Kindle First

[Wearever]

I'll need more time to decide on books this month. It's nice to have 2 choices. I also found some very good books in the first reads selections over the years. Not every time but sometimes. It's easier to go out on a limb and try something different if it's free. Other times nothing will interest me even when they are free too.

[Wearever]

Just got the WW2 Fiction, A Fire Sparking and the Psychological Suspense , What You Did.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by Wearever

Just got the WW2 Fiction, A Fire Sparking and the Psychological Suspense , What You Did.

What You Did and Forgotten Bones for me. Actually Amazon decided I should get them, as they both showed up in a recommendation. Have to see how good the algorithm is once I get around to them ...

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by Wearever

Just got the WW2 Fiction, A Fire Sparking and the Psychological Suspense , What You Did.

Same two for me.

[NickyWithNook]

I got Fire Sparkling and Prognosis. I like memoirs so I thought I'd like Prognosis. I liked it for a while but got bored and gave up on it. I haven't started Fire Sparkling yet.

[Wearever]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

What You Did and Forgotten Bones for me. Actually Amazon decided I should get them, as they both showed up in a recommendation. Have to see how good the algorithm is once I get around to them ...

That's interesting , I didn't get any recommendations, even though WW2 history is one of my favorite genres. They must not know me well or are confusing me with someone else.

[Wearever]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Same two for me.

I've not read them yet. I did read another book by the author of Fire Sparkling. So I'm looking forward to this one.

[Wearever]

Originally Posted by NickyWithNook

I got Fire Sparkling and Prognosis. I like memoirs so I thought I'd like Prognosis. I liked it for a while but got bored and gave up on it. I haven't started Fire Sparkling yet.

I almost got Prognosis, until one review said there was abuse of a dog in it and spoiled the book for them. I guess in context it may have made sense. Just hard to read.

[GlenBarrington]

Am I the ONLY one who is beginning to feel that "Kindle First" is becoming less and less useful to them?

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Am I the ONLY one who is beginning to feel that "Kindle First" is becoming less and less useful to them?

They shifted a bit on the genres. When they had more variety, it was easier. Put at least one SF&F in the mix, please. Now it is multiple thrillers, mystery, history any more.

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Am I the ONLY one who is beginning to feel that "Kindle First" is becoming less and less useful to them?

All depends on what you read. There were actually two books of interest to me, but then I like crime and thrillers in addition to fantasy and science fiction. My brother only reads fantasy and science fiction and rarely sees anything of interest in the Kindle First.

[NickyWithNook]

Originally Posted by Wearever

I almost got Prognosis, until one review said there was abuse of a dog in it and spoiled the book for them. I guess in context it may have made sense. Just hard to read.

It didn't talk about animal cruelty. There was a dog who was getting sick a lot and the author's girlfriend encouraged her to have the dog euthanized. I think there was some disagreement about whether the dog was sick enough for that. But the author very much is a dog lover.

[Wearever]

Originally Posted by NickyWithNook

It didn't talk about animal cruelty. There was a dog who was getting sick a lot and the author's girlfriend encouraged her to have the dog euthanized. I think there was some disagreement about whether the dog was sick enough for that. But the author very much is a dog lover.

Thanks , that's good to know.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

They shifted a bit on the genres. When they had more variety, it was easier. Put at least one SF&F in the mix, please. Now it is multiple thrillers, mystery, history any more.

I have nothing against thrillers I like 'em in fact, and I read a lot of them.

But with Kindle First, the author's names change, the book covers change, and maybe the protagonist will change from a 14-year-old girl to an older divorced woman, or widowed woman (age varies on that), but the synopses all pretty much sound like the standard 3 or 4 boilerplate models.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

I have nothing against thrillers I like 'em in fact, and I read a lot of them.

But with Kindle First, the author's names change, the book covers change, and maybe the protagonist will change from a 14-year-old girl to an older divorced woman, or widowed woman (age varies on that), but the synopses all pretty much sound like the standard 3 or 4 boilerplate models.

That is the nature of genres. Say, you have a crime solving mystery. A crime is being committed, a likely suspect is investigated until proven guilty, a plot twist and the real culprit shows up and almost ruins it, gets caught in the end. There is is only so many different crimes you can write about. As reader you already know that at some point something happens that will change everything and blow the case wide open.

The only difference between books is how well you are entertained while all this happens. If it is too obvious it is just as bad as if it falls out of the sky for no apparent reason (other than to kill the book of due to a certain length).