I recieved the Kindle Fire for Christmas and I LOVE it. There's a good backlight. If it's late at night, I'm able to use it in the dark and see perfectly. There are plenty of free books on amazon.com you can purchase for it. You can also tell your family and friends to buy gift cards for the kindle to buy books. They would probably make good Christmas/birthday gifts for you! You can also use the internet and surf the web. And there's plenty of cool apps, ranging from games to the weather and local news, you can download as well. I love the kindle, I would recommend it.