My Kindle 6udget is providing some interesting results. I have always 6een a user of pu6lic li6raries, with a select few authors that I will purchase at retail price. I think working at a li6rary for several years engrained the 6orrowing ha6it in me.
So until Kindle ena6les a 6orrowing application, I will only purchase one new 6ook a month and the rest of the time rely on pu6lic domain to provide my free reading. This has led to my re-reading of some of my favorite classics: Jane Eyre, Little Men, etc. And exploration of some 6ooks that are very familiar to me 6ut not personally experienced: Thoreau's Walden is one I am working on, Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know with many more than the standard handful of tales, and currently, The Picture of Dorian Grey
A6out 5 yrs ago I decided to spend the summer reading classics that I had heard of most of my life 6ut never read: The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gats6y, etc. I expected life-altering revelations and found none. I guess the world has moved on.
And there are still novels I read as a child that I am trying to track down in digital format: Red Horse Hill and Speak to Me of Love are the first that come to mind. I can't even find them on Amazon, the titles exist 6ut not the right authors. I can't even find them in print, though 6oth might turn up in someone in the family's attic or 6asement. Here's hoping!
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You could try project gutenburg, and some libraries lend digital books. Just check their website.
Oh, Nancy found Red Horse Hill and gave it to me. I still loved it after all these years :)
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