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Hope it works out Maryanna - I've been trying to persuade my friend to use her tablet to read books, but she is sticking to hard copies. As she goes away a couple of times a year, it would save on luggage weight and packing space!

Hope you enjoy the read GG :-)

Although I've read a lot since last posting a review, most of them aren't worth recommending. Well, what do you expect when they were free? :-D

Thanks Det, will look into that.

M.

Edit just found a Kindle for iPad ap which I have downloaded. Now just have to work out how to actually get it from Amazon and onto the iPad, if you see what I mean.

Hi

I'm currently reading Martina Cole's latest book The Good Life fantastic as always and good that I was able to pre order on my Kindle.


Linda :-D

Thank you Maryanna.

Det I have just downloaded The Argincourt Bride for my
Kindle.

Emma :-)

Maryanna - it is possible to convert Kindle books to ireaders, and vice verse

Not sure how, but it is :-D

Emma, I was hoping to read The Secrets of Jackson Glen but it doesn't seem to be available on ibooks, only Kindle. Drat.

Hope you enjoy it.

M

Finished Alice The Enigma and enjoyed it, good read
I knew very little about Alice.

Now reading The Secrets of Jackson Glen.

I thought the Marriage Certificate was brilliant :-D.Maryanna I have read all of Tess Gerritsens and Karin Slaughters books.I too love the Death and Gore.
Now reading Truth or Dare by Tania Carver.

I have just finished The Marriage Certificate by Stephen Molyneux. Reccomended on here a few months ago, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Before that I read That Summer Affair by Sarah Challis and The Light Between Oceans by M. L Stedman, that one made me cry.

Now have a couple of Tess Gerritsens waiting and a Karin Slaughter and Simon Kernick. Back to the death and gore !!!!

M.
:-)

It sounds an interesting book Vera, but I think I would prefer to read that in a proper book so I could look back. Not at all easy on the kindle.

I have just finished reading "The Romanovs: The Final Chapter: The Terrible Fate of Russia's Last Tsar and his Family" by Robert K Massie. It's not a particularly easy read as there is quite a lot of scientific stuff about DNA and a lot of people in the story. I kept wanting to flick back to remind myself who people were but that's not as easy to do with a kindle as with a paper book.

The book is in several distinct parts. The first is more or less the same as the ending of Robert Massie's previous book "Nicholas and Alexandra" and tells the story of the final days of the tsar and his family. It then goes on to the discovery of the skeletons at Ekaterinburg and what happened to the bones. This is followed by the section about the various tests, including mitochondrial DNA testing, to try to prove whose bones they were and who was missing from the grave. (11 people were killed but only 9 skeletons were found in this grave.)

There is then a section about the "pretenders" to the tsarship (is that the right word?). In particular there is a long section about Anna Anderson, who went by a variety of names, and who claimed for decades to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia.

The author finishes his book by talking about the current Romanov family and the various sub-sections of it who are scattered around the world.

I had known nothing about all the court cases that took place in America about the release of tissue from Anna Anderson for testing or about the disagreements amongst the scientists on what the DNA was or was not proving. I found this quite a difficult but a really fascinating book.

Let me know what you think Emms...... :-)

Finished The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory,
enjoyable read and would recommend if you are into
history.

Now reading Alice the Enigma...A biography of Queen Victoria's
daughter.

Emma :-)

Thanks Mersey will have a look :-)

~~~~~to all Kindle Tarts&Book Worms <3 <3 <3


Emma I have read 2 books which are

Alice the Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victorias Daughter - Christina Croft £3.80 on kindle..........I really enjoyed this book so much intrigue......!!

Of all Queen Victoria’s nine children, none was more intriguing than her second daughter, Alice. The contradictions in her personality are so striking that, while she has often been overshadowed by her more illustrious brother, King Edward VII, and her brilliant sister, the German Empress Frederick, she remains to this day an enigma, the depths of whose character are virtually impossible to penetrate. By the time of her premature death at the age of only thirty-five, Alice had lived through two wars, had lost two of her children, and had exhausted herself in her devotion to duty to the extent that she suffered from disillusionment almost to the point of despair. Nonetheless, in the final tragic weeks of her life, she met unimaginable grief with courage and serenity, and her last words demonstrated her ultimate redemption and the beautiful restoration of all she had loved and lost.


Ive not long started The Secrets of Jackson Glen - J Richard Scott £1.98 Kindle

From Author........

"When I first began poking around in my family tree I had thought that genealogy was pretty boring. That was before I discovered a great aunt that was rumored to have done away with three husbands. All died of a mysterious stomach virus – one of them on their honeymoon!

I’m not the suspicious sort that looks for a conspiracy behind every door – but you must admit – it all sounds mighty peculiar. This matter came to my attention through family gossip. To my knowledge the authorities had never given these deaths even a casual glance.

I was certainly no detective, but I had found many dead relatives through my passionate hobby of genealogy. Would that be enough to solve such a mystery? In addition, I discovered my aunt’s house had many hidden rooms and had been used as a speakeasy during prohibition? Add in a dead body or two and it was quite a riddle. You will not want to miss this exciting story!

Born out of true people, places, and events, this first person account is based on family gossip, rumors, and innuendo – decades old. Obvious embellishments are weaved into the story along the way. This tale took decades to unveil, but it is an exciting story that needs telling..

GR bookclub has announced the new title - The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook.
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/hobbies_crafts/thread/1344460

Just finished a paperback. The Road to Nab End by William Woodruffe. His true story of life in Blackburn in the early 20th century when life went from being good with work in the cotton mills to destitution when there was no work. Really well written and a good social history.

Hi all you lovely Kindle Tarts( <3) and Book Worms....

I am a big fan of the Author Pam Jenoff.......I love her books and have just noticed this on Amazon for all those with Kindles.....

Ive not read this myself yet but seeing as its a freebie, and also has some good reviews , it may be worth a read.........

The Other Girl - Pam Jenoff

One woman's determination to protect a child from the dangers of war will force her to face those lurking closer to home…

Life in rural Poland during WWII brings a new set of challenges to Maria, estranged from her own family and left alone with her in-laws after her husband is sent to the front. For a young, newly pregnant wife, the days are especially cold, the nights unexpectedly lonely. The discovery of a girl hiding in the barn changes everything—Hannah is fleeing the German police who are taking Jews like her to special camps. Ignoring the risk to her own life and that of her unborn child, Maria is compelled to help. But in these dark days, no one can be trusted, and soon Maria finds her courage tested in ways she never expected and herself facing truths about her own family that the quiet village has kept buried for years…

Went to the library tpday (Sunday) to collect three books I had requested for the GReaders Group.

I will be starting The Perfume Collector as soon as I get up to bed. (had requested it on 20th July - review is long overdue).

Joanne Hickson's Tudor Queen was there - but didn't get it this time as I want to read the earlier book first.

I must remember to update my list of Authors and Book Titles to read (mainly recommendedon this thread) in my Greaders book. I keep jotting them down on scraps of paper and loosing them.!

The P& P book souns good too. Another one for my book.

I'll look out for that one Karen. I love P & P