I used a Kindle fire 7 as a reader for a long time. It was fine. I eventually left it on the roof of my car when driving off one morning. Found it a hour later with the screen cracked. Went up to a kindle fire 8, which has a bit better screen resolution. I still have it. Check out woot.com Today they currently have a kindle paperwhite for sale at 69.99. They are new 2018 models from canada. The main difference is on startup the language selections are english and french instead of english and spanish.
https://computers.woot.com/offers/ki...lnd_cat_pc_8_1
Some days they'll have others. Look under computers, then tablets.
A new fire 8 is 89.99.