APRIL READS

[rapa]

RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT and welcome to April. Looking forward to Easter, April showers, FINAL FOUR and no more snow!
I have Anita Shreve's STELLA BAIN and Jo Nesbo's COCKROACHES in my stack. Anything interesting awaiting you?

[rapa]

Finished Coben's MISSING YOU last night. This is a thriller to the very last page! Anyone else read this? If so, I have a question! It's not a spoiler. Question: What did we learn about Kat's brothers?"

Today starting C. J. Box's STONE COLD. Looking forward to reuniting with Joe Pickett!

(Ordered a new computer which should arrive in a couple weeks. Whoopee!!!!! Am thankful for my iPad or would be deep into withdrawal by now!)

[Ioruach]

I have Missing You on hold; I am number 8 and the library usually has three or four copies of Coben's books, so it shouldn't be much longer.  Maybe about the time I finish The Goldfinch, which I have now passed page 400.  I was delighted to see that Ms. Tartt won the Pulitzer for the book. It was well deserved, based on my reading of it so far. Reading it is, shall I say, mesmerizing.

[grammyk]

I'm on the waiting list for MISSING YOU also.  So many of you are enjoying THE GOLDFINCH that I've decided to add it to my TBR list.  By the way, BookGorilla has it listed today for $7.50 (for Kindle).

[Mandy Muffin]

I read "The Goldfinch" on Kindle, as Amazon has some amazingly low prices on their bestsellers during their Christmas sale. I probably picked up 10 -15 best sellers for under $5 each.  I can attest that reading a 700-800 page book is a bit uncomfortable, as I have read numerous over the years.  My old arthritic hands and writs can't take the strain anymore. A few years back I had them totally repaired with carpel tunnel surgery  but there is only so much surgery can do.  The Kindle is a welcome tool to avoid this kind of discomfort, and well worth the price, which is less that a paperback novel would be. For some reason or other I got credited with a bunch of settlement money Amazon got on publisher price fixing and my last few books have been free, as I use up the credits.  How can you beat free? 

[grammyk]

There is a pyramid-shape pillow for sale several places that helps hold up heavy books; the cheapest place I found it is at a company called Walter Drake.  I have one and it does work nicely.

[Eaglewoman]

I got $31 from the publishers settlement with B&N, some people got $200-$300. I had only bought 2 best sellers in that time, the rest were just books, they gave $9 for best sellers and I think it was 93¢

for the rest of the books. i have the pyramid pillow and love it for reading my NOOK in bed.

[Mandy Muffin]

I received a settlement for an amount in that area from Amazon, so I have been reading for free for a while.  The was a great deal of clamor a couple of years back when the publishers required the E-Book sellers to sell for a fixed price, which was as high as a ridiculous $21.95 or so for some of the top sellers.  From my studies of business law, this is price fixing in the classic sense.  Buyers were reminded that Amazon could not alter the price due to publishers requirements.  

[rapa]

I received $.73 From the settlement! Am an avid user of my library!

[Mandy Muffin]

I wonder if the libraries got back monies from the settlements.  My library has an extensive loan out program of E-Books, as well as participating in a state wide program of libraries: 

http://kyunbound.lib.overdrive.com/B9918DFE-1BAB-4F34-B4D0-907D1479...

I have borrowed a few books from the system to read on my Kindle. 

[grammyk]

Great question!  Most of the books they buy were probably on the Best Seller list.  I'll ask the librarian in my town next time I'm there.  I've borrowed e-books too.

[grammyk]

I got $68.45 from the B&N settlement; must have been a time when I had been given gift cards because I am an avid library user also.

[Carci]

I have both those books on request at the library but had to put them on freeze status as we will be gone for awhile and I didn't want them coming in while I was away.