Let’s be honest. Half the time, we don’t close the book at all. We just turn the page and pretend we’ll read the next chapter tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes. Meanwhile, the Kindle screen stays on for hours, glowing dimly in a dark room while you fall asleep drooling on the “Buy Now” button for book 7 in a series you already quit in book 3.
But if you really want closure—and I mean the digital kind—just use the “Home” button. It’s that simple. Don’t overcomplicate it. The Kindle is a forgiving device. It won’t judge you for not finishing a book. It won’t gossip to your other books about your terrible reading habits. It just sits there, like a silent librarian who’s seen everything.
One Last Weird Trick
Okay, for the completionists out there: if you want to see the book’s cover art one last time before it vanishes, just tap the bottom-left corner of the page. Wait, that does nothing. I made that up. Sorry. I got carried away. The truth is, there’s no grand ceremony. You just tap Home. That’s it. It’s anticlimactic, like the end of a mediocre movie about closing a book.
So go ahead. Close that book. Start a new one. Or maybe—hear me out—go outside. But if you do come back to your Kindle, remember: tap top, tap Home, and breathe. You’ve mastered the impossible. Now, what’s next on your reading list? Don’t tell me—I probably own it already, unfinished.
