Each month since October 2009, I’ve started or participated in a monthly poll on the USA Amazon Kindle discussion boards asking people a simple question: what are you reading on your Kindle? This will mark the second month I’m not going to do it there but will be having it hosted here on the blog’s website as, after all, we need each of your input here on the blog!
I’ve received some great tips with past monthly polls, finding out what others are reading on their Kindle, and found some “new” authors I generally wouldn’t have found using my hunt-and-peck method. While I have certainly enjoyed the “mainstream” author suggestions over the past year, I’ve also enjoyed a lot of independent authors from each month’s poll I never would have heard of previously.
If you are reading this on your Kindle – or anywhere other than the blog’s website – and would like to check out the poll and find some new things or, better yet, tell others what you are reading, just click here or type in http://wp.me/p2b82w-48u into your web browser, scroll down to the bottom of the post, and start typing away in the comments section!
Here’s how this works – list a book you are currently reading or just recently read on your Kindle, whether you would recommend it, did you get it free, and anything else you would care to share.
I’ll start off this month’s poll by saying I am currently reading The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code
by H.W. Charles. I picked this up when it was free a couple of weeks ago, and it is back to its regular price of $4.99. I’m 89% of the way through it right now and so far I think it is pretty good and is provoking a lot of thought – I’m going to get my 8th grader to read it as it offers some good money management tips as well as practical advice on working hard and smart. This is a fairly quick read, but there is a lot of food for thought that I am stopping and thinking about – I think if you read it fast you will miss a lot. And, in answer to some of your questions out there, this isn’t a religious book but shows you specific passages in religious texts on financial matters.
You’ll certainly get more than $4.99 worth of value out of this one no matter what your religious affiliation is!
You can check it out if you click here
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Finally, here’s my standard continuation of each month’s request for prior participants in the poll: if you like or dislike a title you have read, in addition to telling us about it in this informal poll, how about writing a book review on the Amazon website? The review will certainly last and be visible a lot longer than this poll will. If you’re like me, you look at the customer reviews in order to see if you want to investigate a book further. Since we are all a little community here, and while I realize each review is each person’s opinion and we may not like the same thing, I know your friends and online discussion neighbors would appreciate your honest assessment of the likes and dislikes without providing a spoiler – I know I would! Your reviews don’t need to be a long dissertation of the book, I like to keep them short, sweet, and hopefully to the point (some people think I am too blunt on things I dislike, but I am at least giving you my honest opinion!); you can see all of the reviews I have written if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/mgreviews – if you think any of them were helpful, I would appreciate a “Yes” vote just underneath the reviews on the Amazon website.
Anyway, that’s all for now. Have a great weekend!
Michael
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Just finished "Open Season" by Archer Mayor. Great read! Got it free but will be buying more by this author.
Reading Pride and Prejudice for a book club. Just finished Ravenscraig which was free. Loved Ravenscraig.
I am reading the Soul Savers. I have the whole series in a box set and am about 75% done. If you like series like Divergant, the Hunger Games you will love this set of good versus evil.
Just finished "Blue Hole Back Home" by Joy Jordan-Lake. I'm sure I got it free (or nearly free) because I seldom pay for Kindle books 🙂 I enjoyed it thoroughly and even more so after finding out it was based on events from the author's past. It was a coming-of-age tale based in the mountains of N. Carolina.
Post-Human by David Simpson.
I just finished book 4 in the "A Modern Witch" series by Deborah Geary. Its a fantastic series. The whole series is "feel good". I have the first three books as audio books, and books 4 and 5 as Kindle editions. No serious swearing, no descriptive sex, no church/organized religion, just lots of caring and love. going through normal life situations. Most just happen to be witches of the modern sort. They have web sites, one family runs an online video game with lots of levels for witches and nonwitches alike. Its a fun series, goes fast, and I've reread/re-listened to all of the first 4 books multiple times. The writing is outstanding, the characters well developed. In each book there is at least one scene so full of emotion that I cry: stress, asking for help, finding a way through the situation. It is set in Berekley, CA and Nova Scotia with time also in Colorado and Chicago. I highly recommend any and all books in this series.
