The upside of Connect choices and prices

[ThomWill]

My frustration with the lack of technical content on Connect (my "real" reason for buying it ), and my wifes steadfast watch on the bank account mean that I am working my way through the "Books to Read Before You Die" lists on Manybooks.net.

Recently I reread
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)
and finally read Howard's End.
(and a whole lot of Edgar Rice Burroughs).

Any one else rediscovering any wonderful classics?

[Dr. Drib]

and some I wasn't, via Guttenberg and Manybooks.

Since I enjoy Victorian fiction, I downloaded all of Wilkie Collins's work, Charles Dickens, and Anthony Trollope. I already have these in extensive hardback sets, but one of the things that attracted me to the Reader is that I want to move away from my Collector stance.

I also downloaded a whole host of Talbot Mundy and Sax Rohmer, in addition to a number of odds and ends from Guttenberg.

These are not just musty classics that no one reads anymore, but repository of the world's great literature. Let's face it: why pay $2.97 for "Dracula," when you can get it free and format it with Word or use BookDesigner.

Both RTF and BookDesigner files look great on this Reader.

Oh, yes - almost forgot: if you love creepy horror fiction, try William Hope Hodgson. I absolutely love his work, and am currently re-reading "Night Land."

Don

[lumi]

That's a very good point - I'm naturally frugal (despite my purchase of the reader ) and so I've been grabbing all the legally free books I can. I've reread all the Sherlock Holmes books, finally got around to reading some of the much-recommended P. G. Wodehouse, re-read Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and now have ebook versions of my beloved Jane Austen. I got "The Mysteries of Udolpho" and "Vanity Fair" but haven't got around to reading them yet. I expect this will encourage me to give a chance (or second chance) to some of those authors I never really appreciated in school, like Dickens.

I find I've been reading a lot more lately - whether it's the novelty of my new gadget or just my usual natural cycling of hobbies I don't know - and there's really enough at manybooks to keep me happily entertained for years. Plus, I feel smarter when I read "the classics" I haven't bought anything at the connect store since I ran through the free $50, and only a small amount at fictionwise.

[Leaping Gnome]

I've downloaded and formatted the Sherlock Holmes series from Gutenberg for the Reader.

[RWood]

I loved "How To Live On 24 Hours A Day" by Arnold Bennett -- a great read. Also in the less serious vien, the "Tom Swift" series by Victor Appleton is a lot of fun to read.

[KlondikeGeoff]

Glad somebody out there likes Wilkie Collins. Good as Dickens, but most people give me a blank stare when I mention him.

I also thought "Three Men In a Boat" was hilarious.

[susall]

I read all the E. M. Forster I can find!