> My twelve-year old daughter has fallen off her reading lately, but
> yesterday she expressed an interest in reading "love stories."
>
> ... I can think of lots, but
> they're all 18th, 19th century longish things.
Many of those are likely downloadable free from Project Gutenberg. They have 17000 books, mostly older stuff with expired copyright. www.gutenberg.org
Odd. I cannot currently reach the site. I wonder if the Chinese gov't is blocking it and if so why. Could just be flakiness in my local net setup of course.
-- Sandy Harris Zhuhai, Guangdong, China