I'm normally more into mysteries, thrillers, more serious fantasy, and just about any book I can get my hands on (or download). I found the first book in this series almost by accident and got hooked.
karen
The Day God Flipped My Switch – very interesting so far. Story of a "cultural Jew" & and his conversion to Christianity. i do recommend it.
Just finished reading Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber for our monthly book group. Also completed The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo last week. Both of these I read on my Kindle tablet.
Am listening to Breech of Duty by J. A. Jance and just finished listening to Certain Prey by John Sandford. These I listen to on my tablet through OverDrive Media and OneClickdigital from my local library.
Am now reading The first book in the Zulu Kings Trilogy; The Zulu Kings: With Assegai and Shield by Penny Howcroft. I find this very interesting after being to South Africa in 2006 and reading The Covenant by James Michener years ago.
Galaxy of heroes 2: war heroes By Gus Flory.
"Wilderness" by Lance Weller.
I'm starting Graveyard Special by James Lileks. He has a bit of a quirky sense of humor, and it takes place in an old-time diner, with the characters being the diner employees who work the graveyard shift.
I just finished Fire Storm by Mackenzie Dare. I really enjoyed it. It moved quickly and kept moving all the way to the end. It's the author's first novel, and that shows a little, but I believe she has a lot of potential. It is Christian fiction, with emphasis on the Christian, and she does not just sneak it in. It's throughout the book and very direct. If you don't want to read about the characters' religious beliefs, don't read it. If you don't mind that, I recommend that you give it a try. It's available on Amazon.com and doesn't cost much. I did get it free, but will pay for the sequel that she's working on.
Just finished "Regret" by Dan Dawkins, thanks to your blog!
I am reading Chameleon (The Ripple Trilogy Book 2). Got it and the first one free when you posted about it. It's pretty good! I will buy the last one to finish out the trilogy :).
I am reading Ted and Ann – The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy. I don't remember if I got this free or not but I do recommend it to anyone interested in Ted Bundy starting with his early life and family. They say abuse begets abuse.
I've just started reading "Starborne" by Robert Silverberg. Thanks to a tip from Michael, I got it as a free monthly Phoenix Pick.
I just finished the Blood series by JD Nixon and have starter the Heller series by the same author. I would definitely recommend both these series as they were just fantastic reads. I literally could not flip the pages fast enough!!! Loved them!!!!
I just finished "Catching the Westbound" by DC Hicks. I got it free last year, and it's been sitting since then. Once I started reading, it became impossible to put down. I recommend it highly to anyone who wants to know what our country was like in the early 20th century.
I am reading WOOL 2 by Hugh Howey. Recently I found WOOL (the first book in the Wool series) through your new review blog. It was a good short story about a future dystopian underground society. They live in aa? 95 story deep underground silo because outside is poison. All their food, air, everything. .. is manufactured and gri wn in their silo world.
I got Wool for $0.00.
WOOL2 through 5 are .99 to $2.99. Each book further explains how the people live without questioning how they got stuck living in a silo with the EARTH poisoned. There are years of books I read in my past like 1984 & Brazil. I'm enjoying it, easy reading.
My audiobook when I drive is CARRION COMFORT. This is by the famous Dan Simmons. Is about mind vampires. They control people to murder, rape, be rsped,, and this feeds them in they stay young longer. This book insinuates Hitler's was one. The assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald was controlled by such a vampire.
"War Brides" by Helen Bryan is a page turner. Back then, the women were more involved and affected in the war than they are today. It wasn't just the war, but the social ways and making do and the various personalities and economic issues as well as religious vertues that make this book. It should be very interesting. It was very hard to put the book down too. Enjoy!
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander — Excellent and Important
I just started "Louisianna Plantations Collection", which is a box collection by Jennifer Blake. I think she was blinded and very naive of her childhood, and now she is getting bits and pieces of info as she is embarking marriage. Since I am about to visit my cousin in Louisianna, I believe this will be intriguing.
I Am reading Battles triliogy"The Adam & Eve Trilogy::'". These books ade se great thar I'm Halfway through book two today. He is onevof the BEST Writers I have had thepleasure too read since owning Ny kindle & I would like to own a lot moreof his works
Just finished Silent Run. Great mystery. Don't know what to read next.
