already over 130k, pretty good haul for ebooks

Originally Posted by dark_inchworm I like to read, but I'm more of a magazine/article/blog reader than I am a novel reader. Damned "Accelerated Reader" from grade school burned me out on books after we reached a point where you had no choice but to read shitty books to make passing grades. And I never like going for anything less than beat-the-average, but roughly $11 for stuff I'm even less likely to touch than all the HIB games I've picked up? Hmm... Sure wish I'd picked up a few extra HIB6 keys though. HIB 5, too.

Good thing there are a few short story collections in there...

Originally Posted by dark_inchworm I like to read, but I'm more of a magazine/article/blog reader than I am a novel reader. Damned "Accelerated Reader" from grade school burned me out on books after we reached a point where you had no choice but to read shitty books to make passing grades. And I never like going for anything less than beat-the-average, but roughly $11 for stuff I'm even less likely to touch than all the HIB games I've picked up? Hmm... Sure wish I'd picked up a few extra HIB6 keys though. HIB 5, too.

I'm curious about which books that you were forced to read that you hated.

Originally Posted by Rerujnoc I'm curious about which books that you were forced to read that you hated.

And how would I remember? We're looking at years upon years ago here. Ha! I will say that I could never get into the thee-art-thou Shakespeare business. I can't recall many other books that were forced upon a class, most were decent though (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Giver, The Outsiders, and I am honestly unable to remember any more). My primary issue was with Accelerated Reader, as I mentioned before - we weren't assigned specific books to read, only asked to read and take computer-based quizzes over a certain amount within a grading period. I wanna say the quota was at least half a dozen books read and quizzes passed over 9 weeks. I had seemingly found everything good before my freshman year of high school had even ended; from that point forward I could not find anything in the library that wouldn't put me to sleep. It was low on the compelling sci-fi, fantasy, drama, or non-fiction, but chock-full of dime-a-dozen books written for the teenage market to read and instantly forget about.

Don't get me wrong, I can and do enjoy reading a book. Finding one that holds my interest past the first two or three chapters has always been a struggle, sadly.

Edit: Just for kicks, a few books that I do enjoy: His Dark Materials, Schindler's List, 1984, the works of Douglas Adams, and anything funny (the Onion or Dave Barry style of humor works best, but I take what I can get).

Originally Posted by dark_inchworm And how would I remember? We're looking at years upon years ago here. Ha! I will say that I could never get into the thee-art-thou Shakespeare business. I can't recall many other books that were forced upon a class, most were decent though (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Giver, The Outsiders, and I am honestly unable to remember any more). My primary issue was with Accelerated Reader, as I mentioned before - we weren't assigned specific books to read, only asked to read and take computer-based quizzes over a certain amount within a grading period. I wanna say the quota was at least half a dozen books read and quizzes passed over 9 weeks. I had seemingly found everything good before my freshman year of high school had even ended; from that point forward I could not find anything in the library that wouldn't put me to sleep. It was low on the compelling sci-fi, fantasy, drama, or non-fiction, but chock-full of dime-a-dozen books written for the teenage market to read and instantly forget about. Don't get me wrong, I can and do enjoy reading a book. Finding one that holds my interest past the first two or three chapters has always been a struggle, sadly. Edit: Just for kicks, a few books that I do enjoy: His Dark Materials, Schindler's List, 1984, the works of Douglas Adams, and anything funny (the Onion or Dave Barry style of humor works best, but I take what I can get).

Lucky for me I didn't have to deal with the Accelerated Reader. That type of quick/forced reading sounds like a terrible way to get someone to enjoy reading. Also I can't stand reading Shakespeare also but I have really enjoyed any Shakespeare play that I have been to.

Is this all science fiction / fantasy? I am supposing so because one of the charity recipients is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

I would have preferred some variety, especially since I am not a big fan of literary science fiction.

Some pretty good books have been added to the Humber eBook Bundle (xkcd, Penny Arcade, etc.)
Definitely worth the price now.

Originally Posted by seamoss Some pretty good books have been added to the Humber eBook Bundle (xkcd, Penny Arcade, etc.) Definitely worth the price now.

I was kind of on the fence about picking this up. I did grab it but had they started off with Penny-Arcade and xkcd it would have been a no-brainer.

I had already gotten it for the GF, who likes Mercedes Lackey and Niel Gaiman. Now I get xkcd!

Originally Posted by 11440 Is this all science fiction / fantasy? I am supposing so because one of the charity recipients is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. I would have preferred some variety, especially since I am not a big fan of literary science fiction.

Well, it's all SF or fantasy except for the new comic collections that were added the other day, so if that's not your thing it may not be for you.

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Originally Posted by Umair56 I was kind of on the fence about picking this up. I did grab it but had they started off with Penny-Arcade and xkcd it would have been a no-brainer.

I figured jumping in at a low price was worth it, no question, not even considering whatever the inevitable bonus would be.