[Avista]

What are your favorite reads this year?

Some of my favorites are:
The Confession, John Grusham
People of the Book Geraldine Brooks
South of Broad Pat Conroy
*Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Amy Tan
Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay
*The Guersney Literary and Potato Peel Society Mary Ann Schafer
House Rules Jodi Piccult
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
The Girl with the Dagon Tatoo and the two books that follow
*The Help
*Super Favorites

[Midge538]

"The New Yorker Stories" Ann Beattie
"An Object of Beauty" Steve Martin

[Barefoot]

I loved the triology starting with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". The books are slow in the beginning, but well worth pursuing.

[villages07]

I was just up at B&N with my 25% off any one item coupon in hand. Planned to buy either Grisham's "Confession" or sequel to "The Nanny Diaries" which is in paperback. Even with the discount, Grisham would be $15 and Nanny was $15 (yikes, when did paperbooks get so expensive!!!) ..so would have been 11 with discount.

I gave my coupon to someone else and will buy both as ebooks and read them on the iPad.

I guess I'm so used to $5-$7 paperbacks at Sam's/Costco that I was astounded at how expensive they've gotten in the 'real' store. So, prices will probably push me to ebooks sooner than I expected.

I'm reading 61 hours by Lee Child on Nook for iPad right now. I kinda like the look and feel. Can set my own fonts and color scheme (black letters on a pale yellow background).

[Minnesotalyn]

That's why book stores are going out of business. I just bought Southern Lights by Danielle Steel at Wallmart for $5.99

Originally Posted by villages07

I was just up at B&N with my 25% off any one item coupon in hand. Planned to buy either Grisham's "Confession" or sequel to "The Nanny Diaries" which is in paperback. Even with the discount, Grisham would be $15 and Nanny was $15 (yikes, when did paperbooks get so expensive!!!) ..so would have been 11 with discount.

I gave my coupon to someone else and will buy both as ebooks and read them on the iPad.

I guess I'm so used to $5-$7 paperbacks at Sam's/Costco that I was astounded at how expensive they've gotten in the 'real' store. So, prices will probably push me to ebooks sooner than I expected.

I'm reading 61 hours by Lee Child on Nook for iPad right now. I kinda like the look and feel. Can set my own fonts and color scheme (black letters on a pale yellow background).

[Taj44]

Some of the ebooks are pretty expensive too. I've just been buying used books online, and rarely spend more than $5 to $8 or so, and that includes shipping. I think the advantage with ebooks, is that you will eventually be able to get them from libraries (for free).

[Avista]

Originally Posted by Taj44

Some of the ebooks are pretty expensive too. I've just been buying used books online, and rarely spend more than $5 to $8 or so, and that includes shipping. I think the advantage with ebooks, is that you will eventually be able to get them from libraries (for free).

Go to Philadelphia Free Library http://freelibrary.lib.overdrive.com...owseeBooks.htm
Live out of PA pay $15 per year. They have loads of e-books that you can download to most e-readers. My Nook is loaded with library e-books.

Villages Library says they are coming, but they don't have them yet.

[MSNPA]

I love reading and I am still reading books while thinking about a Kindle. Usually I read current bestsellers (fiction), however this year I searched out previous bestselling books I missed.
Here are some of my favorites that I've read recently:

Paris Trout - Pete Dexter (great)
The Post Birthday World - Lionel Shriver (fantastic)
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver (fantastic)
Mrs. Kimble - Jennifer Haigh (great)
Becoming Strangers - Louise Dean (good)

[Taj44]

Originally Posted by Avista

Go to Philadelphia Free Library http://freelibrary.lib.overdrive.com...owseeBooks.htm
Live out of PA pay $15 per year. They have loads of e-books that you can download to most e-readers. My Nook is loaded with library e-books.

Villages Library says they are coming, but they don't have them yet.

Thanks for the link. I did go and join the library, and have been happily downloading library ebooks to my Nook.

I think my favorite book recently has been "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand, author of "Seabiscuit". Terrific biography and exciting adventure story set during World War II.

[dfn8tly]

I never thought an old hard-cover only bibliophile like myself would ever resort to an "electronic" book. However, about a month ago I bought the new generation Kindle on the recommendations of a couple of my friends. What have I been missing? This is wonderful. Strongly suggest everyone look into it.

[K9-Lovers]

Yes, I'm a die-hard book lover (you know the old-fashioned books printed on paper?), yet I am reading almost everything now on my Nook and love it.

With Nook, I get Library books for free, and also anyone can get free books from Google Books online.

Right Now I'm reading :

Freedom by Franzen, and
The Art of Racing in The Rain by Stein.

[Taj44]

I loved Art of Racing in the Rain.

[Pturner]

Loved The Help, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse.

I also am a history buff and love classical literature, so I tend to alternate among recent fiction, non-fiction and classics. Most recent classical re-reads-- both among my favorites-- were East of Eden by Steinbeck and Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. Just started reading, Ratification (non-fiction) by Pauline Maier. My book club just read, My First Two Women, an excellent short story by Nadine Gordimar.

[K9-Lovers]

Yup, I'm a classics fan, too. It figures . . .

[tudacee]

I have a short story for the Nook and Kindle. This one is humorous...and you can download a free sample before buying. Let me know what you think...you can get it for the Nook at Barnes&Noble online

http://tinyurl.com/LasVegasSeagull

or for kindle, apple devices: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/15195

Would love feedback....