I have now saved $83.26 on books by buying a Kindle.
Admittedly, I would not have purchased some of these books had I not gotten a Kindle… And that would put the figure in the $60s. But I’m sure glad I bought those books (like Nothing to Envy, Stalingrad, and 1776) and read them—and that reading wouldn’t have happened without the Kindle. It makes reading good books in snatches much easier.
Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age by Samuel JamesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Insightful. My “review” this time will consist of the questions I wrote up for an interview I’m doing with the author: My guest today on Logos Live is the only...
The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hämäläinen This excellent book does what modern history is supposed to do nowadays: it gives a voice to the voiceless and the marginalized; it gives agency to the victims. And yet you can’t always predict what will happen when you go...
Means of Ascent by Robert A. CaroMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is positively monumental. How does Caro do it? Well, I know how he does it. I read his book on the topic. He does it with a lot of hard and humble work (and some excellent help from his wife). I was...
Think Again: Contrarian Reflections on Life, Culture, Politics, Religion, Law, and Education by Stanley FishMy rating: 5 of 5 stars I have read multiple Stanley Fish books; I read quite a number of these columns when they were originally published in the New York...
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Mark, have you encountered any problems with your Kindle? Some reviewers on Amazon have had trouble with it freezing up after only a short time of owning/using it.
Just recently it started to reset at random. That wasn’t cool. I backed up my documents and reset the device to factory defaults, and that seemed to help. I’ve had one reset since then, I think. If I have more I think I may send it back for a replacement. I never had that trouble with my Kindle 2—though any device will need to be reset sometimes, and I did have to do that very occasionally.