I just finished Take your Time by Shar Dimick. I won the first book, Take a Deep Breath, on a giveaway. I was told that if I did a review I'd get this one free also. So of course I did!)
I've had it 3 weeks & I just got to it! I just wrote a review on Smashwords today. I like her style of writing.
I've started The Widow of Larkspur Inn by Lawana Blackwell. So far it's ok. I'm usually more into foodie & craft mysteries for lite reading.
I hope you have a great trip. I am just about to finish the book that folks in our church are reading for Lent (I got a bit ahead in that reading). Then I have a couple new books from Barnes & Noble to read on my wife's first Nook (she has a new Nook Tablet now) or on the Nook app on my Nexus.
I'm almost finished reading the Betrayed series by Carolyn McCray. Great series!!
I just recently finished reading "The Sound of Broken Glass" by Deborah Crombie. It was not free. This is the most recent book in Crombie's Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series. I highly recommend the entire series (14 books). They are consistently good procedurals featuring a pair of Scotland Yard detectives who become life partners as well as work partners over the course of the series. Each book furthers their relationship and also features good solid detective stories. Crombie does an excellent job of weaving the past with the present and there's a lot of historical information and local color in the books. The entire series is strong. Of course, some books are better than others, but I recommend all of them, and in sequence if you can get them that way. All are available in e-format and a few are priced at $2.99 currently.i
Ive got an informal question for Michael –Does a Kindle Fire need all that anti-virus & firewalls that a regular PC needs?? Why or WHy NOT? THX
I have that book on my Kindle, haven't read it yet though.
just finished the fifth assassin by Brad Melttzer, kindled loaned to me. I loved the book and will be lookng for more
I took a trip earlier in the year to Savannah, GA. The book, "Haunted Georgia – Ghost Stories and Paranormal" by Sarah Ashley caught my eye since I love stories of real ghosts in areas that I have traveled. I am a relatively fast reader so I took me a weekend at the beach (about 5 total hours) to read it and I enjoyed it immensely.
Reading them right now and LOVING them! Like laugh out loud loving them!
Right now I am reading Becoming by Raine Thomas. I am counting down the days till 3-15-13 when the 6th book of The Grey Wolves Series by Quinn Loftis comes out – a GREAT series – first one was free here. I couldn't buy the others fast enough!! LOVE THEM!
I have those books on my Kindle but have not yet has a chance to read them. Hope to get to them shortly.
At this moment, I am reading Unintended Consequences, and enjoying it. In one of your post, you stated that you hadn't heard of anyone "filling up" their Kindle……….Well, I just did yesterday, and found it rather frustrating. I have to admit, I "only" had 5,334 books in my library, but I really loved adding more books. I am disabled, and my Kindle is such fun. I had to call for "support" and learned how to move books to the Cloud part of my Kindle. Quite a "chore" for someone who has had major brain surgery, but I'm figuring it out. I do THANK YOU SO MUCH for ALL of the free books you have sent my way, now I must suffer "withdrawal" I guess!! 🙂 and JUST READ!!!
Just finished The Sacrovir Revolt – second in James Mace's Soldier of Rome series. On my kindle. Working on Jane Boleyn by Julia Fox – clothbound. Also reading Dropped Names by Frank Langella – clothbound.
Just finished Ever After by Kim Harrison. Next Frost Burn by Patricia Briggs. DID what I said I wouldn't. I paid full price. I really like them. I enjoy all the comments.
I am reading and enjoying "Roaring Mountain". It is well written and enthralling.
Force of Habit
I just finished "The Baker's Daughter " and it was engrossing. Thoroughly enjoyed the story that linked World War II with Texas. Well written. Got it from the Public Library as an E-book.
Reading "Wicked Business" by Janet Evanovich. Love all of her books!
Just finished Lee Child Killing Floor now onto The Face Dean Koonz
I just finished the Dead Red Heart. A very enjoyable read. I got it for free on my Kindle some months back and decided it was time to read it. I love anything that has humour in it and it was under the humorous category. Though it wasn't a funny book it has some fun parts. I will read more from this author.
Just started the Hunger Games Trilogy. I know they've all been out a while but I'd never read an of them due to the cost of the series. But the entire trilogy was on sale for $5 on Amazon and I grabbed it.It's going to be a great weekend!
