Need an idea for my elderly MIL

 Once at an auction I got an entire box (think banana size box) of books for a buck.

 I appreciate all your offers to send books...she doesn't read the so called trashy romances, so I hesitate to take you up on that. 

I got chewed out by the other DIL for asking that the stereo be set up...she said they have asked MIL if she wanted to set it up, and she said no...so who knows what is going on up there.  Why did MIL tell me she missed her music...a few things in particular.  They have a 40's station for her, but I think it's not quite the same.  

I dunno...I think I am stuck between a rock and a hard stone...

marty_ga

I dunno...I think I am stuck between a rock and a hard stone...

Tough. :( 

marty_ga

she doesn't read the so called trashy romances,

I don't either. lol I've got a huge variety of books but not knowing what she enjoys reading I don't know if she'd like anything I have to offer.  I sent you a pm but not sure you got it.  It's too bad the other DIL seems to feel threatened or whatever by your request to have your MIL's stero set up.  It's a tough position to be in for you and your MIL. 

marty_ga

I dunno...I think I am stuck between a rock and a hard sto

((Hugs))  

 Senior center may be able to help you out.  Rural VT can be tough though even with that.  I lived in VT for a couple of years, near to some rural towns and did my internship with an Area Agency on Aging - which got me in touch with a number of organizations that help the elderly.  If you'd like, you can PM me the general area she lives and there's a small chance I might know of a person or organization that might be able to deliver library books. 

marty_ga

I dunno...I think I am stuck between a rock and a hard stone...

On the first part of my lunch I was out at Amazon picking out some new books.  Just literally in the last week the price of books has gone UP.  What I've been paying $6.99 for and now $7.99 and I am seeing a LOT of just plain paperbacks out there for $11.99 which about stopped MY heart cold.

I have a ton of reference books, and I 'read' everything from 'trash romances' to history to children's books and the old Classics.  But after my heart about leaping out of my chest (and some of what I was picking was for actual "paperback books" because I don't carry my Kindle cos it's too heavy)

But I admit -- I wandered over to the Kindle "Free" stuff -- and found more than what I ordered to "pay" for.  Not just because of the price but just because it was what I wanted.  But after the sticker shock of the new prices of books I gotta admit I heaved a sigh of relief.

When I say Kindle "free" I mean you get them to KEEP.  The "lending" library thru Amazon is a bit of a sham -- you only can get ONE book a month that way.  But the Kindle "free" stuff is as much as you want.

 Serious suggestion --

I admit it -- I tend to be WAY more stuck in a rut than many people and I resisted the Kindle for YEARS.  David bought me a new cover for my Kindle for my birthday and I'm even more happy -- it sits up better on a stand (both on the bed and a table).

Do you suppose you could try one for yourself and "lend" it to her?  The lure of "free" is powerful.  It's NOT like a computer -- really is NOT.  Particularly not my Kindle Fire -- only if I decide I want to go to the web and actually "search" for something. (Kindle Free are mostly older out-of-copyright books.  But they're yours to keep -- you don't have to give them back.)

Honestly -- if I had "borrowed" someone's Kindle I likely would have been reading on it way before I was.  I was convinced I'd never want to give up feeling a 'book" in my hands (or being able to turn down a corner or insert a book mark and shut it).  I had a mental idea that I'd have to hassle "finding the page" etc. -- and you don't.  You turn it on and it's right where you left off.

Marty, I'm not twisting your arm here -- truly not.  But you aren't finding anything that really seems to work idea-wise, and after spending the first half of my lunch in sticker-shock, and sliding into the "free" zone it unwound that knot in my gut (contemplating my expensive habit)

This is what you get when you just type in Kindle Free  -- or you can search within that for a particular genre.