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In the pursuit of reading material
Jun. 13th, 2011 10:06 amAs a general rule, I'm kind of cheap. I'm usually pretty good about being able to discern if I need something or if I just want something. Most of my reading material falls into the "want" category, and so instead of constantly downloading new books to my Nook, I usually just get the freebies off of Barnes & Noble or the classics from Project Gutenberg. This isn't to say that I haven't bought books for my Nook - I was so impressed with the freebie by Julie Klassen that I bought her other three books, as well as Isabel Wolff's A Vintage Affair and On the Night of the Seventh Moon by Victoria Holt. Likewise, I've been pleased with Karen Witemeyer's work (her first book was offered as a freebie) so I've been debating about buying her other two books.
I was also going through some of my other favorite authors, trying to determine which books that I wanted to get - I know I have a couple by Dianne Mott Davidson that I am as yet to add to my collection, as well as the most recent "-Hunter" books Sherrilyn Kenyon. Since both of those are long runner series, I'm thinking that I'll just get the rest of the books in eBook format so I don't have to keep making room on my shelf.
Obviously, some books you just have to have a physical copy of. I'm still planning on buying a copy of The Hobbit - though there are multiple editions to choose from. Further more, I'm going to be getting the rest of the Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson series in physical form because 1) she's a local author and I'm all about supporting local anything and 2) since she's a local author, going to book signings is easy and I want something she can actually, you know, sign.
At any rate I'm itching for some new reading material, so I may just have to buckle down and get the other two Karen Witemeyer novels. They're historical novels with Christian themes, but not so overtly preachy that I wanted to throw the Nook across the room in disgust. And, to be fair, most of the Christian themes in the book were completely period appropriate. I'm a non-denominational Christian, but that doesn't mean I don't get twitchy over that evangelical, overly preachy bullshit. On more than one occasion I've stopped something half-way though when it becomes obvious what the real motivation is. Thankfully Witemeyer manages to avoid that whole overly preachy tone and overall I found her work enjoyable. I'm willing to give the rest of her work a try. I may just start with her second book and if I like it, then I'll get the third one.
I was also going through some of my other favorite authors, trying to determine which books that I wanted to get - I know I have a couple by Dianne Mott Davidson that I am as yet to add to my collection, as well as the most recent "-Hunter" books Sherrilyn Kenyon. Since both of those are long runner series, I'm thinking that I'll just get the rest of the books in eBook format so I don't have to keep making room on my shelf.
Obviously, some books you just have to have a physical copy of. I'm still planning on buying a copy of The Hobbit - though there are multiple editions to choose from. Further more, I'm going to be getting the rest of the Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson series in physical form because 1) she's a local author and I'm all about supporting local anything and 2) since she's a local author, going to book signings is easy and I want something she can actually, you know, sign.
At any rate I'm itching for some new reading material, so I may just have to buckle down and get the other two Karen Witemeyer novels. They're historical novels with Christian themes, but not so overtly preachy that I wanted to throw the Nook across the room in disgust. And, to be fair, most of the Christian themes in the book were completely period appropriate. I'm a non-denominational Christian, but that doesn't mean I don't get twitchy over that evangelical, overly preachy bullshit. On more than one occasion I've stopped something half-way though when it becomes obvious what the real motivation is. Thankfully Witemeyer manages to avoid that whole overly preachy tone and overall I found her work enjoyable. I'm willing to give the rest of her work a try. I may just start with her second book and if I like it, then I'll get the third one.
