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[PraiseGod13]

Let's see if I can finally make this work.....




The Stand has been one of my very favorite reads for many years now and is loved by many.  It's an intriguing look at the "Good vs. Evil" story and I think it is King at his finest.  The unabridged version is quite long, but I always hate it when I come to the end.... it's that good!  It was on my "Must Have" list of books for my Kindle since I read this book over and over.  I have a copy of the DTB, but it's very large and heavy.  Reading The Stand on my Kindle is so much better!!

[Jason in OH]

Bram Stoker's Dracula:



Well it's the time of year in which I pull out my old DTB (yes I have it on my KDX as well  ) and sit down to read the classic horror novel Dracula. This piece of literature epitomizes what a good old creepy tale should be. It's filled with allegory, deeper meanings, and just down right scary stuff. The epistolary structure of the novel makes you feel claustrophobic in a way that only adds to the suspense of the tale. There is little gore, and not much detailed descriptive aspects, but that's what adds to the greatness of the book - your imagination is left to run wild and believe me, it does. For those of you who have read this story, you know what I'm talking about, and for those of you who have not, you're missing out. Get it for free on your Kindle, sit down by a fire (or in the dark if you prefer), and treat your self to a truly great story and literary masterpiece. You will be glad you did.

-Jason

[Anju No. 469]

In Her Name was the first real SciFi Book I read and was a wonderful book to start with.  I was afraid of the "monsters" but was reassured by the author that it would be ok and I would not have nightmares, he was right.  It is based in the future with good guys, bad guys and maybe a touch of romance somewhere in there.  It deals with all types of problems, past, present and very likely future and solutions to them, perhaps not the way we would do it but successful anyway.  It is an exciting military style story, very well written where you can actually feel and see what is going on.  It is difficult to put down because one part of the story melds into the next and you just gotta see what happens.  I read the original which has been split into three books now, but I would recommend if you are going to try it, go ahead and get the next two so you won't have to wait that minute for them to download.

[Atunah]

Not really good at writing so I try  







When I started reading It, I had no idea what a ride it would take me on. This book for me at least represents the genius of Stephen King.
I don't think I have ever been so freaked out, so worried, so moved and so utterly turned inside out before. Its a long book and the friendship between the title characters and their experiences along the way have stuck with me. I am not sure if I have the heart to read it again as it was so emotionally draining the first time. Talk about getting lost in the story .  I'll never look at Clowns the same way ever again  

[meinken]

Latest in the Alex Delaware series.  I highly recommend this series. 

[MINImum]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is the story of what happens when the producers of the country get so penalized with taxes and regulations and nit-picky laws, that they finally say "Forget it" and stop producing.  It becomes too expensive and burdensome to run a company, and the government starts taking over entire industries in an attempt to keep the country afloat.  It's a work of fiction that was written back in the 1950's, but it's very compelling and (some would say) extremely relevant to current times.  It's a VERY long book and the writing style is quite formal, but if you can work your way through it you will be rewarded with a poignant account of what could happen if Atlas, who holds the world on his shoulders, decides to shrug it off because it's no longer worth the effort.

Oh, and because it's such a huge book, it's a great example of how it's much easier to read a Kindle while laying in bed than a DTB hardcover. 

[mistyd107]

This was a HORRIBLE idea, Harvey.

Look at all these books I am now compelled to check out!

When will it end???


(Not until Nov 26, apparently. . ... )

I know the feeling 

[corky1234]

This book is still within my heart 6 months later.  LOVED IT!!!
It leaves you with a history lesson, a lesson in love, and a gentle feeling that there is a "means to the end".
Don't overlook this one.

[Tip10]

Born on a Blue Day is a unique and interesting look into the different world that the autistic mind functions in.
Daniel Tammet is a high functioning Autistic Savant with Asperger's syndrome who brings forth the differences in the way an Autistic’s mind functions in a way that only one who lives there can.  Daniel’s provides us with a unique and fascinating look into the differences in the way the human mind can and does assimilate and process data. 
This book is an absolute MUST READ for anyone who knows or is any way involved with someone who is autistic.

