Amazon Kindle discussion

I'm still reading A Game of Thrones, I'm at 85% but I feel like it's taking forever. I normally read at least 2 books per week but I've been on this one book for 2 weeks. It's good, but I really doubt I'll dive into the 2nd one right away.A Game of Thrones

Loved the Game of Thrones books, read the first three expecting the story to complete - it didn't!

Helen, there are 4 books now and I think the 5th one is to be published soon.

I just finished The Filter Bubble and I strongly recommend it. See My Review.

LemonLinda wrote: "The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton"

I loved it...had to buy the sequel.

Patricia wrote: "Helen, there are 4 books now and I think the 5th one is to be published soon."

George Martin's Song of Ice and Fire saga, while originally planned as a trilogy, is now going to be seven novels long. Let's hope there aren't as large of gaps between the remaining books as between the 4th and 5th. (I'd like to know how the story ends) :P

Haha! I'm broke (Well, don't have any money yet. Phooey! My kindle is brand new.) so I just got a bunch of samples. lol.

I'm new to Kindle, but the 3 books I've read on it have all been winners. Emma's Baby by Abbie Taylor is an unusual crime novel. The main character is very true to life and she finds herself in a terrible situation when her baby is kidnapped. Nothing about this novel is usual. Even the events leading up to the kidnapping are unusual, but believable. The kidnapping is gentle, but more sinister and mysterious for that.

The other 2 books are from the same writer. Her 2 novels, despite their strange titles are spellbinding. Eumeralla and Vissi d'arte are both set in Australia, but the similarity ends there. Vissi d'arte is about student opera singers at an opera school. Their love of opera unites them. Their romances, ambition and political differences divide them.

Eumeralla is far less sophisticated, but even more compelling. It's set in the outback, with characters passionate about horses and the land.

The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton. I actually started reading this back in January but it's so long I had to take a break from it. Going to finish it up now though.

Sydney wrote: "Haha! I'm broke (Well, don't have any money yet. Phooey! My kindle is brand new.) so I just got a bunch of samples. lol."

You can check out http://www.pixelofink.com/ for some free books. Many different kinds and 100% legal. :)

Amy wrote: "Sydney wrote: "Haha! I'm broke (Well, don't have any money yet. Phooey! My kindle is brand new.) so I just got a bunch of samples. lol."

You can check out http://www.pixelofink.com/ for some free ..."

Really? That's so cool! Thanks for telling me!

I’m currently re-reading “The Grand Design” by Stephen Hawking. The Kindle edition of this book is excellent for note taking and to set several bookmarks to re-read passages. A very interesting book that I would recommend to anyone. I’m also re-reading “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling. I thought I would read the last two books in the series before the 2nd Part of the Movie “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” comes out in mid June. I’m also reading George R.R. Martin’s “A Clash of Kings”. Part 2 of his 5 part series. Yes it is slow going but it keeps it interesting…

Just completed and
Just started

Just finished this morning.

Will be starting this evening.

I just started The Knife of Never Letting Go

Wanted to tell everybody I just finished reading Still Missing and I highly recommend this book. I would rank this in the top 5 I've read all year. Excellent book.

I just finished 'Caleb's Crossing' by Geraldine Brooks. It gives a look at 1670s life near Harvard from a young girl's perspective. It a historical fiction based on the real first native-american graduate of Harvard. Lot's of 17th century vocabulary for which the indle dictionary feature comes in handy.

Gill, I read the Golden Acorn and thought it was quite sweet, I ended up reading the sequel too although I paid for that.

I'm reading the third part of a trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton, it is really doing my head in! Having read over 1300 pages I am detern=mined to finish but it is hard when she starts waffling at me!

Just started Tales from the Triple Crown last night and I'm already 51% through it. Great book and very topical with the Belmont Stakes being run this afternoon!

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - Erik Larson

Slow going, but I need to push through it ... i have a lot of other books to read!

