What are you reading this week (Aug 1st)?

[Camy]

Now that I have finished two proposals today (!!!) I can relax with a lovely book! I think I will start on The School Of Night by Louis Bayard. I got the book free from Amazon Vine program and I need to write a review of it when I'm done. I've liked Louis Bayard's book, The Black Tower a LOT so I'm anticipating a good read.

What are you reading now?

[Sandra]

You finished two proposals already? I haven't even gotten through my emails.

This week I'm finishing Larrabee's Luck, a little Avalon romance. Then it will probably be Stephanie Whitson's A Most Unsuitable Match (which means renewing library books due this week).

[Judy]

I have a book to review by Stephanie Newton and since it was part of a series and I had the other books on my shelves..... I started reading them. It will get four books off my to read pile. After that I have the same thing with Roxanne Rustand but will only be reading 3 out of umpteen books that I have for her.

[Camy]

Sandra wrote: "You finished two proposals already? I haven't even gotten through my emails.

This week I'm finishing Larrabee's Luck, a little Avalon romance. Then it will probably be Stephanie Whitson's A Most U..."

Well, I've been working on them both for several weeks, but I happened to finish both of them today. :)

Larrabee's Luck looks so good! I wish they had those books on Nook book.

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "I have a book to review by Stephanie Newton and since it was part of a series and I had the other books on my shelves..... I started reading them. It will get four books off my to read pile. After ..."

Holy moly four books? You're a very good girl! LOL I need to reduce my TBR pile, too.

[Judy]

Actually it may be 5. She has 7 books. I have the 7th from NetGalley to review and I read one awhile back and no longer have it. So I have 5 but I am almost done with #3 and the next one is a book she shares with Terri Reed so I may just read her story as Terri's may go along with her books. It is the Emerald Coast 911 series and its pretty good.

[Camy]

Hey that's cool! I just visited Netgalley just now and requested Steph's book.

[Judy]

they all fit together. do you need to borrow my earlier ones :-)

[Camy]

Really? I was hoping I could just read it as a standalone. Do you have them on Nook or Kindle?

[Camy]

I just checked my book catalog, I have books 1-5 on my Nook.

[Judy]

Very cool.
I wish I had all books on my Nook.

Or at least on ebook to store on my computer so I always have them.

[Camy]

That's why I've been buying my books on ebook, so that they're always on my computer. I love that!

[Judy]

It would have been great to still have Moving Target but I passed it on after I read it not knowing it would be part of a series. That is why I check now if a book is connected to others. Stephanie does great with bringing the folks from the previous books back into the other books and I like that.

[Camy]

Do you have the Kindle or Nook app for your computer? You can buy the ebook and save the files there, and then if you get a Nook or Kindle later, the books will automatically download onto your reader. In the meantime, you can read the ebooks on your computer. I do that a lot, actually. I'm not sure why when I have an ereader.

[Judy]

I have them both. I get many of the free books and I bought yours for my Nook I think.

I accidentally bought an ebook on B&N for Nook. It happened so fast. It was on my to read list but I would have never bought that book for 9.00 when I could have bought several for under 4.00. I'm more careful these days with reading before pushing the next button, yeah right!

[Camy]

Judy wrote: "I have them both. I get many of the free books and I bought yours for my Nook I think.

I accidentally bought an ebook on B&N for Nook. It happened so fast. It was on my to read list but I would ha..."

Thanks for buying my book, Judy!

Yikes! I hate those happy trigger fingers! A few weeks ago, I bought a couple Nook books that I already OWNED! I had bought the books on Fictionwise and had them in .pdb format but then bought duplicates on BN.com and didn't realize it until I went to catalog my books a few weeks later. Ugh! I hate it when I waste money!

[Camy]

Ken wrote: "Good evening Camy. I am currently reading Graceling by Kristin Cashore, McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Underworld by [author:Misha Glenny|50524..."

Hi Ken,
Thanks so much for buying my book! Yes, feel free to ask any questions you like. You can do it here or start a new thread on my Q&A group, whichever you like. :)

I actually thought about buying McMafia to help with research for my November release, Protection for Hire, since it also deals with mafia, although PfH is Japanese mafia. If you like it, please let me know. I still might buy it for research for my next PfH book.

[Ausjenny]

Judy,Camy i did the same thing with a book it said free on a link and I hit before I realized it wasn't and it was a book I had and have read. I am so careful now.

[Judy]

I knew it wasn't free but I had been looking at the priced books and then you have the choice of whether to throw them in the cart or not. I just did not pay attention to the "if you hit this button you will buy now" or something like that button ;-)

[Ausjenny]

I have the one click and you buy button I need the 2 click one click to go to the basket and one to say are you sure.

[Camy]

I wonder if it's a setting in BN.com. I have the two click thing--I click to buy the Nook book, and then it asks me if I'm sure I want to buy it.

[Camy]

Okay, I lied. I just went to BN to check it and I do have only the one-click "buy now to the bane of tricky trigger finger readers" button.

[Judy]

When you are buying the physical books you have options. When you are buying their ebooks you seem to have to be less trigger finger happy :-)

[Camy]

They probably do that on purpose!!!

[Ausjenny]

I think they do too I think you can choose not to have the one click option. I am so much more careful. thankfully the dollar is doing so good here now.

[Judy]

I wrote immediately and said what happened but being an ebook they will not refund, so just be careful there!

I have a book pre-ordered through Border's online and was glad to hear I'll still get it. It won't be released until Sept. 27th so I was not sure what would happen. I guess the online store will be there awhile yet.

[Ausjenny]

Amazon will refund but I couldn't be bothered working it out

[Amancay]

ugh... somehow A Voice in the Wind just isn't doing it for me... can't get into it at all... YET.

so I'm trying to also pick up False Witness, hoping to get through the two... to then move into some books I'm eager about!

ugh!

[Jennifer]

This summer I have been reading all of Deeanne Gist's books. I am currently waiting for "Maid to Match" to return to the local library (come on library patron -- this book was due back 4 days ago). In the meantime, I am reading "Like a Watered Garden" by Patti Hill. It is pretty good so far.

[Judy]

I seen one of her books at our Library sale for 1.00. It looked so good but I have so much to read. A few weeks ago I seen it and almost decided to get it when the lady next to me ended up taking it. It was about a mail order bride going to Seattle, I forgot the name. Anyway, I don't have room to add any new authors right now :-)

[Camy]

Deeanne Gist is awesome!

Yeah, Judy, BN.com doesn't refund for ebooks, unfortunately. I didn't realize that Amazon refunded for ebooks, though.

[Ausjenny]

Yes if you contact them in I think its 7 days but I couldn't be bothered in the end.

[Sandra]

Camy wrote: "Sandra wrote: "You finished two proposals already? I haven't even gotten through my emails.

This week I'm finishing Larrabee's Luck, a little Avalon romance. Then it will probably be Stephanie Whi..."

I finished Larrabee's Luck last night. It wasn't great--a lot of headhopping and the same info over and over. Most Avalon's are a good, quick, entertaining read, though.

[Sandra]

Got my Kindle from the library last night. I have two weeks to try it out.

This one has a tiny square button on the right side of the keyboard for the directional movements. It doesn't work well at all--very difficult. I'm thinking it might be because it's been through so many hands. But I'm wondering if this is typical of your Kindles. Have you had any problems with the directional button? Maybe newer models are different, but I'm not real enamored with that portion of it.

There's a Mary Higgins Clark book on it that I'll probably read first.

[Patriciaw]

You guys know I was raving about Ronie Kendig's Wolfsbane last week. It was fabulous! Then I got in a quickie, Bonnie K. Winn's Family by Design. Now I'm reading Rachelle McCalla's Dead Reckoning.

[Amancay]

Sandra wrote: "Got my Kindle from the library last night. I have two weeks to try it out.

This one has a tiny square button on the right side of the keyboard for the directional movements. It doesn't work well ..."
is it a Kindle2? or the newer version???

[Sandra]

Amancay wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Got my Kindle from the library last night. I have two weeks to try it out.

This one has a tiny square button on the right side of the keyboard for the directional movements. It doe..."


Beats me. :-) I checked it out from the library and it doesn't have anything to distinguish which one. I don't know how long they've had it. Guess I'll need to go to Staples or something and check the latest one.

[Amancay]

Sandra wrote: "Guess I'll need to go to Staples or something and check the latest one. "

http://ilmk.wordpress.com/which-kindl...

[Sandra]

Amancay wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Guess I'll need to go to Staples or something and check the latest one. "

http://ilmk.wordpress.com/which-kindl..."

The ones on the link you sent, Amancay, have the same directional key. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it, though. Thanks.

[Amancay]

Sandra wrote: "The ones on the link you sent, Amancay, have the same directional key. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it..."

ha... um ALL kindles are listed on that page... hrm!?

well, I'm glad you're getting the hang of it.

[Ausjenny]

Sandra wrote: "Got my Kindle from the library last night. I have two weeks to try it out.

This one has a tiny square button on the right side of the keyboard for the directional movements. It doesn't work well ..."

The directional square doesn't really work for moving through the book. the buttons on the side work much better. I found I sometimes hit them by accident.

[Camy]

That directional square thing was one thing I hated on the Kindles I tried out before I got my touch Nook. But I also had to try the touch Nook to make sure the touch screen had improved from the original Nook, because that touch screen was terrible. I'm happy to say that the new Nook has a fantastic touch screen.

Did you know that last night I was seriously considering getting a Kindle because I found out that there were a ton of research books only available on the Kindle and not on the Nook? I think I'm going crazy.

[Ausjenny]

Camy wrote: "That directional square thing was one thing I hated on the Kindles I tried out before I got my touch Nook. But I also had to try the touch Nook to make sure the touch screen had improved from the o..."

Hey Camy maybe you need to enter some of the contests for a free kindle.

[Ausjenny]

I just finished it was fun.

[Sandra]

Camy wrote: "That directional square thing was one thing I hated on the Kindles I tried out before I got my touch Nook. But I also had to try the touch Nook to make sure the touch screen had improved from the o..."

I haven't really looked at the Nook yet. Guess that will be next. Did I mention I move slowly? (in everything it seems) :-)

[Ausjenny]

Im now reading
by Carla Capshaw and its really good.

[Camy]

Ausjenny wrote: "Im now reading
by Carla Capshaw and its really good."

Oooh I heard this was awesome!

[Camy]

Sandra wrote: "Camy wrote: "That directional square thing was one thing I hated on the Kindles I tried out before I got my touch Nook. But I also had to try the touch Nook to make sure the touch screen had improv..."

It was easier for me to try the Nook than the Kindle since we have a BN store just down the street. :) For the Kindle, I had to hit up some friends who had it, and some of them were an hour and a half away from me.

[Camy]

Ken wrote: "Thanks. I can't wait to start reading it next week. I rarely get to read books written by authors of Asian descent (whether born here in the USA or not). I am always curious as to how the family dynamics are portrayed in the book. I find that most Asian family structure have a more, it's hard to explain it, but more "respect" in terms of "older sister" or "older brother" type of usual respect. Unlike the majority of American families here, there is no "older brother" or "older sister" type of respect in the family. As in there are no terms for it. I always liked reading about that in "Asian influenced" books.

By the way if you wanted to read about Japanese mafia there are so many good reference books in the library. You can also find good books about the Japanese mafia in fiction books. I find that Eric Van Lustbader's Nicholas Linnear series of books had great Japanese culture interwoven in the stories, which had aspects of the Japanese mafia. As long as you disregard all those graphic sex scenes that Eric Van Lustbader seemed to be so heavily into back in the 90s. Also, Barry Eisler's John Rain series had a good story with lots of aspects on Japanese modern culture imbued in the story's narration. It also included the Japanese banking crisis which was influenced by the Japanese mafia.

Is Protection for Hire a suspense/mystery type of story? I am curious."

Thanks, Ken! The older brother/sister thing is a bit more prominent in Chinese than Japanese culture, and not as strong for American born Asians. However, there's still the strong respect for elders and the impact of the fathers on the sons' attitudes toward women.

Thanks for the mafia book recommendations!

Protection for Hire is a humorous romantic suspense, although the romance is a bit lighter than other typical romantic suspense novels. I had a lot of fun writing it because I included several women's fiction type issues that had to do with family and spiritual identity.

[Laurie]

To Win Her Heart, by Karen Witemeyer.