Tuesday 2 January 2018

2017 reading........


REMEMBER WHEN by T.Torrest
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader.
Started 4/5/16 - didn't get far as really not reading books just now!
Picked up again on flights to and from Florida Feb 2017
Finished 9/4/17
Can't believe this took me so long for a shortish book. Probably because there was nothing gripping about the story of teenage relationships.

THE WOMAN IN WHITE by Wilkie Collins
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader. Another that Daughter had recommended.
Started 26/11/16 - unfinished
Got really bored with this very wordy classic so gave up!

THE TEST by Mark Haysom
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader on the Playbook.
Started 7/2/17 - finished 7/2/17
Very predictable short story but well written.

A SISTER'S PROMISE  by Karen Lenfesty
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader.
Started 10/4/17  - finished 13/7/17
The story was a good idea but unfortunately it was dragged out a bit to make it book size. A holiday read but it didn't draw me in enough as you can see by the time it took me to read it.

THE TUMOR by John Grisham
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader.
Started and finished 14/7/17
This isn't a novel although at the moment it's sort of fiction. Outlining the difference between today's treatments for cancer and what's possibly available in the future. Very interesting and we all need hope!

THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASIN'S HANDBOOK by Josie Brown
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader.
Started 15/7/17 - finished 30/7/17
This was very silly but very funny in places. Loved the little hints on how to spy and murder told in a women's magazine way. Very descriptive erotica preceeding some imminent slaughter was hilarious. 

BECCA: LOST AND FOUND by Noo Writer
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader.
Started and finished 24/9/17 Short story read on a flight.
Wasn't meant to be a comedy but everything was too wonderful to be believed. Utter nonsense hahaha. 

LIGHTS CAMERA CRY by Ram Sai Nag
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader.
Started and finished 29/9/17 Short story read on flight.
An ok story idea about a dying actress needing to dictate her biography...... but so badly written it's obviously a poor translation.

THE GREY AND GUILTY SEA by Scott William Carter
eBook. Free download to Kindle reader.
Started 6/10/17 - finished
Retired Private Investigator gets drawn back in to investigate a murder then we find out about his past and watch how his future changes.
This has been quite a good read, although as you can see is still unfinished.

Think it's just me no longer into sitting still with a book for long. Although I've now three new books, 2 paperbacks and 1 hardback waiting, so maybe I'll give real paper another go over Kindle in 2018. However I don't think it's worth noting them just for the sake of it, so watch this space for just in case I read something truly worth sharing.
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2 comments:

Michelle said...

I borrowed a kindle for a bit over New Year. I can see the advantages, really lovely and light to hold and you can store lots of books on it so for travelling it would be great. I was also surprised it still had little drawings in the ebooks as thought text only. However, I didn't like it quite as much as a real paper book somehow. Im fussy about paper books too - if there is ink bleed through from the other side which is common with cheaper paper or if the characters are not perfectly distinct, being slightly fuzzy, I can't read them well either. So end up buying from a proper bookshop where I can check them.

Michelle said...

I loved "The Woman in White" years ago. I still have it so will pull it out again to see if I still enjoy it.