Book Recommendations by our Members (January 2012)

[CNDudley]

This was my last five-star read--an unputdownable read about two families on a Mississippi Delta farm after WWII. Shades of Faulkner (only, way easier to understand). this is the book THE HELP wanted to be.

If it's too pricey for you, use your Amazon Prime to borrow it! Just read it!!!

[LisaBlackwood]

I finished this one a few weeks back, and really enjoyed it. It's the last book I can remember that wasn't a let down. I've hit a few duds lately, so I'll avoid mentioning them, because nothing good will come of that. LOL

[Jane917]

This was my last five-star read--an unputdownable read about two families on a Mississippi Delta farm after WWII. Shades of Faulkner (only, way easier to understand). this is the book THE HELP wanted to be.

If it's too pricey for you, use your Amazon Prime to borrow it! Just read it!!!



I "read" this as an audible book. It was amazing, and one of my best reads of 2011!

[docnoir]

Cool! I just saw that MONEY SHOT, by the absolutely fab Christa Faust, is only $1.9 for Kindle right now. It's part of the retro-pulp Hard Case Crime line. Now, her pulp is thoroughly modern, though, as a former porn actress gets involved in something way over her head. It's a really good one, and pretty cheap for...I have no idea how long.

http://amzn.to/z3x7vT

UPDATE: And the price is already back to normal the next morning. Oh well. Still, it's relatively cheap.

[RobynH]

New to this, but the best e-book I have read in MONTHS is Angela's Coven by Bruce Jenvey
It's a story about modern day witches helping a rock star break his deal with the devil before his cancer claims him. What I liked most is that it was not "magical', I mean there were no magic wands, no spells, no 'traditional witches.' It was all chemistry and brewing stuff on the stove. In one scene, the younger witches even brewes something on a sears barbecue! There was the devil, and there were guardian angels that carried guns. It was really incredible! I laughed, I cried, I gave it 5-stars and I was not the only one who did that. This one is worth a read!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbH92Lrrtdg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbH92Lrrtdg</a>

[JimC1946]

An excellent Kindle Single that I read in a couple of hours. It's available in the Kindle lending library.

The Rescuer

[Chad Winters]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006JPBOYQ/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img

Just finished Wolfhound. I don't know the author, and don't think I've seen him/her on KB but I really liked this book. I sampled after it showed up on my Amazon...."you might like this" ads and it was very good. Military Sci-fi/space opera similar to Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet or Elizabeth Moon's Vata's War or even Feintuch's Seafort Saga (actually better than that...)

[Kristan Hoffman]

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

My first book by the infamous "nerdfighter," but definitely not my last. It wasn't perfect (4.5 stars) but the parts that WERE perfect definitely made up for the parts that's weren't, IMO.

[djgross]

Extraordinary crime fiction filled with unexpected plot twists.   Riveting to the last page  

[Paul Reid]

An oldie but a goodie. Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is one of the most powerful novels ever written and has more than withstood the test of time. I've visited the quaint little village on the moors in Yorkshire where she was raised and where she wrote the book, and you can certainly get an idea of where her inspiration came from. It's rough on the heart and mind, but compelling story-telling. And now available for only 99c on Kindle! If you haven't read it already, I recommend that you do so. And if you're a writer, I think it's a must-read.

[kevinm]

To all you new kindle owners check out M. Leighton's Blood Like Poison series especially if you are into vampire love stories.  Just saw where the first one is free on Amazon.

[LoriBooks]

I discovered this Kindle-only book on Twitter when I was following a funny guy and then realized that he was an author.

Title:  Henry Wood Detective Agency
Author:  Brian Meeks (a/k/a @ExtremelyAvg on Twitter)

Henry Wood Detective Agency][url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ED65AM/?tag=kindleboards-20]Henry Wood Detective Agency

I could almost hear the voices of Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney as the gumshoe Henry Wood (cleverly named, which you'll understand once you read about the detective's hobby) met mobsters like Frankie and Tommy The Knife. I also expected wolf whistles when Henry met Luna and Sylvia. Everything about this book was straight from the old 50's gangster era and black and white detective stories. I "met" the author on Twitter and know him as "Extremely Average," which his writing is not -- it is exceedingly above average. Great story, wonderful plot. While I was deep into the story and dying to know the secrets about the time travel closet, the journal, and the two missing men, I was tempted to flip the pages ahead to the end to figure it out, but I'm glad I didn't because (1) the story line was just too good to miss; and (2) I don't know how to jump ahead on a Kindle! I've tweeted the author to pry info out of him about his next books and see if he'll spill his guts about the cliff hangers he left in this book. Fun, easy, enjoyable read.

