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Old 07-15-2012, 11:59 PM   #229
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Originally Posted by spindlegirl View Post
Quoted because it bears repeating.

I often get confused when people say they don't like "the classics". The classics are not "a genre". They are many genres. There's mystery, comedy, plays, poems, romances, sci-fi, vampires, non-fiction. There are some that I do like and some that I don't.

Prior to discovering PG and MR, and calibre, I was actually BUYing print copies of many classics. I am looking around my shelves now and see Jude the Obscure, The Brothers Karamazov, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Mrs Dalloway, Animal Farm, Anne of Green Gables, Our Mutual Friend, Jane Eyre, 3 copies of Pride and Prejudice, .... etc etc (and far more), because I wanted to catch up on all the "greats" The estimated total I have spent on those books is over 200 dollars, even with a vast majority of them being used or being discounted because they frequently go on sale when school starts.

My first Kobo came with 100 gutenberg classics pre-installed, and I was like wow. I gave my first Kobo (wifi) to my stepdaughter who felt like she had been given the world when she saw the list of free classics on there.

Now, I read quite a bit of modern literature, but very little of it, upon borrowing repeatedly from the library, has captivated me so much that I am just so sad to return it.

Hard for me to say how I feel about copyright length. If I can afford a book, I buy it, if I can't I read it at the library. Not hard for me to work out. There are many books out there that have a sticker price of 15-30 dollars that I have read. I just don't own them. I'm very grateful for libraries for allowing me the chance to experience and taste all kinds of literature.
Spindlegirl I've currently got 5 books 'on hold' at my library, 2 non-fiction and 3 fiction. I couldn't agree more with you reading and returning books without thinking, 'gee I might want to buy that book to keep'.

So many current/ish titles I've returned before I've gotten too many pages in because they don't suit my reading interest. (I tend to pick books up, give them a quick glance, and then borrow them when I'm in a hurry - so end up with quite a lot of duds, lol. Although I've 'found' some authors that way too - a lucky dip really!)
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