly if you want to share specific quotations from the book and write your thoughts.

More books are being read than ever before.

Because of its small size, I was able to easily keep it in my bag. I could easily pull out my Kindle whenever I felt like reading, even if I wasn’t waiting to be served. The equation works for me now as follows:

Spend idle time reading books

Apart from reading books, you can use the Kindle to also read manga/comics.

I signed up for the free To my surprise, Kindle Unlimited offered a trial that included a variety of Archie Comics titles. I loved these comics as a part of my childhood. Feeling nostalgic, I downloaded several and then read them on my Kindle. 

As a grownup, it is a little strange that I read Archie comics. And they didn’t age at all in the comics.

I am expanding my vocabulary.

You would see me holding a book and a dictionary during the age of the physical dictionary. As I attempted to find the meaning of an unfamiliar word, I’d switch between the dictionary and the novel from time to other. Now, that’s not necessary. The Kindle makes it easy to quickly highlight a word by pressing the long-press button. Recently, I added new words to my word bank. minuteiae, i.e. I get bored of the small details of daily life.

Kindle is a great device. However, I do find some downsides.

My Kindle is a great device. I am enjoying it immensely. I have read a lot of books and manga with it. Books (posts on the blog). A Kindle book is a better choice than scrolling through social media. It was a huge decision that I made to buy one.