The joy of Kindle advance book purchases

I got a surprise today - a new Jim Butcher book came out - and it was already loaded on my Kindle when I woke up.  If I had stayed up until 9p last night, I could have started reading it last night - at midnight ET.  But since I am still on ET from our Thanksgiving vacation, I started reading it at 4a instead.

I remember going to the bookstore on the day a book was released and not seeing it out for sale.  I'd have to argue with the staff that it really was available for purchase.  I don't miss that at all.

How time flies...

I can't believe it has been a year since I posted something here, but time flies.  Or maybe it was just me flying around the world - usually for work.  I think I have averaged a trip a month since I wrote last.  That is my ideal amount of travel.  It's just enough to get me out of the home office and keep me from going stir crazy.  I was home for several weeks in a row in June, so I made up for it by going somewhere every weekend in July.  Taking a break from the regular routine and knowing that we can plan an overnight trip on the spur of the moment make me happy.