June is Fluffy Book Month

First of all:  eReader conclusion.  As you know, the iPad was rejected, the Kindle was returned, the Nook was returned, the iPad was rejected again ... but, FINALLY, the Kindle is on order again.  This is the end of the saga ... well, except to start talking about where to get free books and when Amazon will open up library books. 

June truly was a month of fluffy books suitable for beach reading. 

Fifth Avenue, 5 a.m. by Sam Wasson
This book was sitting on the librarian recommendation shelf and was a pleasant surprise.  It's one of those "behind the scenes" / "making a movie" book ... sometimes they're really interesting and sometimes you don't get past the first 50 pages.  And the movie in question is Breakfast at Tiffany's.  Maybe I liked it because I liked the movie, liked Audrey Hepburn or am a sucker for movies with good roles for cats.  Anyway, the book was just as charming as the movie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/books/14book.html
 

Still Life With Murder by P.B. Ryan
This is the first in a seven book series set in Boston just after the Civil War.  It's almost more historical fiction than mystery.  There's a lot about what it's like to be Irish in America then, about class distinctions and manners, with lots of twists and turns in the plots.  Again, it's not a serious book by a major author ... just something fun to read on the beach ... or in our cases, on the virtual beach.
 
And here's a link to get the first book as a free ebook:
 
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Sweeney-Mysteries-formerly-ebook/dp/B003UV98MM/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309458949&sr=1-1