The iPad mini is $399 as compared to the Fire HD 6 $99. The Fire is justifiable as a snap purchase .... the iPad less so.
Plus, I really prefer to read on a Kindle and I don't use my iPad much, since my Coumadin seems to have given me a weird finger sensitivity. I can't comfortably play on touch screens, like I used to. So I just read, as my hobby.
Time to go to Best Buy, and play with a Fire HD at their counter, I think.