Oh I used to play online scrabble on my iPad, but have recently stopped, I got fed up with each game taking days and days, and also with some of the rather strange American spellings.
Have you tried The Sunday Philosophy Club? It’s not Precious Ramotswe by a long chalk but I enjoyed it.
Daisymay. Scrabble is in a new format now, we can play anyone in the world, USA/Canada were excluded on the old version. Americans have weird spellings.
You can access Scrabble via Facebook,you don’t have to use FB if you don’t want but it the only way to access the game on-line.I play people from all over the world, learn a lot about other Countries. I play about 6 games at once half from different time zones and the others in the Uk so I have continuity.
Arena One: Slaverunners (PART ONE) (Book #1 ) by Morgan Rice only half way through book one but finding it hard to put down !
It’s free too on kindle ! www.amazon.co.uk/Arena-One-Slaverunners-Survival-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0074PTDWK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404725529&sr=8-1&keywords=slaverunners
I’ve just finished reading A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick, and have now started on The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick.
After that I’ll be reading Miss Peregrine’s home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs followed by Hilary Mantel’s Change of Climate.
I don’t have a kindle because I much prefer to read from a “proper” book and reading from a kindle just isn’t the same.
I love my Kindle, my arthritic shoulders were really painful when I tried reading in bed. My Kindle also is small enough to slip in my bag so my book is always with me. One of the most important things about the Kindle is the ability to read without the light on and also to be able to see the pages in bright sunshine.
I am getting freebies from Amazon some of them are good some are not however, you do have to kiss a few frogs before you find a prince.
I’ve just finished reading False Memory,an excellent read about a scary subject,
Now reading Cold Shoulder by Lynda La Plante,can’t put it down!
Yes to all of that also don’t need my glasses as I can make text bigger is a great thing I think, wearing glasses in bed is not so easy.
Yes I forgot that one Julie, although I said I didn’t want one, I am so glad I was ignored.
Thanks for that link Julie, I have just downloaded it to my Kindle.
I downloaded it too the reviews are awesome sounds the type of book you just can’t put down. It is a genre I have never explored before but thank you for sharing the idea.
I’m halfway through I Am Pilgrim. It’s definitely not my usual read and I was sceptical, but it’s so gripping. I’m going to be disappointed when it comes to an end.
Culloden by John Prebble.
No kindle for me, much prefer the books and have ordered The Onion Field from our local library. I enjoy true crime and this is crime but with a bit of a twist.
Im reading John Bishop …How did this all Happen.
Am currently reading “A Cornishman Cruises to Venice” by George Williams. And I am also a Kindle fan!
Apron Strings by Mary Morony. A white Virginian family in the late 1950s struggles to stay together while enduring a failing marriage and racist neighbours. The story is told by Ethel much loved black housekeeper and from the eyes of a 7 year old. So far I have smiled, laughed and cried. Great book from Kindle and free.
Just had a quick look and it’s £2.45 this morning, keeping an eye open as sometimes they go back down to free again in a few weeks time.
I’m currently reading the 2nd book from Ben Kane on Spartacus: Rebellion.
Forget the Kirk Douglas film, this is properly researched by a respected author of historical fiction so it is far more accurate - and believable than the rather silly film years ago!
The rebellion, by escaped Gladiators, built up to a massive well-armed, well-disciplined army of over 50,000 fighting men, including men from Gaul, thousands of slaves who fled their Roman masters and even some Romans themselves, disillusioned with corruption and unfairness in Roman Society.
The problem Spartacus had was with his Gaulish allies in some ways - and extremely bad luck - which led to his downfall.
I’ve not got to the end yet but I can tell where it’s going! stevmk2
A couple of other Kindle freebies I have read recently are not as good as Apron Strings but memorable. 3am is a very unusual book, well written and surprising by Nick Pirog. The Mystery Box by Eva Pohler was also unusual but not as well written or edited however I enjoyed it