Kindle and the Holidays.... A reading suggestion:

[HappyGuy]

Just finished a public domain version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and "Some Christmas Stories", also from the public domain. There are some really great old books out there for free.

[farmwife99]

What a great post..................  I have very dear friends that lost their only son to a car accident a year ago. I was wanting to fix them up a Christmas basket to open up x-mas morning. I think I'll grab a couple of these books and put in the basket along with the other items.

[LuckyRainbow]

Yay, feedbooks, just downloaded A Christmas Carol.

[chynared21]

Durphy: If the giftee enjoys the Zombie Survival Guide, make sure they buy World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars. Same author, full of just as much awesome as the first book!

I'm going to have to pick this up for my brother...he's obsessed with zombies and is prepared for them  He loved the survival guide that I got him last year ;-p

[Marci]

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle is on Kindle?!?  Before I run off to check, here is my pick:

(The link goes to amazon, but it's also available free on manybooks.net.)

Marianner -

Is this a book of short stories?  I recognize the author due to his "Oz" fame.  Can you tell me a bit more about this book? 

I liked the cover 

Marci

[marianneg]

Marianner -

Is this a book of short stories?  I recognize the author due to his "Oz" fame.  Can you tell me a bit more about this book? 

I liked the cover 

Marci

No - it's a shortish novel.  It starts with a baby being found by wood-nymphs, adopted, and named Claus.  Then it follows him through adulthood as he makes it his mission in life to bring happiness to children's lives.  It's divided into pretty short chapters, so I think it would be great for reading aloud at bedtime.  My grandparents gave me this book for Christmas when I was 8 or 9, and I have pretty much read it every Christmas since.  There is also a short story called "The Kidnapping of Santa Claus" (or something like that), and, according to Wikipedia, Santa Claus also makes an appearance in a couple of the lesser-known Oz books.  I'm thinking about using MobiCreator to put all of Baum's Santa stories into a collection.

[Marci]

I'm thinking about using MobiCreator to put all of Baum's Santa stories into a collection.

Oooh, that would be sweet!

Thanks for the information,

Marci

[chobitz]

For werewolf fans:



It has a great sookie stackhouse story in it!

[sjc]

farmWife99: What a sweet idea; makes me glad to have started this post.  I know several people who get a bit down during the Holiday season:  I think your idea is a perfect pick-er-up-er... 

[SophieD]

Two of the free books offered this week, Free-Range Chickens and The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death are supposed to be funny. I haven't read them yet (just got them the other day!) but that might be a bit of humor to lighten the holiday mood.

L

Free Range Chickens is good.  Just got done with it.