I Love My Kindle!

I am not what you would call on the cutting edge of technology.  Our televisions were born in the last century, and our son David points out that people in third world countries have cell phones newer than our rarely used ones, but I love my Kindle.  How else would I have managed to lug 288 books, some of which are actually collected works of this author or that, all the way to Lithuania in this day of pared down luggage?  As it was, I had to bring only the Kindle, my take off and landing book for the time when devices are not allowed and the books for the dreaded ELS classes.  Most of the books were free, so they may or may not be  what I would have paid money for, but they are there, waiting for me, and I am content.

My friend Sharon pointed out to me that you can download Kindle books to various devices, including your lap top, and I have found a wonderful service called Free Kindle Watch.  It is free, and after you sign up, you will get twice daily notification of the books Amazon is offering for free that day.  I have found several really interesting, to me, anyway, authors I would not have found otherwise. Of course, the way it usually works is that an author offers one book for free, you get hooked, and spend money for subsequent titles.

My current favorite discovery is Jefferson Bass.  The name is a combination of the names of Dr. Bill Bass and journalist Jon Jefferson.  Bass is the forensic anthropologist who started the Body Farm at the University of Tennessee. That's where they put donated bodies to determine how different circumstances affect decomposition.  For those of you who have high tolerance for gore, check out his memoir, Death's Acre.   Then move on to the mysteries, but be sure to read them in order.  You know how I know that, of course.  I  like them so much that I paid for several of them.


As I said, I love my Kindle.  I'm thinking of naming it  Earl Hamner, Jr.  for the guy who created the Waltons and did the narration at the beginning of the show.  Hearing his Virginia accent each week helped when I was young and homesick.

For future reference, I am now my own spell checker.  Somehow or another, my computer found out I skipped the country and now speaks fluent Lithuanian.  As a consequence, when I hit spell check, all the words are highlighted as incorrect.