I ordered a Kindle around the first week of August 2010. I got a couple of emails from Amazon that said they had no estimated ship date for my order. Apparently they were caught short and had a real backlog. I finally got the Kindle on September 15th. I immediately began to order books for my Kindle using the $155 Amazon gift card I got from co-workers as a retirement gift. I purchased this Kindle cover with a light on it so I could read on dark planes and in dimly lit restaurants.
I have been on three beach/pool vacations taking my Kindle with me. I was recently laid up for a few weeks after foot surgery so I have probably read more than I ever have in the past. Certainly more than when I used to work long hours and only read on the weekends. To date I have read 34 books and have 23 unread that are loaded on my Kindle.The cost of a Kindle book is less than the price of a new release hardback so I tend to buy books that I might not have pre-Kindle and I am reading new authors more often. I do still buy some “real” books if I think that my daughter or a friend might enjoy and pass them on.
From my account on Amazon I can go to the Manage My Kindle page and see all of my orders by book, author and date.
My Kindle reading list and a few real books as posted on my Facebook Notes page.
If I have read it there is a * rating based on my personal reading enjoyment. **** is a really good book. The few that have ***** are some of the best books I have read in the last year.
212: A Novel
Burke, Alafair
***** A Dog’s Purpose
Cameron, W. Bruce
* A Scattered Life
McQuestion, Karen
**** A Secret Kept
de Rosnay, Tatiana
*** Bitter in the Mouth: A Novel
Truong, Monique
Blood Vines
Spindler, Erica
Bone Cold
Spindler,Erica
** By Nightfall: A Novel
Cunningham, Michael
**** Do They Know I’m Running?: A Novel
Corbett, David
*** Done for a Dime
Corbett, David
* Easily Amused
McQuestion, Karen
* Falling Home
White, Karen
** Georgia Bottoms:A Novel
Childress, Mark
*** Georgia’s Kitchen
Nelson, Jenny
Girl in Translation
Kwok, Jean
***** Greyhound
Piper, Steffan
Healer
Cassella, Carol
Heartwood: A Novel
Plain, Belva
** Her Last Letter
Johnson, Nancy C.
Home in the Morning
Glickman, Mary
**** Honolulu
Brennert, Alan
***** Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel
Ford, Jamie
** Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel
Berwin, Margot
**** I Still Dream About You: A Novel
Flagg, Fannie
I’d Know You Anywhere: A Novel
Lippman, La
If I Stay
Forman, Gayle
In Silence
Spindler, Erica
Labor Day
Maynard, Joyce
*** Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards
Local Knowledge
Gyllenhaal, Liza
*** Lost in Translation
Mones, Nicole
Love at First Flight
Force, Marie
Love You More: A Novel
Gardner, Lisa
Minding Frankie
Binchy, Maeve
*** Moloka’i
Brennert, Alan
Now You See Her
Fielding, Joy
Oxygen
Cassella, Carol
**** Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: A Novel
Hoffman, Beth
*** Secrets to the Grave
Hoag, Tami
* Such A Pretty Face
Lamb, Cathy
The Book Thief
Zusak, Markus
**** The Brightest Star in the Sky: A Novel
Keyes, Marian
*** The Confession: A Novel
Grisham, John
** The Devil’s Redhead
Corbett, David
*** The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Durrow, Heidi W.
**** The Last Chinese Chef
Mones, Nicole
** The Love Goddess’ Cooking School
Senate, Melissa
*** The Mountain Between Us: A Novel
Martin, Charles
*** The Owl & Moon Cafe
Mapson, Jo-Ann
The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel
Obreht, Tea
The Usual Rules
Maynard, Joyce
Tick Tock
Patterson, James, Ledwidge, Michael
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Hillenbrand, Laura
*** Where the River Ends
Martin, Charles
* While My Sister Sleeps
Delinsky, Barbara
White Tiger, The
Adiga, Aravind
** World and Town
Jen, Gish
~ Non Kindle books that I have recently read and enjoyed:
***** The three books by Tana French. In the Woods, The Likeness and Faithful Place
***** Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
**** Blood Paradise by David Corbet
2/6/11 Non Kindle books recently ordered so I could give them to my daughter to read when I am finished with them:
The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown
The Red Garden
Alice Hoffman
10th Anniversary
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
The Peach Keeper
Sarah Addison Allen
Lambs of God
Marele Day (older book, no Kindle version)
The Informationist
Taylor Stevens
Jackieinpdx's Blog 
It just dawned me after reading this that I want, no, NEED a Kindle. I remember you waiting for yours – and now you can get them at the Fred Meyer. I’ve got stacks of books I haven’t had time (wherewithall) to get through until vacation, so I’ve decided before Palm Springs in June I’m buying one.
A coworker gave me Maeve Binchy’s newest, I saw it on your list. I’ll start this weekend if I can find the time. I LOVE her novels.
Thanks for sharing your list – I’ve read some you have and want to read others. Inspiration is good.
Thanks Joyce. I always like to see what others are reading too. That’s one way to start reading new authors.
Wow! Quite a list. We have similar tastes in books, so I’m going to print this out & look for the ones I haven’t read. I bought Alan a NOOKColor for his birthday–the method to my madness–he said he wanted on; I bought it & have downloaded a few books for him & learned to use it so I can show him–then if he doesn’t use it I will take it! If not, I’ll get one for myself!
I took a Kindle out of the library so we could try it out first!
Ann, Like I said I luv my Kindle”. I’m reading a James Paterson now. It won’t take me long to finish so I can start reading a “real” book – The Informationist.