I’ve been reading a lot lately.  I’ve been downloading a few free ebooks each day and have found some interesting ones, but it seems harder to start a novel-length story than it used to be.  I’ve been reading short story collections and some comic books.  I have read a few longer books though– a couple of romances, a few detective stories (not usually my thing), some non-fiction history and comparative religion, and an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel that I somehow missed in my youth: The Girl from Hollywood.

I used to read for entertainment, but now it feels more like I read for relaxation.  I read and it brings me back to a calmness– kind of resets my tension level to normal.  There really is no substitute for reading as far as I’m concerned.  When I watch movies or TV shows (I’ve been really into Lost Animals of the 20th Century on Hulu), I end up sad or happy or excited, but I don’t get that calm feeling.  Of course that probably has to do with the reading material (and viewing material) I’m choosing right now.

Anyway, The Girl from Hollywood is available free in just about any ebook format under the sun at Manybooks.net.  Follow the link above to get it.  You should check out Manybooks anyway, because they have just about every wonderful book now in the public domain and a few more recent books provided by the authors– all free.