[Betsy the Quilter]

This is my favorite book of all time.  It's a coming of age story for a young girl and her brother who are being raised by their widowed father in the still-segregated south.  Every time I read it, I see more layers to the story.  It was famously made into a movie with Gregory Peck as Atticus, the father.  Not yet on Kindle, but I'm hoping!  Please klick for me!

Betsy
(who, as a moderator, can't win but still wanted to play!)

[Jaasy]

Among the first books purchased and the first in a series was an Amanda Bell Brown's Mystery series book, Murder, Mayhem & A Fine Man.  It's Dr. Bell Brown's 35th birthday and her sister, who is the city's medical examiner, is taking her out to celebrate and it's cut short when she's called to the scene where two men have been murdered.  Bell, a psychologist, is introduced to Jazz Brown, a famed homicide detective and "a fine man" and they are instantly drawn together.  I fell in love with the relationship trials as these two people work together to find out who did it!  This book was one of three and I read right through them all - very good books...

[rla1996]

Here's my contribution... the first of the Sookie Stackhouse, aka true blood, aka Southern Vampire Mysteries, books. It's the book that started it all.  After the first few pages I was hooked.

From Amazon:
"Dead Until Dark is the first book in the Southern Vampire Mysteries, and the main character is Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress. She is a pretty young girl, but she is not happy. She has a disability, and people often think she is both naive and a little dumb. But Sookie is neither. She can read people's minds, and in order to keep people's thoughts out of her head, she has to put up a mental guard every day. This takes so much of her concentration that she often seems slow.

One night, Sookie serves the vampire Bill a glass of red wine, and she is immediately attracted to him, as she cannot read his thoughts at all..."

[marianneg]

This is the first book I re-purchased to have on Kindle as well as the DTB:


I had seen the movie many years before, but I first read The Princess Bride in college, borrowed from my roommate.  There was a tradition involved; everyone who read it had to make comments in the margins in a different color of ink.  The book is funny by itself, but reading it with everyone's comments alongside was hysterical!  People would even reply to previous comments, so it kind of fed off itself.  All the girls were in love with Wesley, and poor Buttercup was pretty much universally despised as a brainless bimbo.  It would be great to read a Kindle book like this with a few friends on your account so you could sync up and see everyone's comments as you all read!

[Maxx]

One of my all time favorite books:

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving



The story of Owen "an instrument of God" and Johnny and the things that happened in their childhoods that all were important to their reason for being here on this earth.  Every one I have ever recommended this book to has loved it.  Sadly, it is not kindlized so I will have to take out my DTB for a reread.

[CegAbq]

Jill Kismet is human but has paranormal powers, working amongst a dark paranormal community to keep the peace & rid the world of miscreants. She works at night, thus 'Night Shift' and is falling in love, again, against her wishes. First of a good series.

 
(All these books; Harvey-you've done it again)

[Harvey]

I am loving these book suggestions! Thanks for sharing and keep 'em comin'!

[911jason]

Semper Fi, the first book in prolific author W.E.B. Griffin's The Corps series, is responsible for reawakening in me my love of reading. When I read Semper Fi in the mid-90's, I was a new husband and father, I was wearing a shirt & tie to work Monday thru Friday, and as much as I loved my life, it was far from exciting. I found in reading, the ability to live adventurously in my mind. I loved the action and the intrigue, I loved the way the main character could get away with breaking the rules despite all of his smug superiors trying to put him in his place. I know this hasn't told you much about Semper Fi, but hopefully it's told you just a bit about what Semper Fi did for me.

[tlshaw *Padded Cell 511*]

Harvey,
Thanks so much for KB. You guys have done such a great job. Thanks also for the contest.

