{"id":983,"date":"2015-04-07T10:57:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T15:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2015-04-07T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T21:39:07","slug":"summer-reading-i-e-who-needs-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Summer reading, i.e., who needs sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Screen<\/a>Do you read books on a tablet or your phone, or otherwise in electronic form? Do you know about this?<\/p>\n

Bookbub<\/a>. You tell them what you like to read, and they send you emails every day with a list of books that meet your criteria that are low price or free! (Many<\/strong> that are free, in fact!) It\u2019s kind of an invitation to literary piggishness, to stuff your device with slightly more books than you\u2019ll realistically be able to read, but that\u2019s actually a step up from stuffing your physical bookcase with that much (plus many of them are FREE). (Yes, I know, I know. Library books, and I love the library like nobody\u2019s business, but there are more ebooks available than my library offers, even with Overdrive<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I mention this because I\u2019m getting ready (i.e., loading up) for summer reading. Not summer reading club<\/a>, though I guess if the prizes are good enough it might be worth registering. Just reading throughout the summer, the time of year I traditionally splurge on fantasy or a boatload of cozies<\/a>.*<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve mentioned my summer reading habit before<\/a>. In addition to that Shanna Swendon series, over the last few summers I\u2019ve read the Harry Potter series<\/a>, the Inheritance Cycle<\/a> by Christopher Paolini, the Exmortus<\/a> series by Todd Maternowski, and all the Miss Fisher mysteries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is what I have lined up for this<\/strong> summer. If you follow the links, you’ll notice that a bunch of them are free. And the first book in a series. Have you heard of drug dealers offering a “free taste” of their products to get customers hooked? Same concept:<\/p>\n