In Need of a Good Read

There’s been a recent wave of updating technology going on around the house. It started with replacing all of the hard-wired smoke & carbon monoxide detectors (which may have sucked worse than the incessant chirping)… and recently concluded with upgrades to a few of our smartphones.

In the shuffle, I made it a point to see what abandoned electronics were scattered about. From old Android tablets to outdated Amazon Kindles, I was curious to discover what actually still worked and could be reclaimed (or even donated) given we had the appropriate cord to re-charge it.

What I  found was that old, energy inefficient battery packs or the inability to update system software, (kind of mandatory to allow current apps to run), turned most of the Android devices into bricks. The only gadget that seems to still be working pretty efficiently is the Kindle.

Once upon a time it was my wife’s (she’s since upgraded models). Prior to that it was my father-in-law’s, so this thing is on the older side. Kudos to Amazon for creating an electronic gizmo that still works likely 10ish years after it rolled off the assembly line.

As such, I’ve commandeered the Kindle for my own fishy uses. I’ve accumulated a few Kindle books over the years and read them on my phone via an app which wasn’t ideal… and the screen was just small. Fortunately, they imported just fine to the new-to-me reader, so we’re in business!

Now the question is what else should I add to the library? I’m not really looking for “how to” fly fishing books, but would love to read some stories, either biographical, based in fact, or even pure fiction. I know the default for almost all fly fishers is John Gierach, but I’ve done a ton of his books in audio form. Any suggestions?