This is on Kindle. Do you think I would like it? Do you come to care for the characters? Do you learn about Hawaiian traditions?

Chrissie wrote: "This is on Kindle. Do you think I would like it? Do you come to care for the characters? Do you learn about Hawaiian traditions?"

Darn Goodreads! Chrissie, I JUST saw your 3/8 message. I am just starting it today so I can't say for sure, but I'd guess so. I hope to finish it in a week or less so I can let you know then.

Well, it is NOT on Kindle so it doesn't matter. I am only buying Kindle books...... It does look good.

Chrissie wrote: "Well, it is NOT on Kindle so it doesn't matter. I am only buying Kindle books...... It does look good."

It will be on Kindle for you eventually. So far, several pages in, it's excellent.

Chrissie wrote: "Well, it is NOT on Kindle so it doesn't matter. I am only buying Kindle books...... It does look good."

Chrissie, When you can get it as a Kindle book, I think you'll love it. I've read only 2 chapters so far. But, the characters are great, I'm learning a ton, and while there is so much pathos, there is a lot of (for me unexpected) humor. It's completely absorbing. I hope to take time to read more this evening. I'm loving it!

Laura totally loved it. What is terribly annoying is that it is available in Kindle format, but only for Americans. Europeans cannot buy the Kindle format OR borrow it for two weeks from an American who has purchased it.

Chrissie, I hope this unfairness to Europeans changes really quickly. It must be infuriating, especially because you need the Kindle.

Yes, it isinfuriating.

Oh, it's breaking my heart but I am loving this book. Unless it goes really downhill, I know you'll love this book too, Chrissie. You should write Amazon and St. Martin's Press, which is the publisher for this book, and beg, complain, request, do whatever you can. And do it for each book you really want to get on the Kindle: write both Amazon and the books' publishers.

I will be complaining a lot.......

Chrissie wrote: "I will be complaining a lot......."

You've every right and hopefully it will do some good, and if it does, other European readers will reap the benefit too.

so glad you liked this book Lisa.

Laura wrote: "so glad you liked this book Lisa."

Loved it!!! I might not be able to post a review for a couple days though. I'm on my phone. I got knocked off the Internet with my home connection and it probably won't be fixed for a couple days.

I asked amazon.com.UK to get it on Kindle so Chrissie can read it. I tried to buy her a large print edition but unfortunately it's never been published with a large print edition.

Lisa, I really want to read this!

Diane D. wrote: "Lisa, I really want to read this!"

Diane, You've got to read it! It's amazingly wonderful. I can't talk about it without it seeming as though I'm using hyperbole.

Lisa, thanks for all your efforts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chrissie wrote: "Lisa, thanks for all your efforts!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I'm eager for you to be able to read it, Chrissie. Now, after all this hype, I hope you love it too.

excellent review Lisa!!!

Laura wrote: "excellent review Lisa!!!"

Thanks, Laura. And, I just corrected 2 typos; hopefully, that's all there are. I cannot stop gushing about this book!!! You were so right that I'd love it. My non-Goodreads avid reading friends are hearing about it too. Now, I guess I should officially recommend it to some Goodreads' friends. I think I'm going to invite Alan Brennert to be a Goodreads' author member.

Lisa wrote: "Laura wrote: "excellent review Lisa!!!"

Thanks, Laura. And, I just corrected 2 typos; hopefully, that's all there are. I cannot stop gushing about this book!!! You were so right that I'd love it. ..."

great idea Lisa, I hope he will accept your invitation.

Laura wrote: "great idea Lisa, I hope he will accept your invitation. "

Me too. I've had no luck so far with the 10 or so authors I've invited so far.

I just managed to invite a couple of authors specially when their contact is not updated

Alan Brennert has an email address on his site. I suspect her has someone read his mail, but I hope he will join, or his agent/publisher for him.

Laura, Do you remember who you've invited?

Virginia Rounding, Terence Morgan, Jennifer Vanderbes, Geneviève Chauvel, Suzannah Dunn but only the first 3 joined as GR authors.

to get their right e-mail isn't an easy task, on the contrary, since in many cases their homepages are not updated with the right contact info.

Laura, I know. I'll try again if I hear nothing. Good for you for getting 3 authors to join!!! That's great. Maybe the others will eventually.

I do wonder if I've sent invitations to incorrect addresses because I've never even hears back, not even a no thank you form letter. One author, Ellen Klages, lives in my city and I even know of someone who lives on her street, if she's still there that is.

could be lack of interest or they are afraid of spams...

Laura wrote: "could be lack of interest or they are afraid of spams..."

Yes. Good point, Laura. Either one. I always send links to my profile page and all the author program links. Perhaps I should give them instructions with using any links. Links from stangers can definitely be a problem.

I loved your review - the enthusiasm and the clarity by which you point out exactly why it felt so special to you.

