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First, I read the romantic thriller "Heritage" by Johnny Ray. The story was ok, but this guy really needs to get himself an editor. I had a really hard time looking past all the typos, misspellings and other grammatical errors. The writing style and dialogue was also quite juvenile. 1.5 stars
Then, I read Lethal People by John Locke. Kind of a silly James Bond-ish tale...very improbable, but entertaining nonetheless. Read the entire book in about 2-3 hours. 3.5 stars



It's a brilliant anthology of his short stories, thoroughly enjoyable and worth every penny at only 72p for the kindle.
When you buy books for the kindle cheaply you worry that the books going to be rubbish. But this is certainly not the case with this book. Go read it and it'll provide you with some lovely bedtime reading. A review can be round on the amazon website.
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Thanks for the heads up, Julie. Did you do a review or post a comment on the book page? I think that might be more effective for reaching potential readers of this book.




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Yes, I liked Hollowland, i've brought the second book out which is only $2.99. I got the first because it was advertized here for free and the storyline look interesting. I think I gave it a 3 stars. Its not bad.



I got Ignition because it was advertized here as free but I was not impressed with the book at all.



Have you tried digital downloads through your local library, that is if they offer them? Mine seems to have the latest bestsellers rather than older books.












Loved all three books in this series.


I am willing to read Kindle digital downloads from the library but of the top 10 on the NY Times list my local library has only about half of them and only one copy of each at that. Just for reference figures there is a waiting list of 290 people for the "Fifty Shades of Grey" Kindle book and the fewest on a waiting list is 25. The interface for finding Kindle books is very poor also and you pretty much have to enter the name of a book you might want. You can't browse through the books to find something you like.


Calibre. Takes a bit of getting used to, but once you have it down, it rocks.
Mobipocketreader does the job as well, but I think Calibre is easier for the file transfers and editing the metadata (title, author, etc).



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My digital library is handled by Overdrive and I can select a genre or look at everything available. Sorry yours is not so user friendly.
Oh, I just had to look up Fifty Shades of Grey:
Available copies: 0 (1154 patron(s) on waiting list) Library copies: 25
LOL Glad I don't really want to read that one!

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I'm 70% of the way through "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro and so far it's very good.
Best wishes, Stephen Livingston.