Let me start this by saying that I am still loving my Amazon Kindle. I am not much of a reader but have been blazing through virtual pages left and right since September. It is totally awesome. I may never pick up a paperback (or hardback!) book again.
One book that I wanted to read was Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. I waited for it to be released, then read the 12 or so reviews on Amazon the day after it was released(some folks were complaining about the Kindle price since it isn’t that much cheaper than the hard copy). I knew that there would be a lot of talk about the book in the coming weeks, so I wanted to read it sooner than later. We meet friends for Christmas lunch every year and we usually talk about the books we have read since our last visit. I knew that this book would be a great one to bring to the discussion table.
According to my Kindle, I’m about 20% through the book. It is a fast read, and I probably would be further but I’m also reading A Storm of Swords. See? I went from a non-reader to reading two books at a time with the Kindle.
So far I am enjoying the book. I have to admit that I didn’t know a lot about Jobs other than what I learned in school books – mainly that was in text as co-founder of Apple. I have an iPod Touch and owned an iPod Shuffle(1st generation). That is the extent of my Apple products – although I covet an iPad. Not a zealous Apple fan, but not a hater either. I read the book with an open mind. That is why I don’t judge Jobs for how he treated people. He seemed to be gruff a lot of the time, but it seemed despite that people still gave him all they had at work. I will give more thoughts and my review of the book when I’m done reading.
It’s a good book though. To me it reads like a VH1 Behind the Music episode(this is a compliment). Good stuff.
