04-02-2017, 07:58 AM | #541 |
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I love Megan Hart's books! She does bittersweet very well. I picked that one up.
None of the others really appealed to me so thank goodness for the Hart. |
04-02-2017, 02:35 PM | #542 |
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04-02-2017, 02:45 PM | #543 |
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04-02-2017, 07:36 PM | #544 |
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Many months half (or more) of the books are romances, even if they're labeled as different genres. It happens often enough that they might as well be honest and label it that way. This month All the Lies We Tell and Paper Boats are definite romances, Beneath a Scarlet Sky seems to feature romance pretty heavily in the narrative, and A Small Revolution has a past romance as a major plot point. Personally I don't think the last one really counts as a romance, but the other three do. That's half the selections.
I have nothing against romances existing or anything. While I prefer not to read them, I know a lot of people, male and female, love them dearly and it's great there's so many published for those people to enjoy. I just get tired of the Kindle First selections constantly favoring that genre so much. It makes it difficult for non-romance readers to get any value from this Prime perk. |
04-02-2017, 08:04 PM | #545 |
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I also went with , Beneath a Scarlet Sky. I'm hoping it's more historical fiction than romance.
It's based on a true story, yet it's also an historical fiction ? I'll have to read it. It does sound interesting. Last edited by Wearever; 04-02-2017 at 08:10 PM. |
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04-03-2017, 10:44 AM | #546 |
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My peeve with the Kindle First selections is the usual overabundance of SF/fantasy titles; can't say I've noticed too many romance selections. I dislike both genres and tend to dismiss them from consideration immediately.
Nothing appeals to me much this month; I'll probably go with Beneath a Scarlet Sky solely because of the WWII setting. |
04-03-2017, 02:50 PM | #547 |
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What bothers me is that we don't get told ahead of time which books will be available on Kindle Unlimited so those who do have Kindle Unlimited won't pick those and waste a selection.
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04-03-2017, 02:55 PM | #548 |
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No question for me: Beneath a Scarlet Sky. I won't read fiction about WWI or WWII, but true stories are an immediate must buy.
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04-07-2017, 03:08 PM | #550 | |
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That reminds me, I liked how they fictionalized the story in the Hacksaw Ridge movie. They changed some stuff, but kept the overall true story intact. It was amusing that they left some stuff out because it sounded too crazy for people to believe it was really true. |
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04-08-2017, 07:45 PM | #551 | |
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Yes I think that's it. I am reading this book and so far really enjoying it. It reads like an epic movie, which I think it will become. It's one heck of a story. |
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04-11-2017, 08:24 PM | #552 |
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I see that yesterday's Wall Street Journal featured a review of Hemingway Didn't Say That.
I think it was written by a friend of the author's, because the reviewer is the editor of The Yale Book of Quotations, which was frequently mentioned in the text of the book. https://www.wsj.com/articles/things-...767842?tesla=y |
04-30-2017, 12:02 AM | #553 |
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Just a reminder that this will probably be the last day to pick up one of this month's selections, if you haven't already.
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This month's Kindle First selections are out, they are:
Dead Certain: A Novel by Adam Mitzner [Genre: Psychological Thriller] Quote:
The First Word by Isley Robson [Genre: Romance] Quote:
The Hundredth Queen (The Hundredth Queen Series Book 1) by Emily R. King [Genre: Fantasy] Quote:
The Lioness of Morocco by Julia Drosten (Author), Christiane Galvani (Translator) [Genre: Historical Fiction] Quote:
North Haven by Sarah Moriarty [Genre: Contemporary Fiction] Quote:
The Great Passage by Shion Miura (Author), Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translator) [Genre: Literary Fiction] Quote:
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05-01-2017, 08:54 AM | #555 |
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Dead Certain. With 3 romances, a literary, and a contemp in the mix, the thriller wins by default.
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