It’s for $25. I’ve never shopped Amazon before…
I have one too! I’ll piggyback on your thread, if’n you don’t mind. (There are some good ideas in the latest Whatcha Readin’ thread, but I could always use more.)
I’m leaning toward The Rule of Four by Ian somebody – historical mystery.
Are you looking for technical advice on how to redeem it or looking for recommendations on products?
Both, I guess. I got an email from Amazon with a code number I’m supposed to enter in “My Account” or somesuch.
I’m thinking Book Lust, mentioned here
Just out of curiosity, are you allowed to use the certificate to buy used products through Zshops, or only on new stuff from amazon itself? Lately I find I’m using Zshops a lot more.
I think we need to know more about your tastes to be helpful. I will recommend one title: Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss. It’s a humorous manual for punctuation.
Needless to say, anything by Terry Pratchett is also a good use of an amazon gift certificate.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is due out July 16th. You could reserve a copy for $17.99.
A little about myself. I haven’t read any fiction in years, but what I like is techno-thrillers (think Tom Clancy) and historical fiction (Gore Vidal’s Burr, Clan of the Cave Bear - but not the subsequent books in that series). My all-time favorite is A Confederacy of Dunces.
I am currently reading The Emotional Brain.
I liked the books by the guys at the Santa Fe Institute (stuff about chaos and complexity), like this one.
I grabbed a few books I have read the last few months/years:
Paradigms Lost
The Cuckoo’s Egg
The Eudaemonic Pie
Ever Since Darwin
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman
A Distant Mirror
Emergence
The Elegant Universe
Rising Tide
Trivia about me - I have every issue of Omni ever published, and I am a huge fan of Alton Brown’s approaching to cooking.
Let me heartily recommend Freakonomics by Univ of Chicago Economist Steven Levitt .
It’s new and should make for some good summertime reading. That is, if you’re into economics and social science.
Interesting suggestion. I have heard that the books are quite good for adults as well as children. Should I start with the first one (which would be…)?
An interesting thing to try might be Amazon’s recommendations system. Tell Amazon what you like (by rating past books/movies/whatever) and it’ll give you a list of other things that you might like.
Excellent suggestion. The Amazon reviews make it sound like something I would enjoy. I’m always looking for new ways to look at conventional wisdom.
Absolutely. The first book is Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone. The books are great fun.
I’ve used certificates to buy from Z-shops.