Amazon Kindle discussion

Casgoc wrote: "I'm sarting . It has some good reviews from friends."

This was an excellent book. I hope you enjoy it.

I've been on a bit of a tear recently. Last week I polished off "Super Sad True Love Story" by Gary Shteyngart The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skoot and will finish "Mr Peanut" by Adam Ross today.

Through a friend who is a bookseller, I've happened across a website called netgalley.com, which allows you to sign up for electronic galleys of upcoming books. The publishers screen you before they'll send you the permissions to read the books. You have to either be a bookseller or a reviewer or otherwise involved in the publishing world somehow. I've been accepted for a number of the books, turned down for only one so far (which I don't fully understand, it wasn't a "major" book by a "major" publisher, but I suppose they want to be careful with their intellectual property.

I am currently reading Roman Games by Bruce MacBain. It's a mystery set in Rome around A.D. 96. There are similarities to the SPQR novels by John Maddox Roberts. I'm up to chapter 5, and so far I'm really enjoying it.

I'm waiting on my first ebook reader, K3, but can read on my computers & Ipod Touch so when I saw The Time Traveler's Wife on B&N free, I downloaded the reader, then the "book". It was 6 pages. So I went to Amazon and it was $1.56. Much bigger file, so I'm thinking, "OK, this is the book, for real." Page after page of "stuff" but not the book/story. Am I doing something wrong? Am I misunderstanding something? I'm new to this. Thanks!

Jackie wrote: "Casgoc wrote: "I'm sarting . It has some good reviews from friends."

This was an excellent book. I hope you enjoy it."

I just finished it and gave it 4 stars. It was very good. Some people thought the ending was lame and tied up wrong. I disagree.

Jo

Casgoc wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Casgoc wrote: "I'm sarting . It has some good reviews from friends."

This was an excellent book. I hope you enjoy it."

I just finished it and gave i..."

I loved this book from start to finish. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Linda wrote: "I'm waiting on my first ebook reader, K3, but can read on my computers & Ipod Touch so when I saw The Time Traveler's Wife on B&N free, I downloaded the reader, then the "book". It was 6 pages. S..."

The Time Traveler's Wife is not available on Kindle. what you downloaded is some sort of.. i don't know... study guide? though admittedly the description is about as vague as you can get.
if you search for TTW in books, and click on it, you will see all available formats, and if a Kindle edition is available it will be linked there. if not, under the cover photo it will say "tell the publisher you'd like to see this book on kindle".

I haven't gotten my Kindle, yet, but am reading The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins, on my Ipod Touch, which is giving me a feel for what the Kindle will be like. I'm going to love the convenience.

I have a hard time justifying paying $9.99 for a book that is most likely available for under $1 used on Amazon. The Kindle is great for new releases but I woll read a book in its cheapest form.

Thanks, Calla. The Time Traveler's Wife was listed in the Kindle books, and I assumed it was the book. I was surprised at the price, but you know, hope springs eternal. Study Guide pretty much describes what I got, but I don't "study" my books, I just read them. Oh, well. Thanks for the help. I thought I was doing something wrong.

Karen wrote: "I have a hard time justifying paying $9.99 for a book that is most likely available for under $1 used on Amazon. The Kindle is great for new releases but I woll read a book in its cheapest form."

Me too. If I can get it for $4 or $5 used, I buy them, unless it is a big book like The Passage or Under the Dome. I used thriftbooks.com a lot also, shipping is always free.

I am currently reading Atlas Shrugged on my Kindle, which is another door stopper.

Swing, Swing Together: A Sergeant Cribb Mystery - Peter Lovesey

It's been out of print for many years (since the 70s), and I'm overjoyed to be able to read it again!

I just finished Waiting For Spring by R.J. Keller.

Karen wrote: "I have a hard time justifying paying $9.99 for a book that is most likely available for under $1 used on Amazon. The Kindle is great for new releases but I woll read a book in its cheapest form."

Karen, you have to watch for all formats and prices. The nice thing Amazon is doing is putting the price comparison box when you click on a book. It lists all formats availble from Amazon and the prices. I don't buy used books, but I do always see if a book is available for less than the Kindle format. I won't pay $9.99 for a book that's been out in paperback for years and available for less than the Kindle book in another format. I either get the book from the library or forego the book until the price comes down.

I was in the middle of reading the girl who played with fire, when my husband and I had to move; so I read it in the car all the way to New Orleans, and when I looked up from the kindle I didn't know we were in the next state already. Drove my husband nuts since he was doing all the driving, and I was in a kindle OZONE! was so great, one of the best long distance car trips I ever did!!!

