The beginning of the 2014-2015 school year the library began a program that allows students to download and read eBooks rather than the traditional printed books.

Along with the free app, bright light, that allows students to download any of the books available for download in the library onto their own device, the library currently has about 15 kindles that students are also able to check out.

“You can download them directly from the library program” Librarian Sally Mroczkowski said. “You really don’t even have to talk to me. You can do it on your own.”

The kindles have all the classics on them and since they are free downloads, Mroczkowski is able to purchases more sequels and trilogies for the kindles along with titles like The Fault in Our Stars and The Book Thief.

“I get some of those to check out on your own device, then for the kindles I tried to get series,” Mroczkowski said, “I like to quickly order the sequel to something.”

Mroczkowski said one of the biggest problems with the program is just trying to find a way to promote it.

“ I like the idea of kindles but I want to know what our students’ want,” Mroczkowski said. “ We’re just kind of trial and error right now but I like the way the kindles work and it’s affordable because I can buy a book a lot cheaper through kindle than I can through the library program.”

Although the program has not been implemented as much as Mroczkowski would like, many students who do know about it say it’s an excellent way to read.

“I read a lot of basketball books,” junior Ashley Reid said, “so I read like a biography of Michael Jordan and it was my favorite.”

Ashley visits the library every two months and says while she prefers traditional books she enjoys the kindles because it’s easier to see in the dark and she likes all the practical features they offer.

“I can put a bookmark where I want to be instead of on a regular book where I have to fold the page,” Reid said. “ And if I don’t put a bookmark on my book I would forget what page I’m on.”

Ashley believes the program is good for students because it incorporates today’s technology into reading.

Other students like sophomore Brian Morehouse believe that using an app to read is illogical.

“I would rather save battery life and read a traditional book,” Morehouse said.

Brian enjoys reading history and military books because they interest him more than any other genre.

“I like to expand my knowledge because  I want to know more,” Morehouse said. “I enjoy getting to pick up a book from my shelf instead of just picking up a phone.”