Archive for May 2011

The 25 Most Wanted – Week of May 2, 2011

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

2. Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

4. Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

5. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

6. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (Three complete romance / chick lit novels: Falling Fast – Seattle Girl – Sparks Fly) by Lucy Kevin

7. My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler

8. One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney

9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

10. American Vampire (Vampire for Hire #3) by J.R. Rain

11. Switched (Trylle Trilogy, Book 1) by Amanda Hocking

12. The Secret Holocaust Diaries by Nonna Bannister

13. The Amish www.stayfitgethealthy.com/med/ Midwife by Mindy Starns Clark, Leslie Gould

14. Truth or Demon by Kathy Love

15. Mimosas, Mischief, and Murder by Sara Rosett

16. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

17. Favorite Wife: Escape from Polygamy by Susan Ray Schmidt

18. Too Perfect (Perfect Trilogy) by Julie Ortolon

19. Just Perfect (Perfect Trilogy) by Julie Ortolon

20. Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin

21. Wish List by John Locke

22. Torn (Trylle Trilogy, Book 2) by Amanda Hocking

23. Stolen Ecstasy by Hannah Howell

24. Saving Rachel (a Donovan Creed Crime Novel) by John Locke

25. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Free Classics: Agatha Christie’s “Secret Adversary”

Every Friday, Marilyn Knapp Litt, who blogs at ClassicKindle.com, brings us her recommendation of a free classic book to discover (or rediscover) on Kindle. Find more of Marilyn’s recommendations at her blog, ClassicKindle.com, a guide to the best free and inexpensive classic literature for the Kindle. You can also get Marilyn’s blog on Kindle and I recommend that you “Like” the Classic Kindle Facebook page as well so you don’t miss anything. Here’s Marilyn’s post:

You know Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, but do you know Tommy and Tuppence?

The characters’ full names are Thomas Beresford and Prudence Cowley and they first appeared in the Agatha Christie mystery, Secret Adversary. They are an arch young couple that need employment and find they are good at … detecting!

Carshalton Terrace proved to be an unimpeachable row of what Tuppence called “ladylike looking houses.” They rang the bell at No. 27, and a neat maid answered the door. She looked so respectable that Tuppence’s heart sank. Upon Tommy’s request for Mr. Carter, she showed them into a small study on the ground floor where she left them. Hardly a minute elapsed, however, before the door opened, and a tall man with a lean hawklike face and a tired manner entered the room.

“Mr. Y. A.?” he said, and smiled. His smile was distinctly attractive. “Do sit down, both of you.”

They obeyed. He himself took a chair opposite to Tuppence and smiled at her encouragingly. There was something in the quality of his smile that made the girl’s usual readiness desert her.

As he did not seem inclined to open the conversation, Tuppence was forced to begin.

“We wanted to know—that is, would you be so kind as to tell us anything you know about Jane Finn?”

“Jane Finn? Ah!” Mr. Carter appeared to reflect. “Well, the question is, what do you know about her?”

Sounds “all Agatha” to me …

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Boxed Sets Hit the Most Wanted List

Two “boxed sets” (in Kindle format, of course) made an appearance for the first time on the BookLending.com 25 Most Wanted list this week, High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1-5) by Gemma Halliday and In a Cowboy’s Arms Bundle with One Real Cowboy & A Cowboy Christmas by Janette Kenny.

BookLending.com Most Wanted

Week of April 25, 2011

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

3. Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

4. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

5. Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

6. Saving Rachel (a Donovan Creed Crime Novel) by John Locke

7. High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1-5) by Gemma Halliday

8. What Love Tastes Like by Zuri Day

9. My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler

10. The Vampire’s Warden – A Novella (Undead in Brown County #1) by S.J. Wright

11. My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking

12. In a Cowboy’s Arms Bundle with One Real Cowboy & A Cowboy Christmas by Janette Kenny

13. The Walk by Lee Goldberg

14. A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein

15. Blood Line by Kate Hamilton

16. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

17. Walking on Broken Glass by Christa Allan

18. Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

19. Miss Match (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 1) by Erynn Mangum

20. The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven by Kevin Malarkey

21. Immortal of My Dreams by Alexis McNeil

22. The Bride And The Buccaneer by Darlene Marshall

23. Noah’s Wife by T.K. Thorne

24. In For The Kill by John Lutz

25. Night Kills by John Lutz

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