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Is my Kindle counting as Screen Time?
The experience on the Kindle has been really good, wait wait wait, you must be wondering what is a Kindle, right? Well, let me tell you, what is it? A Kindle is a small handheld electronic device for reading books, which has been developed by online retailer Amazon.
Why This Matters to Me
I really appreciate this gift. I would rate it 9 on 10. The screen is very special, it has the same feeling of reading a paper book, if the light setting is low. So I personally think that reading a kindle is not screen time.
My Experience
As you download offline for Netflix or Spotify, you similarly download books onto a Kindle and read them on it. Let me get back to my experience. I really like it. I can read books without the internet. I only need the internet to download them. They are purchased from Amazon. I charge only once a week and read at least 10 hours per week. I know that's super cool, but it's got something even cooler. It has almost all the books in the world in almost every language. Every time I read, I lose track of time. That's kind of annoying😅. I often read before bed. I technically get into the book. I received a Kindle as a gift in January 2025. So far, I’ve spent £119. That’s quite a lot for six months. I should make a spreadsheet to show you the prices, authors, and number of pages. Here it is. Kindle
|
Name of the book |
Author |
Price |
|
Diary of an almost cool boy 1 |
Bill Campbell |
0.81 |
|
Diary of an almost cool boy 2 |
Bill Campbell |
2.46 |
|
Diary of an almost cool girl 1 |
Bill Campbell,Katrina Kahler |
0.00 |
|
Diary of an almost cool girl 2 |
Bill Campbell,Katrina Kahler |
2.15 |
|
Diary of an almost cool girl 3 |
Bill Campbell,Katrina Kahler |
2.19 |
|
Diary of an almost cool girl 4 |
Bill Campbell,Katrina Kahler |
2.15 |
|
Diary of an almost cool girl 5 |
Bill Campbell,Katrina Kahler |
2.15 |
|
Cupcake girls,la surprise du chefs |
Coco Simon |
5.99 |
|
Ice cream girls,moustaches et Chantilly |
Coco Simon |
5.99 |
|
Ice cream girls,Commme un parfum d'amour |
Coco Simon |
5.99 |
|
Ice cream girls,Tension à gogo |
Coco Simon |
5.99 |
|
Cupcake girls tome 34 |
Coco Simon |
8.49 |
|
Ice cream girls, Amitié et créme glacées |
Coco Simon |
5.99 |
|
Skelling |
David Almond |
2.99 |
|
The extremely embarrassing life of Lottie Brooks |
Katie Kirby |
3.99 |
|
The catastrophic friendship fails of Lottie Brooks |
Katie Kirby |
4.99 |
|
The mega complicated crushes of Lottie Brooks |
Katie Kirby |
4.99 |
|
The majorly awkward BFF dramas of Lottie Brooks |
Katie Kirby |
3.99 |
|
The completetly chaotic christmas of Lottie brooks |
Katie Kirby |
7.99 |
|
Julia Jones,My worst day ever |
Katrina Kahler |
1.59 |
|
Julia Jones diary 2 to 6 |
Katrina Kahler |
3.18 |
|
Julia Jones diary 7 and 8 |
Katrina Kahler |
4.02 |
|
I shrunked my best friend book 1 |
Katrina Kahler & John Zakour |
0.00 |
|
The new kid,Along for the ride |
Maureen Straka |
2.16 |
|
The new kid,In the dog house |
Maureen Straka |
2.27 |
|
The new kid,Surviving middle school is tough |
Maureen Straka |
0.00 |
|
The new kid,Snow day |
Maureen Straka |
2.45 |
|
The new kid,Election blues |
Maureen Straka |
2.29 |
|
Bex Carter 1 to 4 |
Tiffany Nicole Smith |
5.73 |
|
Bex Carter 5 to 8 |
Tiffany Nicole Smith |
6.55 |
|
The bex Carter Dramadies,High heels are evil |
Tiffany Nicole Smith |
2.13 |
|
The bex Carter Dramadies,Boys tears are delicious |
Tiffany Nicole Smith |
2.41 |
|
The bex Carter Dramadies How NOT to do high school |
Tiffany Nicole Smith |
0.77 |
|
The bex Carter Dramadies Caution LOVE triangle Ahead |
Tiffany Nicole Smith |
2.34 |
|
Chirpy martin is dead to me |
Tiffany Nicole Smith |
2.27 |
|
119.45 |
My Thoughts
It has really helped me in class too. A year ago, my English vocabulary wasn’t very good. But now that I read on the Kindle, I can understand the meaning of every word as I use the dictionary.
My Real Feelings
I started reading books when I was 9. I began with Cupcake Girls by Coco Simon, the French version. A year later, I had finished the whole series. The next year, I read Harry Potter. It took me so long to read it because I had a very important exam that year. In January, my Uncle Lionel gave me a Kindle. I was so happy. I was just thinking about how I could get a new book without going to the bookstore. My uncle told me that it was much cheaper to have a Kindle than to go to the bookstore every two weeks.
I found the average amount of money I spend on my kindle everyday in Mauritian Rupees.Here is the equation I used
£119.45 in Mauritian Rupees 7349.16
Numbers of days since 1 of January to 22 of June 2025 =172
Rs 7349.16 divided by 172 = Rs 42.727
I compared it to my Ipad’s screen time,I usually read 2 hours per day.I use my Ipad more but I enjoy my kindle way more.
I compared it to my favourite app, Pinterest. My daily average is 58 mins and my kindle average time is 2 hours.I personally think that the kindle is better.
Creative Extras
Here are recommended books as a birthday gift for 10 to 13 years old kids. Lottie Brooks the whole series, Bex Carter Dramadis, Julia Jones Diary.
A big thank you to Uncle Lionel Blackman.
What did I learn from writing this blog?
I learnt how to make a chart from spreadsheet,I compared the different screen times and I most importantly realised how much I like my kindle.
No AI was used.
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