Conversion

Well, I have nothing much to say today except that I am loving iBooks.  I never thought I would feel comfortable reading off a screen and I still find it difficult to concentrate on a wide page as found on computers. But on my iPhone, offering small chunks at a time, I can handle it. And it offers so many benefits. It tells me how many pages I have left in the book and the chapter; I can bookmark pages and highlight passages; I can skip to particular chapters; I can download the books for free; I can hold the book in one hand and don't even need the second to turn the page as I would with a real book; I can put my phone down and come back to the same page no trouble.  I'm converted.  Not to iBooks necessarily, (this is no ad) but to the concept of an electronic book.
I know, only tenuously related to the challenge, but I figure this is about blogging the whole experience of this process, so it counts.
Halfway through Moby Dick, will hopefully have a book review in a few days. And I'll be getting into some of the food refs, tomorrow.  Looking forward to waffles and peach sauce tomorrow morning. Mm mm.

Resources

I've have very gratefully discovered that many of the books required for this undertaking are in the public domain and so I have found them free for download from iBooks. I have begun reading Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick' and though enjoying it, finding it fairly long winded.  I think this book is just a taste of how truly mammoth this task is going to be. 
I have also found a few of the recipes I need on the internet and will attempt to provide links to them at some point. 

I am disappointed this is thus far a rather dull sort of blog.  I will attempt to add some interest as I go, with a few book reviews and musings.  If nothing else this will serve as a record that I have actually completed this project if, indeed, I do complete it.

The Beginning

As yet, I have not begun the project. I am in the midst of organising how it will work.  As you can see I have listed the references from the first episode. It is now a case of sourcing the material and ingredients.  I'm hoping the local library will be able to help me out a lot, but as today is ANZAC Day and tomorrow is the Easter Sunday public holiday, they will not be helping me till at least Wednesday.
I wonder if perhaps some book titles are available for legal download.  I will see.  Catch you Wednesday for my first real installment. Ciao.