My Kindle has arrived.

I like gadgets. I like reading.

I recently had a newsletter from the author of 'Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools' which included a note to say that 'Chickens' was now available on Kindle.

I'd never heard of Kindle so, needless to say, I was straight on to Google.

About the same time, there suddenly appeared adverts on the tv for the same gadget. A gadget that is lighter than a paperback, that can store upto 3,500 books and you download them straight to the kindle.

I could tell that they were going to be this years 'hot' Christmas gift so, if I was going to have one for Christmas I needed to order one now.

So, we ordered one at the beginning of September with a delivery date of mid-September.

Then delivery was extended a few days more.

And last week I received a message to say shipment was Oct 2nd.

I was beginning to think this would be the pattern until Christmas, but then on Friday I got the e-mail saying it had been despatched.

And it arrived this morning.

It was already set up and linked to my Amazon account so as soon as I had matched it to our wireless internet connection I could download books. I didn't even have to wait for the battery to charge, as soon as I had connected the mains cable I could use it while it was charging up.

All I have to do now is finish the paperback I am halfway through and I can start my next book on my kindle.

I love gadgets.