Thank you, Project Gutenberg

[dreamshark]

I loaded a bunch of library books on my iPhone to take on vacation, but in the interest of not running down my all-important cell phone battery on the plane, I turned to my old iTouch instead. So there I was in airplane mode with only what was already on the device: mostly a bunch of classic literature downloaded from Project Gutenberg.

So I started reading "Kim" on the plane. Loved it. Never even started on the new books I'd downloaded, just Kipling every night. Finished it up on the plane home, and now feel a little bereft without the company of young Kim and his gang of colorful friends - the mad Tibetan Lama, the red-bearded Afghan horse trader, the polo-playing colonel, and of course the mysterious Jewel Master of Simla. What a great book. I can't believe I'd never read it before. 

Comments

[seekerval.livejournal.com]

I remember loving "Kim" too. Of course, I was quite young when I read it. I borrowed it from an older cousin who was hesitant to loan it to me because she thought I was too young for it. I'm sure I missed political and societal nuances, but I loved the adventures. I don't remember the names of the other characters but have never forgotten the training Kim received in observation: a handful of small stones & items; a glance; the recitation of the objects as best he could remember them. Even tried teaching myself that way. Not too successfully. But I didn't have the taskmaster to give me motivation. :~)

Hope the vacation was terrific.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

That's one I have not read. I'll add it to my list. :)