A few years back, ok, probably several years and closer to classifying it as a decade back, I decided that I needed to be more versed in, uh, classical verses? Actually, I just wanted to read more of the "classics", and felt my public east Tennessee high school education did not properly expose us to the vast amount of literature that was out there. I even was close to being an English minor in college, but most of that focused on Victorian literature and Greek tragedies. But when I was attempting to finish a crossword while at the parental's Chattanooga establishment, I was stumped by the clue "Silas _____". My mother and step-father both chimed in with "Marner" and looked as if I had just asked them to complete "Enola ___".** So off to the bookstore I went. I loaded up on a bunch of books I had never opened (not to say they weren't assigned at some point, but these were all books I had not read): War and Peace, A Confederacy of Dunces, Moby Dick, Franny and Zooey, The Quiet American, Candide, and a whole bunch of Vonnegut. I made a good dent in those books, but I didn't finished them all.
What does this have to do with the road trip? Well, I realized that 60+ hours in a car is going to need a little more than a good playlist. I'm gonna need some books. Books on tape. Or audiobooks as the kids call them these days. But I can't afford to buy 6 books at the going rate of $15-20 a pop! So, I tried to find some free books. And to what I am SURE is not a surprise to anyone but myself- there is a huge amount of "free audio books" websites, and mostly of them are straight up legal and legit. Of course, you won't find 50 shades of grey on here, but it does have all those "classics" I've been trying to read. Snap.
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
Looks like I'm gonna be all smarts when this trip is done too.
**Side note: Enola Gay is the plane than bombed Hiroshima, and is included is EVERY CROSSWORD WRITTEN. I swear it is. Just FYI.
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