Archive for May 2012
Today’s Kindle Daily Deal — Saturday, May 5 – Two Great Reads for under $3 — Save 72% on Joanna Trollope’s Ode to Empty Nest Syndrome in the Novel SECOND HONEYMOON, plus … Don’t miss Jenelle Jack Pierre’s A MURAL OF HANDS (Today’s Sponsor)
But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor
A Mural Of Hands
Here’s the set-up:
From the moment Antonio meets Natalie he tries to win her over. But Natalie’s reluctant to let Antonio completely into her world. Determined, Antonio aims to knock down the walls that Natalie’s built. What he discovers are issues deeper than love and money.
and now … Today’s Kindle Daily Deal!
Kindle Daily Deal: Second Honeymoon
After Edie Boyd’s third child left home, empty-nest syndrome hit her hard. When her kids find life away from the family tree a bit too daunting, Edie’s wish for maternal intimacy comes true as, one-by-one, they come home. It’s an artful and moving story of work, love, and eternal parenthood. |
Yesterday’s Price: | $7.19 | |
Today’s Discount: | $5.20 | |
Kindle Daily Deal Price: | $1.99 | (72% off) |
Free Classic: Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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:
I had not heard of this book. I was looking through a list of free bestsellers and was surprised to find , Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart.
Luckily the book gives you valuable clues!
“The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for herself and her two-year-old daughter, Jerrine. Turning her hand to the nearest work, she went out by the day as house-cleaner and laundress. Later, seeking to better herself, she accepted employment as a housekeeper for a well-to-do Scotch cattle-man, Mr. Stewart, who had taken up a quarter-section in Wyoming. The letters, written through several years to a former employer in Denver, tell the story of her new life in the new country. They are genuine letters, and are printed as written, except for occasional omissions and the alteration of some of the names.”
The letters start in 1909.
‘A neighbor and his daughter were going to Green River, the county-seat, and said I might go along, so I did, as I could file there as well as at the land office; and oh, that trip! I had more fun to the square inch than Mark Twain or Samantha Allen eversuch a pot! I promised Bo-Peep that I would send him a crook with pink ribbons on it, but I suspect he thinks I am a crook without the ribbons. provoked. It took us a whole week to go and come. We camped out, of course, for in the whole sixty miles there was but one house, and going in that direction there is not a tree to be seen, nothing but sage, sand, and sheep. About noon the first day out we came near a sheep-wagon, and stalking along ahead of us was a lanky fellow, a herder, going home for dinner. Suddenly it seemed to me I should starve if I had to wait until we got where we had planned to stop for dinner, so I called out to the man, “Little Bo-Peep, have you anything to eat? If you have, we’d like to find it.” And he answered, “As soon as I am able it shall be on the table, if you’ll but trouble to get behind it.” Shades of Shakespeare! Songs of David, the Shepherd Poet! What do you think of us? Well, we got behind it, and a more delicious “it” I never tasted. Such coffee! And out of
The sagebrush is so short in some places that it is not large enough to make a fire, so we had to drive until quite late before we camped that night. After driving all day over what seemed a level desert of sand, we came about sundown to a beautiful canon, down which we had to drive for a couple of miles before we could cross. In the canon the shadows had already fallen, but when we looked up we could see the last shafts of sun-light on the tops of the great bare buttes. Suddenly a great wolf started from somewhere and galloped along the edge of the canon, outlined black and clear by the setting sun. His curiosity overcame him at last, so he sat down and waited to see what manner of beast we were. I reckon he was disappointed for he howled most dismally. I thought of Jack London’s “The Wolf.”‘
The scenery of the American West always inspires its chroniclers . . .
“After we quitted the canon I saw the most beautiful sight. It seemed as if we were driving through a golden haze. The violet shadows were creeping up between the hills, while away back of us the snow-capped peaks were catching the sun’s last rays. On every side of us stretched the poor, hopeless desert, the sage, grim and determined to live in spite of starvation, and the great, bare, desolate buttes. The beautiful colors turned to amber and rose, and then to the general tone, dull gray.”
These letters seem more like a journal and I expect this is a very enjoyable book!
Click here to get your free copy of Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart >>>
Today’s Kindle Daily Deal — Friday, May 4 – Two Great Reads for 99 Cents Each — Save 89% on Ward Larsen’s Spy Thriller THE PERFECT ASSASSIN, plus … Don’t miss Addison Moore’s ETHEREAL – CELESTRA SERIES BOOK 1 (Today’s Sponsor)
But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor
Ethereal (Celestra Series Book 1)
Celestra Series OPTIONED for FILM by 20th CENTURY FOX!!!
Here’s the set-up:
Sixteen year-old, Skyla Messenger is a dead girl walking.
When her newly remarried mother moves the family to Paragon Island, to a house that is rumored to be haunted, Skyla finds refuge in Logan Oliver, a boy who shares her unique ability to read minds.
Skyla discovers Logan holds the answers to the questions she’s been looking for, but Logan’s reluctance to give her the knowledge she desires leaves her believing Logan has a few secrets of his own.
Skyla’s bloodlines may just be connected to the most powerful angelic beings that roam the earth, and the more she knows, the more danger she seems to be in.
Suddenly an entire faction of earthbound angels wants her dead, at least she still has Logan, or does she?
Other books in the Celestra Series include;
Tremble (Celestra Series Book 2)
Burn (Celestra Series Book 3)
Wicked (Celestra Series Book 4)
Vex (Celestra Series Book 5)
Expel (Celestra Series Book 6) coming soon….
From the reviewers:
Most addictive book for me since Sookie! – Amazon Review
Best Kindle read of the year – MissT
Ethereal is a must read – Amelia Sweet
… the book is written beautifully and the plot unfolds delicately. It’s a great story and I found the characters to be well thought through and impassioned. – Amazon Review
It’s one of the best stories I’ve read recently and I would place it on the bestseller shelf with out hesitation. – Amy Jones Young Adult Fantasy Fiction Blog
Wow oh wow is this book amazing! It has been a while since I read a book I absolutely couldn’t put it down. – Book Escapes
I LOVED this book… I cannot wait to see what happens with the characters. I recommend this book to anyone who is tired of the same old paranormal romance book. This book has it all.
–Love thy teen author Blog
Definite must read, and another new series I cant wait to read more of.
– YA lit lovers
Ethereal is a very well written story that captured our attention very early on and kept us quickly thumbing through the pages up until the very end. Addison Moore has the ability to create this complex, amazing backdrop in her stories that deposits a reader right into her fantasy world using just minimal, yet extremely descriptive words. – The Book Hookup
Solid Success for Ethereal – Kids Ebook Bestsellers
About the author: Addison Moore is a graduate of the University of Southern California who enjoys writing young adult paranormal romance. She often overdoses on chocolate and watches way too much reality TV.
and now … Today’s Kindle Daily Deal!
Kindle Daily Deal: The Perfect Assassin While sailing solo across the Atlantic, young American doctor Christine Palmer spots a man clinging to debris and rescues him. This sole shipwreck survivor, David Slaton, has a secret. He’s a Kidon, a highly-trained Israeli assassin, being hunted by double agents with a terrifying nuclear plot aimed at Slaton’s homeland.
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