Amazon Kindle discussion

I've been on a Kindle Binge ... finished all 13 of the Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events books.

Today I finished up Monday Night Jihad - Jason Elam & Steve Yohn, which was a very good action thriller.

Next up is A Bomb Built in Hell, by Andrew Vachss, which is available as a free PDF on his website, so I did a PDF conversion.

I finished Poison Study by Maria V Synder yesterday. I am now on Friends Like These by Danny Wallace

I just finished reading The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce today. I'm sure what I'm going to read next.

I am reading Against All Odds (Heroes of Quantico, book 1) by Irene Hannon. So far very good book, and not even into the majorly exciting parts yet!

I am working on The Grapes of Wrath. I started out in the paperback that I had sitting on my shelf for years, but the print was entirely too small. It was annoying me and affecting my reading, so I moved on to the Kindle version and it is definitiely easier reading.

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.

Reading my first FREE book...Wicked Lovely. I was thrilled when it was offered as a free book as I've had my Kindle for over 6 months now and this is the first free book I have read.

I am reading New Moon(#2 Twilight series). Not usually my kind of genre of books but really liked Twilight so am going to finish the series.

Booth's Sister

The Last Colony - John Scalzi

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 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo? I have brought it on the kindle but have not got round to reading it yet. I think mainly its the size of the book that is a little intimidating at the moment. Is it worth it?

I can't speak for Vicki, but I really enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ... there's a lot of tedious stuff at the front end. I had downloaded a sample and just got bogged down with the description of all this financial stuff that was completely uninteresting. I didn't think it was large enough to be intimidating, but that first chapter seems never to end! Once the story takes off (and you meet Salander), it becomes a whole different story. The Girl who Played with Fire is also a really good novel. I'm looking forward to the publication of the third, and final, book of the set in May 2010.

just downloaded a sample of The Postman" can't wait to get to it.

i'm reading *the immortal life of henrietta lacks*. best science writing i've ever read and i don't like this genre. also plowed thru ruth ann nordin's eye of the beholder. i was surprised at how good it was.

I'm reading the Wi'tch War series by James Clemens. Its good fantasy.

Reading Dead in Dallas... Sookie Sackhouse...

Chantelle wrote: "Booth's Sister"

How are you liking this book? I downloaded it but haven't had a chance to read it yet.

I'm currently reading Déjà Dead. I've had it in paperback for awhile, but it's fairly thick and I don't hold books that are thick well any more.

I am actually working on some of my paper books right now *gasp* LOL. I am currently reading All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris and Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke.

My next Kindle book I plan to read is Dracula by Bram Stoker. I have been meaning to get to it forever! I am into paranormal and fantasy LOL. :)

I was very excited to find Varney the Vampire, which I'd read about in a couple old books on Vampires in Film and Literature, but never expected ever to see, since it's been out of print since shortly after it was published in 1847. Bless the Kindle for making such things not just available, but available free.

I'm about halfway through Water for Elephants. It is so good!

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

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

Awesomevegan wrote: "My next Kindle book I plan to read is Dracula by Bram Stoker. I have been meaning to get to it forever! I am into paranormal and fantasy LOL. :) "

I love the Sookie books! The next one is out on 5/4 -- crossing my fingers that Penguin allows Amazon to honor my Kindle pre-order! I have that downloaded Dracula too, I have heard this is good also:

and it is free on Amazon. :)

I am reading: and

Everything Nicholas Sparks

The Wives of Henry Oades - Excellent Book!!!!

Aaron, sorry, I haven't been here for a few days. And in those few days the story has really cut loose in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. I read 20% in 2 days. YES!!! The book is great and I hear that the 2nd and 3rd in the series are even better. And that they continue as though it is all one book, just divided into 3 volumes. I'm currently at 68%. The 2nd book, The Girl Who Played with Fire is the BIG one - 10,500 locations. But... the better to enjoy it, no?

Teresa wrote: "Chantelle wrote: "Booth's Sister"

How are you liking this book? I downloaded it but haven't had a chance to read it yet.

I'm currently reading Déjà Dead. I've had it..."

Teresa, I'm enjoying it, but it's not one of those books that I can't put down. It suits me perfectly for the book on my iphone app, lol - I read it while I'm waiting at various practices/rehearsals/appointments. It's interesting enough to keep me reading, but I'm not staying up late to finish it. :)

Vicki wrote: "Aaron, sorry, I haven't been here for a few days. And in those few days the story has really cut loose in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. I read 20% in 2 days. YES!!! The book is great and I h..."

I think that this is going to be my next book. I'm not the fastest reader, so this is going to take some time to get through. I was planning on seeing the film but I feel that a 2 hour long film is not going to do a book on this size any favors and so I think it will be best for me to read the book first. I feel like reading a good mystery next after reading a couple of fantasy books and the one I am reading currently. This one seems perfect for the job :)

I have never read Robinson Crusoe, so I am rectifying this with a free download edition.

Beautiful Creatures

The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease

A Taint in the Blood by Dana Stabenow.

I am currently reading In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber

I just finished reading Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery

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!"

I loved that book! Read it last year.

Chantelle wrote: "Booth's Sister"

I am reading that also...hey cant' pass by those free books! Have to admit though its a slow read. I keep getting distracted by better offers.
Are you enjoying it?

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Tammie wrote: "Chantelle wrote: "Booth's Sister"

I am reading that also...hey cant' pass by those free books! Have to admit though its a slow read. I keep getting distracted by better offers.
..."

I started to read it; it sounded like a good premise for a story, but it didn't hold my attention.

I'm now reading Cattle Valley Mistletoe.

I just finished "1776" by David Mccullough; it was okay but I've read better historical writing. I'm now reading "Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson - VERY entertaining.

Finished Under the Dome and am now reading The Summer We Fell Apart.

I'm working on:
Randy Roberts

I like his movies and thought he would be interesting to learn more about. It is good, also a social history of movies.

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 Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Well I have finally finished Friends Like These by Danny Wallace and I am now onto The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson :)

Just finished Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. This was a book club read. It was okay. I definitely preferred "The Help."

stormhawk wrote: "I can't speak for Vicki, but I really enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ... there's a lot of tedious stuff at the front end. I had downloaded a sample and just got bogged down with the descri..."

I found this book to be a case where the programming of the Kindle version was unfortunate. The publisher put the "start" at Chapter 1 and not the Prologue. Had I read the prologue, I would have known that there was something more interesting than the Blomkvist set-up stuff in the first chapter.

The Minister's Wooing written by Harriet Beecher Stowe (and published as a Penguin Classic) is free. It's rather interesting to see this given the Amazon-Penguin stand-off.

stormhawk wrote: "I was very excited to find Varney the Vampire, which I'd read about in a couple old books on Vampires in Film and Literature, but never expected ever to see, since it's been out of print since shor..."

Thanks for mentioning this book. I downloaded it for free and it sent me on a shopping spree of other free books that are recommended or related including vampires, werewolves and ghost stories. I must have "bought" 100 free books. It seemed like I did LOL!
I will let you know how I like it. :)

Regina wrote: "Awesomevegan wrote: "My next Kindle book I plan to read is Dracula by Bram Stoker. I have been meaning to get to it forever! I am into paranormal and fantasy LOL. :) "

I love the Sookie books! ..."

Thanks! I found the free Carmilla (there is at least one listed at 99 cents) and will check out the other books you listed :)

Last Saturday I finished Friends Like These by Danny Wallace and went straight on to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
The Alexander Cipher - Will Adams
Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist - Paul R. Linde