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What is wrong with a Palm Handheld? I can read anywhere I want with it, and I mostly choose classics from Project Gutenberg. I do read a ton of paper books for my contemporary lit fix, but I read all the classics on my handheld and I can carry around ten or so at a time. Nothing wrong with it...

I love the Sherlock Holmes books. I have fond memories of my dad reading them to us from his bog annotated set when we were kids :) I am reading them in order right now on my Palm Handheld (Project Gutenberg texts). Has anyone read any of Conan Doyle's other works? Any you would recommend...

I love re-reading books. Often, I will see one I like int he library or used book store. Recently, I have re-read Illegal Alien by Robert J. Sawyer, The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Visions in Death by...

Blue Raven, I have read Christie. I am reading "Nemesis" right now and am enjoying it. I think I prefer the Marple to the Poirot. Peder, I am wondering what your thoughts are on Shakespeare. I love, love, love Shakespeare. It amuses me to see how much people like Bloom hold him up as the...

Peder, the course I took was on Victorian POPULAR literature, and the prof (who was a lovely woman who went back to get her PhD later in life) made it quite clear to us that most of what we were reading was the Victorian equivalent on Danielle Steele. Offhand, I remember reading She, Dombey &...

Wow, some great responses! This so exciting! Sar, I liked 1984 the first time I read it, but I just tried it again and it was so slow-moving! I quit partway through. I also had some logical issues with the story, like why Winston didn’t just move to the country or become a prole or something...

Hi everyone This is my first thread :) I hope it is okay to start one. I would love to talk about classical books. I saw the thread listing all the websites (Gutenberg, Black Mask etc.) where one can get public domain works for free. I use all of these sites and read books on my Palm Handheld...

Hi everyone Just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Joanna, late 20's, I have always loved books and reading. I read a lot of YA books (I will soon be finishing teacher's college so I like to keep up :) ) and current fiction (mystery, literary etc.) I have also lately discovered Project...