Been looking for your next read? Why not grab the best-selling Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson for your Kindle right now for just $1.99? It’s over a thousand pages of geeky, detailed, storytelling delight.
Of course one of the reviews says something about “… if you read this book in one sitting,” and now all I can think about is how amazing it would be to be able to read 1,100 pages in a single sitting. I mean, I could totally do that if I didn’t have to work or deal with my family, I suppose….
To have enough leisure time to read Cryptonomicon in one sitting is my idea of heaven. Add in a hammock and someone to bring me fruity drinks.
When we were in Puerto Rico, the hammock was suspended between two coconut palms. Not a very relaxing view.
I’m sorry, Dave, did you just complain about a hammock in Puerto Rico? AHEM.
I don’t buy books because I am a voracious reader but 1.99 is tempting. It’s so voracious that when a co-worker accompanied me to the library to pick up my holds, she looked at the stack and said, “You have a problem”. And we’re clinical social workers, so she said it in THAT voice.
Can I just say I’m loving my library’s subscription to Amazon that lets me check out 5 e-books at a time!
Ohhh, I wish our library did that, Ali! You sound like my oldest—she does her holds online and then we go to the library and she gets 20 books at a time.
I pick up Kindle books when they’re free or just a few bucks, and then I always have something to read (keep the Kindle in my purse!) even when the actual book I’m reading is at home and I’m not.
Our library system is one of the consolation prizes when my husband told me we were moving to Boston!
My town belongs to a consortium of a bunch of local libraries in my area (suburbs of Chicago). I can download up to 15 ebooks (through Amazon.com) or audiobooks (through Overdrive) at a time! Not sure if you are still living in the same area, Mir, but a friend of mine lives in that same area and is able to download Kindle books through your local library system. Check it out! 🙂
I love this book. It is one of my absolute, positive, top 5 of all time, favorite books. It has some very hard scenes, but on the whole, it is a masterfully interwoven story. Love. Love. Love.