Books: Kindle reading
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amanda_lodden32. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
When I was a toddler, I used to looooove to be read to. My grandmother was happy to oblige, but she got tired of the childish stuff really quickly, and switched over to other stories. She read most of Pinocchio to me in doctor's waiting rooms. I know she read other books, but for some reason Pinocchio stuck out in my memory. Maybe it was that I'd seen the Disney movie, and could more easily envision the characters because of it. Maybe it was because one doctor was really really slow, and after she'd finished the very last chapter she had to find other ways to amuse me. I honestly don't know. But for my first Kindle read, I opted to go back to my childhood and my first "real" book.
I remember this book being much, much longer. Of course, the first time through it took months, so maybe that's why it felt long. It's really only a short story, perhaps bordering on a novella. I still liked it, but it doesn't have the same shine as an adult that it did as a kid.
33. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Feh. Overhyped.
34. The Mysterious Key and What It Opened by Louisa May Alcott
Another short story, are you sensing a trend in my Kindle choices thus far? I liked Little Women but not enough to pick up the rest of her books. This is a short mystery, but given the author it's probably not surprising that there's some innocent romance in it as well. It was okay; the big secret at the end was probably shocking and scandalous 100 years ago, but just not that big of a deal today.
35. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
One of the few books I actually purchased rather than got for free. I like this series quite a bit, but sometimes it's frustrating. I found it very difficult to get into this one at first, as it seemed like things dragged on and on with no seeming purpose. And then all of a sudden midway through, I couldn't put it down, as all the plot came rushing in at once. It's possible that some of the problem at first was reading it on a new platform, but I suspect that it's simply badly paced.
On the plus side, there was actual character development. I like character development.
When I was a toddler, I used to looooove to be read to. My grandmother was happy to oblige, but she got tired of the childish stuff really quickly, and switched over to other stories. She read most of Pinocchio to me in doctor's waiting rooms. I know she read other books, but for some reason Pinocchio stuck out in my memory. Maybe it was that I'd seen the Disney movie, and could more easily envision the characters because of it. Maybe it was because one doctor was really really slow, and after she'd finished the very last chapter she had to find other ways to amuse me. I honestly don't know. But for my first Kindle read, I opted to go back to my childhood and my first "real" book.
I remember this book being much, much longer. Of course, the first time through it took months, so maybe that's why it felt long. It's really only a short story, perhaps bordering on a novella. I still liked it, but it doesn't have the same shine as an adult that it did as a kid.
33. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Feh. Overhyped.
34. The Mysterious Key and What It Opened by Louisa May Alcott
Another short story, are you sensing a trend in my Kindle choices thus far? I liked Little Women but not enough to pick up the rest of her books. This is a short mystery, but given the author it's probably not surprising that there's some innocent romance in it as well. It was okay; the big secret at the end was probably shocking and scandalous 100 years ago, but just not that big of a deal today.
35. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
One of the few books I actually purchased rather than got for free. I like this series quite a bit, but sometimes it's frustrating. I found it very difficult to get into this one at first, as it seemed like things dragged on and on with no seeming purpose. And then all of a sudden midway through, I couldn't put it down, as all the plot came rushing in at once. It's possible that some of the problem at first was reading it on a new platform, but I suspect that it's simply badly paced.
On the plus side, there was actual character development. I like character development.
