Large TYPE

I know you can't see it but I recently increased the size of the font I read on the computer to LARGE. I kept getting a crick in my neck from trying to see the small print on the screen through the bottom of my progressive biofrigging lenses. Finally I thought enough was enough. BUT I HATE large print in my novels. That type of book is only going to be enjoyable for an hour or two. Harlequin Romances are out! I want a big tome-like novel that will keep me engrossed for a couple of days, one anyway.


When I was in junior high school, I was in a test class for reading. They would lock us in a dark room for an hour and we would read from the wall. They would take a line in a book, flip it up on the wall for a minute and on and on until you read the entire thing. Then we would take a test to see what our comprehension level was. As we got better they were flipping the words on the screen one at a time as fast as it could go. As a result, I read like an Evelyn Wood graduate. I can also enjoy a book two or three times because when you read fast you skip over the mundane items. By reading it again, you pick up things that you missed the first or second time. It makes this particular hobby a little cheaper too.

The price of books is incredible. Bought one lately? $6.99 for the small Large Print book, at least $7.99 for a regular size one. I recently purchased Volume III of a series I am reading by George R. R. Martin (A Song of Fire and Ice)and it was $7.99; they suckered you in by offering a reprint of his Volume I for $3.50. I expect Volume IV when it comes out to be $8.99. But then I just heard that the publishers took Volume IV and cut it in half to keep the price down. I think I'd rather pay $8.99 than $6.99 for Volume IV and $6.99 for Volume V...seems like they are cheating somehow.

Another author just purchased for the first time, Tad Williams, his book "Otherland" Volume I was a cool $8.50. So he is on my list for the next trip to the book store.

Luckily I have my Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series to reread and also my other favorite, Terry Gookind's Sword of Truth series. There is enough meat in those books to keep me busy for a while. And when I get tired of this type of fantasy there is always Christine Feehan.

Have a safe day.