Lady Bookworms Corner

[classwife]

Find out if Calibre is the 2 week sharing program that Kindle/amazon has come out with....would be great if you could have them for good....How exciting to have them !
The only things I have in my kindle are the free classics...all the current books cost too much !

 

[Crankyfuzz]

We have that here as well it's a nice feature

 

[Crankyfuzz]

We have that here as well it's a nice feature

 

[otrpu]

Maybe it's just a "guy" thing, but I've been listening to Sue Grafton's alphabet series on my Blackberry w/stereo bluetooth headset all year. Jus keep rotating through them one after another. She's Mystery, fiction. I have to walk alot at work, like 3 hours a shift. So, listenin is alot simpler. But Wifey, now Wifey gets a Kindle. And, a Sony DVD player. What can I say? Some guards walk, and some guards sit. I can't hardly keep her in DVD's, so, no DVD. . .she listens to her Kindle. And this is work! And first thing she demands is the TV controller when she walks through the door. Ain't life grand? JMHO

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[classwife]

Cheers otrpu !!



Chasing you out of The Women's Room now....

 

[Safira]

What happened to the tea?

Cheers otrpu !!



Chasing you out of The Women's Room now....

 

[Lisa66]

This is a copy of what I just recently posted over in the V4L forum where the poster asked for five titles:


I like historical novels heavily based on fact but with period embellishments (living conditions, dress, food and drink, etc.)

1. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson: based on Chicago's version of Jack the Ripper during the late 1800's

2. Poland - James Michener

3. Anything by Philippa Gregory - covers the Tudors, the Yorks, the Lancasters, etc.

Also, old favorites by Tom Wolfe, just wish he'd write more:

4. The Bonfire of the Vanities

5. A Man in Full

 

[Crankyfuzz]

This is a copy of what I just recently posted over in the V4L forum where the poster asked for five titles:


I like historical novels heavily based on fact but with period embellishments (living conditions, dress, food and drink, etc.)

1. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson: based on Chicago's version of Jack the Ripper during the late 1800's

2. Poland - James Michener

3. Anything by Philippa Gregory - covers the Tudors, the Yorks, the Lancasters, etc.

Also, old favorites by Tom Wolfe, just wish he'd write more:

4. The Bonfire of the Vanities

5. A Man in Full

I really enjoyed the Devil the White City myself I found it to be a well written book and have reread it not that long ago

 

[tmcase]

Find out if Calibre is the 2 week sharing program that Kindle/amazon has come out with....would be great if you could have them for good....How exciting to have them !
The only things I have in my kindle are the free classics...all the current books cost too much !

I downloaded Calibre from here and it is free not shareware. I don't know if it's the same as amazon's. I didn't know they had any kindle software. This program has so many features that I've only scratched the surface of it but I have transfered all my kindle books into it and downloaded all the meta tags.

 

[JewelzBagz]

My all time favorite books (series) is Jean M. Auel. I started with Valley of the Horses and it was so good that I had to start from the beginning so I got Clan of the Cave Bears, then I read Valley of the Horses again and wanted more so I now have read all 5 books in the series. Now I want the last one but Amazon wants $15 for the kindle version. Ridiculous. The hardback is only about $2 more. Not fair!

Yeah the price on that one is outrageous, especially considering the poor reviews. I just got it today myself. Was always a big fan of this series but the previous one from 04 was not as satisfying as the others. So I'm really disappointed to read the reviews on this one-it was such a long wait!

I'll be sending you a pm.;-)

 

[Fudgey]

Hi JewelzBagz....welcome to The Womens Room

 

[classwife]

Hey JewelzBagz....welcome to The Women's Room...

They are good books tho...I enjoyed them all...

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I've been reading a whole lot of books about the era of Henry VIII and his wives lately...

"The Lady Elizabeth", "Innocent Traitor", "The Lady in the Tower" and "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" all by Alison Weir.

With the exception of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", they are somewhat fictionalized accounts, but still interesting reads.

 

[tmcase]

I've been reading a whole lot of books about the era of Henry VIII and his wives lately...

"The Lady Elizabeth", "Innocent Traitor", "The Lady in the Tower" and "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" all by Alison Weir.

With the exception of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", they are somewhat fictionalized accounts, but still interesting reads.

I see you like history books. I read 3 books about Genghis Khan's life from birth to death. I'm not much of a history buff but I couldn't put these books down. They were great.

 

[JewelzBagz]

Thanks for the welcome ladies Glad to be here.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I'm a bit obsessed with the history of the Tudor Dynasty, WWII and the Civil War.

 

[tmcase]

I only started reading about Genghis Khan because he was such a strong historical figure and I wanted to know more about him. Since reading those books I wanted to read about some strong historical women figures also and found a couple really good ones but I can't remember the names now. One was about a woman that past herself off as a man so she could become a Pope. Fantastic read and I really admire her spunk, determination, ambitions and the hardships she had to go through to reach her goal.

 

[Mary Kay]

JewelzBagz Welcome! I used to have a Historical fiction and biography list of every one of the Tudors..long gone I am afraid. I worked in a book store and was bored!

 

[Safira]

You don't remember the womans name that did this do you. That sounds interesting to me now, the only woman I know of that did anything remotely like that was Joan of Arc. But, she did that to fight with the military.

I only started reading about Genghis Khan because he was such a strong historical figure and I wanted to know more about him. Since reading those books I wanted to read about some strong historical women figures also and found a couple really good ones but I can't remember the names now. One was about a woman that past herself off as a man so she could become a Pope. Fantastic read and I really admire her spunk, determination, ambitions and the hardships she had to go through to reach her goal.

 

[tmcase]

You don't remember the womans name that did this do you. That sounds interesting to me now, the only woman I know of that did anything remotely like that was Joan of Arc. But, she did that to fight with the military.

Oh yeah, I read Joan of Arc. Another very strong woman. I loved that book. And that reminds me of the book I couldn't remember. It was Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross. Excellent book. Thanks for jogging my brain.