One retired librarian's story about the night a new Kindle Paperwhite ended years of squinting, and the practical details that made it stick.
A retired librarian's ten-month report on the 2024 Paperwhite: what the warm light does at night, how library loans actually land on it, and who should buy the Kobo instead.
Ten months with the Kindle Paperwhite, an honest look at the Kobo Clara BW, and the practical differences that decide which one you will actually read on.
Practical notes from ten months with the Kindle Paperwhite, for readers who want long, comfortable reading sessions without the screen glare.
One retired librarian's story about the night a new Kindle Paperwhite ended years of squinting, and the practical details that made it stick.
A retired librarian walks through the exact steps she uses to borrow library books on a Kindle Paperwhite, from the first Libby sign-in to the return that handles itself.
Ten months with the 2024 Paperwhite: what I love, what I tolerate, and the things nobody puts on the product page.
Seven months with the Kobo Libra Colour: honest notes on page-turn buttons, color e-ink, and library loans from a reader who uses it every week.
A practical comparison of the Kobo Libra Colour and the Kindle Colorsoft from a reader who owns the Kobo, borrows from the library, and needs page-turn buttons for sore hands.
Practical notes for readers who want comfortable, long reading sessions.
Practical notes for readers who want comfortable, long reading sessions.
Practical notes from seven months of reading with physical page-turn buttons, for anyone whose thumb aches from tapping a screen.
Seven months with the Kobo Libra Colour, including the parts the marketing photos leave out. If you are deciding between this and a plain black-and-white reader, here is what I wish someone had told me.
Five months with the Kindle Scribe: what the big screen and the Premium Pen actually do for a reader who takes notes, and where the tradeoffs bite.
A retired librarian compares the Kindle Scribe with the paper notebook she kept for years, and explains what e-ink does better, what it still gets wrong, and who should make the switch.
Practical notes for readers who want comfortable, long reading sessions.
A retired librarian on the Kindle Scribe, margin notes, and the quiet pleasure of writing in a book again.
A retired librarian's five-step system for turning a Kindle Scribe into a reading notebook, from landing library books on the device to reviewing your notes once a week.
Five months with the big-screen Kindle, and the honest answer is more complicated than the ads suggest.
Four months with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ as a cookbook, magazine and PDF companion. The honest notes on what it does well, what it cannot do, and why it is still not my bedtime reader.
Four months with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ and an afternoon with a friend's Fire HD 10. Here is how they compare for the reading that actually matters.
Color pages, cookbooks, magazines and library PDFs are the reading that e-ink handles poorly. Here is what changed when I added a tablet to my shelf.
Practical notes for readers who want comfortable, long reading sessions.
Five settings and habits that make a backlit tablet far easier on tired eyes, from a reader who tested them all.
Four months on the kitchen counter and the couch: what the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ does for color-heavy reading, and why it will never be my night reader.
Ten months with the CoBak case on a Kindle Paperwhite: what holds up, what tips over, and why the stand earned its place at my kitchen table.
Two popular Kindle Paperwhite cases, side by side. Here is what ten months with the CoBak and a few honest hours with a friend's Fintie taught me.
Why a folding stand case earns its place on a bedside table: steadier page turns, a straighter wrist, and one less thing for tired hands to hold.
The CoBak case for the Kindle Paperwhite was supposed to protect the screen. It ended up making long reading sessions comfortable again.
Practical notes on holding an e-reader without tired hands, from a reader who has used a stand case every night for ten months.
Ten months with the CoBak stand case on my Paperwhite: what works, what tips over, and what nobody tells you about stand cases.
A retired librarian's ten-month report on the 2024 Paperwhite: what the warm light does at night, how library loans actually land on it, and who should buy the Kobo instead.
Ten months with the 2024 Paperwhite: what I love, what I tolerate, and the things nobody puts on the product page.
Seven months with the Kobo Libra Colour: honest notes on page-turn buttons, color e-ink, and library loans from a reader who uses it every week.
Seven months with the Kobo Libra Colour, including the parts the marketing photos leave out. If you are deciding between this and a plain black-and-white reader, here is what I wish someone had told me.
Five months with the Kindle Scribe: what the big screen and the Premium Pen actually do for a reader who takes notes, and where the tradeoffs bite.
Five months with the big-screen Kindle, and the honest answer is more complicated than the ads suggest.
Four months with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ as a cookbook, magazine and PDF companion. The honest notes on what it does well, what it cannot do, and why it is still not my bedtime reader.
Four months on the kitchen counter and the couch: what the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ does for color-heavy reading, and why it will never be my night reader.
Ten months with the CoBak case on a Kindle Paperwhite: what holds up, what tips over, and why the stand earned its place at my kitchen table.
Ten months with the CoBak stand case on my Paperwhite: what works, what tips over, and what nobody tells you about stand cases.