Acorna by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball. Got lucky to get it on sale through Amazon. I think it was like $0.99. I definitely recommend for fans of Anne or Sci-Fi/fantasy fans.
Currently reading A Nomadic Witch (A Modern Witch Series: Book 4) by Debora Geary. Free for Kindle Prime members. I love this entire series so far! If you like stories about close knit friends & families with a little pathos & humor, you will love these books.
Love this series too! Laughing out loud at some of the things poor Marcus is dealing with! Just read the scene about him doing his laundry – laughed out loud!
Reading a few novels by Daniel Amore. Pretty good.
Oops, it is Dani.
Am reading "Lunatic Express" by Carl Hoffman. Got it from our local library e-books. Excellent and very well-written about travelling with the people in third world countries.
I'm reading Container Gardening Made Easy by Hannah West – it is that time of the year. And I"m also reading Touch Cookie (Maggie Sullivan Mysteries #2) by M. Ruth Myers. I'm a big mystery fan and I liked book one. Managed to catch this one free – but I will buy others by this author.
Just finished The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley, one of those stay-up-all night-cannot-put-down books that come along only very rarely. If you like Downton Abbey, you will love this book! $10 at Amazon and worth every cent!
I'm reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, got it from the library for my kindle. Very interesting so far, and I hear they've made it into a movie.
Coming Back Stronger by Drew Brees
I am reading book 4 of the Dark Tower series, Wizard and Glass by Steven King. I read up to this point years ago and when the next three books came out I bought them but didn't have the chance to read them. I decided that I needed to start over with the series if I wanted to read the next three books and understand them. This is an outstanding series and I am reading it on my Kindle because it is much lighter than reading the original books! It doesn't hurt as much when I fall asleep in bed reading!
I just finished "Stigma" by Phillip Hawley Jr. Pretty sure it was free, or at least I hope so. It was worth reading to kill time, but it was just okay.
Hello I'm reading alone by Robert Crane on my kindle fire got it free. It's pretty good so far.
I just finished Lord of Darkness, book 5 in the Maiden Lane series. It was a paid preorder. It is a historical romance. It is Georgian period. I guess you could say the hero is the Batman of his day. I have already ordered the next book in the series.
Reading the Far From Home series by Tony Healy and on the second one in the series. So far enjoying it. It is science fiction as is much of what I read, although I do like mystery and fiction and young adult also.
Just finished The Starry Child by Lynn Hannah. What an awesome read! I couldn't put it down. Will definitely purchase more of her books.
Just finished 'The catcher Was a Spy: The Life of Moe Berg'. I borrowed it at no cost from the Philadelphia Free Library.
I'm reading "Executie in Sweatpants:A Handbook for Launching Your Work from Home Career." Some of it is interesting as well as helpful.
I am listening to Life of Pi on my kindle, it is a really interesting story so far. I will probably buy the book at some point. I just finished Beyond Sandpoint Bridge that I received free. I enjoyed the story.
Just finished "Words" by Ginny Yttrup. Actually downloaded from my local library. Heavy subject but not a heavy book (not graphic). Main characters, a child and a an adult, so well developed. It was such a good read — loved it. FYI, it ended well. 🙂
Reading "Treason by Meredith Whitford ". Enjoying it. I like history and historical
fiction. Free on Amazon thanks to Mike's blog.
At the present time I'm reading "Roses in Winter" by Leslie D. Stuart, so far it's a good read.
Book 2 of 'The Pam of Babylon' Series by Suzanne Jenkins. I got the first book free and paid just a few bucks each for the rest in the series. Will definitely read more by this author.
Just finished A Comedy of Terrors by Graeme Smith. Incredibly witty with a fun & unique writing style.
I read these too and found young or old could enjoy!
I liked that book too. There is a sequel if you would like to continue reading about those characters.
I'm reading, I am Half Sick of Shadows, by Alan Bradley. It id the 4th book in the Flavia de Luce series. I got the 1st book from the library and the next 3 as ebooks from the library. Flavia, an 11 year old, motherless, amateur chemist who solves crimes in her 1950 English village, is a fascinating protagonist.
Just finished Desert Rice and Desert Flower by Angela Scott. I highly recommend! They were not free but under 3.99. These books are in the fiction category.
