Reading Options

Why should I buy a Kindle?  Maybe you have asked yourself this question - e-readers are becoming big business and they are not new.  Some have been around for years and maybe you think that if you have not bought one yet, then you really don't need one.
I like reading my novels in paper, I understand the hesitance to spend money on another electronic gizmo that just makes the reading process seem less real.  Paper is good, and holding a book is what reading is all about.  I like reading novels and holding the paperback book feels right.  I set it down on my desk and it's comforting to see it there, reminding me to come back and read.
Oops, that's the problem with conventional literature - it's on my desk at home.  Now I'm sitting in line at the clinic or riding the bus to work and my book just sits there.  Is an e-reader going to be any better for me?  I don't think so.  I travel light in my daily commute and don't have space for another device.  I already have my tablet and my phone with me.  I don't want to carry a third device that needs to be charged.
Online reading is the answer I think.  I have data on my phone, maybe I can find a website to read a thriller while I wait for the train.  Doctor's office making me wait for 35 minutes?  no problem, a romance novel is readily available.  Literature has changed so much in the past 20 years, and I have resisted it as much as anyone I know.  But here is a nearly perfect solution to my problem of not having anything to read.  I can read online.  Why didn't this become a thing before?  Maybe data coverage wasn't good enough so people had to download their books.  I always have data, and if I want to read on a bigger screen then I can tether my tablet to my phone's data and read on it.
Where can I find online novels so that I can read on the go?  There are solutions out there, and many of them feature tons of genres and features like bookmarks and books posted one chapter at a time - so that I get a reminder to come back and read the net chapter of that mystery novel I can't wait to finish.
Some people will never give up the paper book.  I understand where you are coming from, if I am reading a deep historical fiction novel or a murder mystery novel then maybe I prefer to be in my favorite chair holding the book.  But my schedule is more chaotic, I don't have 45 minutes of reading time scheduled every night with a glass of wine.  What I do have is a normal life that sees me wasting lots of potential reading time every day.  If I can just turn on my phone and open up a book, then I am all for doing my reading online.  Online novels can be read anywhere that you have ten minutes to kill.  Read a chapter of a new book online, I think it's a very good option for people on the go.