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An Old Flame ReKindled

February 25, 2010 by alsboy

After a year of ALS-imposed book reading celibacy, it feels great to immerse myself in the pages of a novel thanks to my new Kindle e-book reader.

My first book, The Lovely Bones, was ultimately a disappointment after a promising start. The big twist towards the end was a little too M Night-lite for my tastes.

Currently, I am ankles-deep in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. So far, so good, it’s a real page-turner button-pusher.

I’m open for suggestions for my next book.

Posted in Ask the Audience, Pop Culture | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on February 25, 2010 at 3:40 pm | Reply Arnold

Just finished and loved “Shades of Gray” by Jasper Fforde. All of his books have been fun and clever.
on February 25, 2010 at 4:02 pm | Reply Susan Petersen

You HAVE to read the other 2 books in the Millenium series by Stieg Larsson, “The Girl who played with Fire” and “The Girl who kicked the Hornet’s Nest” – they are all button-pushers.
on February 25, 2010 at 4:02 pm | Reply Roseanne

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It changed my life.
on February 25, 2010 at 9:24 pm | Reply Bryan

I’m a little more than halfway through “The Book of Basketball” by Bill Simmons. I love it, and I’m not even a basketball fan.

BTW, I got Christie a Kindle for Xmas and she loves it.
on February 26, 2010 at 6:40 am | Reply Marci

The Church of the Dead Girls – Stephen Dobyns. It basically is a story of how a town turns on itself when three girls go missing. The jacket describes it as ‘a macabre version of Our Town’.
on February 27, 2010 at 12:18 am | Reply Jen Moyle

Well, for a totally different direction…how about Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me. I just finished it– it’s from the old producer of the Daily Show, Ben Karlin– with funny essays from Andy Richter, Stephen Colbert, etc. It hecka cracked me up, and I bet you’d like it. Lots of love!
on March 1, 2010 at 11:48 am | Reply JGrady

I highly recommend The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
on March 1, 2010 at 4:55 pm | Reply ENV

I have found the Kindle4PC to be very valuable to me. I am quadriplegic from ALS and use an eye-tracking assisted communication computer. I will soon be posting to my blog a review I did for my local support group.
on March 2, 2010 at 9:26 am | Reply Giovanna

I’ve almost finished this astounding autobiography of Henri Charrière, called “Papillon,” for the butterfly tattoo on his chest. It is the memoir of a life so rich and full of adventure and adversity that it seems to span multiple lifetimes. It will take you on a ride to soaring heights of elation and plunge to the darkest depths of the human condition. Truly a page-turner which you won’t put down to the very last word. Enjoy!

P.S. I noticed the book under the Kindle in the photo— Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist”. One of my favorites, and reminiscent of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince”…but I digress.
on March 14, 2010 at 6:20 pm | Reply ENV

Here is the K4PC review I mentioned earlier.

http://friends4eric.blogspot.com/2010/03/kindle-for-pc.html