Joining the Kindle Train

I have reached my first actual crisis while in Ghana: I’m running out of books to read. Sure, there are bookshops in Hohoe, and if I ever feel the need to read “101 Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking” or “Jesus Loves You If You're Straight” I can stroll over and pick one up, but those aren’t normally my type.

 I’ve started to envy Rachael’s Kindle. I’m normally vehemently opposed to electronic reading devices. I much prefer the tangible feeling of turning the page, but the idea of having hundreds of books at my fingertips without having to haul paperbacks around sounds nice when you’re moving about a foreign country.

Since being here, I’ve read.

1.       A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins

2.       On the Road by Jack Kerouac

3.       King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hoschild

4.       Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James (Don’t judge me, okay?! It was on our bookshelf from past staff. I read it in a day. I’m not proud, but it happened.)

5.       The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

6.       Walden by Henry David Thoreau

I read all those the old fashioned way – dog-earring pages and all, but I have officially succumbed to the cool kid traveler gadget. My wonderful mother slipped a Kindle into my next package. She sent it more than a month ago, and I’ve heard horror stories about packages never arriving. Here’s to hoping a Ghanaian post office attendant isn’t reading “Daily Manna” on my new toy

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Now that I have a full library at the click of a button (If it ever comes!), what books should I read? Currently accepting recommendations!

-          Ashley Rose.