Love for the e-reader and an Introduction to Book of the Week

I have always been a reader.  Always, ever since I could read, at age four, that is.  As a child and on into my teenage years I would check out books from the bookmobile in stacks of ten or fifteen and read all of them in the two weeks before the bookmobile came again.  
Then I went to college.  Suddenly, I did not have the same amount of time to read anymore.  Books were not as readily available to me.  Sure, I could always go to the library, but there was always homework.  And since I majored in English, I was spending a lot of time reading what my teachers required me to read.  Though I enjoyed much of the material, reading for me was no longer for recreation.  
After college, it was work.  After work, it was kids.  When my oldest was about 3 months old and I realized that at least half of my time was being spent sitting in the glider nursing him, I broke out all the books I owned (which were largely college textbooks and anthologies) and read while feeding him.  Then he got bigger, and started randomly swinging his limbs around, ripping pages whenever possible and usually losing my place.  I put the books away after that, for their own safety.  I focused on teaching him to love books, which he does. For my own reading pleasure - I did nothing.  
Then, last year for Mother's Day, my  husband bought me a Kindle.  Best.  Thing.  Ever.
True, it does not have the same feel and smell of a paper book.  Technology has not come quite that far.  And there is something really, really wonderful about pages.  
However, if there are no pages, then no pages can be ripped.  And my place cannot be lost.  Also, I would like to see someone carry 128 paperback books in their purse.  And the horrors of reading from a screen?  Nonexistent.    
The best part, however, is how readily available books are to me now.  34 of the books currently on my e-reader are classics, which means they were absolutely free to download.  Many of the other books I have were also free or close to it. While not all books are available as e-books, most are.  And most that aren't will be eventually.

                                                                                   (picture from myhomeideas.com)

While I will always love the idea of having something like this ^  in my home, for me, at this stage in my life, the e-reader is the way to go. 


And thus, after all of this blathering, I have decided to share what I am reading each week. 
It will not be scholarly, in any way.  I read for fun, and will review the books from the perspective of a recreational reader.  If I didn't like the book, I probably won't review it.  I'd rather focus on positives.  I'm about 55% of the way through my current book, and it's a long one, so look for my first review next week!