Yes, I got a Kindle for Christmas. I’ve already read one book on it, and I plan to read a lot more. I hope to use the Kindle mostly for “classics” reading because I believe in reading old books and because old, out of print/copyright books are inexpensive and easier to find in e-Reader format.

I’m excited about reading these books soon:

The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy. I’ve already starte this one, and although it’s moving a little too slowly for my middle grade fiction-saturated brain, it may be just what I need to re-enter the adult book world for a while.

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster. I’ll be reading this book sometime this year for My Friend Amy’s Faith and Fiction Roundtable.

The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton. I’ve been wanting to read this novel by Chesterton for some time, but I haven’t been able to find a copy. Amazon Kindle had a copy of Chesterton’s complete works for a great price.

The Guns of Bull Run by Joseph Alexander Altsheler. I read one of Mr. Altsheler’s books about the Texas Revolution and thoguht he was at least as good as Henty, maybe better. He has a whole series of books set during Civil War battles, and if I like this first one, I’ll read the rest.

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. I like Trollope, and this one is supposed to be one of his best novels.

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. I don’t usually like short stories, but these are inter-related short stories about the people who live in a small town in Ohio. So, yeah, maybe.

The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne. Another book I’ve wanted to check out, but have been unable to find. Milne writes mystery.

The Crisis by Winston Churchill. No, not that Winston Churchill. The other Winston Churchill was an American, turn of the century, best-selling author of mostly historical fiction. The Crisis is set during the Civil War.

The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris. Another turn of the century novelist, Norris wrote mostly naturalistic stories about corporate greed and monopolistic businessmen. The Octopus is about the Pacific and Southwest Railroad in California.

The Reign of Law: A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields by James Lane Allen. A best-seller in 1900.

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim. Another one I’ve been looking for.

Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent. The 2010 Christy Award in the First Novel category went to: Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent (Tyndale House Publishers). I somehow managed to download it for free at the Kindle store on a day when someone was feeling generous.

So, I downloaded all of the above for free, or almost free, and I intend to tryout each and every one. I’ll let you know what I think.