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« on: February 28, 2009, 10:12:21 PM » |
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Post your book recommendations here! For the February 2009 recommendations, click here: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,3077.0.html |
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"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
"Oh come on! Stake through the heart. A little sunlight. It's like falling off a log" -Buffy, the Vampire Slayer |
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2009, 10:22:10 PM » |
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What can I say? I'm an East Coast girl at heart...  And, to keep this on topic, I want to say I'm using my vacation time here in sunny warm (77 degrees today) San Diego finishing In Her Name by member Mike Hicks (Kreelanwarrior) and it is fantastic!! Had to keep reading ahead of the book klub! Betsy |
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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
"Oh come on! Stake through the heart. A little sunlight. It's like falling off a log" -Buffy, the Vampire Slayer |
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2009, 10:46:43 PM » |
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And, to keep this on topic, I want to say I'm using my vacation time here in sunny warm (77 degrees today) San Diego finishing In Her Name by member Mike Hicks (Kreelanwarrior) and it is fantastic!! Had to keep reading ahead of the book klub!
Betsy
Thanks, I think he currently has a giveaway going on as well!! Check it out. **Edit** Oops, that's a different author.  |
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2009, 12:44:13 AM » |
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Thanks, I think he currently has a giveaway going on as well!! Check it out. **Edit** Oops, that's a different author. David has posted about it a thousand times already, and you still got confused?!  No offense meant to the author, just saying...  |
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2009, 05:30:19 AM » |
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Indie authors have to do their own marketing. I'm sure David is all over the Internet promoting his book. He wore me down, and I bought the book, so I can just skip over his posts, now. Good job, David. You'll get us all, yet.  Now to find the time to read it. |
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2009, 10:51:33 AM » |
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Thanks Betsy! You (and all the mods) do such a great job for us. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2009, 09:26:19 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 05:55:17 PM » |
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I recently read a book that I really enjoyed: Boxcar Down: The Albanian Incident by Charles Lunsford. It was a historical fiction adventure set during the Cold War. The author is a former Airborne Radio Operator who instilled a lot of his knowledge in this field into the book (without killing the reader's interest!) He was, in fact, one of the last batch of radio operators trained in Morse code translation. After reading the book, I contacted the author and convinced him to put his book on Kindle! One hold-up, though. Due to a computer error, he has to reconstruct his manuscript. So, in the meantime, he uploaded this book:  Departure Message is a non-fiction memoir about his experiences as a radio operator working very close to the Iron Curtain when the Cold War was not so cold. Based on my experience reading his other book, I safely feel I can recommend this one! |
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« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2009, 03:29:34 PM » |
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I just finished and enjoyed The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. Some typical first novel issues but beautifully written. I think the author is one to watch.  |
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« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2009, 03:34:57 PM » |
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That does look good. . .thanks. . .just sampled. . .
<I'll never get to all these books! sigh!>
Ann
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2009, 10:09:43 AM » |
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« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2009, 10:59:08 AM » |
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Al your front yard is breath taking beautiful!! Where do you live? I sampled the first book.
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« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2009, 11:25:50 AM » |
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(Gosh, I've been having problems with the KB server today! Lost a couple posts, posted one twice, have long waits...bummer, man.)
Linda, I live in a nowhere part of the state near a nowhere town with not much scenery at all. But I am a decent photographer, and I watch the weather.
I should have said in my above post that I know the author and I know her historical research is dead accurate, right down to such and such a house on such and such a street in Kerrville. You can learn some history from her series as well as be entertained.
Now I'll see if this'll post. (second try)
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2009, 11:29:17 AM » |
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I just finished reading this and enjoyed it immensely - enough to move on to the next book in the series tonight:  I'd classify it as a Victorian murder mystery (although the two main characters share a certain chemistry). |
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« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2009, 09:33:56 AM » |
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I recommend the free cookbook from amazon called The Cook's Illustrated How-to-Cook. I made 1/2 a brisket from the How to Barbecue & Roast on the Grill chapter and it was excellent. More than just a receipe when I started I knew how far to open on grill vents (on the bottom of the kettle grill and the lid) what type and how many pieces of charcoal to use, how many hickory chunks to use, etc., and the times given (marinating, on the grill, and then in the oven) were right on target. I didn't have to readjust or correct anything; it was perfect.
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« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2009, 03:11:34 PM » |
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If you like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you may like this:  It's back on Amazon Kindle after being unavailable for some months after I complained about formatting mistakes. Highly recommended. Panshin also wrote a book-length critique of Robert Heinlein's work which I'd recommend to fans of RAH's work, and he also wrote Rite of Passage, a classic coming-of-age SF novel (a Nebula winner and Hugo nominee), which I highly recommend (available for Kindle). Mike BTW, Amazon hit 250,000 books for the Kindle today. |
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« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2009, 06:18:38 PM » |
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I really liked   by Markus Zusak. Couldn't get the link maker to work for it, though... --added image link. Betsy |
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« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2009, 06:43:12 PM » |
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I just finished 'The Yankee Years' by Joe Torre. If you're a Yankees fan it's a must read, but even if you're simply a baseball fan it's a great book. It's a really interesting look at baseball from the inside. I expected it to be told entirely from Joe Torre's view, but they actually interviewed a number of different players in the book. Sorry, not sure how to create a link here yet, I'm new!   --added image link. Betsy |
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« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2009, 10:07:59 PM » |
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Mike,
I had no idea that Alexei Panshin had any works in Kindle format. Thank you very much for pointing this out. (I've been doing a number of SF/Fantasy author searches in Amazon's Kindle Books to see what is available to "feed the habit" but had not searched for Panshin.) Anyway, thanks again!
- Walter...
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« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2009, 01:15:32 AM » |
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« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2009, 05:38:39 AM » |
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Thanks, drenee, for the links to the paper versions. I added links to the Kindle versions to their posts. For most books, you can create a link using Link-Maker http://www.kindleboards.com/link/. You can get to Link-Maker by clicking on one of the links at the top of each Kindleboard page. You enter the search text and then pick the book you want from the search list and Link-Maker will create the link for you, which you then copy and paste into your post. Because of the way Amazon lists their books, a 3rd party tool like Link-Maker can't always find a book. In that case, you can use LinkMaker 1.0 (a link on the Link-Maker 2.0 page will take you there.) For that, you have to find the item in Amazon FIRST, then copy the image and the ASIN (it can be found lower down on each item page--this is the one for the Book Thief: B000XUBFE2) and enter them in the appropriate places on the Link-Maker 1.0 page. Some have found the Link-Maker 1.0 more difficult to use which is why Harvey created Link-Maker 2.0. It's somewhat easier to use if using the Firefox browser as it is easier to snag the image in Firefox. There are tutorials on Link-Maker 1.0. Or you can let one of the mods do it for you if Link-Maker 2.0 can't find it. Betsy |
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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
"Oh come on! Stake through the heart. A little sunlight. It's like falling off a log" -Buffy, the Vampire Slayer |
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« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2009, 05:52:45 AM » |
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Or you can let one of the mods do it for you if Link-Maker 2.0 can't find it. That's why y'all get paid the big bucks....  |
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« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2009, 06:13:45 AM » |
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If you like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you may like this: It's back on Amazon Kindle after being unavailable for some months after I complained about formatting mistakes. Highly recommended. So, this one is three novels in one volume, right? |
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« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2009, 08:15:03 AM » |
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So, this one is three novels in one volume, right?
Yep. * Star Well
* The Thurb Revolution
* Masque World The Universal Pantograph, which was to be the fourth book, was never published. I've been hoping since 1970 that it would show up one day. Mike |
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