Originally Posted By alexbook "Our Island Story" by H. E. Marshall -- another freebie from work. It's a children's history of England, written in 1905 and recently reprinted. Enjoyable, though the author tends to mix history with legend.
Originally Posted By MissCandice Dang you, Alex, coming in here and bragging about the free books you get to read! I am re-reading the 3rd HP book and at work on my breaks I am reading the 10th Lemony Snicket book.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I found a legal site with tons of classics and not so classics free on ebook. So I loaded up my memory card and have tons of books to read on the palm. Should keep me busy for a few weeks.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I'm rereading Watchmen by Alan Moore. It is one of the most complex comic graphic novels I've ever read. If they do make a film out of it, they'd better do it right!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Nuut, is it blackmask online, or another site? I read lots of books on my palm. Autoscroll tocks! Currently reading "The Annotated Wizard of Oz". Highly recommend it. Very interesting.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut its manybooks.net Free books and you can choose the format you want, even iPod notes. I havent paid for the pro version of eReader yet but I am in the free 15 day trial. I like having the auto scroll but its either too fast or too slow, I couldnt find a happy medium. IM sure it will just take a little bit more tweaking. I just cant believe I never tried this before. I just got the palm but I have had palms in the past and never tried it. I even bought one from palms website of an author I have trouble finding and it was cheaper than the paper version by like 50%.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo <a href="http://www.blackmask.com/" target="_blank">http://www.blackmask.com/</a> I think you might like some of the interesting titles here. Isilo is also a good free reader.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut yeah i was checking em out after you mentioned it. I have a few on my list already. lol
Originally Posted By MissCandice So now I am reading #4 HP book. Looks like I will have to re-read them all.
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo North and South (the first one) John Jakes and totally loving it.
Originally Posted By Labuda Just finished Live from Death Valley (and wrote a review that should be up on AMazon in the next day or so). Now time to read Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without A Country.
Originally Posted By Labuda Just finished Live from Death Valley (and wrote a review that should be up on AMazon in the next day or so). Now time to read Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without A Country.
Originally Posted By alexbook MissCandice: It's a great job with some nifty perks, but the pay's pretty lousy. jasmine7: I agree about "Watchmen." There's been talk about a movie, but I'm sort of hoping it doesn't happen. I skipped the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and "From Hell" movies 'cause I liked the original comics so much I knew I'd be disappointed. I'm not sure whether I'll check out the "V for Vendetta" movie or not.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo ^^^please try "From Hell". I think the directors had a lot of respect for the source material. The extras on the dvd are very interesting as well. And you might not care, but Johnny Depp is particularly delicious . . .
Originally Posted By JohnS1 Thanks Labuda for your wonderful review at Amazon.com! I hope none of the rest of you are afraid to write one as well. Of course, you have to get the book first! Several used on sale at Amazon, and Alexbook carries them at Compass Books. Ort your local library may have them for free!!! (But you have to give them back after you read them!)
Originally Posted By alexbook I just finished "Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion" by Riley LaShea. It reads like the rough draft of what could have been a really good fantasy novel. The plot involves a mysterious figure called Grimm who creates a land where the inhabitants are forced to act out classic fairy tales, until Cinderella decides she doesn't want to marry Prince Charming and everything falls apart. Unfortunately, there are frequent grammar and punctuation errors, run-on sentences, and absurdly overblown descriptions. ("Something deeper, darker, and much more powerful is working beneath the surface, toiling to put everything back the way it was intended.") Right now, I'm reading an advance copy of Sara Gruen's "Water for Elephants" (due out in May). I haven't read her other books, so I don't know how this compares, but I'm really enjoying it, even if it is a bit more "literary" than the stuff I usually go for.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I just finished re-reading all the Harry Potter books. I don't know what I will start next.
Originally Posted By mele Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen I bought the book last year. Figured I should probably read it. Then I'll watch the movie.
