Kindle shop Recommendations

[davidcotton]

4 hours ago, sandman said:

Neverwhere is 99p today only 

Went to buy it only to find I had it from April last year!

[Stopharage]

As the resident Station Eleven fanboi, I implore you all to purchase How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. Down to £1.69 and it’s worth that for the second chapter alone. 

[ryodi]

All of the Thrawn books are 99p today

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=4725112031

 

I haven't read them yet so I can only offer the same opinion as this Amazon reviewer of Dark Force Rising

 

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Li'l Den

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2020

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Bought as a gift so not able to comment on product.

 

 

[joemul]

Chronicles of the Black Company - 99p today

 

This is a good read overall. I thought it lost its way a little towards the end but there are plenty of interesting characters and it's definitely worth a read.

[ZOK]

I listened to the Audible narration by John Lee about a hundred years ago, as far as I remember it was alright.

 

But yes, it’s a book that needs to be read and read again.

[Stopharage]

Struggling to make ends meet because of the cost of living rises? Well, luckily for you Amazon have given you little reason to splash out this month. A real sorry offering; this was the best of a pretty bad bunch.

 

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

 

Eric by Terry Pratchett

 

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

 

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

 

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

 

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

 

Dune by Frank Herbert

 

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

 

The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

 

The Twits by Roald Dahl

 

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro £2.99

 

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro  £2.99

Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro £2.99

 

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared M. Diamond £1.99

 

Oh Yes, Oh Yes by Carl Cox

 

Into The Woods by John Yorke

 

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve £1.79

 

Puckoon by Spike Milligan

 

Classic Scrapes by James Acaster

 

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

 

The Wall by John Lanchester £2.59

 

Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction by Johann Hari £2.59

 

Crime by Irvine Welsh

 

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

 

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan £1.99

 

How to be an F1 Driver by Jenson Button £1.19

 

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

 

The Midwich Cuckooos by John Wyndham £1.99

 

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

 

Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol by Steve Jones

[Boothjan]

Got Steve Jones' book as I've just started Pistol on Disney +

 

Also, Simon Reeve's book is on sale - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Step-Life-My-Journeys-ebook/dp/B07CRN8GVV/ref=sr_1_35?qid=1654086416&rnid=3017941031&s=digital-text&sr=1-35

 

Decent read.

 

Oh - and so is The Aquariums of Pyongyang.  And I Love the Bones of You by Christopher Eccelstone

[Stopharage]

All good shouts, that Reeve autobiography is really good. Surprising upbringing especially. I think he’s eminently likeable. 
 

Thing is, these monthly deals often feature a lot of repeat offerings, so I tend to miss them out. There were a few others that had been on offer in April. 

[little che]

Some excellent stuff there . Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell is wonderful as is Shuggie Bain . Less well known is The Wall by John Lanchester which is an excellent apocalyptic novel set on a sea wall built right around Britain to keep out outsiders and is a great read .

[Sane]

Shuggie Bain seems to have gone up in price again already .

[ZOK]

Funnily enough Mrs ZOK brought home a copy of that Steve Jones autobiography tonight, it seems very readable.

[Alask]

On 01/06/2022 at 19:10, little che said:

Less well known is The Wall by John Lanchester which is an excellent apocalyptic novel set on a sea wall built right around Britain to keep out outsiders and is a great read .

 

I bought this on your recommendation,  it’s good but I think I prefer my apocalypses to feel like they’re not literally in the process of happening right now. It’s all way too realistic. I prefer a zombie plague! The Wall feels like it might actually be an accurate description of the world in 20 years and the politics feels like it could be next Wednesday..

[little che]

Yes that's a good point. It is a bit close to the bone and if you told me Priti Patel was currently reading it with a marker pen I wouldn't be surprised.

[Stopharage]

3 hours ago, Alask said:

 

I bought this on your recommendation,  it’s good but I think I prefer my apocalypses to feel like they’re not literally in the process of happening right now. It’s all way too realistic. I prefer a zombie plague! The Wall feels like it might actually be an accurate description of the world in 20 years and the politics feels like it could be next Wednesday..

