After reading the first book of the Twilight series in two days, I was thrilled to discover that Amazon.com had Stephanie Meyer’s riveting series available for Kindle, the new electronic device for downloading and reading books. Although I am unlikely to purchase a Kindle, I do have an iPhone, and I’d just read an article in The New York Times, explaining that Amazon.com was making the Kindle software available for the iPhone, for free!

So there I was, stuck at work, having just completed Twilight, and ravenous for more. I glanced at the clock, and was dismayed to realize that I had four hours left of work, with little or nothing to do to keep busy. Although some of my girlfriends had raved about the Twilight series, I was skeptical about whether or not I’d be enticed into Edward and Bella’s love affair. Teenage Vampires? Didn’t exactly seem like my cup of tea. I am a student and critic of Romantic literature, and vampires are certainly a theme common to that trope, but I’ve always sort of laughed at them. Even so, I found myself going to Amazon.com to download the next book of the latest vampire series!

It only took about a minute to download New Moon, and within seconds, I’d figured out how to navigate around Kindle, and was flipping through the virtual pages as fast as Edward Cullen would, with his vampire stealth and quickness! I continued to read until bedtime, and realized how convenient the Kindle’s illuminated screen was for reading in the dark. Needless to say, before I knew it, it was morning. I had finished the book, but I hadn’t slept at all. Was I acquiring a vampire’s sleeping habits?

The only problem I have with the Kindle for iPhone is that while you can dog-ear a page, there is no way to write notes in the margins, and of course, I do miss the smell of a new book. However, it is good for the environment, because no trees are harmed, and it is oh-so-convenient. I highly recommend it for the avid reader and closet vampire!