I just started reading Spinning Forward. It’s a spinning/knitting book.
I’m forever reading non-fiction, to keep up with my husbands voracious book reading habits. Today, though, I downloaded “Treassure Island” on my iPhone Kindle App for free. Sat down to lunch in a Chinese restaurant, all by myself, and read for over an hour. What a pleasure that was!
Loved The Help!
Check your local library’s web page, many are now allowing the download of audio books to MP3 player. All you need is a library car, computer and a MP3 player.
There are also some spots on the web, like LibriVox and others that will allow the download of public domain books.
Deb - I’ve downloaded so many free books from Amazon! Some of them are classics like Treasure Island, but many are just the first in a series or one book from a series to get the author known. It’s so cool! I’ve found several new authors that way!
Do you know how to find them? If not I’ll explain how I do it.
To those who have a kindle, what is so great about it? Why not just get books from the library or borrow books from a friend?:think:
I love my kindle! You can tons of books and knitting patterns with you all the time, among other benefits.
To KnitterGirl12, I believe there is a topic on “Kindle vs. Nook” where the pros and cons of the kindle and other e-readers are being discussed … might be worth checking out!
I do get books from the library. A lot. :teehee: I have the app on my iPod Touch and it’s great when you’re going places and don’t want to carry a book. Also because I can download samples for free I can see if I like a book before I buy it or it get it from the library. It’s not a necessity by any means. I think if a person travels a lot it would also be nice.
Ya know, I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to “modern technology”. I mean I’m only (? lol) 33 and grew up with evolving technology but I’m old school at heart…Though it seems like it would be really awesome to have a Kindle, I can’t help it, I just love having the actual book…I love the feel of the pages, the soft rippling sound they make as you turn from one page to another; I love the slick feel of the paperback and the sturdy, textured feel of the hardback book - I love the weight of the book in my hand and thumbing the side of the book, opposite the spine, as if the pages were a deck of playing cards I was shuffling…I’m the same way with my writing…Of course I type up on the computer what I write, but only after first writing it out by hand, with my “writing pens” in paper notebooks…
Anyway, to get back on topic, I have about 20 pages left of [I]Await Your Reply[/I] and I seriously do not recommend this book. There have been times that I actually said to myself, I DON’T CARE! when reading about certain characters but I can’t bring myself to stop reading it because I have already invested so much time in it…I at least want to know how it ends! In over 200 pages I can honestly say nothing of any real significance has happened…Nothing overly memorable, nothing that has made me anxious to get to the next page, to get to the next chapter, to see how it all comes together…I really don’t care that much…The main thing I want to know is if my one suspicion is right, that’s all I really care about finding out…The book is readable enough, I mean I haven’t abandoned it, but at times the author seems quite pretentious with his word choices and I don’t necessarily find that all of his characters are believable…I’ll finish it but I really don’t recommend it.
Thanks everyone!cloud9
I just got [I]The Help [/I]from the library! I was in line since it came out I think my place was 294. I honestly forgotten about it until I got the notice that they had it for me.
I too have read most of John Sandford’s thrillers and finished Wicked Prey a few weeks ago. Then I got involved in a series of historical novels about the Irish by Morgan LLywelyn. The first is 1916 and now I am reading 1949. I think there are three more. The first began with the Irish Easter uprising. Very realistic with lots of history but lots of romance as well. Actually there was one in between I forgot about, 1921.
I’ve never been to interested in historical fiction. History in general isn’t too interesting to me unless it’s in the forum a book like Black Like Me (non fiction and excellent btw) or The Help. :lol:
I finished Spinning Forward last night and I liked it a lot. Not a whole lot of knitting or spinning in it, but it’s still good. 
These are all good ones to get from the library.
For mystery lovers, if you have not read the Mrs. Pollifax series, I strongly recommend them. I got all of mine through Paperbackswap.com and then passed them along to my sister, who agrees they are pretty good. The main character is a spunky widow of indeterminate age but white hair who basically shows up at the CIA and asks how she can help.
Currently, I’m reading Rhys Bowen’s Evan Evans series - I’m a couple of chapters into “Evan and Elle”. They are all set in a small village in Wales.
I recently stumbled on Lynn Kurland’s books (time travel/medieval romance) which I’m enjoying.
On the non-fiction front, I have a couple of books in process, including some books on emotional eating. I just started a book that discusses the effects of social/economic inequalities, looking at all sorts of international data. It promises to be interesting.
I call myself a “compulsive reader”, as you can tell by the length of my books-in-progress list.
As far as the e-book debate goes, I think I’ll eventually get one. However, at the moment, it’s still cheaper for me to get books through Paperbackswap.com (my choice over my library) than it would be to get books through a kindle/nook. For my sister who lives in France, though, a kindle/nook would be a good investment and a better and cheaper way to get English-language books. I mail her a big box once a year or so, but it’s not quite the same.
I LOVED the Mrs. Pollifax series! They are written by Dorothy Gilman. I also read a few of the non series books which were also good. If you decided to try them I suggest starting with the first one.
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/G_Authors/Gilman_Dorothy.html
Another good series with older heroines is the Southern Sisters mysteries. I enjoyed them greatly. The author, who passed away in 2001, is Anne George.
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/G_Authors/George_Anne.html
My favorite ‘new to me’ author is Louise Penny. She’s written the Inspector Gamache series. Seems in the tiny village of Three Pines, there is often a murder to solve. She seems to love her characters, and even my DH, a died in the wool non-fiction reader, has read all of these.
You don’t have to, but it helps to read them in order.
There is a series I have really enjoyed by Jennifer Chiaverrini (sp) about a group of quilters - the Elm Creek Quilters. Very good even if you are not a quilter.
Just thought of another good one that I just discovered! I got a sample of The Surgeon on my iTouch and liked it enough to get the book from the library. I just picked up the second in the series today. Authors name is Tess Gerritsen.
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/G_Authors/Gerritsen_Tess.html
Great ideas for new authors everyone!
Another mystery rec - Donna Andrews’ Meg Langslow series, which begins with [I]Murder with Peacocks[/I]. It’s a hilariously funny series.
I just finished Game Over by Fern Michaels. Her Sisterhood series. I also finished Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Bought it from Amazon and downloaded it to the free Kindle Ap for my computer. (Thank you Art Lady) I like all different genre books. I also use the Library and download MP3 books an load them on my MP3 player.