i'm obsessed!!!!

I got my new Kindle II on February 27th. I was thrilled with it and started reading books - I was normal. Now I am becoming obsessed with this new toy. I am constantly reading on the Kindle, when I finally put it down I am on these boards reading and writing about the Kindle, then it is right back to reading on "Lucy" (I've named the damn thing)

I also have started obsessive compulsive behavior from all the info I have gotten. "Is my text too light?" "Is it fading in sunlight?" "Do my buttons creak?" "Are they too hard to push?" "Do I want to press page turn or brush it with my thumbnail?" "What is everyone else doing?" "Is my screen too grey?" "Is that a ghost I see on my screen?" "Should I read with a cover or naked?" (That would be the kindle, not me) "Do I want to take a bath with my kindle?" "Do I take enough baths?" "What kind of cover?" "Do I need a skin?" Which one?" "I have downloaded newpapers that I have no desire to read and have downloaded just about everything $0.00"

STOPPPP! I have become an addict, my marriage is in danger,
I don't want to go out, just stay home and read, "If my husband leaves should I sleep with my Kindle?" If I sleep with my Kindle, should it be on or off" "WHERE DID I LAST LEAVE MY KINDLE????" HEEELLLLP I need intervention.

P.S. Why doesn't the KLindle II have a clapper device to help me locate it??

Losing my Kindle would require me to be outside of a five-foot radius of it at some point.

...that never happens.

I think my husband keeps hiding it. I will no longer let it out of my grip.

:-)
Lulu,
You don't seem to be alone. Maybe a search for Kindles Anonymous or a 6-account-step program might help?

Haha! That's perfect Lulu. You're not alone!

You are definitely not alone! I am always reading whenever I have free time for myself. I used to watch TV with my husband at night or go onto facebook but now I sit and read! I've finished 7 books since I received my Kindle 2 on February 27th. And I am currently reading two books simultaneously. I'll read one book for about an hour and then switch!

Thanks for the laugh :) (I can sort of relate!)

i went through the 'zillion free downloads' obsession back in 2000 when i installed the glassbook reader to my laptop, so i'm totally over that. (i hope that helps? knowing that the compulsion will eventually pass?) i now limit my compulsive free downloads to books that are 600p. or more in their print editions.

but i have *nowhere near* enough time to read, right now, and am finding it extremely frustrating.

Lulu - it IS a very heady addiction. You are not alone in your obsession, which is why we all congregate here. :) Welcome to the club!

I even downloaded Tolstoy's "War & Peace" and Darwin's "Origin of the Species" I have read both thes books and have beautiful copies of them on my bookshelf - leather covers, gold pages, and I have no intention of reading them again......but they were free!!!!!
Is there something I can take for this? I have even sat and compared Kindle to print to see if they are the same... Well got to go read or take a bath!!!

I can't go two days without a new download of a book...of course all the ones I want cost!! ( but less than $9.99 :)!! I have bought 2 new purses just so Rand, My Kindle 1, is able to go everywhere with me. I get excited now about waiting in Doctor's offices, in at the pharmacy, in the checkout line at the store, anywhere that gives me a few minutes to whip him out and read!! My husband is obsessed with his new Mac book pro ( i named her Eve) and I am with Kindle. We both need an intervention!! come on baseball season, maybe then I will ease up.

Ann T - Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention "waiting...." Now that I have my Kindle the lines in the stores are to darn short, (what's with that?) the train comes to soon, my doctor insists on seeing me first, my husband never gets stuck in traffic while I read, and tub water gets cold too quickly!!!!!

Well, considering that I (and my mom) have long since admitted that reading is an addiction not to fought against, I guess I haven't noticed that much in the way of new obsession. Of course, I'd probably freak if for some reason I couldn't find 'Alice', even for a moment. Even my two cats have grudgingly accepted that Alice is always at hand. I'm working on something kind of like a sporan (men's 'purse' worn in the the front when wearing a kilt.) so that I never risk getting trapped on an elevator without my Kindle - yes, I've thought about that, much to my co-workers' amusement. Talk about only getting something away from me by prying it from my cold, dead hand! And I'm not sure that would be possible.

All I can say is thank goodness this is happening to others. I thought I was the only one with this problem!

You all do realize if they came up with a KA 12 step program we would have to give up our Kindles!!! That will never happen to me. Yup it is an obession and it is probably a good thing they have raised the price of books because that has limited me somewhat! Ha :) I even download all the free books (excluding much of the public domain ones) and I don't even read those kinds of books. At least for the most part. I have even started carrying a purse or bag just to have it with me and that is after 50+ years of not carrying one just stuffing stuff into my pockets.

Oh what a happy little group of obessive people we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lulu said: P.S. Why doesn't the KLindle II have a clapper device to help me locate it??

You know, I seem to remember hearing recently about a 'finder' thing (don't remember if it responds to a clap, or a whistle or what) made specifically to be attached to anything you are constantly loosing. One of those might be good to put on our babies.

i'm already scared about the battery dying.....do you wait to charge it until critical. what happens when the batter y dies, there is no way to change it.

I just got my Kindle a week ago, and I'm a little disappointed. Like you, my attention seems to be distracted by the Kindle's appearance and mechanics. And this detracts from getting engrossed in a story.

Also, it seems like I'm constantly hitting the next page button, which is a distraction. The screen has a small capacity compared with a page (or a left-right page pair) of a paperback book. Hopefully, over time, I'll get used to this.

Too funny. I jhust received mine yesterday and I understand your obsession. I absolutely love it. I hate reading on my laptop, but the Kindle 2 is to die for. Now, let me think of an appropriate name.. .

"We...are...fam....i...ly.....My brothers 'n sisters 'n me!!!" lol......Being of modest means, I have(somewhat) addressed my buying addiction by stacking up samples, and samples and more samples, and of course, the already mentioned free (gloriously free) titles. May I also sheepishly add that I am getting very overprotective when our little kindles are picked on by these folks (big bullies) that attack them in negative posts......must...not...lash out....in return. As for the reading "addiction",it's a good thing! If I could only develop the exercise "addition"!!!! (I can read on the treadmill, but reclining is sooo much nicer!)

Kindle 2 was my first and it totally feeds my book-junky habit. It has reignited my reading diligence so much so that when I commute to work, I think twice before driving so I can read instead! Guess it will be good for the environment in more ways than intended! Read on!

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Are you joining in the lighthearted comments, Dave or being a Kindle party pooper? :-)

Lulu, thank YOU for the laugh. My mom always said you should never love something that can't love you back, but I still love my Kindle. :-)

Willow, I was being silly!!! LOL!

... as long as someone sends me the 12 steps by Whispernet! ::grin::