A Little White Death by John Lawton, a hidden gem of a writer. It's the third in this historical crime/mystery/espionage series with London detective Frederick Troy. This time outsider Troy tries to solve murders amid early 60s political intrigue and a Cold War spy scandal in Britain. Lots of good period detail and well-drawn characters, sometimes quirky and dark, and right down my alley. More of Lawton's books are coming out for Kindle, by the way.

I'm reading Interview with the Vampire, and so far it's interesting,Plans to read the whole series

Right now I am reading Guardian Cats: the Lost books of Alexandria, which a friend I made on Goodreads has written. She had put a sample on her website and I just wanted to read it so badly I was going crazy. I still have some paper books to read and review so I am doing those in the day and the Kindle at night, when my eyes are strained. (I just got my Kindle on Thursday)

I'm reading One Way Ticket to Midnight by Gary Jonas. About 40% the way through and enjoying it.

i just bought anna karenina on my kindle. im very excited because its my first tolstoy, or anything big like that. I also just joined the book challenge for the book A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan....so excited about my new books! oh and im also reading Soul Surfer because i wanted to read it before i saw the movie but its very hard to get through

I just started The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and when I'm finished with that I'm going to start the GR Book Challenge A Visit From the Goon Squad!

Karen B wrote: "Right now I am reading Guardian Cats: the Lost books of Alexandria,..."

If you like books about magician cats, have you read The Book of Night with Moon? I recommend it.

Thanks Betsy. What I realize I love books where cats can read and think. I started with the Cat Who books then the Rita Mae Brown, now Shirley Rousseau Murphy. I think I am going to like the Cat in the Stacks books.
One of my problems with reading "Guardian Cats" is needing to go back and re-read the User's Guide for the Kindle. Tonight I wanted to use the dictionary feature right in the middle of the read. Of course I could have easily picked up the dictionary I keep on my headboard but I had to go back to re-read how to use it in the text!

Margaret wrote: "I've started reading The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman. I've been reading the Amazon Kindle blog and have been putting interesting books on my wish list... and it made the cut. It is such a go..."

Hi margaret! :) I've loaded The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman to my kindle as well, I've been meaning to read it but was unsure as it might not be good. keep me posted on how the book turns out :)

As for water for elephants, i enjoyed the setting and the way the author describe their life in circus, i actually felt like i was there. hihi

i'm currently reading atonement by Ian McEwan. so far so good :) i'm around 17% of the book.

Starting over with Game of Thrones in preparation for upcoming release in series.

a great deal on the kindle is the GR book challenge A Visit from the Goon Squad...its $15 dollars less on the kindle! and the challenge is fun

i just finished collin preston rocked and rolled by bert murray. i got it 4 free because he was giving out 5 free copies on goodreads and i got one. i really enjoyed it.

Margaret wrote: "I've started reading The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman. I've been reading the Amazon Kindle blog and have been putting interesting books on my wish list... and it made the cut. It is such a go..."

I thought it was a good read. Liked the fact that I could put it down and pick it up without losing the story line.

I have lately been reading ficton and nonfiction concurrently. Right now I am reading "Modigliani" by Meryle Secrest. I found it on Goodreads. It is about an artist who worked in Paris with Picasso. I am learning a lot of different interesting things about the time period and this artist.

Jillian wrote: "i just bought anna karenina on my kindle. im very excited because its my first tolstoy, or anything big like that. I also just joined the book challenge for the book A Visit From the Goon Squad by ..."

Hi Jillian,

I'm sure you'll love Anna Karenina. It's so great to be able to have such a huge tome on such a lightweight machine.

Happy reading.

I'm starting NOWHERE TO HIDE by Debby Giusti. It's a Love Inspired Suspense book.

I am reading 'The Big Book of Girl Stuff'. It is sooo cool! Though I'm sure many of you (meaning adults) wouldnt not be as interested. But I really want blonde highlights, and the book has a 'natural' way to do it! :D I am so excited!

I have had no internet connection for over two weeks. I have been doing two things: reading and walking on the beach. Nice huh?! I also have noticed that Kindle books tend to be very short. I do not know if that is good. It gets kind of expensive. Being on GR has actually been saving me money b/c I spend so much time here rather than reading!

This explains why I have so many books to report back to you guys about!

