Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen

Today, I received my first Kindle Paperwhite! It is the 7th Generation that I managed to get with a Prime promotional discount. Add some cash back to that, and the deal was too sweet to resist! Well actually, I did manage to resist it until given my husband's gentle support xD

I wasn't sure if I was ready to give up my Kindle 5th Gen with the lovely buttons for turning pages, but I may trade it in at this point because the Paperwhite just packs so much of a punch! The lighting has such a wide range, and is a lot more even than the first few generations... which is a big reason why I wanted to wait on this device. I'm not entirely happy with the full touch interface devoid of buttons (why can't they just leave the page turning buttons!), but I am happy that the screen is at lease, matte and textured kinda like a book page, so that fingerprints don't seem to be an issue. I do not like the fully rubberized surface - it is just asking to be scratched. But that should be fine when my case arrives tomorrow.

What I love is that navigation is a lot easier. Of course, being touch activated, that's a huge trump over the old Kindle. I really love the scrolling feature when you can sort of "skim" through the book as you would a regular book by flipping through the pages. It's not exactly the same, but it does help when that's an irreplaceable feature of a regular book (and in the case of the Bible, often used). And of course, the lighting effect is the whole point of this thing. My new apartment is rather dim, and my bunny and I managed to smash both the side table lamps in my bedroom, making nighttime reading well... less on the Kindle and more on my phone/tablet. So far, the Paperwhite is performing beautifully, and I guess I'll test it for a bit more before making my final decision, hopefully while Amazon is still offering to buy back my previous Kindle.

Seen here with the light setting at just 5.

Well, the new Kindle serves multiple purposes if I can keep up with my reading. And certainly, the lighting feature will give me less of an excuse to skip out on reading just because of poor lighting conditions - I'm hoping to get more use out of this while waiting for the buses at night! I really want to finish a few books I keep putting off. Also it will help to keep me from obsessing over doll stuff that I cannot afford right now, not with the green card application sucking up all my funds.