Leo Tolstoy

If the concept of 500 plus pages has kept you from reading Tolstoy, then Master and Man may be just the story for you.  A chance to experience the writing of Leo Tolstoy, without the large page count to scare you off a first sampling to discover if the author is for you.

The story of an employer and employee trapped in a Russian Winter storm (think snow, snowdrifts… and generally cold weather you would not want to be trapped out and about in) this short story provides a chance to sample the writing of a great Russian novelist, and delve into the lives of two characters who have a lot more to face than just the great outdoors.

Copies of Master and Man have been added to the CheerUp.Fun September Free eBook Library.  The first 100 people to sign up should receive a free copy added to their Kindle Library.  To sign up, click this link, and follow the prompts at the Amazon page.  Once you have joined the CheerUp.Fun September Free eBook Library, as recommended books are selected and shared during the month, they will be added to your Kindle Library.

You can change your settings / leave the Library at any time through your Amazon account.  You will find books under the Manage Content / Devices Option, on your Content Tab, and the settings tab has a section for "Change your Whispercast Membership".  Next to Organization Cheerup.Fun are options to change device or opt-out.

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Some days, you just want to browse

There are days when you have a particular book you are in the mood for, and other days when you want to browse the stacks, wander the aisles, and see what book matches your mood.

For some that may feel a little harder to do in this digital age.  And in some respects it is, we do no always have a genre we are leaning towards, or an author who we know we wish to spend a bit of time with — so figuring out the right search terms at our favorite online vendor can be a challenge.

With the increasing popularity of eBooks, more and more classics, and public domain books, are becoming easily accessible… prompting me to occasionally search quite simply on classics, or by one of the publishers I’ve realized releases classics to see what they are currently offering, and if any of it might be free.

If you are in the mood for a “Classic” some publisher you might want to check are:  Dream Classics, Amazon Classics and Wisehouse Classics.  Classic Historical Fiction and Classic Literary Fiction.

If you are looking for a Classic Story, but perhaps a more relaxed and easier reading experience, Xist Classics appears to be a publisher that is working to make some of the “old greats” accessible to those in school… they describe themselves in one of the book blurbs saying “Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes.”

In a perfect universe, CheerUp.Fun could recommend a book you are in the mood for every day of the year, but for those days when your mood strays in a different direction that our recommendation du jour, perhaps some of these search ideas will lend a hand in helping you find the just right book to help you relax, and enjoy some time with the written word.