Having free access to the classics on my new Kindle is a great opportunity to catch up on all those famous titles that I’ve heard so much about but never read. Crime and Punishment was my first choice, a title that is familiar to everyone, and yet I had no idea what the story was… [Read more…]
I first heard of Incarceron at the 2010 Winchester Writers’ Conference at a seminar about Young Adult Dystopian fiction. The premise, a futuristic prison suspended from a keychain, sounded intriguing, and it was the first book that I paid to download on my new Kindle. Incarceron is an absolute joy to read. It is a… [Read more…]
Why did no one ever tell me how lovely the Kindle is? It’s sleek, beautiful, a doddle to use, and when you ‘put it to sleep’ (bless!) it shows you a nice little drawing of an author, at random. Or a selection of fish (the current screensaver, for some odd reason). This cute little gadget… [Read more…]
January 24, 2011
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