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    Tswife4ever    May 28, 2011   California

    DH got me a kindle for Christmas but I have no idea what good books are out? Any suggestions? I love romantic novels and funny novels but am open to anything :)

     
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    love108    September 2014  

    @Tswife4ever: It's not romantic or funny, but I've been reading The Island of Lost Maps, it's non-fiction about the history of cartography (map making) and the rise of antique map theft (that sounds really boring, but it reads sort of like a mystery, too).

     
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    PitBulLover    August 21, 2010  

    I liked the Hunger Games, The Art of Racing in the Rain, The Help, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Something Borrowed/Something Blue

    I've also heard this book is really funny - http://pinterest.com/pin/94716398382625786/

     
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    ananeele    April 23, 2012  

    I loved Something Borrowed.  I personally liked Something Blue better, but you have to read Borrowed first to understand it.  I personally didn't like Chelsea Handler's books, but I'm in the minority so check those out. 

    My personal favorite author if you want funny is Jen Lancaster.  She writes autobiographical books, but she is hilarious and very self deprecating so you really feel like you know her by the end of the book.  She used to be this corporate big wig but lost her job after 9/11 and now writes for a living.  Some of her stories include having her wedding in Vegas in the middle of this huge annual porn convention taking place at her hotel, or how everytime she takes Ambien she orders Barbie heads without remembering.  She even wrote a story about her mom cornering the whole family during Thanksgiving dinner asking what a reach around was and going on and on asking if her dad got reacharounds in the Army, or if she gives the dog one and her mom doing blow jobs shots in a bar and telling her she was well practiced in the art of taking 'blow job shots'.  She has books about her obsession with Target, her crazy neighbors, weight loss, finding a new job, her reality TV obsession, rescuing dogs, and her clothing obsession.  Her books each cover a different topic.  Personally I liked 'Bitter is the New Black' and 'Such a Pretty Fat:  One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big; Or, Why Pie Is Not the Answer' -and yes, that is one title.

     
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    Tswife4ever    May 28, 2011   California

    Thanks!

     
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    BoiledPNut    April 2012  

    Oh, you should read Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner.  I love all her books, but Little Earthquakes is my favorite.  Another good one is The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells.  Anything by Nicholas Sparks or Jodi Picoult of course.  I also like Ellen Hopkins....her Crank series (3 books) is REALLY good.

     
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    blayne7    December 30, 2011   Haiti

    Kindle has a lot of free books. I've downloaded quite a few in the past few months.

    Someone else set up this search and I check it out every once in a while. Free Kindle Books

    There's also a site called Ereader News Today that gives a list of free Kindle books. I check that one every day!

    Some of my favorite authors are Robin Jones Gunn, Lori Wick, Joann Fluke, and Shannon Hale.

     
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    Baby_Diva    November 11, 2011   Arkansas

    The ENTIRE Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. Seriously! I couldn't put them down. 

     
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    MissGreen    July 2009  

    Check out Pixel of Ink on Facebook; it has daily free books and sometimes special offers on new releases. I've recently download:

    Lost December-Richard Paul Evans

    The Mill River Recluse (free!)

    The Wedding Letters-Jason Wright (recommend all his books)

    Hunger Games Trilogy

    Girl With A Dragon Tattoo trilogy

    Atonement

    11/22/1963 Stephen King

    JFK

     
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    MrsTCB    August 10, 2012  

    romantic:

    love in the time of cholera

    marian keyes and caren lissner are good beach reads / chick lit books

     
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    PurpleUnicorn    April 19, 2011  

    i really liked Water for Elephants.  

     

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