Library Update

[desertvixen]

The Kindle has 42 books on it, and only 1 cost me anything.  I've been able to get rid of 6 actual books.  Some of the books on the Kindle are "desert island" choices (i.e., if this was all I ever had to read) like Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Rilla of Ingleside, and The Velveteen Rabbit.

A lot of what I picked up is "Oooh, interesting and free" so no help with reduction of books.  Not that having less books is really a goal of mine, however, more like maximizing the collection.

Once my feline visitors are gone, and I have my bookroom back, I think I'm buying a new bookcase.

I also need to make some inroads on my to-read pile, which means not buying any for awhile.

DV

Comments

[lonelydolly.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year DV, I'm never on here anymore, lol...do you have a facebook? XO Kim

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

Yes, the link is in my profile!

((( )))

[glasheen25.livejournal.com]

I really think I need to get a kindle. Spacewise, while traveling it would save a lot of room. I am curious though if using one is as satisfying as reading a real book.

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

I don't think I would want to do all my reading on it, but I think for travel it would be awesome. Some stuff, though, is not appreciably cheaper - like the yellow spine Nancy Drews (the original 56) are 5.99/Kindle, which is pretty much what the physical books cost.

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

Woo!

I feel like we need a kindle club! PM me your address, I have a related present for you.

And I'm now off to load that Anne books.

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

The Kindle is pretty awesome.

They have Anne's House of Dreams also and Rainbow Valley, but some of the older ones are apparently missing chunks of stuff where Anne/character is quoting someone else.

Speaking of Anne, did you read the Green Gables Yuletide fics yet?

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

I did not. For various reasons I red pretty much nothing of yuletide.

One my list though. I'm glad to hear they were good.

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

I recced one, with Rilla and Ken dealing with after-effects of WWI and married life, and a second one which has two of the secondary characters falling in love.

Check out my rec posts, there's some decent links.

Off to answer your PM!

[megglesmcgoo.livejournal.com]

I got a kindle for Christmas too and found lots of free Mark Twain short stories which I love. I've done some shopping for things as I also got an amazon voucher but I like finding free things too. I got a huge chunk of lm montgomery books for $5 or so, including a few I don't have and bizarrely all the Anne series bar Anne of Windy Willows.

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

Apparently Windy Poplars is not included because it's the last written and after the magic cut-off. The things you learn.

I like the free, also, because right now my to-read pile is so big I can't really justify adding to it on the Kindle for charge.