Hi all you Red Hat Ladies!

Do I think a Red Hat Lady needs an eReader to be successful? Well, actually yes, but maybe what I think isn’t the issue here. Do I think they need it to be happy? Again, issue. But since I’m answering my own questions, I will say well, duh, I sure think it helps.

I’m not nearly as impatient as I used to be when we go places and I’m able to get more work done. Especially since I can make notes right on the page I’m reading. (I download a lot of .pdf s that are work related.)

My reader is a Sony reader, it cost about $250 (including the book cover) and I love it. Now, when I’m waiting for my husband as he shops in Menards, Home Depot, Fleet Farm, etc., I just flip open the cover, click on the book I want to read and start reading, making notes right there on the Sony as I go along. I always have a smile on my face when he comes back — albeit a distracted one that I flash at him before going back to my reader.

One of the many things I like about my Sony reader is that you can’t just buy a book right there on the Sony. (You have to go to your computer and hook up your reader, then go to the Sony bookstore.) You can on the Kindle wherever you are without a computer hook up, and it’s called impulse buying. I have enough opportunities to impulse buy, I don’t want one more. You don’t even have to go on line to buy the books! You can sit right in your chair and in a matter of minutes you can be reading a newly purchased book.

Well, now look what I’ve done. I’ve almost convinced myself it’s a good thing. I want to buy a book when I want the book. I want to read it and I want to read it now. My husband knows this and he’s the reason I have the Sony. (Actually, I can’t say that. The price difference was tipping the scales for a Kindle.)

So anyway, ladies. This is my take on Readers. Let me know yours? If you’ve got a Kindle or a Nook or whatever, we can still be friends.