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MSWallack · 12-23-2009, 11:38 AM

I broke down and bought my 10-year-old daughter a PRS-300 for Hanukkah. She's been begging for an eBook device for quite a while (watching me use my 505 extensively) and she certainly reads enough to make it worthwhile. The biggest hesitation was the lack of age-appropriate books for her (not that there aren't any, but just not a lot). But I bought it for her anyway (with the light cover) and loaded it with a handful of books plus a bunch of classics. In three days, she's already blown through "Maximum Ride" and is halfway through "The Princess Bride". She's been taking it everywhere and all of her friends want to see it and then they want to show their mothers. She was cool before, but now that she's toting an eBook she's really cool.

Her twin brother, who doesn't read so much, thought it was unfair that she got the gadget and he didn't (he's a tech hound). I told him that if he starts to read as much as she does, I'll be happy to get him one.

Oh. One other thing. She chose silver, not pink. That's my girl.

12-23-2009, 11:38 AM	#1
MSWallack Right, Except When Wrong Posts: 363 Karma: 4323767 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Indianapolis Device: Kindle Oasis 3 (sometimes iPad Mini).	PRS-300 makes 10-year-old cool I broke down and bought my 10-year-old daughter a PRS-300 for Hanukkah. She's been begging for an eBook device for quite a while (watching me use my 505 extensively) and she certainly reads enough to make it worthwhile. The biggest hesitation was the lack of age-appropriate books for her (not that there aren't any, but just not a lot). But I bought it for her anyway (with the light cover) and loaded it with a handful of books plus a bunch of classics. In three days, she's already blown through "Maximum Ride" and is halfway through "The Princess Bride". She's been taking it everywhere and all of her friends want to see it and then they want to show their mothers. She was cool before, but now that she's toting an eBook she's really cool. Her twin brother, who doesn't read so much, thought it was unfair that she got the gadget and he didn't (he's a tech hound). I told him that if he starts to read as much as she does, I'll be happy to get him one. Oh. One other thing. She chose silver, not pink. That's my girl.