I have just read several books from Kindle's 'free' sections (fiction), though most are now normal price again. There were two crime/thrillers I quite enjoyed One was called 'Safe House' and it is still only 20p. And the other was 'Chasing Innocence'. I think the latter is better written but a bit disturbing. It had me on the edge of my seat though. No romance to speak of in either I'm afraid. ;D I am a terribly lazy reader and often give up half way through a book, so if I finish it, it says something... A couple of romantic thrillers I actually got to the end of were Gone by Karen Fenech, and Wait for me by Elizabeth Naughton. If anyone has any recommendations I am always looking for something else (fairly light) to read ;D Pippa
Re: Kindle free not really exactly what you were looking for but I was reading an interesting article about mood-boosting books that GPs are recommending. Apparently the feel good factor of these books are helpful for people with mild depression or other mental illness (not suggesting you have either!!). If you want something fairly light then maybe this list of feel good books could be something to have a look at. I've read 4 or 5 on the list and enjoyed them all. http://readingagency.org.uk/adults/tips/mood-boosting-books-2012-list.html
Re: Kindle free Again not really what you were after but many of the classics are available from Gutenberg Press, see http://www.gutenberg.org/. They're all free although donations are welcome. I spent several very happy hours over my Christmas break re-reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz. And if you prefer real books try http://www.greenmetropolis.com/ where books are 'recycled' for charity. Usually much cheaper than a certain South American river ;D
Re: Kindle free Oh! I loved "A Spot of Bother"! Could be quite emotive depending on your own experiences of older relatives and dementia, but one of the more fun books in the category of "medical-related literature". I have also read "Prodigal Summer", and it was a lovely book - quite light and gentle might fit the bill too. I'm afraid I don't recognise any of the free Kindle books other than the classics though. Also recently liked Mary Ann Shaffer's "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" -some light history in there too! I also enjoyed "Two Caravans" by Marina Lewycka - all about foreign workers fruit picking in the UK, bit of chicken factory too - quite funny (mostly) Oh! and Jasper Fforde books are prety funny if a bit bizarre. A real disadvantage with eBooks is that you can't pass them on to friends, and aren't a huge lot cheaper than the paper ones And with Kindle you are stuck with our favourite on-line store unless you want to muck around with software : At least though you can use EasyFundraising to help your favorite charity with them. And off course they sell Total Recall ;D ;D ;D jac
Re: Kindle free I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society too Kindles will read PDFs quite happily I have some technical manuals on mine and they're very readable. You just treat the kindle like an external drive on your computer and drop them on I think.....it was a while ago as I've been on maternity leave for 10 months! Back to work soon!
Re: Kindle free I'm on an Esther Freud kick at the moment (she wrote Hideous Kinky, among other books, really great!). I used the Kindle app on my iPad while on holiday, it was good, but not terribly useful when sunbathing, as it reflected too much. So then I was forced to go and trawl through the hotel's exchange library - and to my amazement and delight I found the 'Flambards' trilogy by K.M. Peyton!!! Hadnt read it since my childhood, and remembered the excellent tv series in the 70's (ahem). Super books about riding, hunting, and flying, highly to be recommended although they were originally written for teenagers.
Re: Kindle free I re-read all the Anne of Green Gables books recently. I'm never averse to 'children's' books sometimes they're just so evocative of a time or place
Re: Kindle free I loved Anne of Green Gables as a girl. I recently re-read Cider with Rosie which is a fantastic book and really took me back to when I read it as a teenager.
Re: Kindle free Lots of ideas in this thread! Thank you ;D I must say I am completely converted to kindle now. I don't own a kindle, but have the kindle app on my ipad. And I love it. Especially for fiction. With non-fiction, I quite like the ease of flicking back and forth that you get with a real book.
Re: Kindle free The kindle itself is so much better than a backlit screen on an iPad (and I looooove my iPad) and I agree non-fiction is better in a real book but it's handy to have several reference docs on the kindle for when I have to travel and don't want to lug them round with me
