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First of all, I should have looked back more than a year ago, but I have had an all out war with my Papyre reader.

My reader decided to put put bars in front of the screen and take twenty four hours of charging for twenty minutes of reading. I am nothing if not stubborn...and probably cheap.

In any case it took to making me charge for forty eight hours just to get it to turn on and, when I opened the case, I found the battery, but it was soldered in. Eventually it went to the wall and then over it, at least in spirit and it did not work again.

I spent nearly six months looking at readers and wejghing the options. I settled on a Kobo Clara HD. I am happy.

I often read on dark train platforms and sometimes in dark trains. Having to carry a portable light was a pain, and the batteries died at the most inopportune times. I wanted a light.

The new reader was a very good match. I hae a sleep cover and so I have had the odd time when I have run down the battery because when I close the cover and it goes to sleep, it still uses quite a lot of power.

I have also had a long few months of adding books to the reader and completing the books that have been left half read when the old machine died. Or is that when it became "late."

Sort of reminds me of my friend who claimed he was a reincarnated composer. He always said he was "Bach" again.

That even smelled bad on this end!