Amazon Kindle discussion

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I'm reading "Crack-up" by Eric Christopherson. I found it on amazon for only 79 cents. It's reeeeaaally good - psychological suspense about a paranoid schizophrenic who also happens to run a secret service agency. This author is surprisingly witty - and the story is oddly informative about schizophrenics. You might start to wonder if you are, heh heh. I highly recommend.

I am reading Four Past Midnight by Stephen King.

Reading "Angels of Interstate 29" by Donald James Parker.

I love the new % complete feature on Goodreads. I just used it for the first time!

Jenna

Jenna, where can I find that feature?

Jenna, I found it -- in the obvious place. Thanks anyway.

Glad you found it!

Just finished the gripping Thin Blood by Vicki Tyley and Endurance by Jack Kilborn. Currently reading The Second Coming

Scott Nicholon
http://www.hauntedcomputer.com

I just finished reading "The Passage" by Justin Cronin. Fantastic read which I highly recommend.

I'm in the middle of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at the moment. Next on my list will likely be Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age.

Just started Fieldwork: A Novel by Mischa Berlinski. Just skimming through this topic, I see what everyone else is reading, and add more to my wish list.

I'm currently read 'Omen of the Stars' by Erin Hunter. Fun read about cats.

Morning Drive: Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking - Michael Smerconish

I am currently reading Night World, No. 2: Dark Angel; The Chosen; Soulmate and Dracula. I have been bouncing between the 2 a bit. :)

I'm currently reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and Guards! Guards! and The Calling.

After that I have several DTB coming (some were not available on Kindle - boo!)

I've started Waiting For Spring by R.J. Keller.

I'm currently reading Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock.

I really enjoyed that whole series by Terri Blackstock!

I've switched to "Bluestar's Prophecy." A generally fun read about one of the characters from Erin Hunter's 'Warriors' series.

Right now I'm reading the first book in the Powerless series, and I am LOVING it! The world is so immersive, and the characters are fascinating.

Rachel wrote: " Right now I'm reading the first book in the Powerless series, and I am LOVING it! The world is so immersive, and the characters are fascinating."

I just read this and it was great! :)

I finished Cape Refuge and am now reading through the samples that I downloaded for novels with a vacation/cruising element in them.

I just finished the first Vampire Academy book, which was kind of grating, and Shit My Dad Says, which was pretty funny. I'm starting The Passage now, but I've read a lot of mixed reviews. I figure I'll give it a little while before I decide whether or not to stick with it.

John Gilstrap's NO MERCY.

Janet Evanovich Sizzling Sixteen

I just started Forbidden: The Sacrifice by Samantha Sommersby...

The Art of DevotionThe Art of Devotion by Samantha Bruce-Benjamin.

I'm reading The Passageon my Kindle.

I'm reading Hide, by Lisa Gardner. So far, pretty good.

Andrew E. Kaufman/Author
www.andrewekaufman.com

Maggie Stiefvater's Linger

I finished reading The Girl Who Played with Fire last weekend and went straight on to reading the final book in the Study series by Maria V. Snyder called Fire Study

I've started If the Dead Rise Not and am liking it a lot. Rebel detective Bernie Gunther takes his chances in 1930s Berlin.

Finished The Miracle Inspector, The Hunger Games and am almost done with Sleight Malice. All three very enjoyable reads.

I just started reading Jon Clinch's "Kings of the Earth." It's maybe the best book I've ever read, not even kidding. It's serious and literary and gut-wrenchingly emotional and sometimes hilarious. O magazine had it as #1 on their summer reading list, too!

I am currently reading Saving Cee Cee Honeycut.

Finished Eclipse(Twilight) last week, so now I can see the movie. I am now reading The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson.

Alanna wrote: "Shannen wrote: "I'm about halfway through Water for Elephants. It is so good!"

I loved this book. Can't wait for the movie!"

Me too...
Jo

Agents of Treachery, a collection of short fiction by top espionage/mystery and spy-genre writers. An anthology like this is pretty rare — most authors in this genre don't bother because it's tough to tell a complicated tale of intrigue in often foreign lands and sometimes historical periods in short form.

I just started it and it's working well for me. The first story's by Charles McCarry and it's great writing and reading. Others in the book include Joseph Finder, Robert Wilson and Lee Child.

At the weekend I started The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Kind of weird read, it might just be that I have been reading quite adult books but this book isn't what I thought I might be. Although its a YA book, it seems a little to easy even for someone in there teens, nevertheless I will carry on but for me this book isn't a classic, shame. Hasn't put me off the author though, and there is still time for it to get better

Try American Gods and Anansi Boys. Graveyard book is a strange little illustrated fable more than anything.

stormhawk wrote: "Try American Gods and Anansi Boys. Graveyard book is a strange little illustrated fable more than anything."

Thanks, I will try them. They don't seem to be on the Kindle in the UK which sucks :(

I just started
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Jenna

I have a favorite I reread every summer or so, a suspense by Barbara Michaels that takes place during a Virginia spring. It's Vanish With the Rose, Kindle, 7.99.

The characters draw me back. This cast of four is outstanding.

It’s set in a rural, rundown mansion being renovated by a lively pair of elderly lottery winners who are offstage most of the book.

Andy, the hapless son of the endearing wife, is my favorite. Tall, gangly, talkative, he lives and bumbles on the page, with a history of saddling his mother and stepfather with “vintage” cars and animals that need a home. That includes Baby, a Saint Bernard trained to protect women. Her MO? Knock them down and recline on them until the danger passes.

Walt is a builder hired to do the work. Tall, muscled, prickly, he’s dragged into a dab of dishonesty by an attractive, cool Philly attorney, and it doesn't sit well.

Diana is searching for her younger brother. Brad worked for the former owner of the house, and disappeared from there. Diana has gained entry by posing as a landscape architect hired to recreate the gardens, especially the rose gardens--and it doesn't sit well. Plus, Diana is, for the first time, flying in the face of her powerful, domineering father to do this.

Fiercely independent Mary Jo has several jobs, including working for Andy’s parents, goes to school, and has an abusive ex-husband who turns up shooting.

Bring them all together in the old Musser mansion, season them with a little attraction, a dash of the paranormal, a spoonful of the history of roses, throw in a short, parallel historical story, and they start looking out for each other. Add a bevy of animals, and another keeper is born.

And every chapter begins with a lovely quote or verse about roses.

Like I said, a keeper.

Sharon K. Garner
Sanctuary, River of Dreams, Lokelani Nights, The Spaniard's Cross

Just finished the inventive paranormal thriller The Scrubs by Simon Janus (a pen name of Simon Wood). Very original and tautly paced, inspired by an actual prison in England.

Scott Nicholson
http://www.hauntedcomputer.com

I've been in such a reading slump since the end of July. But I just started The Stand . So far so good. Hopefully I'll feel like sitting down and reading for a length of time after work.

Right now I am reading The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson. I actually forgot that I had this already on my Kindle and I went out and bought the paperback..oops..LOL

Connie wrote: "I've been in such a reading slump since the end of July. But I just started The Stand . So far so good. Hopefully I'll feel like sitting down and readi..."

The Stand is one of my favorite from Stephen King!

I'm sarting . It has some good reviews from friends.

Connie wrote: "I've been in such a reading slump since the end of July. But I just started The Stand . So far so good. Hopefully I'll feel like sitting down and readi..."

I was going to ask if it was the real or the bloated edition, but based on the amazon description it's the "expanded" version.

Much as I love the Kindle, I'd actually suggest that you get an old, original paperback copy.