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1. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
2. Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. Piano Girl - A Memoir: Lessons in Life, Music and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian by Robin Meloy Goldsby
5. The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
6. A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz
7. Columbine Dave Cullen
8. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
9. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
10. Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosay
So many great books on these lists.. many I read pre-kindle, some I have waiting to be read on kindle and some very good ones I cut from my top 10.. very interesting exercise, indeed.
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« Reply #76 on: December 02, 2009, 02:07:01 PM » |
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1. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
2. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
3. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
3. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
4. Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosay
5. Persuasion - Jane Austen
6. The Girl who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo - Stieg Larsson
8. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
9. Saturday - Ian McEwan
10. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
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« Reply #77 on: December 02, 2009, 02:11:14 PM » |
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1. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrsson
3. Killing Floor by Lee Child
4. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5. Naked in Death by JD Robb
6. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
7. Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
8. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
9. You Suck by Christopher Moore
10. Free Range Chickens by Simon Rich (made me laugh a LOT)
Wow - difficult to choose and even more difficult to put in order, but this is close enough...
Thanks for the giveaway! Love seeing all the selections and seeing yet more books to consider.
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« Reply #78 on: December 02, 2009, 02:17:43 PM » |
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1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower II) by Stephen King
5. The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler
6. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
7. The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
8. Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal
9. Duma Key by Stephen King
10. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
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« Reply #79 on: December 02, 2009, 03:05:03 PM » |
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1. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
2. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
3. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
4. Term Limits by Vince Flynn
5. The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille
6. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
7. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
9. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
10. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
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« Reply #80 on: December 02, 2009, 04:14:46 PM » |
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1. Gringos in Paradise by Barry Golson
2. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows
3. Atheists Guide to Christmas by Ariane Sherine
4. Paranoia by Joseph Finder
5. Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
6. The Walk by Lee Goldberg
7. Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Armin
8. Charybdis by K. A. Thompson
9. Crooked Moon by Lisette Brody
10. The Rex by Rick Lawton
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« Reply #81 on: December 02, 2009, 04:19:34 PM » |
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Thanks KB Mods for this oppty (this was hard - ugh  ) 1. Beloved - Toni Morrison 2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou 3. Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 4. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. Any Way the Wind Blows - E. Lynn Harris 7. Blonde Faith - Walter Mosley 8. Flood - Andrew Vachss 9. Agnes and The Hitman - Jennifer Cruise and Bob Mayer 10. Heart on the Line - Judith Arnold |
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« Reply #82 on: December 02, 2009, 06:47:01 PM » |
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This was so fun to look back on what I've read on my Kindle in 2009!! My list will include some books from my favorite authors from the past... and new favorite authors discovered through KindleBoards:
1. The One Year Bible NLT - published by Tyndale
2. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
3. The Stand by Stephen King
4. Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
5. I Stand At the Door and Knock by Corrie Ten Boom
6. Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
7. In Her Name by Michael Hicks
8. Apprentice: Walking the Way of Christ by Steve Chalke
9. Easily Amused by Karen McQuestion
10. Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
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« Reply #83 on: December 02, 2009, 07:30:41 PM » |
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1. The Book of Lost Things: A Novel by John Connolly
2. Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country by Mike Kim
3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
4. For One More Day by Mitch Albom
5. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson
7. The Variant by John August
8. The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson
9. Why We Suck by Dr. Denis Leary
10. Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
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« Reply #84 on: December 02, 2009, 11:39:07 PM » |
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1. Dracula by Bram Stoker
2. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
3. UR by Stephen King
4. By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer
5. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
6. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
7. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
8. 72 Hours by Shannon Stacey
9. Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #1 by John Jackson Miller
10. Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #2 by John Jackson Miller
All read since purchasing my Kindle on 10/15/09.
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« Reply #85 on: December 03, 2009, 06:27:58 AM » |
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My Kindle Favorites for 2009:
1. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
2. Blood Work by Michael Connelly
3. City of Bones by Michael Connelly
4. The Confessor by Daniel Silva
5. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
6. Duma Key by Stephen King
7. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
8. The Night of the Gun by David Carr
9. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
10 Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Thankfully I dont have pick a favorite.. and the order listed is not an indication.. I enjoyed them all.