All of the reviews are spoiler-free, so don't worry about reading them.

Three of the nine books I have read must be given five stars:
1. A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2. My Childhood and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
3. Between Shades of Gray and my review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The first two are memoirs and the third is based on true life stories of Lithuanian individuals.

Three books have been given four stars. I think it is amazing that I have read so many wonderful books. Look how GR has helped me find books that fit my likes and dislikes! for this I must thank my GR friends and acquaintances!
1. Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
3. The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister and my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The first two are historical fiction and the third is a memoir.

Outside Passage: A Memoir of an Alaskan and Childhood (my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...) and Children and Fire: A Novel (my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...) were definitely worth reading. You know I am extrememly picky! I gave them three stars. Hey, that means I liked them.

HomesteadHomestead is really the only book that disappointed me. It made me feel uncomfortable. I felt as an outsider to the women in the story. My review explains more: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Still, nine books and all except one were definitley worth reading. I call that a lucky streak. I am on a roll.

Homestead and Outside Passage - those two were paperbacks. I am not sure if they exist on Kindle.

Chrissie, there are plenty of darn long Kindle books. I've read quite a few of them!

I'm reading "The Pawn" by Steven James. It's a very exciting story and it was free on Kindle!!

I'm reading Crossroads Road: A Novel by Jeff Kay. I started it last night, and stayed up way too late reading, because it is so funny! I kept laughing out loud. I also called (before the end of chapter 1) to tell my SIL to buy it for her Kindle!

To Chrissie, In reply to your comment that Kindle books are short, 2 I've read by the same author are long.

One is Eumeralla Eumeralla - Secrets, Tragedy and Love

The other is Vissi d'arte Vissi d'arte

I thought they were both brilliant.

I seem to have a lot that are 300+, surely that isn't a short book.

I absolutely loved The Help!!!

Milah wrote: "Finally reading The Helpand absolutely love it. I can't put my kindle down."

I just downloaded The Survivors by Amanda Havard. It's only .99 cents right now, so super good deal. YA supernatural based on the Salem Witch Trials... I'm about halfway through and could barely put it down for lunch!

Just finished The Cat Who Could Read Backwards. Enjoyable, light, fast read. A little dated; you could tell it was written in the 60s.

I am reading "Babel" by Gill James a giveaway I received from Library Thing. I have read a few things I downloaded for free that I have archived to delete. Babel is not too bad. I just wish I had read the previous one "Prophecy". I still might buy that one.

Well I have been hanging around our pool with the kids so I have been able to get a lot of reading done Yeah me! I just finished Chasing Amanda This is actually the second book of this authors I have read. I find her to be a very emotional and compelling. She reminds me of Jodi Picoult a bit. I love mystery and am pretty good at figuring things out but this book just kept throwing me twists which I love. I also found The Last Letter Now this was a bit out of my norm but I am so glad I read it. I was told about it by a friend I found it interesting it was inspired by the authors family member's actual love letters which have been printed into a seperate book. This books use of imagery brought the pioneer days to life for me. This families love, life and struggles were not only heart breaking but inspiring. I wanted to read more I was sad when it was over.
I am now reading yet another Harlan coban book this time Long lost almost done. I find his books fun and twisty . I love the money and the way he builds his characters. He writes with such excess for me it is just a fun vacation. however some of his books leave me with a sense of that wasn't fair. I like the bad guy to get punished and things to be cleaned up. lol now to find the next book.

Have been reading "Babel" which was a reader's review win from Library Thing. But the beauty of the Kindle is that I have been all over the place. I downloaded some shorts and they were fun last night. I've started some mysteries I am looking forward to continuing. One series ... the "Retirement" series sounds right up my alley with the main characters being Baby Boomers. I also have sampled some things that I liked and then bought the E-book. One I highly recommend is "The Band That Played On" the true story of the men who went down with the Titanic, "playing on". For shorts thoroughly enjoyed the sampling of "The Great Excuse Book". "The Alzheimers Book Club" was a hoot!
It's a lot of fun to move around from book to book to find just what fits me a the time I am reading.