Chrissie wrote: "I loved your review - the enthusiasm and the clarity by which you point out exactly why it felt so special to you."

Well, I'm really glad my enthusiasm came across, but for you (and others) to see why I loved this book so much, you'll have to read it. Go, Kindle for Europe!!! Grrrr.

Exactly. Cool that you invited the author!

Lisa, I also love to read Author's Notes at the end of a book I've really enjoyed. It can usually give me more insight into just how an author did such an amazing job. This book has been on my wish list and I'll be sure to pick it up.

Diane, I love author's notes too, always, but especially for historical fiction books. I did wait until the end to read these and I'm glad I read the book as a story and, while I knew the author had done impeccable research, I just enjoyed it as a story, while knowing I was learning a lot about how life was in that time and place. It's a fabulous book! I'm glad you're going to be reading it.

Did you read The Kitchen House? It's historical fiction too, and after I finished I was like how did she ever write such a story? So the author's notes were terrific and really helped me understand how she did it.

Diane D. wrote: "Did you read The Kitchen House? It's historical fiction too, and after I finished I was like how did she ever write such a story? So the author's notes were terrific and really hel..."

It's on my to-read shelf. And, I voted for your review of it. ;-)

:) Didn't remember that! Glad to hear it (again!)

Diane, you made my day just now! I bought Kitchen House for my Kindle. I think I will maybe read that next? Great! I think author's notes are essential for historical fiction.

Oh Chrissie, let me know when you want to talk about it!

Lisa, I have not bought a book in ages (well, about a month :) and my next purchase will be Moloka'i :)

Diane D. wrote: "Lisa, I have not bought a book in ages (well, about a month :) and my next purchase will be Moloka'i :) "

Ha! A month = the new "ages"? I actually read a library copy but I'm very tempted to buy it. I can't wait until you read it Diane because I want to hear what you think. If you like it even 1/4 as much as I do, you'll love it too.

I also want to read The Kitchen House; it is on my to-read shelf.

Lisa, I read Rebecca and The Kitchen House, loved them both, and both were library books. Now I am reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, also a library book, and I have a feeling I'm going to love it too. And when I love books, I want to own them!

Diane D. wrote: "LisaAnd when I love books, I want to own them!"

Me too, although sometimes I restrain myself. I used to buy almost all my books; now I borrow most.

Lisa, I'm trying to do the same. I have such an abundance of books at home, so many unread! If I had half as many clothes as I do books, I'd be the best dressed woman on the block! LOL! Going to bed now, talk to you tomorrow :)

Diane, we will have to wait a bit b/c we will be in France for a while. No :0( but still I am always happy there. I have started KH and yes, you sink right in. OMG you guys, I absolutley LOVE my Kindle.

ETA: Something is really crazy here.... it says this is message 1. It should be 41!

Diane, we are both on line!!!!! Now mine says 43! Something weird was happening in the computer system.

We are all online. If Diane hasn't gone to bed. I'll be up at 6 and have a long day tomorrow, so I'm offline in a couple minutes. I haven't read at all today so will try to get into my novel until I can go to sleep. After just reading this book it's hard to want to get into any other book.

Chrissie, I am so happy you have that Kindle!!!! And, aside from your eyesight, it will also come in handy during your travels.

Yup, but I am trying to stick to my self imposed rule of alternating betwenn reading a Kindle book and then a paper book. As a person, I am terribly stubborn..... If I tried to read one of each at the same time I KNOW I would always choose the Kindle ebook.

BTW my husband is still reading Love And War in the Apennines, recommended to me by Hayes. He reads much less than I do, but the advantage is he tells me every little bit. Love has come into the picture. It sounds good. And he explains all the military stuff so I really understand it! That is an advantage.

Chrissie, How many owned unread books do you have left?

As Chrissie observes, this is a lovely and heartfelt review, that captures the qualities you loved in this book!

Thanks, Abigail. I'm glad I got my feelings across.

Lisa, I really do not know but I can see that I have 131 on my to-read-soon shelf minus 8 which are kindles, so that makes 123. When I buy a book I put it one the "to read soon shelf", which is a bit of a joke b/c how do you read so many s-o-o-n! Particularly when I keep buying more. The problem is I have many others that are in Sweden and France and in fact here in Belgium, books I haven't bothered to register....... I am seriously sick when it has to do with books! I am only buying Kindle books now or maybe art paper books, stuff to look at. But I do not buy magazines! :0) Did you see that one I added entiteld; Portrait of a Turkish Family. Read a bit at Amazon and you too will HAVE to read it!!! I fell in love with the first two pages about a child being thrown in the air by his father. And YES, it is available on Kindle!!! G3 is very dangerous..... you order it and you have it in a minute or two. I have to see if it works in France ;0)