I LOVE the Kindle app

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I want to read the Bible. I swear to god if anyone spoils the ending for me…

One of the rare books I couldn't finish. I just didn't understand where it was going and she had no development to indicate a plot.

Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City both have little cozy bookstores. Saint Ignace used to have one but it closed a few years ago sadly. If you go up to the Straits you should check them out.

Totally agree with you. I couldn't go past 20%. She's just not a likeable or relatable character for me.

Just because you enjoy Metal Gear Solid doesn’t mean that everyone does and it definitely doesn’t mean they’re wrong or a “non gamer”. One of the main themes in this book is “We’re all having different experiences” and I think that was lost on you

I have a Paperwhite with a fancy faux leather cover. It looks like I’m reading an epic tome.

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I completely agree. I love Ove and did not even finish Eleanor. I skimmed and speed read so I know what happened but nope it was not for me. I have been told the audio is better but was not about to go through that again to try it.

get yourself a FREE library card and get kindle ebooks from Overdrive/Libby

Haha thanks. He really is amazing. Now these are things I did learn in my English class so I haven’t really done crazy research. I think you describe another similarity tho between Gatsby and Fitzgerald and how he was gone for a while and still waited. Patience. What I learned, was that Fitzgerald wrote one book that was really good, however, he proceeded to write a second book that completely flopped, and they considered Fitzgerald to be a bad author after that. Then, in efforts for more money, he wrote The Great Gatsby, but since critics considered him to be bad, no one ever gave it a chance that it deserved, and even though some critics came out and said it was good, he didn’t get the success he needed.

The author doesn't state this, the character in the situation does. You may be better served by thinking about the viewpoint character that is making that statement and why the statement is true - for them, instead of holding onto a belief that there is only one valid opinion of the game that is true for all people (and characters).

Glad to hear :)

I have the Kindle Paperwhite and I didn't know this was possible! Would you share how to do it? I prefer to read on my Kindle but Libby being on my phone keeps me from my Kindle (which let's be real, has way better battery life)

Morgansterns in Bloomington, Indiana.

Someone needs to make a google road trip map from that!

Authors shouldn’t have to write down assuming their readership is uneducated.

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Des Moines, IA: Storyhouse Bookpub, Reading in Public, and Beaverdale Books

Nah, sorry, this is like being upset because someone referenced the end of Romeo and Juliet.

It is not discussion of the works, which you are reducing it to, but a flat out spoiler of how it ends for a main character (Hector).

The two works are gigantic, and there is a lot that can be told, but if you’ve ever been part of a book club, it’s pretty customary to relay some plot points, but NOT the ending.

All of those things are true and are even more of a reason why it’s ridiculous you consider discussion of those works to be a spoiler. The reading experience of Homer’s works won’t be diminished because you know the plot points ahead of time.

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Kindle lovers, do you know of a way to bulk download my kindle library to my (new) phone? Or do I need to touch each book’s thumbnail one at a time?

Re the OP, yes, I agree on all points. I love being able to capture otherwise wasted moments in lines or waiting rooms or wherever because I have a whole library available to me of personally curated titles.

My only problem is that my kids probably don’t differentiate between my reading an intellectually enlarging work and mindlessly wasting time staring at a screen.