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Post by Critical on Mar 8, 2020 23:32:18 GMT
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Post by waywyrd on Mar 9, 2020 0:35:57 GMT
That sounds like my kind of book. Just bought it, thanks for the tip!
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Post by Critical on Mar 9, 2020 3:07:47 GMT
That sounds like my kind of book. Just bought it, thanks for the tip! Yay! It's truly one of those books that defies categorization. One of the most original books I've ever read. I also just really love the author. When I met her last September, she was so sweet. I'd reviewed the book on my (now woefully neglected) IG and as soon as she saw my name on my badge, she squealed and gave me a big hug. We laughed and gabbed about books until we finally HAD to go sit down because they event was starting. She was my first follower on Instagram. We've messaged a bit since then too. I'm SO looking forward to what she's going to write next. If you're interested, she was a guest on the Reading Women podcast last September 11th. She's just really interesting and quite charming. Maybe wait until you read the book though. IMO, it's better if you know next to nothing about the book. It was just so surprising that I'm glad I didn't know anything before I read it.
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Mar 25, 2020 5:39:35 GMT
Post by Critical on Mar 25, 2020 5:39:35 GMT
If you're open to using Apple Books on your devices vs your Kindle, there are some good books available for free:
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Mar 26, 2020 6:03:09 GMT
Post by Critical on Mar 26, 2020 6:03:09 GMT
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Post by waywyrd on Apr 6, 2020 21:38:49 GMT
More free books on Amazon: link
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Post by Arielflies on Apr 7, 2020 4:12:30 GMT
Thanks for the link. I forget to search Amazon for free.
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Apr 19, 2020 6:01:48 GMT
Post by Critical on Apr 19, 2020 6:01:48 GMT
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May 27, 2020 4:19:27 GMT
Post by Critical on May 27, 2020 4:19:27 GMT
It's that time of the month again! Anyone picked their May Amazon First Read yet? Every time I read a description, I think, "Oh, that might be good" and then I see some bad reviews an change my mind! One of the authors, Jamie Beck is a friend of a friend, so I'm tempted to get that.
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May 27, 2020 22:20:45 GMT
Post by waywyrd on May 27, 2020 22:20:45 GMT
I ended up getting the thriller selection Don't Make a Sound, but I haven't read it yet. I'm still working on Stephen King's latest.
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Post by Critical on Jun 4, 2020 5:51:44 GMT
I ended up not picking anything for May because I just couldn't find one I really wanted to read. Now THIS month, OTOH, there are multiple titles I'm interested in. Isn't that always the way? I got an email today from Amazon telling me that, because I bought a specific Kindle title, I now have $5 credit to use towards "select Kindle books" from that same author. When you click on the link, there is ONE book and it's $19.99, which means that my credit would bring the price down to $14.99 Yeah, I'm taking a hard pass on that. I'm overwhelmed by their generosity!
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Jun 4, 2020 10:47:49 GMT
Post by waywyrd on Jun 4, 2020 10:47:49 GMT
Ha, there are three First Reads that I want this month. I'll wait for more reviews before I decide. Their credits usually suck. Hey, here's three bucks off this overpriced book! Nah, I'll pass.
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Jul 4, 2020 12:36:31 GMT
Post by waywyrd on Jul 4, 2020 12:36:31 GMT
Prime members get two free books this month! I grabbed the book club fiction choice and the crime thriller.
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Nov 13, 2020 11:01:40 GMT
Post by Critical on Nov 13, 2020 11:01:40 GMT
Has anyone done Kindle Unlimited? I'm planning on doing a 2 month free trial over the holidays, so my dad and I can easily talk about what he might want to read and get it (in person, vs. on the phone, since he's not a phone guy). I know there's a book series available via Unlimited that I can't get an the library and that's just too pricey for books I can read in an afternoon.
Amazon just doesn't make it easy to see the books that are available on Unlimited without subscribing. They have a deal where you can get 6 months for $29.99, which would be a good deal if there was lots of stuff we'd want to read, but it's not such a great deal if I only end up reading the six books from that series.
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Nov 13, 2020 15:23:30 GMT
Post by Arielflies on Nov 13, 2020 15:23:30 GMT
Wish I could help. I tried it out a couple of years ago but I don't read quickly enough to make it worthwhile.