I have been introduced to some great authors and genres of books I would never have discovered without Kindra or KB. One that I have enjoyed immensely and eagerly awaiting its sequel is by one of our own Authors, Sierra9.

[Addie]

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite books of all time. I read the abridged version in high school, and it was the first book I encountered that I didn't want to ever end. I bought the unabridged version shortly after and loved it even more. It's got love, angst, excitement, betrayal, revenge ... I could go on and on about how much I love this book.

[Shirshire]

We: the "lost" dystopian classic by Yevgeny Zamyatin.  Read the influential novel that should be a staple in everyone's library. Writing and storytelling at least on par with Orwell and Huxley, with a classic Russian wit and rationality not found in either.  Eerily forecasted the internal stranglehold of Russia.  We is the story of a conditioned man fighting against, and for, a totalitarian society.  Can he choose between his newly found love of life, and his love for the state?

[ElaineOK]

About the time I was in Junior High School, Robert Asprin and his then wife Lynn Abbey started something unique.  They created Thieves World, the first shared universe where many different writers wrote in the same world, using (and abusing) each others' characters and plot lines.  Since then there have been other shared universes, but none (to my knowledge) governed by the funky agreements that bound Thieves World.  Many years (and a divorce) later, Lynn Abbey did what she swore she would only do when pigs flew -- she returned to Thieves World.  She reopened the series with a new introductory novel called, Sanctuary.  By the time that happened Lynn and I had become fast friends.  I saw every step of what went into restarting that world, and it may outlive all of us.  

My friends, I show you Sanctuary by Lynn Abbey.


Elaine
Norman, Oklahoma

[CS]

"Paranoia" by Joseph Finder is a page-turner, which is quite a feat for a book that spends most of its time chronicling a pair of big business corporations. It's about a corporate spy - Adam Cassidy - who will do whatever he has to to steal a rival company's secrets while saving his own tail in the process. The sweat will pour down your head as Mr. Cassidy finds himself in one impossible situation after another. Finder has crafted a genuine thriller, which is another major feat, because there's no violence and very little sex to be found anywhere. The real thrills come from the perils and pitfalls of human nature.

[Meemo]

Wow, this was hard, and a few of the books I thought about using were already "taken".  I love mystery/detective series, and the first books in a couple of my favorites either aren't available on Amazon at all, or not on Kindle.  So I chose the first book in the Kinsey Milhone "Alphabet" series by Sue Grafton.

I was a Nancy Drew kid, and in a sense Kinsey Milhone is Nancy Drew all grown up, still solving mysteries.  I love that Sue Grafton has chosen to keep Kinsey in a bit of a time warp - without benefit of cell phones, internet, and other bits of technology that would make things "easier" for her today.  I love her writing style - funny, insightful, sentences and paragraphs that I read & go back to read again just because I wish I could string words together as well as she does.  She's up to U is for Undertow, due out in December.  And happily, even though the first book came out in 1983 - all are available on Kindle.   

By the way, the two other series I thought of: the "Spenser" series by Robert B Parker (I love how much he can say with just a few words) - some but not all available on Kindle - the first book was The Godwulf Manuscript; and the "Travis McGee" series by John D. MacDonald - I'm not sure but I think this is the series that brought me back to my love for mystery/detective novels after a fling with "trashy romances" - the first in the series was The Deep Blue Good-By.  Happily married as I was (and still am) - I seriously wanted to marry Travis McGee....sigh...

[egh34]

My soon to be read book:
Between Sisters: A Novel

My bookclub decided on this choice, and 2 people have read it and said they cried their eyes out...hope to start it this weekend.

[ak rain]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000XUBC2C/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0
Hitchhiker's guide to he galaxy by Douglas Adams'
a funny story about a guy who finds himself rescued from Earth. He travels around the universe learning about himself and the reason for life. His companion gave him a book(not too different from my Kindle) that holds the answers to all his questions.
Sylvia