What book are you reading at the moment? Are you reading on paper or on an e-reader?

I've just started reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I will persevere with it but I really don't care for her writing style. It's certainly not gripping me, think I'll stick to Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay for my thrills in future. ;)
 

Susie said:
Just in time for Xmas found another book by Joanne Fluke in my local library, called "Gingerbread Cookie Murder".
How about these Xmas treats:
Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies;
Chewy Coconut Cranberry Cookies;
Smokin' Willie's Crispy Crunch Coleslaw; (and many more Xmas recipes)
the very last recipe on p. 361 "Linda Kemp's Chocolate Mousse Cake" calls for '7' eggs!!!
I don't really find this book very exciting, so console myself by reading Michael Connelly's "The Black Box" at the same time.
Just love the fictional "Harry Bosch"


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Finished reading the "Black Box", a satisfying tale of rape, murder, deception, conspiracy, bugged rooms, cars, and more; hope it's not a reflection of crime in the U.S.
Returned to the "Gingerbread Cookie Murder". but seem to forget who gets murdered, who's baking the latest batch of cookies, who's mom is dating whom, can't even remember anything from one page to the next, so frustrated have started to nibble the Petite Fours from my friend in Hamburg, don't dare cut into the Marzipan Cake, will have turned into a big Xmas pudding myself if I keep this up!
Anyhow, it's a very Christmassy book, and who can complain about that!

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Vala said:
Thanks April, The books I want will be expensive and I want to be sure that I don't loose them because of an error I make. I met a woman at McD's who was using an Ipad and recommended it. She said when she downloads a book it goes to her kindle and her ipad and even saves the book mark on both. Sounded good. I will keep your offer in mind. I bought the Ipad for dummies because it is easier to read instruction while trying it on a device.
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I have the kindle app on my iPad, and also a Kindle Fire that I use for reading books. The iPad was fine for reading, but then I got an external bluetooth keyboard case to make typing easier, (which it did) but it made it harder to just sit and read a book.
When I get a book from the Kindle store, it asks me where I want to download it to, but I can read any of the books on either device.
The only ones that I can't read on either device are ebooks that I borrow from the Kindle Lending Library. You can only use an actual Kindle when borrowing a book; but when you purchase a book, you can read it anywhere that has a kindle app on it.

A good way to get familiar with the Kindle procedure would be to get 1-2 of the free kindle books and download those. Once you have done that, you can see where they will go, and how to find the books on both of your devices.
After you are familiar with the book-buying process; then you can start buying the expensive books that you want.

Personal opinion: I would think that the iPad Mini would be easier for reading a book than the regular iPad, since it is smaller and easier to hold when you are reading.

To sync, just turn on iTunes on your computer, and connect the iPad to the computer with a usb cable (that you use to charge the iPad), and it will find your device and sync it. Then do the same thing with the iPad Mini. However, you should not have to sync to get the books on both devices, because they will be in the cloud, and can be accessed from either device.
 
I could not download apps for my mini that I needed to read other books. I called Apple and a tech tried to download what I needed to read other books and could not do. Finally he said wait a minute, when he came back he said it was already installed on my mini. That is why they would not download. He said they added it on later minis. I may have to dl one on the air.
 
Right now I'm reading "The Orphan Master's Son" in book form. I have a Kindle but don't use it. I'm a Luddite, I'll admit it......nothing is ever going to replace the feel of a book in my hand.

It'll be ok....one of these days, I'll have short-term memory loss and one book will be all I need. I'll just read the first chapter over and over again.
 
Well, finished the last two I had listed onto the next.

Either going to start one of the following sometime this evening:

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street

Bud, Not Buddy.
 
I am still reading the sisterhood series. They went after a famous actor because he was buying and selling young women. They invade his home and catch him with 4 of his very famous perverts and glued them to the floor by pouring commercial super glue over them. the police had to saw the cut the floor up to haul their naked bodies to jail. The sisters get caught and are arrested in this book, but it's not over with.
 
Vala, what is the exact title of the book you are reading in the series you mentioned, I tried looking up the sisterhood series, just got nearly a dozen or so titles by various authors most by Fern Michaels.
 
Thank you, unfortunately none of that series was available for audio download, I did place "Free Fall" on Hold and an audio copy of Beyond Tomorrow on hold when it's available for download.

I'm always on the look for something interesting to read. I'm sure I'll be finished with what I have way before Free Fall comes in.
 
I'm currently reading "A Family Romance" by Anitia Brookner. I haven't figured why I'm so compelled to read and reread Brookner (I've read all her novels). They're all very much the same with very little plot but endless explorations of feelings and motivations. Typically her novels depict intellectual, middle-class women, who suffer isolation and disappointments in love. I experience a lingering mood change whenever I read Brookner and for a while I really feel like someone who is not me. I actually find the experience somewhat unsettling and vow not to finish the book, but them of course I do.
 
I'm currently reading "A Family Romance" by Anitia Brookner. I haven't figured why I'm so compelled to read and reread Brookner (I've read all her novels). They're all very much the same with very little plot but endless explorations of feelings and motivations. Typically her novels depict intellectual, middle-class women, who suffer isolation and disappointments in love. I experience a lingering mood change whenever I read Brookner and for a while I really feel like someone who is not me. I actually find the experience somewhat unsettling and vow not to finish the book, but them of course I do.
 
There is a couple of books I recommend you all read they are written by Alan Brennert. He loved Hawaii and researched it's history. The books are base on things that happened to real people, but it is fiction. One is titled "Honolulu" which starts with an 8 year old Korean girl who is confined in the women's room at a certain age and can't go out without an escort. She wants to go to school and learn to read, which is forbidden for girls. She lived this life until she was 16, then she went to Honolulu as a picture bride. The second book is titled Molokai and about a young girl that is diagnose as a leper and sent to the island. It tells how the lepers lived, the progression of the disease and finding a way to heal them. The books are life stories and sad, but a very good read, both end well.
 
At present I am reading [almost at the end] Gillian Flynn's ' Gone Girl ' it's certainly a real page turner.It's a paperback book, but I usually read on my Kindle. Next I am going to read 'December' by Phil Rickman [ghostly goings on] which seems appropriate for the season.:ghost: Everyone should read a Christmas ghost story.Especially here in dank foggy England!
 
Josiah09, Anita Brookner is a very good writer, and deals with emotions and in depth character really well. You don't need action and car chases, she is the book equivalent of a French film, all dialogue and feelings.
 
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Josiah09, Anita Brookner is a very good writer, and deals with emotions and in depth character really well. You don't need action and car chases, she is the book equivalent of a French film, all dialogue and feelings.
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I don't believe any of her novels have been made into a film which on the one hand seems unusual since she is a very well respected author who has been quite prolific, but on the other hand you can say that beside an absence plot, so much of her offering is in the form of introspection and introspection is really hard to pull off in a movie. I fear that at her advanced age we will not see another of her very special novels. She was very good at writing about older people and not many authors are.
 
I think there was one of Anita's books that became a film [unless I am thinking of the wrong author;entirely possible with my memory] Hotel Du Lac ?
I have tried PD James' books but find them a bit stilted if you know what I mean, and don't care for Adam Dalgleish[policeman.]However, it may be just me, as she was incredibly popular.Have you tried reading any Joanna Trollope? I liked Kingsley Amis, he wrote some good books and The Old Devils is about older people and is very good.
 
I love PD James....have done for years!
joanna Trollope makes me cry; not always a good thing...
 

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