Kerrie’s Comments (group member since Sep 07, 2016)

Kerrie’s comments from the Aussie Readers group.

Finished #7. Title: 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot' Heat Wave
** Not a fan.

Two more to go: MC on holiday and Green. Aiming to get at least one done seeing that I read 1 non challenge book and began but gave up on 2 non challenge books in between. Happy thus far with progress.

Enjoyed my Orange read: #2. Orange Fool Me Once
**** Lots of twists and turns. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
Not sure if I'll get the summer challenge completed as I managed to get sidetracked again and am now half way through the first of the A Game of Thrones

Read my 9th (out of 13 as I did two for one challenge)

#8. 25th December setting: The Christmasaurus
*****

Far from the Madding Crowd


Positive

Finished my 7th. An insight into personalities, similarities and differences with humour and empathy. Will read this again.

The Rosie Project
****

Tears of the Moon

Smiles

Sounds like my next techno adventure is to explore finding Overdrive and Borrow books folks. Though I may just do one book at a time as I fear I would get a tad frustrated it if went awol aka poof before I had finished then was borrowed by someone else so I had to wait to find out the ending:)

Alik wrote: "I have both BorrowBox and Overdrive library accounts but must say I far prefer BorrowBox for its format and ease of use. When I borrow my library books from there you can immediately renew a furthe..."

Brenda wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "Thanks for the 'cloud' explanation, Ryan. I've always imagined my things stored on cloud as being up the the ether, lol:)"

That's what I say - when I download a book while..."

Carolyn wrote: "Can you renew the books (like a regular library book) before they go poof! ?
I've only borrowed a few ebooks but my library gives you a 3 week loan so maybe it varies (or maybe it's changed since ..."

Ryan wrote: "I should add that yes your device could end up full, but book files without pictures are very small compared to the storage you'll get in a modern device, so it's unlikely you'll fill it with ebook..."

Thanks for the feedback Ryan. I didn't know about being able to upload if I accidentally delete a book either- so thanks for the extra tit bit.
Learning a lot from this group. Thanks for sharing folks.


Brenda wrote: "Your kindle books which you buy from Amazon are always there on their site (under your account) so you can get them any time you want. You can store them on a cloud (but don't ask me about this as ..."

Brenda wrote: "Your kindle books which you buy from Amazon are always there on their site (under your account) so you can get them any time you want. You can store them on a cloud (but don't ask me about this as ..."

Thanks Brenda. That makes sense. I am not up to 1thou books yet:)

Brenda wrote: "To my mind it sounds a little expensive to me Dana. You'd be still paying $10/month whether there was anything you wanted to "borrow" or not... but that's just me;)

Now if it was annual...."

This kind of answers my question about the monthly fee for 'free' books Brenda. Thanks.

Hi All, I'm wondering if anyone can help me - and advise if this is a scan or real: I discovered a kindle app that seems to be free on Amazon- yet you pay $13 or so per month to be a member....so not free really. Anyone done this and found it of value/not. Curious. Thanks. (I saw it when went on to Amazon to check e-deal of month/day.)
I also located online books from the WA e-library (for starters) but can't tell if you need to be a member to purchase. Anyone ever borrowed books online? (I'm old fashioned and used to going to a real library though am getting addicted to Booktopia.) Must not be looking in right spot.
And final question - if you have read a book and want to keep it on your kindle can you zip/condense it or will the kindle app get 'full'? My list of 'want to reads' grows faster than my 'have reads' since joining Goodreads so I don't want it to crash as the have reads grow.
Thanks in advance for any tips on the above.

Brenda wrote: "Good on him! My son is currently reading the physical books! They're HUGE!"

I've just begun the first of the epic books that belongs to a friend, and am paranoid the pages are going to fall out as it has been loaned to many others and the pages quite thin and text soooooo tiny. Am afraid there may be going to be a bit of skipping some description here if I am to make my quota over summer challenge though....mmmm...or a different choice of text...

Brenda wrote: "Kerrie wrote: "Michael wrote: "Hi Kerrie and Julia! Welcome to Aussie Readers. :)"

Thanks Michael, Brenda and everyone. It's great to be back in the land of books again. Today I was invited to joi..."

That's what I was wondering Michael. Will stay away and stick to other sources I'm aware of and have heard of on other Goodread pages. Ta.

Brenda wrote: "Kerrie, here's a spot to ask the question :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

No one would really see it here, so if you want t..."

Thanks Brenda.

Is this the spot to ask if anyone has connected to the kindle app that seems to be free- yet you pay $13 or so per month to be a member....so not free really- I could join the local library.... Anyone done this and found it of value/not. Curious. Thanks. (I saw it when went on to Amazon to check e-deal of month/day.)
I also located online books from the WA library (for starters) but can't tell if you need to be a member to purchase. Must not be looking in right spot.
And final question - if you have read a book and want to keep it on your kindle can you zip/condense it or will the kindle app get 'full'? My list of 'want to reads' grows faster than my 'have reads' since joining Goodreads so I don't want it to crash as the have reads grow.
Apologies if this isn't the spot to ask- happy to move queries elsewhere once guided.
thanks, Kerrie

Michael wrote: "Hi Kerrie and Julia! Welcome to Aussie Readers. :)"

Thanks Michael, Brenda and everyone. It's great to be back in the land of books again. Today I was invited to join another book group that seems to be doing the fb rounds. It involves sending a fave book to a person nominated by someone else, and then, if all others who join the listing do their part, you end up receiving other people's faves. Kind of like the old share a recipe chain I guess. Worth a try anyway to explore some newbies. Will let you know if I come across any must read Oz books this way.

Finished #10. Cover: snow or beach The Snow Globe
An easy read: 3*

Thanks Li'l Owl. :)

Hi everyone, I'm from Melbourne but been living in Perth for the last 12 or so years since getting married here.
I have been a bookworm since the year dot and used to record each year's digested books in a little notebook when I was in primary and high school. Then life intervened so it's lovely to resume an old habit and have gone back (in my mind) and tried to recall them all so I can add them to my ever growing GR listing.
The only thing is, that as I complete one book, and then look at the Aussie and Summer challenge reader entries, I seem to add 5 or 6 more to read. At this rate I'll need to love a very long time.
I enjoy historical romances, human rights (espec disability issues), autobiogs, mysteries and sci fi (as long as they aren't too gory or scary), kids books, dog tales, patchwork and craft books and more...Connecting to the GRs group has reignited my love of reading and helped put facebook back where it belongs- in the background.
I'm looking forward to discovering more books and kindle reads for the shelves. (I just found the listing of free book sites Brenda and co posted and others are adding to, so am off to explore more....)

Finished my 6th
#10. Cover: snow or beach
Will still read this one day but swapped to Beyond the Misty Shore
***