Just got quite a few books from the "85%" off category in the kindle store. Currently reading "Takeover" by Lisa Black (character driven mystery.) Have to also mention 2 of my personal favorite indie series that I probably NEVER would have discovered if not for our friend Mr. Gallagher! The Experiment in Terror series by Karina Halle – paranormal unique keep ya up til dawn reading. Its been a long time since I read a series where i had to remind myself these are not real people! Also the Harvest trilogy by Michael Hicks – sci fi with a new twist on the potential evils of technology. Eagerly awaiting the final book. In my experience, it has been a gift to discover a lot of lesser known authors by grabbing a free offering, and if I enjoy the book I am not shy about paying for future books. So thank you Michael and all the writers who give us readers a deal.
Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Got it from the library. Only 11% through but I like it so far.
Great author
Reading 'Snobs' by Julian Fellowes and liking it a lot!
I just finished Secrets by K. Heintzman. Got it free but I have to read the sequels ..excellent book!
I read more than one book this week: The Final Arrangement by Annie Adams, In Deep Shitake by Patricia Mason and Snowbound by Blake Crouch. Like them so much I have passed them on to other family members.
Just finished Apocalypse. Island. A prime membership loan. A good paranormal thriller until the last 20% then it took a sci-fi twist. But well written enough I can Remember the different story lines, easy one evening read.
I'm reading Hopeless by Colleen Hoover. It's a YA and very well written and interesting I'm at 72% and can barely stop.
It by Stephen King borrowed from The St. Louis Public Library
I am reading the Steampunk series "Viridis" by Calista Taylor. The first book is free. If you are into steampunk read this one. It's great!
Like Karen, I got the first one by accident, before I was half-way through the first book I either downloaded the other free ones, or bought the rest of the series (8 in all.) I've read them at least 3X! Love them!!!
Currently reading 'The Boomer's Guide to Hiking in Maine' by Peter and Suellen Diaconoff (since I live in Maine and plan on hiking this spring…), 'Quote of the Day 2013' by Rylee and Reed Gallagher (both were purchased) and 'The Hunt' by J. Thorn which was free.
Loved that one!
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Great book, but all of hers are. I bought it on my Kindle.
The Roswell Conspiracy by Boyd Morrison and Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf by David Madsen.
I just finished Out on a limb:a smokey mountan mystery that i got free , started cades cove the curse of allie mae….see a theme here hehe
i finished it last week
INTO THIN AIR by Jon Krakauer. On loan from the Library to my Kindle. Jon is a Journalist/Climber writing about Mt. Everest. I've only read 20% but it was recommend by a fellow camper.
I read "story time" by Linell Jeppson not too long ago. It was sci fi which I don't care too much for but I liked the writer's style of writing so I am reading "onio " I got these 2 books free but would pay to read more by this author.
the assasin
Am reading an ARC of Blood Trade by Faith Hunter!
Reading Amy Cross' Devil's Briar the complete collection. Snagged it for free! Seems interesting so far. I have high hopes for it. Her other works (Dark Season and Lupine Howl) were great.
I'm reading World Without End by Ken Follett. I bought it because the book iis really big and hard for me to hold & read. This is the second book Follett has written about building cathedrals in England an life during the 14th century. I loved the first book Pillars of Salt that take place in the 12h century. Both are epic novels, both on New Yield best Sellars list. So if you love historical novels these books are must reads. Alot like weight on kindle to read! 🙂
Reading Nearly Departed in Deadwood, by Ann Charles, first book in the series and I got it for free. I have enjoyed the sense of humor while the heroine of the series is solving mysteries. So far it is clean and fun. I went ahead and purchased the next two for $.99 each and the last one for $3.99 each. I don't usually purchase an entire series (like, never) but this one was so good I did it Definately more for females, I think, but it is a fun series. (#2 is Optical Delusions in Deadwood, #3 is Dead Case in Deadwood, and #4 is Better Off Dead in Deadwood).
Monday Mornings by Sanjay Gupta
Just finished "Gray Justice" by Alan McDermott. It was a free read. An exciting book, looking forward to reading the other books in series.
I have 6 of of this Series. Just loved every one. Sure hope she writes more.
Encrypted by Carolyn McCray, good read