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ereaderiq.com. For free kindle books

Or again, try your library

A number of people have been recommending Slammed to me. For those who are interested, Kindle has it avaiable for $2.99.

The Soldier's Wife is available today only on Kindle for $1.99.

Thanks, Sera.

It is also $1.99 on Nook. The Soldier's Wife was a 4 star read for me, so I encourage Kindle & Nook owners to grab this while they can.

I know that I did based upon my GR friends reviews :)

The Prague Cemetery is available for $2.99 on Kindle during the month of December.

Sera wrote: "The Prague Cemetery is available for $2.99 on Kindle during the month of December."

December?

LOL - ummm, no, sorry - September :)

- Today's Free Friday nook book!

Rules of Civility is available on Kindle today for $2.99.

Many readers thought that this book was an excellent read, me included.

Enjoy.

One of our current Bookmarks selections The Song of Achilles is available this month on Kindle for $3.99. I picked it up this morning, as I have been wanting to read it.

Amazon has gobs of Kindle books on sale for Cyber Monday. Many classics and near classics (think Leon Uris, Pat Conroy, Pearl Buck). Worth checking out.

Thanks, Betsy! I picked up a few myself just now :)

The Poisonwood Bible is available on Kindle for $1.99 today.

B&N is offering a few bestsellers on the Nook for $1.99. It is a limited time offer. I just downloaded and . I'm excited!

The #3, 4 and 5 Harry Hole books in the series are available for less than $5 each on Kindle. I picked them up yesterday.

I just discovered this site http://www.freeebooksdaily.com/

Awesome, Betsy!

Thanks so much.

Before I Go to Sleep is available today on Kindle for $2.99.

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is available today on Kindle for $2.99.

Kindle's Month of Deals includes for $1.99.

Some great books on sale for Kindle today. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...

There was an article about the difference in reading electronically versus print on the front page of this morning's (4/7/14) Washington Post. I thought it was interesting that professors believed our reading habits are changing.

Here's a segment from the article and link.

"The Internet is different. With so much information, hyperlinked text, videos alongside words and interactivity everywhere, our brains form shortcuts to deal with it all — scanning, searching for key words, scrolling up and down quickly. This is nonlinear reading, and it has been documented in academic studies. Some researchers believe that for many people, this style of reading is beginning to invade when dealing with other mediums as well.

“We’re spending so much time touching, pushing, linking, scroll­ing and jumping through text that when we sit down with a novel, your daily habits of jumping, clicking, linking is just ingrained in you,” said Andrew Dillon, a University of Texas professor who studies reading. “We’re in this new era of information behavior, and we’re beginning to see the consequences of that.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/s...

What do you think? Do you think their point is valid? Or are students today reading less/less classic literature as part of their studies?

I think that technology is changing what and how we learn. For example, I recently learned that spelling has been eliminated from most school curriculums, and with texting, we are creating a generation of individuals who cannot spell.

I agree. I think people have become accustomed to sound bites in terms of news and reading material. The major networks' evening news broadcasts have become repetitive to me and I feel fortunate to have found more in-depth coverage in the PBS News Hour with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff.

Sera wrote: "I think that technology is changing what and how we learn. For example, I recently learned that spelling has been eliminated from most school curriculums, and with texting, we are creating a gener..."

I heard that cursive handwriting is no longer being taught either. While these things seem wrong to us today, I suspect our forebears were just as concerned when Latin or Greek stopped being taught to everyone or even when women started be admitted to schools.

Teresa wrote: "There was an article about the difference in reading electronically versus print on the front page of this morning's (4/7/14) Washington Post. I thought it was interesting that professors believed..."

The Sunday Washington Post had a follow up about the "story about reading that went viral." ! Here's the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/l...

Some good titles on sale at Amazon this month. http://smile.amazon.com/b/ref=sr_aj?n...
Here's what I just picked up from my TBR list: