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On Monday I had a kindle for my birthday, I have to confess to being anti e readers, as I do like the feel and texture of real books, but I carry a book everywhere with me which can occasionally cause problems, ie too heavy, get crushed in my bag etc. I gradually decided I would like one, but felt they were a bit pricey to 'have a go', then hubby took control and bought one for me, he also bought me loads of books as well as conversion package calibre. I can foresee me using the kindle day time, and paper book in the evening and early morning, which will take some getting used to because I have never read more than 1 book at a time, as I get quite involved in the story. The text is clearer and better than I expected, it is easy to hold and read, I am afraid the kindle may just take over, the downside, is that I can't seem to get library digital books converted to the kindle. I did have a minor hiccup early on, as I ended up with a completely white screen, and we had to do a hard reset, we now think I unplugged it without making it safe to unplug, typical me, too impatient. I have so many e books, it could be a problem finding a particular book, I need to think of a way to organise them but that could be very time consuming. Needless to say I am now officially hooked.

Well I had a new Kindle today for my birthday, and to go with it I got 2 DVD;s with 200,000 ebooks as well as the Calibre software for conversion, had some interesting moments with the conversion, but on the DVD's I found a Christmas Carol, so have started reading it on my kindle, I am finding reading on the kindle better than I expected I also got 2 books from my mum Childrens Stories by the Village Shepherd by Janice B Scott and Vengeance Lies in Wait by Janice B Scott, They are both by a local author and my mum thought of me after hearing her interviewed on the local radio, they are Christian themed books,

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Boudica by Manda Scott A very well written and colourful book the characters are very well thought out and described, a brilliant read.

Heat Wave by Richard Castle This is based on the TV series Castle which I enjoy, but I did find the book disappointing, I didn't relate to the characters, and got confused between characters, I found the storyline most disjointed.

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Rivers of London by Benh Aaronovitch I have wanted to read this book for quite some time, eventually I got hold of it and was most disappointed, it had all the elements I enjoy for a good read, crime, fantasy, supernatural, however, I found the characters very shallow and couldn't get to grip with them, I kept losing track of the plot, eventually I gave up.

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Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz I saw this book in the Library a couple of days after watching the film, so decided to have a read, it is very close to the film, however, it is a typical teen book, somehow couldn't get my teeth into it.

The Railway Man by John Dean I found this a very disappointing book, the characters were shallow and I got confused who was who, glad to have finished it.

Today I got from the library Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch Stormbreaker bt Anthony Horowitz (saw the film last night, then spotted this today) The Thirteenth Apostle by Michel Benoit Grave Witch by Kalayna Price

My son has bought his girlfriend a kindle for christmas, I thought it would be nice to get her a kindle book voucher does anyone know if/where you can get one

The Night Season by Chelsea Cain I wasn't overly keen, I felt their was very little depth to the characters, they just didn't seem 'real' to me. The storyline wasn't the best, although it was a very unusual murder weapon

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I am a Director with my sister in the family business, which my Grandad started in 1938, the business is a shoe shop, we have survived many recessions but this one has nearly finished us, the past 3 years have been difficult with last winter being horrendous, in March we had to make radical decisions and had to let go of all our staff, one had been with us 27 years, very difficult it was as we considered her a friend. Over the summer it became obvious we had to diversify or go under, after a lot of head banging and frustration (and disagreements) we decided to try a dress agency and it seems to be going rather well and footfall is improving, will it be enough to save us, hopefully, but I haven't got a crystal ball Jacksons Shoes

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Hi MysteryRose welcome, what a wonderful name, also a great avatar, you will find loads of ideas for reading, my Wishlist grows faster than I can read

This book was a very slow start, but gradually the characters wound round my senses, and at chapter 5 I realised I was thoroughly enjoying it, it was fascinating, very descriptive and well written, I ended up loving it.

Persevere you won't regret it, it is brilliant

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Taboo (Reilly Steel #1) by Casey Hill Wow what an amazing book, I couldn't put it down, a new character, new author but wow. Great chatacters with amazing twists and turns I loved it.

Don't blame you it all repeats, soaps and reality programmes anyway