Revisits to Worthwhile Readsbecause the library and bookstores might not be opened yet.....
If like myself you do not have a large budget for new books, during the present social conditions you are finding your reading material by:
1) Borrowing books from friends
2) Scouring the sales on-line to purchase new material
3)Using on-line sources available through your library system for e-book reads
4) Going through your bookshelves to find something to re-read.
Lately I've been going through my own shelves and thoroughly enjoyed a revisit to the writings of some talented authors.
Here is a list of a few of them. You might want to look up these authors to see if some of these reads are on sale. And just maybe you have a copy of your own sitting quietly on a back shelf.
Or, these suggestions may bring to mind other books by the authors shown here that you've enjoyed.
Happy Reading.
Hah! That's exactly what I've been doing!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, I haven't really wanted to read ebooks . . . though they are better during bouts of insomnia, as I can reach out for my "book" and read without turning on a light and waking my husband. I've wanted to read old, familiar favorites. One of those was "Death in a White Tie."
I have all of Marsh's books in paperback, and most of Stout's, too. Including "The League of Frightened Men." I read his so very often in my young days, when penury prevented me from acquiring new books and the press of time kept me from the library, that I know most of them by heart. Well, that's true of a lot of the books I own. One of the delights of keeping a large library is that I can always find something to read without leaving the house!
That's where my e-book reader is located too, on the bedside table! Right now I'm glad not to have thinned out the bookcase too much, and left favorites and the timeless classics at arm's length.
DeleteGreat looking list of books MaryJo! I am rereading one book. Also reading books just sitting on the shelves. (Don't we all have a number of these?) A book I would recommend is North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It is a delightful Victorian novel. I downloaded it to my kindle app from Project Gutenberg. It was FREE. Project Gutenberg has thousands of free downloads worth checking out.
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to read that, so thanks for the reminder. And also for the great book site we can all take advantage of.
DeleteThe Project Guttenberg edition is also available free for Kindle at Amazon.com, and sometimes Open Road Media offers it for free at both Amazon.com and others.
DeleteFor more free and cheap reads, consider signing up for the Early Bird Books newsletter from Open Road Media at earlybirdbooks.com. The newsletter usually contains at least one free book, while most of the others are priced at $1.99 (some at 99 cents, some a bit more). I think now you can even choose how often you want to receive the newsletter. I've gotten a lot of classics, including four of Elizabeth Gaskell's, this way. Some days, there is nothing I'd have for free . . . but some days I snag something worthwhile. And the free classics are generally better editions than some of the Project Gutenberg scans.
DeleteMany thanks for your tips, Carole.
DeleteHere's my first time book recommendation. I have a Kindle Unlimited acct, and was able to read it for free. It is "Beneath a Scarlett Sky', by Mark Sullivan. I am not particularly drawn to stories centered on WWII, but this book captured my attention. It is based on a true story, but the author freely admits some gaps in the story were filled in by him as there were areas he could not confirm from his research, so it is listed as fiction. Well worth your time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ellie. This is a new title for me and I'll see if Beneath a Scarlett Sky is currently available for a modest price in e-book format.
DeleteTwo more great authors to go back to re-reads for me and just maybe new ones to you: Dorothy Sayers and Jan Karon.
Thank you for these suggestions! I have been scrambling for books to read and have succumbed to paying (!!!!) Amazon for some Kindle stories and I hate it because each time I read the next in series from a particular author, the price goes up. Maybe these books will be online from my library - and man-o-man, do I ever miss our library. Our town has enough Covid positive people that we will probably be under these social distance restrictions for a while yet.
ReplyDeleteThere will be a run on libraries when they finally open! I personally use mine
Deleteonly occasionally but I'm sure missing that "occasionally".