If you recently received the newest promo from Vision Forum, you will have read about R.M. Ballantyne, a very popular artist from *way* back.  All of his books have been out of print until now--Vision Forum is re-publishing them, as they have done with other series in the past. 

I must say, I was quite taken with their description of the author and his stories.  What always bugs me, however, is their wonderful sales that require huge buck purchases.  They rarely seem to have individual books in a series for sale--just the whole kit and kaboodle.  I find it hard to believe that there are that many homeschoolers who will spend $400+ at one time on all the Henty's, etc.  Why do they not let us get them on sale one at a time?! 

Well...as badly as I wanted the new series for my son--$149.00 for ten hardback books.  I did a little checking and lo and behold they are all free online here.  Now, I would rather have the actual book anytime, but right now $$$ is tight.  Plus, now I can read one to see if they are as good as I believe they will be.  There are actually many more titles available than those Vision Forum currently is publishing.  I'm a bit eager to get to reading.  I did a test print and it's definately easy on the eyes.  I also did a test read--after three pages, I was hooked!  Oh boy.  If you've read them, I'd love to hear what you think.

So, the sale ends tonight.  They will hopefully have them on sale another time.  I'll be watching.  If however, you are like me and want to try before you buy, check out this site.