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message 251: by Vivian (new)

Vivian (_vivian) | 77 comments Kitchen Confidential Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (updated edition) by Anthony Bourdain is a good book. I was totally crushing on Anthony Bourdain after reading that, lol.


message 252: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments His sarcasm has always been a draw for me. I watch his show every so often.

I opened the book just to skim the first few pages and saw his sarcasm pop out right away (I do not condone nor agree with his statements but he does make me grin):

My naked contempt for vegetarians, sauce-on-siders, the 'lactose intolerant' and the cooking of the Ewok-like Emeril Lagasse is not going to get me my own show on the Food Network. I don't think I'll be getting a back rub from that hunky Bobby Flay.

Anyway, back to the Kindle 25 cent-a-palooza. In case you don't have a Kindle, you can get the same deals on Google play for epub and pdf. I haven't checked out Google play yet so I don't know how it works, but Amazon has been price matching every deal as soon as Google puts it up.

Today's deal :

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

$0.25 @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Need-Talk-About...


message 253: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Another adult book (sorry not finding many YA). I read this not long ago and it wasn't bad.

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

$2.99 @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Still-Missing-e...
$2.99 @ B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/still...
It's also up at itunes and I think this can be used outside of the US, at least in Canada for sure.


message 254: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) I really enjoyed that one. It is also on sale right now at audible for 4.95, I listened to the audio and it was done really well.


message 255: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Okay guys, here's the quarter deal for Sunday/Monday!

The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry

$0.25 @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Giver-Newbery-M...

Also available @ Google Play for those who don't use Amazon products.


message 256: by Regina (new)

Regina (reginar) I loved that book! First one I bought for my kindle.


message 257: by Leea (new)

Leea a quarter... such a great deal. Wow!


message 258: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments I hope this beef that Amazon has with Google Play keeps up for a while. I wouldn't mind seeing 25 cent deals for a while.


message 259: by Leea (new)

Leea Do you get these deals in an email or is there a area of Amazon I should start looking?


message 260: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments I suppose I could get email notifications for stuff but most of the sites I visit have a mix of big publishers and small pub/indie stuff, so if I signed up for alerts I'd be bombarded with all of the constant new indie releases (some days there's upward of 50 in YA alone).

I find it easier to just skim a few sites and see what people are buzzing about. I found most of the quarter deals on mobileread.com.


message 261: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (last edited Mar 12, 2012 02:17PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments It looks like Amazon hasn't started the price match yet, but the Google Play quarter deal of the day...


For the US : Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis (it was a recent movie)

For Canada : The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

For the UK : Restless by William Boyd

*edit* never mind, it appears that Amazon may not be price matching Google Play for Canada and the UK. Not sure if/when the price match for the US will drop, so if you're interested, you might have to track this one on Amazon.


message 262: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)


message 265: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (last edited Mar 16, 2012 10:49PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments I've noticed this one getting some buzz on GR but I haven't read it yet. Adult title.

Fire Baptized (Habitat, #1) by Kenya Wright

FREE @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Baptized-Fantas...
Not available for Nook


Shera (Book Whispers) (sherabookwhispers) | 302 comments I grabbed that one, I read the first few pages and really like it.


message 267: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments I'd been looking for a genie book and found this one for free. No clue if it's any good though. It could suck for all I know, but I had to jump at downloading a free genie (djinn) book. The two books I've read by this author I was divided on. One was "eh, nothing special" and the other was pretty decent.

Smokeless Fire (Fire Spirits, #1) by Samantha Young

FREE @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Smokeless-Fire-...
Not seeing it up at B&N or Smashwords.


message 268: by Leea (new)

Leea I've been getting all the Free books you're posting using Amazon 1-Click and just realized it's been loged in under my husbands name. lol!


message 269: by Angie (new)

Angie (pinkindle) | 828 comments Awesome! That one was on my wishlist!


message 270: by Ashley (new)


message 271: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (last edited Mar 20, 2012 10:45PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Thanks Ashley. :)



The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness

This is a great deal for a well-known book.

$0.99 @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Knife-Never-Let...
$0.99 @ B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/knife...
$0.99 @ Kobo - http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Kn...
$0.99 @ Sony - http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/patr...


message 272: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles, #2) by Rick Riordan

Nook daily deal @ $2.99 (one day only) - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thron...

This is book 2 of the series. Chances are, Amazon will price match it shortly since they price match most every daily deal of B&N's, so if you're interested, you might want to check Amazon in a little while.


message 273: by Jenny (new)

Jenny (narcisse) | 1946 comments Amazon has price matched The Throne of Fire now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004...


message 274: by Gwennie (new)

Gwennie (blessedwannab) Not sure how many of you are Julie Kagawa fans, but NetGalley has her new book up (not an Iron Knight book, a new series).

http://www.netgalley.com/index2.php?m...