If you haven't already bought it, you've got to get How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. Failing that The Wool trilogy, Station Eleven (again..), Day By Day Armageddon is a a zombie apocalypse series, Robopocalypse is World War z in structure but with Robots as the aggressors. 

[Alask]

Cheers, I’ve read Wool and station 11. I shall add the others to the list.

[Stopharage]

Two excellent books on offer today. 
 

Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe  is 99p. It’s a superb account of the lives and tales of various people through The Troubles. It’s really intriguing and an informative page turner. 
 

Secondly, is the book I’m currently reading - When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope. It’s the memoir of a disaster recovery expert. The author recounts the part she has played in assisting in the aftermath of disasters such as Grenfell, 7/7, the Boxing Day tsunami etc. Her own story is really interesting too and the mixture of profound sadness and impressive humanity compliment each other. This only came out in March and I’ll be amazed if it doesn’t win a fair few awards this year. 
 

Two of the best factual books I’ve read in the last few years. 
 

 

 

[little che]

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Secondly, is the book I’m currently reading - When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope. It’s the memoir of a disaster recovery expert. The author recounts the part she has played in assisting in the aftermath of disasters such as Grenfell, 7/7, the Boxing Day tsunami etc. Her own story is really interesting too and the mixture of profound sadness and impressive humanity compliment each other. This only came out in March and I’ll be amazed if it doesn’t win a fair few awards this year. 
 

Two of the best factual books I’ve read in the last few years. 

I read this a few weeks ago. I thought my job was PTSD inducing but my god , I couldn’t do her job for anything . An inspiring and admirable woman.

[Mike S]

Added 'When the Dust Settles' to my pile of shame.

 

Thanks for the recommendation.

[little che]

The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller is a daily deal today . It's absolutely brilliant, there has been some fantastic books in the daily deal recently but this is surely the best . 

[Chris.]

Earthsea trilogy and the Dune trilogy both 99p each today!!

 

Dune

 

Earthsea

[BossSaru]

A good day for the daily deal, as Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race is also available for £1.19.

[wev]

I've not read this but BBC Sounds did an amazing podcast documentary on the same subject and it was absolutely fascinating, so I've added it to my kindle library

 

Tunnel 29: Love, Espionage and Betrayal: the True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08NP8H78J?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&storeType=ebooks&pf_rd_p=b305e197-b4c9-4f76-acd2-15b3f16841be&pf_rd_r=A357XSXT80A0Q4V5VX2Z&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-2&ref_=dbs_f_w_shv_rfy_b305e197-b4c9-4f76-acd2-15b3f16841be_33&pf_rd_i=3017941031

[ryodi]

The first eight Master & Commander books are 99p today

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B074CGZ2PZ?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType=ebooks

[sandman]

A shed load of Jason Bourne novels are 99p today.

[ZOK]

Aren’t they basically unreadable? I think I managed a page and a half of one I tried.

[Silent Runner]

The Robert Ludlum ones are great, probably a bit dated now but he was a proper thriller writer. The non-Ludlum ones are trash. Man, I love those 80's Ludlum covers.

 

[milko]

The one I read (Identity) was definitly dated. Made me laugh aloud when I got to him discovering his martial arts abilities though. Keeeeeeeee Sah!

[little che]

Dreamland by Rosa Rankin Gee is in the daily deal today. It's a dystopian novel set in Margate where the poor and dispossessed are sent when the better off are all moving inland, away from the rapidly rising sea levels. It's worth 99p of anyone's money.

[Boothjan]

Will give that a go - the last recommendation I took from you was awesome so hopefully I'll enjoy this just as much.

[davidcotton]

On 22/06/2022 at 08:39, little che said:

Dreamland by Rosa Rankin Gee is in the daily deal today. It's a dystopian novel set in Margate where the poor and dispossessed are sent when the better off are all moving inland, away from the rapidly rising sea levels. It's worth 99p of anyone's money.

Fiction or non fiction? 😛