Reading!
I bought a Motorola Milestone(1), and the first thing I downloaded was the ebook reader Aldiko. See, Jean-Loup has another Android phone, and I really enjoyed using Aldiko to re-read the end of Anne of Green Gables (I started it online when I was DESPERATE to read it but we went to visit his folks before I could finish(2)), and for my introduction to HP Lovecraft (not sure what took me so long to read him...)
The first book I read (possibly my first download, too, but I'm not sure) was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as I hadn't read it since I was a child, and even then I'd read Through the Looking Glass so swiftly after that I've muddled the two (Disney didn't help, either)..
I'm currently reading The House of Mirth, and am itching to start Polyanna but suspect I should try and only read one book at a time.
I've downloaded much of Jane Austin's novels(3), and the paper copies can stop taking up precious bookshelf space...
I was DELIGHTED to see that most of the Oz series was on there, too-- another long lost childhood favourite to revisit! likewise, my phone now contains (among others) A Little Princess, Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out (I read Little Men on Jean-Loup's phone at Christmas). I'll also be giving a go to Frankenstein and Dracula.
In closing: are there any classics that people recommend I try to find?
(1) Moto Droid to y'all in the US
(2) I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I no longer mind reading things on screens-- I used to seriously prefer having a paper copy to read, but Anne of Green Gables wasn't so bad...
(3)including Le Cinq Filles de Mrs Bennet as I think I've read it often enough that I'll be able to follow along in French and the idea amuses me :-)
The first book I read (possibly my first download, too, but I'm not sure) was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as I hadn't read it since I was a child, and even then I'd read Through the Looking Glass so swiftly after that I've muddled the two (Disney didn't help, either)..
I'm currently reading The House of Mirth, and am itching to start Polyanna but suspect I should try and only read one book at a time.
I've downloaded much of Jane Austin's novels(3), and the paper copies can stop taking up precious bookshelf space...
I was DELIGHTED to see that most of the Oz series was on there, too-- another long lost childhood favourite to revisit! likewise, my phone now contains (among others) A Little Princess, Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out (I read Little Men on Jean-Loup's phone at Christmas). I'll also be giving a go to Frankenstein and Dracula.
In closing: are there any classics that people recommend I try to find?
(1) Moto Droid to y'all in the US
(2) I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I no longer mind reading things on screens-- I used to seriously prefer having a paper copy to read, but Anne of Green Gables wasn't so bad...
(3)including Le Cinq Filles de Mrs Bennet as I think I've read it often enough that I'll be able to follow along in French and the idea amuses me :-)