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« Reply #86 on: December 03, 2009, 06:57:56 AM » |
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1.Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
2. Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypass
3. Talk of the Town by Karen Hawkins
4. Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Lady Rogue by Suzanne Enoch
6. If He's Wicked by Hannah Howell
7. Me and My Shadow by Katie MacAlister
8. What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
9. Noble Intentions by Katie MacAlister
10. The Runaway Duke by Julie Anne Long
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« Reply #87 on: December 03, 2009, 07:58:37 AM » |
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1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Outlander by Diane Gabaldon
3. Split Second by David Baldacci
4. Before the Storm by Diane Chamberlain
5. Open House by Elizabeth Berg
6. Between the Sheets by Robin Wells
7. Finding Father Rabbit by K.A. Thompson
8. Naked in Death by JD Robb
9. Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
10. Ariana's Pride by Margaret Lake
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« Reply #88 on: December 03, 2009, 10:01:13 AM » |
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My Top Ten:
1. The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon
2. In Her Name (Omnibus Edition) by Michael R. Hicks
3. On Basilisk Station by David Weber
4. Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams
5. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
6. My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
7. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
8. The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
9. The Palmyra Impact by Boyd Morrison
10. Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara
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« Reply #89 on: December 03, 2009, 10:30:09 AM » |
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Here's my list:
1. Retirement Homes Are Murder by Mike Befeler
2. Kindred In Death by J. D. Robb
3. Tempo Rubato by Brendan Carroll
4. Soul Identity by Dennis Batchelder
5. Whiskey Sour by J. A. Konrath
6. My Gun Has Bullets by Lee Goldberg
7. Long Lost by Harlen Coben
8. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal by Eric Van Lustbader
9. Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods
10. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
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« Reply #90 on: December 03, 2009, 11:20:36 AM » |
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My top 10 for the year
1) The Shining by Stephen King
2) Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
3) A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex by Chris Jericho
4) DisneyWar by James B. Stewart
5) Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
6) Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
7) On Writing by Stephen King
8) Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner
9) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
10) Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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« Reply #91 on: December 03, 2009, 03:57:31 PM » |
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Wow, this was hard. My top 10 since I got my Kindle this year.
1. Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
2. The Ark by Boyd Morrison
3. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
4. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
5. The Palmyra Impact by Boyd Morrison
6. Pacific Avenue by Anne L Watson
7. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
8. Ariana's Pride by Margaret Lake
9. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
10. Mozart's Wife by Juliet Waldron
I had never heard of any of these before getting my kindle and coming to these boards!!!! I think that says so much about these boards.
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« Reply #92 on: December 03, 2009, 06:46:47 PM » |
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Wow...tough to decide what belongs in this years top ten...
1. The Book Thief, Markus Zusck.
2. The Weight of Silence, Heather Guderkauf
3. Waiting for Spring, R.J. Keller
4. Homer's Odyssey, Gwen Cooper
5. Notes From the Underwire, Quinn Cummings
6. Turning Idolater, EdwardC. Patterson
7. World War Z, Max Brooks
8. I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak
9. Bonk, Mary Roach
10. The Unlikely Disciple, Kevin Roose
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« Reply #93 on: December 03, 2009, 10:20:15 PM » |
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1. The lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
2. Watership down by Richard Adams
3. People of book by Geraldine Brooks
4. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
5. Dune by Frank Herbert
6. The alchemyst by Michael Scott
7. Savvy by Ingrid Law
8. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
9. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
10. Wizards first rule by Terry Goodkind
Good Luck and this was fun
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ohhh this is a hard one~ I've read lot this year  sticking w/ whats on my kindle that I've read since Nov 6th  1) The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop 2) First Lords' Fury by Jim Butcher 3) Tempted by P.C. and Kristin Cast 4) Pandora's Game by Christopher Andrews 5) Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb 6) Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts 7) Heat Wave by Richard Castle 8 ) A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton 9) Club Dead out of the Sookie Stachouse 8 book set by Charlaine Harris 10) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle <cough> I did see that the booksets had to be broken out so I opted for just 1 book out of the set in order to list a little more variety~ |
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« Reply #95 on: December 04, 2009, 11:57:26 AM » |
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My Top Ten, in no particular order:
1. South of Broad by Pat Conroy
2. Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
3. Heaven and Hell: My Life in The Eagles by Don Felder & Wendy Holden
4. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
5. The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman
6. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
7. Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy & Stupid by Dr. Denis Leary (as he's listed on the cover)
8. Broken Prey by John Sandford
9. UR by Stephen King (I couldn't leave this one off the list! I read it the day I got my K2.)
10. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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My Kindle Top 10: (I have other non Kindle books that would have bumped many off this list, but the rules are the rules! ) 1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 2. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 3. Bloodhound: The Legend of Beka Cooper Book 2 by Tamora Pierce 4. The Yankee Years by Tom Verducci and Joe Torre 5. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown 6. Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey Niffennegger 7. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 8. Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain by Marty Appel 9. Up Till Now: The Autobiography by William Shatner 10. Tree Shepherd's Daughter by Gillian Summers |
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« Reply #97 on: December 04, 2009, 02:17:18 PM » |
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Here are 10 of my favorites since getting "Ember" 6 months ago. It's been so much fun new genres and authors I ordinarily wouldn't have sampled before Amazon's offerings of"free" or almost free books  . 1. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville 2. The Likeness by Tana French 3. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik 4. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 5. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly 6. TheLost Symbol by Dan Brown 7. The Templar Legacy by Steve Barry 8. The Briar King by Greg Keyes 9. LA Requiem by Robert Crais 10. Free by Chris Anderson |
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« Reply #99 on: December 05, 2009, 07:42:30 AM » |
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1 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova
2 Mists of Avalon
3 Dead Witch Walking Kim Harrison
4 Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich
5 From Dead to Worse Charlaine Harris
6 Naked in Death J.D. Robb (just getting started in this series after reading one out of order a few years ago!
7 The Host Stephanie Meyer
8 Undead and Unwed Mary Janice Davidson
9 Circus of the Damned Laurell K. Hamilton
10 His Majesty's Dragon Naomi Novik
Boy, have I been reading mostly brain candy or what? rofl
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