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They say that books are food for the soul. It is not surprising that reading books is looked upon as a valuable tool for learning. Unfortunately, in this highly technological world, books are being pushed farther and farther back behind all the electronic gadgets that keep sprouting up like mushrooms. Nowadays, some people would rather tap and click rather than turn a page of a real actual book.

This is the reason why BooksFree.com is such an online treasure. This website allows you to rent books or audiobooks. It is like having a library right in your own home. All you have to do is register, create your book list then BooksFree.com will send them to you for free. You can borrow the books for as long as you like and then you may return them through mail as well.

You can choose from various plans which differ in the number of books you can borrow every month. You can even choose whether to pay monthly, semi-annually, or annually. BooksFree.com accepts several payment methods including PayPal to provide you with more convenience. The only drawback is that BooksFree.com is only currently able to service the United States and its territories. To entice more people to read, BooksFree.com is even offering a free trial.

With the amazing service that you can find at BooksFree.com, the design and look of the website is only secondary. Still, it does not hurt that BooksFree.com looks very professional and well-designed. Navigation is also excellent with the book selection page categorized into genres to make it easier for their customers. With a site like BooksFree.com, many people just might consider reading more books.

I am a woman who belongs to the age group that is right smack on the center of our reproductive years. It’s either we read books about pregnancy advice and digest every type of pregnancy information we can read or hear, unsolicited advice or not, or we read chick lit books.

And let’s face it, it is much more appealing to divert our attention to the land of romance, comedy and fantasy than focus on womens health.

Lately, my friends and I have been engrossed in exchanging e-books. Most of us have smartphones (an android, a Kindle, iPad or an iPhone) that we have taken to reading ebooks on our spare time. Most of the books we have been reading are light reads – aka what the modern world now calls chick lit.

Chick Lit – which is an abbreviated term for Chick (Girl) Literature – is now considered a type of fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, in comedic and often light tones. Feminists have gone as far to say that it is literature written by women FOR women. . In fact, most of these books have already been produced into rom-com movies!

From the Shopaholic Series to Bridget Jones’ Diary and Sex and the City, I have noticed that English (UK) women writers are hilarious. I love Kinsella (and Rebecca Bloomwood, even if she is crazy!) and Sex and the City books have become the modern woman’s bible of sorts, especially to quote witty sayings.

Here is a list of popular chick lit books according to GoodReads.com. :

1. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
2. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Helen Fielding)
3. The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
4. Can You Keep A Secret? (Sophie Kinsella)
5. The Undomestic Goddess (Sophie Kinsella)
6. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (Shopaholic 2)
7. Good in Bed (Jennifer Weiner)
8. Something Borrowd (Emily Griffin)
9. Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic 3)
10. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)
11. Have you read any of the books?

Finally got to read ONE book last April – I managed to finish it over the weekend (so it was a cross over between April & May), thanks to having no internet access at my parents’ place. I badly needed to work, but my Mom was alone so instead of writing about acne remedies I went to sleep at her place and accompanied her.

This book was over-the-top hilarious. I cannot believe Bloomwood – is she real? Because she seriously needs some therapy, if not for the comedic twists to the story, this woman needs to be in an asylum! And how did ever-sensible Luke fall in love with her? Note that this is my first Shopaholic book to read, EVER. (I’ve read other Kinsella books) So I need to brush up with her history (I only saw Confessions of a Shopaholic the movie).

And I mean this in a very positive way – I love the book but Bex is a crazy woman!

I finally got to reading again – go me!

“Our culture promotes individuality, while the Amish are deeply entrenched in community. To us, if someone stands out, it’s not a big deal because diversity is respected and expected. To the Amish, there’s no room for deviation from the norm. It’s important to fit it, because that similarity of identity is what defines the society. If you don’t fit in, the consequences are psychologically tragic – you stand alone when all you’ve ever known is being part of the group” — from Plain Truth, chapter 16.

When a young Amish teen hides a pregnancy, gives birth in secret, and then flatly denies it all when the baby’s body is found, urban defense attorney Ellie Hathaway decides to defend her. But she finds herself caught in a clash of cultures with a people whose channels of justice are markedly different from her own… and discovers a place where circumstances are not always what they seem.

I finished the book while I was waiting for the approval of my cousin’s Medicare part D plan. And like any Jodi book I have ready, this book is something I just couldn’t put down up until I have read the verdict and who actually murdered (if ever there was) the baby. What I love most about her books is that you make your own ending and formulate what really happened. Like Keeping Faith, you judge the characters. There is no black and white characters in Jodi’s stories, all of them are in shades of grey.

What is the best thing to give to a couple who loves discount acid cigars and books? A cigar box or even an ashtray, and gift certificate to a bookstore!

And yes, that would be us, thank you very much (Ehem ehem). Not that I need more books, I have so many books still unread in my bookshelf.

I aim to finish off these books this month:
1. Eat.Pray.Love (I get so bored when reading this – did you?)
2. Plain Truth – Jod Picoult
3. Paolo Coehlo books I got last Christmas
4. E-books given by a friend, mostly chick lit.

I have my hands full! I guess once I watch the King’s Speech I can go back to reading. I need to watch Oscar’s Best Picture!