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badrx
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Nov 13, 2020 17:46:46 GMT
Post by badrx on Nov 13, 2020 17:46:46 GMT
I have Kindle Unlimited. I really enjoy it because I read so much. A lot of popular authors aren't on there though, but I just get their new releases from my local library.
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Nov 13, 2020 22:17:35 GMT
Post by Arielflies on Nov 13, 2020 22:17:35 GMT
Welcome, badrx!
Thanks for being of help where I could not.
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Post by Critical on Nov 14, 2020 1:00:16 GMT
I have Kindle Unlimited. I really enjoy it because I read so much. A lot of popular authors aren't on there though, but I just get their new releases from my local library. Thanks! That's what I figured it was - the ones that I saw weren't super popular. Since I borrow a ton of books from the library and get lots of egalleys from publishers, I think I'll just do the 2 month free trial. I can read the six books in that series I was interested in and be done with it.
I got an egalley of what I discovered was the 7th in this series of mysteries set in the English countryside. A friend happened to be reading them right when I got the egalley and she talked about loving them. The library doesn't have them and the kindle editions are $3.99. These are books you can read in an afternoon, so $24 is a lot for just a few days of entertainment! Even if I paid $9.99 for a month of Unlimited, it would be a better deal.
It's kind of annoying that Amazon doesn't let you filter a list of, say History titles, to see which are available through Unlimited, but then that's probably deliberate. If people saw what was really offered via Unlimited, they might not sign up. Also, I'm sure they figure some people who sign up for the free trial (or bite in the discounted 6 months) will forget to cancel and pay for at least a few additional months before they DO cancel.
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Jan 1, 2021 22:39:36 GMT
Post by Critical on Jan 1, 2021 22:39:36 GMT
My cousin's husband have her a Paperwhite for Christmas, so I've spent a bunch of time today messaging back and forth with advice and resources for Kindle deals. My first piece of advice? Get a library card!
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Post by waywyrd on Jan 4, 2021 0:15:50 GMT
Prime people get two free Kindle books this month instead of the usual one. Woohoo!
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Post by Critical on Jan 4, 2021 5:46:33 GMT
Now begins my weeks long deliberation about which books to choose!
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Post by waywyrd on Jan 4, 2021 12:43:00 GMT
I grabbed the thriller and the contemporary fiction picks...most of the choices have good reviews already so hopefully they're not stinkers.
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Jan 4, 2021 19:11:40 GMT
Post by Critical on Jan 4, 2021 19:11:40 GMT
I usually wait for a few weeks to see the reviews. There was one recent month where one of the books I was considering got terrible reviews and it made my choice a lot easier. It looks like there are some good options this month and I'll probably have trouble narrowing it down to only two!
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Post by Critical on Mar 27, 2021 23:53:30 GMT
While I was home with my folks, I noticed my dad, who has terrible eyesight, trying to read the news app on his phone with a magnifier. Around that same time, I got an email about a sale on Kindle Fires. I had a) no idea they were so cheap and b) no idea that they're more of a tablet. We ordered him one and it arrived the next day. I kitted it out with all the apps he'd need and he's having a great time with it. Then I started to get a little envious! I ordered myself one when I got home. Goodreads, because it's now owned by Amazon, is automatically linked to your Amazon account, so when I opened it, I was confused about the books it said I was reading. Then I realized these were all books my DAD had read! I'm sure that he's just giving books ratings after he finishes them, because Kindle prompts him for a rating. I had to figure out how to unlink my Amazon account from Goodreads and then login with my real Goodreads account. I'm sure my dad had no idea what he was doing! Anyway, while I still do my reading on my Paperwhite, the Fire is going to be great for reading EPUB files from the library and as galleys. You can't read those (at least I haven't found an easy way) on Kindle, so I've been reading them on my phone. Not so great on the eyes! The Fire has a nice big screen, so that will be much better. Same with books that have lots of pictures. I also plan to use it in the studio to watch tutorial videos. In case anyone is interested, I got the Fire HD 8 Plus with the 64G hard drive and no ads. As usual, I still haven't picked my First Read for the month. It really does seem like nearly every historical fiction title they pick is set in WWII. If there's a term I hate more in the book world than "Women's Fiction," I sure can't think of it. It's like pink hand tools
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Post by waywyrd on Apr 7, 2021 20:00:45 GMT
I'm about to trade in my old Fire tablet and get a new one too, it won't charge anymore. And they give you credit for a trade in, so win-win. I do 99% of my reading on my Paperwhite also, but the Fire is a nice backup plus it's good for videos and Netflix...
