The price of the mini is very good nowadays!
It has my entire Kindle library on there (about 100 books), and a few games and apps.
I got the 32 GB version, and am very happy with it.
Turning off wifi and cellular network, while using the Ultra dark settings like found here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=285069
Helps me to maintain battery life.
I can go a weekend on vacation somewhere without needing to charge my ipad, and read 8 hours a day easily.