Growing up, one of my favorite hobbies was opening a new book and getting lost in its world for the whole day. I had no siblings, few friends and kids my age in the neighborhood, and an active imagination that could only be satiated by fictional characters and realities. I asked for books as Christmas and birthday presents, I borrowed books from my school’s library, I shared books with some of my friends. But as time passed and college then work got in the way, my reading time slowly dwindled.
It wasn’t until I bought a Kindle Paperwhite in 2015 that I re-discovered my love of reading. Since then, Kindle readers have become a mainstay on my bedtime table and in my travel bag. They don’t have the same smell and touch as a physical book, but they do provide me with a similar level of immersion. And it’s that immersion that keeps me coming back. I’ve tried to whittle down what makes the Kindle line-up special for me, and I’ve found five very distinct reasons.