Lori A. Moore

[markcooper76]

I just finished reading the Sexual Chronicles and Adventures by Mark Taylor http://www.amazon.com/Female-Rejected-Adventures-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B006YK6PX6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327363246&sr=8-1 I loved it! It is erotica but with a sense of humour and an amusing plot line.

I'm not that into erotica but a friend of mine recommended this series and was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it!

[RobynH]

Just finished Titanic 2012 by Robert W. Walker. Very nice historical thriller! I think there were some faults the editors SHOULD have caught, but this is a well-known Indie author. I found a couple of historical flaws and some sentences I had to go over twice, but it was WELL WORTH it for this story!
    It proposes a whole different take on the Titanic Tragedy and I have always been fascinated by Titanic. It suggests the Titanic became a plague ship with the only way to save everyone one on earth being to deliberately sink Titanic with all hands! What I found really exciting was that the story is told in two, very different story lines. 1. The 1912 detective and his helpers on board the ship trying to track and then stop the disease and avert the tragedy and then, the 2012 team that is chasing down the mystery and rediscovering the panic of the 1912 detective team. The last chapter is thrilling including a first-person account of riding the sinking ship to the bottom! Great read if you can get around a few broken sentences, and a few plot holes like someone leaving the room and then suddenly speaking up again... it happens!

[Chad Winters]

Just finished Titanic 2012 by Robert W. Walker. Very nice historical thriller! I think there were some faults the editors SHOULD have caught, but this is a well-known Indie author. I found a couple of historical flaws and some sentences I had to go over twice, but it was WELL WORTH it for this story!
    It proposes a whole different take on the Titanic Tragedy and I have always been fascinated by Titanic. It suggests the Titanic became a plague ship with the only way to save everyone one on earth being to deliberately sink Titanic with all hands! What I found really exciting was that the story is told in two, very different story lines. 1. The 1912 detective and his helpers on board the ship trying to track and then stop the disease and avert the tragedy and then, the 2012 team that is chasing down the mystery and rediscovering the panic of the 1912 detective team. The last chapter is thrilling including a first-person account of riding the sinking ship to the bottom! Great read if you can get around a few broken sentences, and a few plot holes like someone leaving the room and then suddenly speaking up again... it happens!

Interesting....I wonder how he explained all the survivors.....

[Serena Fairfax]

I recommend The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. Funny, picaresque about 2 bungling cowboy siblings. A terrific read!

[sc skillman]

Just this morning I listened to someone recommending "An Evil Cradling" by Brian Keenan. This reader spoke about it for ten minutes. I thought to myself, this is every writer's dream; for their book to receive a recommendation like this. Word-of-mouth is what it's all about. I've read John McCarthy's and Terry Waite's books about their hostage experiences in Beirut twenty years ago. I haven't read Brian Keenan's book yet. But because of this reader's enthusiasm, it will come to the top of my reading list.
SC Skillman
 

[Scribejohn]

Recent book likes have been (in no particular order - OMG, starting to sound like an X-Factor compare:)...

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Lincoln Lawyer, Child 44 and Library of the Dead.

Lee Child's latest, 61 hours, wasn't up to his usual standard IMO.

[Sherlock]

Just finished this one -- edge of the seat action.  Very good.

[Suz Ferrell]

Just finished Primal Law by J.D. Tyler. It's a great start to a paranormal romance series about black ops shape shifters. Can't wait for the next one!

[eddiearcher]

Flippin fantastic recipe book this one.
Short but shows you many ways to cook an egg!

http://www.amazon.com/How-Cook-Egg-ebook/dp/B007100S36/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1327923653&sr=8-3

Also if you haven't read the hunger games by susanne collins yet you need to, what a book, there releasing a film soon on it!

Thanks

[mak44]

Thanks for all the great recs!

I read the first novel by this author, and just finished the second. I love the voice of her narrator's.  This one is set during WWII and is about a really compelling character, a fictional WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilot). Really liked it!

http://www.amazon.com/Wings-ebook/dp/B006Z64O5A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327985899&sr=8-1

[tamaraheiner]

I don't give out 5 stars very often, but this book was excellent. Classified as YA but I didn't think so.

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

[corpsjustice]

Just finished this one in two days. Smooth read even if you don't particularly like golf. If you do like golf and have been to that Masters, it's fantastic.