Not thrilled with any of this month's First Read picks. Meh.
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Apr 9, 2021 1:26:43 GMT
Post by Critical on Apr 9, 2021 1:26:43 GMT
I'm about to trade in my old Fire tablet and get a new one too, it won't charge anymore. And they give you credit for a trade in, so win-win. I do 99% of my reading on my Paperwhite also, but the Fire is a nice backup plus it's good for videos and Netflix... Not thrilled with any of this month's First Read picks. Meh. I love my Fire 8 Plus. I do think it's weird that I can't buy groceries from Fresh or Whole Foods through the Amazon app on my Amazon device, but whatever. I also think it's weird that I can't purchase kindle books through the Amazon app on my phone. Kind of seems like that should be a no-brainer.
Yeah, I find that it's feast or famine with the First Reads. Either I can't begin to chose only one OR I can't even find one to choose!
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Post by Critical on Jun 7, 2021 1:33:05 GMT
Two books this month through Amazon First Reads! I'm for sure getting the non-fiction title, but I'm not sure about my second pick. I always find myself annoyed by the term, "book club fiction." Someone somewhere thinks that all book clubs read chic lit and books with the words "society" or "club" in them I know I've ranted about this before, but it annoys me in the same way that pink tools do. I lost (briefly misplaced) by Paperwhite the other day and just about had a meltdown. Of course, I can read on my phone and my Fire, but it's not the same. Obviously I found it, but I felt a bit like an addict having the DTs!
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Jun 7, 2021 15:33:17 GMT
Post by waywyrd on Jun 7, 2021 15:33:17 GMT
Two freebies and none of them are really catching my eye. I generally grab the thriller/suspense/crime offering, but even those look like the same old stuff this month. Here I am waffling about which ones to get and all these people have already read them and left reviews. Sheesh.
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Jun 7, 2021 16:59:00 GMT
Post by Arielflies on Jun 7, 2021 16:59:00 GMT
Critical, that describes me losing the internet the past two weeks. I told my friend I had a nervous breakdown and she replied, "i know."
Anyway, Goodreads is really proud of me as I read for 13 days straight. My problem was keeping my iphone, my old iphone used as a non-phone and my Fire charged up as I would switch devices and keep reading the same book. I actually went through a light 9 book series and am beginning to re-read the Vince Flynn "Mitch Rapp" series. Of course now that my internet is back, I'll probably back off reading again.
Oh, if you get caught wifi-less like I did, be sure you've downloaded the books you want to read ahead of time. Some of my wasted data was doing that on my iphone so I could read them on other devices.
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Jun 8, 2021 3:35:04 GMT
Post by Critical on Jun 8, 2021 3:35:04 GMT
Critical, that describes me losing the internet the past two weeks. I told my friend I had a nervous breakdown and she replied, "i know."
Anyway, Goodreads is really proud of me as I read for 13 days straight. My problem was keeping my iphone, my old iphone used as a non-phone and my Fire charged up as I would switch devices and keep reading the same book. I actually went through a light 9 book series and am beginning to re-read the Vince Flynn "Mitch Rapp" series. Of course now that my internet is back, I'll probably back off reading again.
Oh, if you get caught wifi-less like I did, be sure you've downloaded the books you want to read ahead of time. Some of my wasted data was doing that on my iphone so I could read them on other devices.
I had to have that discussion with my dad when we went to Alaska, since there wasn't free wifi on the ship and his Kindle doesn't have 4G. I don't know if he fully understood, but I also didn't have him asking me why he couldn't open this book or that book, so I guess he got it. I ended up buying a few actual books on the trip AND I had some titles downloaded onto my Kindle, so I was good to go. My dad has pretty poor vision though, so I was relieved that he followed my instructions.
I have a good thousand paper books waiting to be read, so I wouldn't have been that upset about the Kindle situation (I also always have several titles downloaded and ready to go), but the other stuff I do online? Yeah, I'd miss that.
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