Since HCPL has Overdrive downloadable books, I focused on them. I established an account on our website. I looked at the titles we have available. I saw that there are quite a few reading list titles available in the Classics section. I also looked through the biography/autobiography titles. I am amazed at how many there are. We also have a large number of Mystery/Suspense titles. I was impressed by the large number of Laura Lippman titles we have, but disappointed that there were only three by Robert B. Parker. I like the way we have highlighted new titles and those recently returned on the "front page" of the service. I took the Overdrive Digital Media Guided Tour. It was very easy to understand and very thorough. Once I have an MP3 player, I will look forward to downloading something. One title I was interested in - Bad Business by Parker - has 5 holds on it, and we only own 1 copy, so that's disappointing.
I went to Project Gutenberg and was amazed by the quantity of titles that are available. Many are quite academic in nature. It's helpful to be aware of this resource.
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About Me
- Karen Lamis
- Bel Air, Maryland, United States
- I grew up in South Carolina, primarily in Charleston. My B.A. is from the University of South Carolina (with credits from the Univ. of Georgia and the Univ. of Arizona). I completed a year toward a Masters in Comparative Literature at Indiana University in Bloomington, and I received my M.S.L.S. from Columbia University in New York. That was a fun year living on Riverside Drive in Mahattan. I have worked as a librarian at HCPL for 27 years. I took a year off in 1986-87 to go with my husband (now ex) abroad when he taught on U.S. Air Force bases in England, Greece, Spain, and Turkey. We were able to travel a lot on weekends and in other countries during the weeks between posts. We "adopted" four kittens from the streets of Greece and Turkey and had no difficulty transporting them between countries and back to the U.S. The last remaining cat died this year at the age of 20. In recent years my hobbies have been playing golf and going out dancing, but recently I have spent a lot of time helping my 95-year-old mother.
Some Favorite Authors and Books
- Adriana Trigiani's Books
- Many current female mystery writers
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Robert B. Parker's Spenser Novels
Some of My Favorite Movies
- Dirty Dancing
- Bend It Like Beckham
- The Crying Game
- Rocky
- Babe
- Two for the Road
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