Joan (official heroine hater) | 98 comments Wendy F wrote: "Not sure how many of you are Julie Kagawa fans, but NetGalley has her new book up (not an Iron Knight book, a new series).

http://www.netgalley.com/index2.php?m......"


Ooh, I want that one! I'll go request it for kicks but they'll deny me like they ALWAYS do!


message 276: by Gwennie (new)

Gwennie (blessedwannab) Haha, I requested it too! I updated my bio, but I don't have great luck with Harlequin.


message 277: by Isamlq (new)

Isamlq | 612 comments Wendy F wrote: "Not sure how many of you are Julie Kagawa fans, but NetGalley has her new book up (not an Iron Knight book, a new series).

http://www.netgalley.com/index2.php?m......"


Wendy, thank you for the heads up... fun read that one.


message 278: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Demons of the Ocean (Vampirates Series #1) by Justin Somper

First book in the Vampirates series is the family daily deal for Nook, which means it's a one day deal.

$2.99 @ B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/demon...

Amazon has price matched
$2.99 @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Vampirates-Demo...


message 279: by Vivian (new)

Vivian (_vivian) | 77 comments The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) by Patrick Ness Monsters Of Men (Chaos Walking, #3) by Patrick Ness

Chaos Walking trilogy .99 cents each on Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...

B&N still $5.00 for the first one, didn't check the others.


message 280: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Nice deal. :)


message 281: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (last edited Mar 29, 2012 03:11PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Saw over on MR that these this Jennifer Laurens books is currently free again.

Overprotected by Jennifer Laurens - http://www.amazon.com/Overprotected-e...

The poster had claimed A Season of Eden was also free but I'm still seeing a purchase price (it's only saying 0.00 for Prime, which means a loaner). Maybe this will change or has already changed back.

possible edit? I might have found a working free link for ASoE. Check and see if this works. http://www.amazon.com/A-Season-of-Ede...


message 282: by Merin (new)

Merin (postitsandpens) I see A Season of Eden as free here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004...

You have to make sure you're on the "September 29, 2010" Kindle edition, though, because the other one is just a loaner.


message 283: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (last edited Mar 29, 2012 03:19PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Yep, and thanks for looking as well! I found it after posting the first time and had to go back and edit. Sorry about that.


Shera (Book Whispers) (sherabookwhispers) | 302 comments OOOO, I've been wanting to read Overprotected for a while!! THanks Amy.


message 285: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments The Kindle Daily Deal is 11 YA books at a reduced price. One day only.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...


message 286: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments I almost didn't post this because it's almost over but maybe someone will be interested in the next couple of hours.

Amazon UK's deal of the day :

Entangled by Cat Clarke

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Entangled-ebo...


message 287: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Great deal for a good hybrid (historical and paranormal) book.

Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

$1.99 @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Violet...


message 289: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Diva (Flappers, #3) by Jillian Larkin the third Flappers series book is up on Netgalley right now!

Also on Netgalley, for those in Australia, it looks like you get first crack at the newest Morganville book. Black Dawn (The Morganville Vampires, #12) by Rachel Caine


message 290: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments I also just picked up Ashen Winter (Ashfall, #2) by Mike Mullin the sequel to Ashfall (Ashfall, #1) by Mike Mullin on Netgalley.


message 291: by Leea (new)

Leea I keep seeing that go around and it looks good.


message 292: by Gwennie (new)

Gwennie (blessedwannab) Ashfall? me too. I've heard it's good.


message 293: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Another future buddy read perhaps? I still haven't read the first one. But it'd have to be at least a month out, haha.


message 294: by Leea (last edited Apr 03, 2012 03:31PM) (new)

Leea Wendy, Yeah, Ashen Winter. It's a beautiful cover. Yeah, I haven't read the first book either. I'm always up for a buddy read :)


message 295: by Gwennie (new)

Gwennie (blessedwannab) LOL, it may be a minute. I've got quite a few of them scheduled.


message 296: by D.G. (new)

D.G. I just got Ashen Winter but haven't read Ashfall yet either...I think I'll try to fit it this month.


message 297: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (last edited Apr 04, 2012 02:23PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments The Billionaire's Curse by Richard Newsome

Looks to be a re-release of an Aussie award book. MG/older children's adventure. This is a pre-order.

Free @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Cu...


message 298: by Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) | 5137 comments Kick by Walter Dean Myers

Another re-release available for pre-order. YA sports theme.

Free @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Kick-with-Bonus...


message 300: by D.G. (new)

D.G. I thought the title of that book was "Hip Breaker"!


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