Snoskred - Life in the Country

So there I was innocently flicking around on the teevee last week and I ran into a movie known as Twilight.

What I knew about Twilight before watching it - not a lot. Three things, to be exact -

- that the other half said vampires do not sparkle in the sun and how stupid that means it all is (he is a big Anne Rice fan).

- that the cast are very pretty.

- that Kristen Stewart really does not love being on the red carpet.

I did not reckon on

- Robert Pattinson being like a car accident you just cannot look away from and at the same time incredibly charming.

- Kristen Stewart being equally compelling and by the look of it an excellent actress.

- that they would use part of the movie like an advertisement for a very fascinatory Volvo that I recently looked at in a car yard and after investigation happens to contain the exact same motor which is in our XR-5 Turbo.

- that it would be so.. green and involve so many trees.

So I was surprised to find that I liked it - in fact that I liked it so much, I watched it a second time when it was on the +2 channel.

I then went off and spoiled myself for the future books because I wanted to know what happened next. Just a couple of days later, I decided it was time to get the e-books and read them. More on Twilight at a later time, I am still processing.

I do want to type about my stunning ebooky thingy. The other half got this gadget a while back mainly as a gps however you can use it for so many other things. He has since moved on to other gadgets and I have inherited the awesomeness as an e-book reader.

I have always been a huge book reader ever since I was a kid and I was not sure that I would like an e-book reader. However it turns out I adore it for the following reasons -

- percentage thingy - it tells me at the bottom of the screen what percentage of the book I have read.

- touch screen to turn the page - absolutely silent! this does not wake the other half up yay.

- can read it in the dark.

- can carry around a whole bunch of books in the one small unit.

- do not have to hold up a heavy book - the unit is very light.

- can download a bunch of free ebooks from places like project gutenberg.

I think it is pretty reasonable at just under $166 considering you can use it as a GPS also - and having used tomtom and navman, this is actually the best GPS we’ve used. So if you are looking for either a GPS or an e-booky-reader thingy, then this could be your answer.

I will leave you with a link to one of my favourite Volvo scenes from Twilight. Enjoy!

Volvo