Aaron wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I've done that too, with a book in the middle of a series that FINALLY became available on Kindle.

Right now I'm reading The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo."

How are you getting on with..."

stormhawk wrote: "Stephen wrote: "I just finished "1776" by David Mccullough; it was okay but I've read better historical writing. "

I enjoyed 1776, but thought John Adams was a much better book."

The girl with the dragon tattoo is well worth it; then see the movie, It only takes on one of the storylines thats in the book. The girl who played with fire is better than the first; I have yet to read the last one; but its on my radar.

I think I'm going to have to read The Girl Who... It was reviewed in my book club and wasn't especially liked, but I've not seen anything but good reviews and a LOT of people reading it. I'm waiting on my K3, then I'll REALLY be set.

Linda wrote: "I think I'm going to have to read The Girl Who... It was reviewed in my book club and wasn't especially liked, but I've not seen anything but good reviews and a LOT of people reading it. I'm wait..."

I finished The Girl Who Played with Fire last week and I had the discussion with my book club last night about it and we all loved it. We thought it was even better than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and we are reading the final book of the trilogy for next month. So, if you like a mystery, I think you should go for it.

Thanks, Alanna. My book club meets tomorrow, so I'll pick up whatever "Girl" books are available, and see where I can find the rest. Just finished 2 books this a.m. and started John Grisham's The Innocent Man this afternoon, plus the one on my Ipod (The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins)and yet to start the 4th of the Welcome to Tyler series. OK, this brings up the question, how are you getting the books as clickable links, in the posts?

Linda wrote: "Thanks, Alanna. My book club meets tomorrow, so I'll pick up whatever "Girl" books are available, and see where I can find the rest. Just finished 2 books this a.m. and started John Grisham's The..."

Hi Linda, if you look just above the comment box you will see "addbook/author", click on that and search for your book. The results will come up and then you add the one you want.

Thanks, Alanna. As you can tell, I'm new to all this, and trying to read a lot and still keep up with the rest of my irons in the fire. ;-)

Let's see if I can do this. I have just started The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Townand I'm reading The Moonstone on my Ipod. Cross your fingers.

Cool! Thanks, Allana. OK, I'll slink back to my book for a while. :-)

You're welcome, Linda.

I just started A Scattered Life.

Finally reading The Shining, a book I've been meaning to read for ages. I feel I've missed out on a lot of good horror books over my lifetime.

Reading Vicki Tyley's new mystery Sleight Malice
http://www.amazon.com/Sleight-Malice-...

You guys have kindles already but they make great prizes so I hope you will join my Kindle Giveaway Blog Tour in September.
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Scott Nicholson

I'm currently reading 'The Red Queen.' Enjoying it so far.

I am in the middle (actually a little past the middle) of a long and sometimes arduous adventure, not unlike the lead character in the book I am currently reading on my Kindle; Don Quixote. Needless to say, this is a classic. So I am embarrassed to admit that I am having some trouble with it. It just seems to meander from one misadventure to the next without following any sort of story line. I will persevere though. And it is cool to think that I am reading a novel that is over 400 years old.

Krusher, not having read Don Quixote myself, I can't say for sure, but I've always had the impression that it was about the wanderings and misadventures of a madman...I don't do well with that kind of book, either. I'm waiting on my first Kindle, but have already started gathering things on my Kindle for Ipod & PC.

Linda, that is what Don Quixote is about alright. In book form it is about 1000 pages of misadventures.

I have always wanted to read it though and I am glad I am working my way through it.

Just recently got a Kindle... First book I read was Marlin, Darlin'. Really great mystery with a bit of romantic comedy thrown in. It's based in Florida, so if you're a Florida history buff, you should check it out!
Marlin, Darlin': Garnet Sullivan Live from Florida #1

Scarlet Feather, by Irish writer Maeve Binchy (Kindle, $6.99)

If you don’t have any Irish in you when you start this book, you will by the time you’ve finished it!

Scarlet Feather is a fledgling catering company in Dublin, run by Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather, who met in cooking school. The book follows the first year of the company, with intriguing insights into how it’s all done.

The book also follows the same year in the lives of the delightful, eccentric, maddening group of family, friends, spouses, and significant others who move in Cathy and Tom’s orbit.

The dialogue sings with the cadence of the English language as it’s spoken in Ireland—no dialect, just a rhythm in the way the words are put together, with a few turns of phrase, all like soft music in the background.

This is the time I've read this book, and now I know why. It’s a keeper.

