Well friends … we weren’t dreaming when we heard rumors of Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. The full site launched today offering a 30-day free trial and access to more than 600,000 books and thousands of audiobooks on any device (from Android tablets and smartphones to iPhone and iPads). Some noteable offerings: 600,000 titles, including some popular series like Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and … Continue reading Kindle Unlimited is here
Update: See our most recent “Kindle Unlimited is here” post by clicking here. Rumor has it – there may be a new competitor for one of Books for Her’s favorite books services – Oyster. Amazon is currently testing Kindle Unlimited, a monthly subscription for $9.99 that would compete directly with Oyster and Scribd for the ‘Netflix of Books’ title. We can’t wait to see this … Continue reading Kindle Unlimited?
Just blocks away is this beautiful library and book swap site. The sign reads: Little Free Library #1908 In the beginning -2009–Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin, built a model of a one room schoolhouse as a tribute to his mother, a former school teacher who loved reading. He filled it with books and put it on a post in his front yard. His neighbors and … Continue reading Corner book swap
Reposting on the eve of the latest #Outlander. Here’s a recap to get you ready for Book 8! Continue reading Let’s Review: Outlander Series
Book 8 of the Outlander Series, Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon releases on June 10th! Preorder now Remember that seven-book series you read voraciously over years because they only come out every few years? Remember trying to fill the void in between with things that just didn’t quite compare? Well, the wait is nearly over for all you Outlander nuts out there, and here … Continue reading Let’s Review: Outlander Series
Am I the only romance reader who hates book sex scenes? I have to be the only one – because why would every women’s fiction book I read have a five pages of detailed sex if we readers aren’t just screaming for it? does any one else skip to the end of the chapter (the sex is always at the end of the chapter, thank goodness)? I remember going through … Continue reading Rant: Skip the Sex, Authors
Courtesy of Amazon Recommendations, I recently came across a steampunk novel, and found myself thinking, what is steampunk, anyway? I had a sort of general idea in the fashion sense — think slutty halloween costume from Spencer’s– but I guess I had no idea that it has become its own movie and literary genre. (Thank you, google.) Sidenote: To be fair, this is coming from someone who … Continue reading Coming soon: steampunk, anyone?
Take no heed of her… She reads a lot of books. – Jasper Forde, The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel Continue reading Take no heed…
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