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What Are You Reading Now? Pt 2.
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I loved that series... hoping she'll write more.


Thanks for the update. I agree about Strike and Robin. But No, I had no idea there was a TV series. I'd better track it down.


Thanks, I'll check it out.



The Eleventh Victim by Nancy Grace I finally read this book i had it for the longest and I really liked it Gonna have to read her others in this series
Shell Game by Carol O'Connell This book wasnt good at all. I found it pretty boring I got it finish but it just wasnt good as i though it would be

By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz It's a reread for a BOTM on Dean Koontz Group. I read it before but for like of me i cant remember what is about, Then I will start on All Fall Down by Erica Spindler And also Listen to Carrie by Stephen King


Has a cover quote/blurb by King that says, "Totally, brilliantly original" so I thought I'd check it out. 80 pages in -- so far, so good. I like it.

That is tough. I'm trying to read three at onc..."
It's so tough! I have a schedule for a reading challenge so I should read all these within 2 weeks but I am such a slow reader ... oh well.. I brought this on myself :) :)

Great. I'm reading three myself, All the Birds in the Sky, Salem's Lot and Wizard and Glass. Okay, I haven't started the latter two yet, but I'm about to. :-)

Great. I'm reading three myself, All the Birds..."
Good luck ;)





So now I just read one book at a time.


So now I just read one bo..." that's how it happens with me as well, tho i'm doing it again atm XD can't help myself :p



That could be a curse, a form of mental illness, or a super power.




I'll have to try and read it before the movie comes out.


Kindle opens up a new world of limitless possibilities. You have access to so many books. There was a time when I only read physical books, but now I couldn't do without my Kindle.

Do you have access to MORE books?? I currently check most of my books out at the library (and buy physical copies of ones I want to keep) and I am able to find everything I've wanted to read so far. I do have a Kindle that I never use though, so maybe I'll consider it if I have more options...

I have quite good options in my local library but they don't really have that many books in English (I live in Finland) and the last time I went to my local bookstore there were only 5 books written English... So I have considered kindle but I don't own any other electronic devices other than my phone and the screen is just too small and uncomfortable :( . I feel like I'm whining haha . Luckily I'm going to the capital in 2 weeks and there is a larger bookstore with more books in English.

Same!!!

So I started reading books on my iPhone soon after it came out. Just got the (free) Kindle app and it worked great. I read a lot of King's longer works (including The Stand, Dr. Sleep, and the Regulators) on my phone. The secret is just to make the text really big, then it's easy. Yes, you turn the pages a lot, but really, how hard is that... just swipe your thumb. When I got an iPad, I switched over to that. The thing I miss about print is that it's easier to go back and check on quotes and clarify passages... it's also easier to know where you are in the book. If the book is important enough to me, I get both the print and the e-book, sometimes there are deals if you get both. The thing I don't like about print is that big books can be cumbersome. At the start and near the end, the pages are hard to hold it's so much easier to hold a Kindle or an iPad rather than say 1000 page plus 'Infinite Jest'... which I listened to and have the paperback of. Also, e-readers are backlit so there's no problem with the lighting in the room. I can lay next to my sleeping wife and read without having on a light that might keep her awake. If anyone with a phone wants to try it, get a short e-book and the Kindle app for iPhone, download a short book, and see how easy it is.
As for audiobooks, I'm a big believer in them too. But you can get distracted or even fall asleep if you are listening at night. Then you have to go back and figure out where you were when you drifted off.

That could be a curse, a form of ment..."
A curse only if it's a book I want to forget and can't. Mental illness could be I have been told I am crazy many times a day. Super power nah not good enough for that.

Oh no Nicole, Never ever would I use a kindle if it is not paperback or hard back then it isn't a book. Yes I do listen on line, but never to books I haven't already read. And no I can't listen to the stand on line as it would get me in trouble within the first few chapters LOL.
I normally find when reading more then one book it is the second and third book that chooses me. Sort of like in Harry Potter when Mr. Olivander explains wand Lore to Harry in the Deathly Hallows. The Wand always chooses the Wizard that much is always true Mr. Potter, the wand always chooses the Wizard.

Wow the Great Hunt, you are two books in on one of the greatest and longest fantasy series ever written. It is Epic.

Yes, I do get distracted when listen to audio book esp. when multi tasking. I've learnt I listen better when I'm not doing anything else but sometimes my mind still wonders off.
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