Sharon K. Garner

Sharon K. wrote: "Scarlet Feather, by Irish writer Maeve Binchy (Kindle, $6.99)

If you don’t have any Irish in you when you start this book, you will by the time you’ve finished it!

Scarlet Feather is a fledgl..."

Sharon, I'm confused by the Kindle books. Maeve Binchy wrote one, but the same book also appears to be written by someone else. Are they the same book? Why two (or more) authors? I'm just getting into this Kindle thing, and I don't understand this, at all. Thanks!

Linda,

I noticed there were two other books listed as 'The' Scarlet Feather, with different authors and, therefore, are completely different books from the title I reviewed. Just stick to those written by Maeve Binchy and you'll be okay.

Sharon K. Garner

Sharon K. wrote: "Linda,

I noticed there were two other books listed as 'The' Scarlet Feather, with different authors and, therefore, are completely different books from the title I reviewed. Just stick to those ..."

Thanks, Sharon. Maeve's books aren't the only ones I've run across, like this. I do love the Irish brogue, though, so will probably add this to my wish list. I think the K3's are supposed to ship this week, sometime, but there are a LOT of people ahead of me, so I'm still stuck with my Kindle for PC and Ipod.

I am reading Catching Fire. I just downloaded my pre-ordered copy of Mockingjay this morning. I cannot wait to finish both of them! I loved The Hunger Games!!

Blazing on through ...

While the Savage Sleeps - Andrew E. Kaufman
Goodreads author that I "met" on another group. Thriller with paranormal elements, not a romance.

Ashes - Scott Nicholson
Another Goodreads author who friended me. Straight-up horror short stories.

Mirror Image - Dennis Palumbo
Mystery that I got in electronic galley from netgalley.com

Deathbird Stories - Harlan Ellison
reread of an old favorite. Very intense short stories about forgotten and new Gods.

I am halfway threw Flowers For Elvis. It was a freebee, but from what I understand, not any longer.

I just finished "A Matter of Magic" by Patricia Wrede, which was an omnibus of 2 of her old books I'd never gotten to, formerly known as "Mairelon the Magician" and "The Magician's Ward".

Now I'm reading "Soulless", by Gail Carriger, fun so far, humorousb steampunky setting with vampires & werewolves etc. trying to mix politely in Victorian drawing rooms.

Reading Silesian Station by David Downing -- an Anglo-American journalist working in Berlin just before WWII breaks out moonlights as a double agent, underground railroader and would-be resistance fighter while hoping to keep his son and girlfriend safe. Lots of nice historical detail, though the story wanders a little between competing plots. Works for me though, since it's much like Alan Furst's books and I'm always up for a historical espionage noir story.

By the way, if any of you are into crime/mystery novels set during the war, Billy Boyle is free for the Kindle currently as a promo. Not sure if it's worth it, but it should be at that non-price. ; )

I just read, 'What We Have" by Amy Boesky. A memoir, it chronicles the recognition and understanding of the hereditary BRCA1 and 2 gene that is ovarian and breast cancer. A family of women face not only the ghosts of their past but the disheartening experience of losing their mother while gamely knowing they must make pro-active choices of their own. Excellent and compelling writing.

I am currently reading Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. In addition, the hardcopy of A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron which I heard is pretty good.

Jean wrote: "I am currently reading Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. In addition, the hardcopy of A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron which I heard is pretty good."

I've read Age a couple of times. I have read a great deal of Edith Wharton and always enjoy her books.
Jo

I just finished Breakthrough, which was a free book a while back. I was a bit meh on it.

Now I think I'm going to start Oryx and Crake.

Just finished Mockingjay. Earlier in the year I tried Booth's Sister, but couldn't get into it. I've just started The Sari Shop's Widow (free amazon download but now over $9.00.) So far so good.

I do tend to look at all the new "free" books, but I definitely don't feel obligated to read them all.

Picked up Way Station on a recommendation. It's very interesting. Not a sizzler, but different. I just started reading, yesterday afternoon. Strangely, the cover picture doesn't match the characters very well. (So far, at least.)

Just picked up The King's Bastard

Looks like a fun read :)

I am shelving A Dog's Purpose by W.Bruce Cameron about a dog who is reborn numerous times. It is too emotional for me being a dog owner and trainer. A sweet book but too much for me. A real tear jerker!

Jean wrote: "I am shelving A Dog's Purpose by W.Bruce Cameron about a dog who is reborn numerous times. It is too emotional for me being a dog owner and trainer. A sweet book but too much for me. A real tear ..."
Wow, Jean, that does sound like a very emotional book. It's hard to lose a pet. My Daughter lost several, due to a Alpha dog issue, and I was devastated, and they weren't even mine!