Kindle Adventures

I like to entertain myself by scrolling through kin lib, back to front, looking for gold in the form of "undiscovered" authors and titles.

(Kinlib.com is an up-to-the-minute list of all free Kindle books. Many of the books listed are always free, but many are free only one day. Today I started one, "Killing Down the Roman Line" by Tim McGregor. I'm only to chapter 3, so I don't know where McGregor's going with his plot, but holy moly - dude can write! I'll review it here when I finish it.)

Anyway . . . but sometimes I want to revisit a favorite writer - like checking in with an old friend, ya  know? And for several months, that "old friend" has been Tim Hallinan, because he hasn't disappointed me yet.

I just finished reading "The Man With No Time", from Hallinan's Simeon Grist series, and his streak continues - it's terrific. One of the many things I like about Hallinan is that he usually offers extras - in the present case, he has Grist mention that his favorite book is "The Dream of the Red Chamber" by Cao Xueqin.

And here's what I love about Kindle. As soon as that title was mentioned, I backed out of "The Man", went wi-fi, searched the Kindle store for "The Dream" and voila - several editions were listed. Found one for $.99, downloaded it, read the first chapter, realized if I went any farther I'd be hooked, and went back to finish "The Man".

Then I started "Killing Down the Roman Line" because the title was intriguing, and, like I said, McGregor is a very talented writer, so I guess I'll have to finish it before I get to "The Dream" . . .

Bleet. So many books, so little time . . .

L. T. Fawkes