Loving Frank
 

by Nancy Horan - really liking this, on page 162, trying to finish by tomorrow morning's book club. It's written from the perspective of Frank Lloyd Wright's mistress in the early 1900's, really good food for thought and should make a great book club discussion.

I have a Nook, and love it, sometimes get the free Friday books offered by B & N - the other free ones are mostly the ones published before 1923, some good classics available.

Can anyone who has had both Nook & Kindle comment on which they think is better, and why? Which has more free books available? I mostly download either free books or library books (from a library in Ohio right now), but have discovered that a lot of books are just not available as e-books. I tend to find a new-to-me author and then want to read all of their books.

I also have a stack of about 15 unread books I have picked up for next to nothing at garage sales - certainly not struggling to find things to read!

Thinking about getting a tablet - either the B & N tablet or the Kindle Fire, both as another reader for Ohioboy and a 2nd computer to take when traveling and also to have access to some of the neat apps that are out. I know we won't be able to share books between them, but as I understand it, with the Nook Simple Touch (which is only $79 bought on occasional specials), you can't share anyway, even with another Nook.

I'm trying to find out if I can download purchased books to my Macbook and then transfer to either a Nook or Kindle - anyone know that as well?

I have a Nook Color and Kindle Fire. I download books on both. Have a slight preference for the Kindle because I think more books are available. Also the Kindle Fire is less bulky when I'm travelling and on planes. For awhile I was downloading most of the Free Friday books and then they seemed to go the Vampire route. The Kindle Fire has some neat features including Pulse - trending updates. My mother has one of the early versions of the Kindle and is on my account so whatever I download goes to both devices.

What a good idea to share your account with your mother. I have an early Kindle and a Kindle Fire and when I want to share a book with a friend I just lend them one of the Kindles.

JoJo, I discovered that by accident. I saved the eReader daily emails until I had time to really investigate the books, and then they weren't free anymore. Now I make sure to check the list every day. :wave:

The Help
 

Downloaded The Help onto my Kindle. Read about 42 pages on the flight back to Chicago from Houston...love it so far. Wondering how different it will be than the movie.

Goodnight John-Boy
 

I've been on a Waltons kick for about 6 weeks now. This book is a nice companion to watching the show, synopsis of each episode and many background notes from the actors, writers, directors etc. Next up, Spencer's Mountain.

I fought temptation but finally downloaded Hungar Games. Havent sarted it yet.

I just finished reading Unbroken. It was very good and I would recommend if you like reading stuff about WWII. Presently I am reading The Five Families. Being of Sicilian decsent I thought I would read about some of the bad guys from Sicily.:popcorn:

I just finished reading Loving Frank and all I can say is WOW....I am still not sure how I feel about this book. Intriguing....but disturbing, overall worth the read, especially if you are a Frank Lloyd Wright fan.

Ken Follett
 

"Fall of Giants" is incredible!!:pepper2:

We both read "Unbroken" on our kindles last year while in the Villages during November. It was a page turner, for sure. How stoic he was.

Who is the author of "The Five Families"???......or I can google it.

Presently, I'm reading: "Fallen Masters" by John Edward

What do you get if you combine William Young’s The Shack with Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons? The answer is Fallen Masters, by New York Times bestselling author John Edward.

In the near future, signs and portents have begun to appear that point to a rushing cataclysm. Both political and religious world leaders see the patterns, and the scientific community confirm evidence of what they call “a dark matter” that is expanding into our universe, threatening the very fabric of our world.

But it will not be governments or religions upon whose actions the fate of the world rests. Rather it will be up to a small diverse group of men and women who will have to decide to use their free will to aid in the last great cosmic battle between good and evil as these apocalyptic forces clash—both here on Earth and on the Other Side.

An internationally renowned psychic, John Edward has helped millions of people to connect with loved ones on the Other Side. In Fallen Masters, Edward has written a riveting novel of metaphysical suspense, a final confrontation between good and evil as it unfolds on both the Earthly plane and the Other Side.



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Hyperlink above has "first chapter" plus other readers' opinions of book. It also is available in a hard cover version; besides the kindle e-book.

A Wanted Man by Lee Child.
 

I am reading Lee Child's A Wanted Man right now. Got about 100 pages into it. It's kind of slow for one of these Jack Reacher books.

As soon as I get back from B&N I'll be reading The Panther by Nelson DeMille and Elsewhere by Richard Russo.

Can't wait.

Just so you know, I have a Nook Simple touch and you can share Nook books with Nook friends. As far as transferring books, if they are in the Nook format, i.e. the book filename ends in .epub or .pdf, yes you'll be able to read them on the nook.

I just finished "The Language of Flowers" by Diffenbaugh. Our book club loved it and rated it very highly, as did I.

Funny,funny book!
 

I recently read Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson.
It is soooo funny! I have seen it at Barnes and Noble, but I got it from the
library in our town in Wisconsin. I had to be on a waiting list to get it. This
woman just looks at the world in a different way. I LOVED it!