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Question by : Recommend some books I might like?
I read and enjoyed the following books, I am wodering what are some other books I should check out?

The Stranger by Albert Camus
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

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Answer by John Smith
the lord of the rings trilogy

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Kindle Reading Customer Reviews…

By:  Samuel Graham “Flyman”

Kindle Reading better than Sony and Nook

Ok, I am a pilot and was looking for an electronic reader to carry my IFR approach plates on. I started with the Sony Reader. A good product, but I was frustrated with the user interface and the very slow speed it operated at. Additionally the resolution was not great. I found it difficult to read the fine print typical of the PDF approach plates.

Next I got the nook. I waited two months to get it and I thought it would rock, but I discovered that it is bulky and the resolution is very bad. It had several features like a touch screen display, but I was frustrated by no ability to zoom or rotate the screen, so PDF was impossible to read on it. Plus it was very limited for online access (couldn’t browse the web or get access to most of the news).

Finally I got the Kindle Reading…. absolutely hands down winner of the three. There isnt even a competition. The Kindle Reading is quick, with a well thought-out interface, excellent image quality, has text to speech, almost a full web browsing capability, books download in seconds. The Kindle Reading is also thinner and lighter than the nook, and has more default storage space. The keyboard on the kindle is a life saver. The best thing I can say about the Kindle Reading is its ease of use. So if you are on the line between the three readers, Kindle Reading is for you. There is no competition.

Dyslexic Kindle Lover

By: D. Williams

I’m 61 years old and I have dyslexia pretty bad. In fact, I’m dictating this review to my wife or it would never get written. I’ve never been able to sit down and read a book before, besides technical things because I can’t read fast enough or accurately enough to keep my brain stimulated. But with the Kindle Reading and the text to speech feature, I am reading books left and right and am thrilled beyond belief. So, if you have dyslexia, or if someone on your Christmas list does, this is the answer!

The text to speech feature on the Kindle 2 could use some improvements. There are a lot of mispronounced words but for someone like me, who is just trying to read along with the speech, it’s quite acceptable. However, if you were vision-impaired or wanted to listen to it while you were doing something else, you might not like it. To all the publishers who have not allowed Amazon to enable the text to speech feature because you fear it might affect your Books on Tape sales, you have nothing to worry about. I have listened, over the years, to many books on tape and believe me, there is no comparison between a computer that pronounces the year “1910″ as “I go” and the performance of a Frank Mueller! But, rest assured, I will never buy a Kindle book that is not text to speech enabled. I wouldn’t be able to read it.

We live in a very rural area with spotty cell phone coverage. In fact we have no coverage on our farm. However, my Kindle Reading is able to download books at my home.

I find the electronic ink display wonderful. It looks very much like a book and is easy on the eyes. I’m glad it doesn’t have backlighting. If it did, it would look like a computer screen instead of a book.

As for the Kindle Reading’s durability, it is a sensitive instrument, just like a camera or a pair of binoculars so it should be treated with care. So far, I’ve dropped mine twice onto a stone floor from the sofa and haven’t broken it, amazingly, but that’s not advisable!

All in all, I love my Kindle Reading 2.

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I think the Kindle is interesting but also am considering purchasing Barnes & Noble’s eReader Nook. I just wondered if anyone could give me more info that has tried the Nook.