apropos of nothing much: I recently received a Kindle and was pleased to discover that classics that are in the public domain can be downloaded gratis - so far I've read Bram Stoker's Count Dracula (for the first time), am rereading Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo, and Alice is up next.

I will *not be reading The Whale, no matter the cost. (I've tried twice; I was much older the second time and quit on it much sooner - I think I've matured in my reading habits.) read Philbreck's In the Heart of the Sea if you want to read something about whaling that's very well-written - it's about the actual loss of the Essex.

Last edited by tsuwm; 01/27/11 06:14 PM.