There is another one I read about some men taking a trip into the amazon jungle which was EXCELLENT. I will have to look up the title for you because I forgot, lol.
Found it...Lost in the Jungle by Yossi Ghinsberg. Also...almost all the books I read are either free or less than $2.99. I have Bookbub and also kindle unlimited.
Right on Chrissy, I love my Nook, but I do see a lot on Amazon I would like to get as well. Most of my books run around that price as well. I also belong to the county library and check out books online, which is so handy. Here's the link, and I'm am pretty sure every county/State has library2go!! https://oregon.libraryreserve.com/10/50/en/SignIn2.htm?branchid=114&URL=MyAccount.htm?PerPage=40 I still use my Coos County from Oregon since I do have a library card in Humboldt, but it's a pain to change counties in the library2go system. Well, at least I can't seem to figure it out, LOL!!
Yes, I have bookbub as well, forgot to mention that. Goodreads is one site I use, and cozy mysteries. I'll put both links here for anyone interested https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/934775.Your_Chariot_Awaits http://www.cozy-mystery.com/ You'll see Donald Bain's "Murder She Wrote" near the top on Cozy, and most all know his stuff. But there are plenty more selections to look at/read about
It's pretty cool Chrissy, If the library carries the book you want, you will find it in a search (ebooks or audio books) then you can put it on hold if it's all checked out, or, check it out right to your Kindle (downloads quick and easy). They automatically check it in on due date so no late fees etc. lol You can check them out up to 21 days if you want. Let me know if you need any help, it takes some getting used to, and of course the newer books aren't usually in the libraries.
Any other mystery fans out there besides me?? I do love the non-fiction books as well. Sometimes it's frustrating because I don't read fast enough to get to so many I want to read, LOL!
Thanks, yes I know the library doesn't have new books but neither are the cheap or free ones on kindle...are they? Anyway, doesn't matter to me as long as I haven't read it! Off topic question...can I call you Denise on here or do I have to call you Abby? Maybe I should call you Abby, otherwise some might not know who Im talking about.
Yes I to have more or less given up reading fiction, after a couple of years of dark Nordic crime novels, which I really enjoyed, I am currently dipping into a book by Scott Kiloby " Living Relationship: Finding Harmony with Others" http://www.kiloby.com/books.php and rereading the last part of Diana Athill's autobiography called "Somewhere Towards the End" http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jan/12/biography
Wish I would be related to him. but my only connection to Mark Twain is the fond memories I have pf having read the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn when I was a child. These novels and Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" were then truly inspiring to me
Unfortunately, students are no longer being introduced to Mark Twain because he uses language that is no longer considered to be politically correct, and the easily offended crowd seems unable or unwilling to consider the period in which a book was written, mandating 21st century political correctness on people who wrote during previous centuries.
Mark Twain seems to be as the ethical fearless journalist of our day who'd be respected by front-runner GOP Trump :-D He doesn't care about political correctness and conventionality in the political arena. Twain wrote in that style. I understand that he started as a newspaper journalist and reporter. Then, did freelance writing. So, he fairly knew his standpoint on ethical duty towards the citizens of his day in reporting truth. Oliver Twist is one of the classic examples and recipients of societies' political loop.
He was apprenticed to a printer, became a typesetter, and then began contributing sketches and pieces to the Hannibal Journal. He said once that his favorite job was as a riverboat pilot, and that he wished he had remained a riverboat pilot.
I picked up a copy of the ancient Japanese work, The Tale of Genji, in a charity shop for the outrageous sum of three quid (28 for the original). The condition of the book suggests that it has never been read, so I think I got a good deal! This is one of the oldest works of fictional literature in existence and is Japan's equivalent of Shakespeare or Proust. It's a substantial tome, more than 1,100 large pages of small type, so it might take me some time. The approach, I think, is to dip in and out while reading other things, but I'm determined to get there.