What are you reading?

I have stepped up my reading time.  I love it and have been finding books that I just cant put down.  All of my reviews are here on this blog or you can see my books at my favorite book place at www.goodreads.com 

The best part of my reading is my Kindle.  I have several and the sync very easily.  So if I am reading downstairs and go up to bed my nightstand Kindle will sync to where I left off downstairs.

And I also carry one with me because you never know when you will find the time to read...waiting in a doctors office, waiting in any office (and we all know we do that quite frequently).

I am always curious to find out what my friends are reading.  One reason I belong to Goodreads - I get great ideas, recommendations and find new authors to read from them.

What are reading?  Feel free to friend me on Goodreads and maybe we can discuss  a book or two?

Personal Day...

Took one yesterday in order to take hubby to doctor....my question is.....why is waiting in the doctor's office not a man's thing.....I find it very relaxing....I love to wait in the doctor's office...I come with my bottle of water and my Kindle and can stay there for hours......read 40% of my book....actually it went faster than I thought and I didnt get to read as much as I wanted.....but I also watched other people there....some were on their phones or watching the tv that was on......



Others were restless....guess it depends on whether you are the patient or not......but it wasnt that bad.....so, how do you feel about doctor's offices.....????

Do you read books? Then.....

Check out my bookshelves on Goodreads - where you can see what your friends are reading.

https://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM2MDM4MzM2OTQ6MzU3

Most of my books come from this great website....www.goodreads.com......where I have found friends who love to read.....I got away from the most famous authors (still love them and read them) and found some new authors who write great books....

Have you found a great author?  Tell us about them and what books you have found.....what types of books do you read?  I love a good mystery.....and I love my Kindle....do you have an e-reader?

Secret Daughter

I am 76% done with a book I downloaded on my Kindle ..... when I originally downloaded it I wasnt sure I would even be interested in it.....But it came recommended....so I tried it even though the author, Shilpi Somaya Gowda wrote this book as her first time novel.

BUT Ms. Gowda outdid herself in this story......and I am hoping to finish up this book tonight.....It's India.....Imagine your husband is unhappy about your giving birth to a girl baby....imagine he kills that child....what would you do?  Your second child is a girl too....but somehow you keep it away from your husband, and give it to an orphanage....your third child is a boy and hubby is ok with that.


This is a story of a mother's anguish about giving away her daughter...does a day ever go by when she doesnt think about her.......it's a story about another couple in the US who could not have children; they adopt the little girl given away to the orphanage.....will these lives ever intertwine?  Will mom find her daughter.....with mom lose her daughter?  


If there is only one book you read this year......pick this one up.....you wont be disappointed....emotional, heart wrenching, moving, and thought provoking.

Books, more Books and Loads of Books

I have spent my life reading.  I love books and throughout my many years of living.....I have collected many books.....I love novels, fictions, some biographies and absolutely adore mysteries.  I love the who-done-its and why and trying to figure out the bad guy before the end.......

And in all my years of reading, yes the books were all over the house, in my car and at work.  So I was delighted when I finally received, as a gift, from who else but hubby, my very own Kindle.  Now I have had my Kindle for over a year and have already downloaded close to 200 books.  Imagine if I had 200 books laying around the house!  I think I did at one time.

My favorite thing about the Kindle is the fact that I can finish a book, say while in a doctor's office, and then go right into another book.

Now that I have one I often tell people who ask me "what can I get you as a gift?"  - to please, please get me gift cards....love them from dunkin donut cards, to macys and now especially Amazon.......because I can now download more books.


I know many people are not into gift cards.....but recently my daughter-in-law celebrated a birthday and she is a great gift giver.......I couldnt think of anything she needed or would like and then.......

She owns a Nook....another e-reader......and she carries it everywhere.....so why not.....and that's what I did....sent her Barnes & Noble gift cards.......and she loved it.....I felt so good that I finally got her something she was thrilled with.....


So my question is:  WHAT TYPES OF GIFTS DO YOU BUY YOUR GROWN CHILDREN ??

CHARGE!!!!

I got a little ambitious yesterday and decided to clean out closets....I have a china cabinet with three drawers and 3 doors where I stuff stuff.....all kinds of stuff....getting company, stuff goes into the cabinet.  I really dont know what stuff I have....well, not gong to bore you with the loads of stuff I have...some I threw out (dont tell hubby, who saves everything) some I rerouted to their rightful place....and then I organized the rest so that when you are looking for something, it is in the right place. Neat, organized - small things in a box.....looks good.

My question - what do I do with all these????

They are chargers...what do they charge?  I havent got the slightest idea....phones? DSI's? gameboy? I dont know, but if I throw them out, will we be looking for them?  I dont know....


So they are now in a baggie.....sitting in a closet....waiting for a home.  Now here is an idea! Why dont electronic companies put on the chargers the name of the gadget they are for....I know where my Kindle charger is all the time - it actually says "Amazon"  on the charger....and my Kindle comes from Amazon.....What do you do with your chargers?

Saturday Snapshot....

I am halfway through this amazing book.....It was recommended through Shelfari.....and I am so glad I am reading it......like suspense, mystery, murder in the Big Apple....who done it....who remembers doing it.....are the police in on it?  Is the wife cheating?  Why the lies?  and Who is Next......put it on your "to read" list......more reviews are coming....now back to my book....or kindle.....

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E-book Challenge 2011

I found this wonderful blog through The LadyBug Reads and have decided to join.....I read, alot and my challenge will be 20 e-books for the year 2011.....that should be no problem.....I even signed up for the Obsessed Level = 20 e-books!!!!

But the best is the many reader-friends I will meet.....so if you are an e-book reader...check  it out and join us.....now I have to charge up my Kindle......