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With all the different mediums available today for the consumption of the written word, I was wondering what your favorite method is for reading books.

Are you a dyed-in-the-wool printed medium lover? Can’t live without the feel of a book in your hands? Is turning pages literally a tactile necessity to your enjoyment of the book?

Or are you one of the techie group who downloads books to their ipods? Or is that not satisfying enough because it’s not actual READING, but rather listening?

What about that intermediate group who uses such appliances as the Kindle where you are still READING the book, but it’s not on paper? That seems to be an eco-friendly solution to actual printed books which use up valuable resources.

Another eco-friendly way of reading is downloading books in pdf form. You don’t have to print them off, as they are easily read on your pc.

Of course, if you’re a traveller, listening to books on tape or cd is a great way to pass away the miles of boring highway.

For me, there’s nothing like curling up on the couch with a cup of tea or glass of wine and reading for hours at a time. I can while away an entire day like that.

Of course I hardly ever get that opportunity, but hey — it’s a dream!

I do enjoy going places in the car as Ken drives so I can read the whole trip. He listens to car racing, football or old radio shows on the satellite radio, so he’s happy with that arrangement. We do listen to books on cd from time to time, too.

I hope you can tell by all frequency of posts lately that I have quite a number and variety of titles on my bookshelves. I want to read books that you want to hear about by authors you enjoy or ones that you think you might enjoy but maybe don’t want to invest money in a book right now.

If you’re an author and are looking for reviewers, I’m ready to read and give an honest opinion of your book.

This blog was just awarded an PR1 status with Google and I’m hoping of course to increase that as time goes on. My Alexa score is 135K and going down steadily, so people ARE reading this blog.

Of course I would love to have more comments about my posts, but those will come, I think.

Please take a moment to let me know what your favorites are. I’m looking forward to discovering new authors, new books and sharing my discoveries with you!

First off, this book is so cool! It’s written in the funniest possible way, so it makes what is usually a dry boring subject (learning to write any code can be made into the most ho-hum experience you’ve ever had) a delight.

It’s 700 pages of great content (give or take a few) and adorable illustrations. Its written clearly and although the reader should have some scripting knowledge, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand it.

The book begins by asserting that it is NOT a reference book and indeed it isn’t. The introduction tells you all the things you’ll need to have at hand before you get started and then plunges you into writing code with the first chapter. By the time you get to chapter 16, you’re very nearly an expert java programmer.

I highly recommend this book if you’ve ever thought about learning to write Java. You won’t be disappointed.

For the book in PDF format, I’m offering it to you for a limited time for free. Just leave your comment  here and post about getting a free book on your site using a link back to this post. I’ll send you a download link.