Welcome to the Dark(er) Side

So, a couple of weeks ago I finally succumbed to the lure of gadgetry and bought a Kindle. The decision was helped immensely by the fact that AO3 provides Kindle-ready downloads of fic (*shakes fist*) and that a lovely piece of software called Calibre enables me to buy DRM-free stuff (or indeed acquire stuff in pretty much any format going) and then convert it to read on the Gadget-Of-Doom.

I've already read a couple of things which far surpass much of what I've previously paid for and am starting to wonder where the line blurs between stuff that should be on recs_by_grac (and subsequently the recs page on my website) and my book blog. Fannish stuff is pretty clear, but original fiction? How about stuff I've picked up as ebooks but would happily pay cash money for a paperback copy if there was some way of getting hold of it this side of the Atlantic that didn't involve selling a kidney?

Other than that, I've pretty much been bone idle the past few weeks. This year I'd very much like to finish the heaps of stuff that remains uncompleted on my hard drive but reading is so much easier than writing!