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Post by auntkelly on Dec 27, 2018 19:20:13 GMT
I think Amazon has some really good kindle book deals today. I just purchased The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell for $2.99. It has received great reviews on the weekly book thread. I also purchased Grant by Ron Chernow for $2.99. It is an autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, written by the same author who wrote the autobiography of Alexander Hamilton which inspired the musical Hamilton. I haven't read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, so I purchased it for only $1.99. There are several other books which look good as well. link |
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Post by lucyg on Dec 27, 2018 20:10:18 GMT
A Discovery of Witches is on sale for $1.99 today, too. I was going to buy it, but Amazon says I bought it back in 2012. Apparently I never read it and it is currently lost somewhere in the bowels of my Kindle library. 
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Post by Basket1lady on Dec 27, 2018 20:28:19 GMT
I think Amazon has some really good kindle book deals today. I just purchased The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell for $2.99. It has received great reviews on the weekly book thread. I also purchased Grant by Ron Chernow for $2.99. It is an autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, written by the same author who wrote the autobiography of Alexander Hamilton which inspired the musical Hamilton. I haven't read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, so I purchased it for only $1.99. There are several other books which look good as well. linkPsssst... they are biographies. Autobiographies are written by the subjects themselves. DH says thanks for the tip! |
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Post by leftturnonly on Dec 27, 2018 20:33:11 GMT
I think Amazon has some really good kindle book deals today. I just purchased The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell for $2.99. It has received great reviews on the weekly book thread. I also purchased Grant by Ron Chernow for $2.99. It is an autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, written by the same author who wrote the autobiography of Alexander Hamilton which inspired the musical Hamilton. I haven't read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, so I purchased it for only $1.99. There are several other books which look good as well. linkThe Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo were both favorites of mine. I hope you enjoy them! Off to Amazon now... |
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Post by leftturnonly on Dec 27, 2018 20:34:38 GMT
A Discovery of Witches is on sale for $1.99 today, too. I was going to buy it, but Amazon says I bought it back in 2012. Apparently I never read it and it is currently lost somewhere in the bowels of my Kindle library.  Try looking for it in the Kindle Cloud Reader. (I google to get there.) |
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Post by ellen on Dec 27, 2018 20:55:51 GMT
I checked it out and ended up ordering The Life Changing Magic of Cleaning up for $2.99. I have been working on getting rid of clothes and now it's time to get rid of a bunch of other things. I need the inspiration.
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Post by dewryce on Dec 27, 2018 21:40:06 GMT
Thanks, I found several thrillers that looked great for under $2! I checked it out and ended up ordering The Life Changing Magic of Cleaning up for $2.99. I have been working on getting rid of clothes and now it's time to get rid of a bunch of other things. I need the inspiration. If you’re looking for inspiration in this area, I also recommend It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh. I am an organization and declutter junkie and this is by far my favorite book on the subject. I’ve read so many books and articles but this one really resonated with me. I made copious notes in the margins and go back to reread it any time I need encouragement or I find myself holding on to things. Also? It motivated my DH to declutter and changed the way he looked at it, which is practically a miracle. |
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Post by freeatlast on Dec 27, 2018 22:24:26 GMT
Thanks for the heads up! I picked up 4 - Grant, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell and Ready Player One.
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Post by LilyRose on Dec 27, 2018 22:38:22 GMT
Thanks, I found several thrillers that looked great for under $2! I checked it out and ended up ordering The Life Changing Magic of Cleaning up for $2.99. I have been working on getting rid of clothes and now it's time to get rid of a bunch of other things. I need the inspiration. If you’re looking for inspiration in this area, I also recommend It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh. I am an organization and declutter junkie and this is by far my favorite book on the subject. I’ve read so many books and articles but this one really resonated with me. I made copious notes in the margins and go back to reread it any time I need encouragement or I find myself holding on to things. Also? It motivated my DH to declutter and changed the way he looked at it, which is practically a miracle. I am not a junkie in this area (whuch you’d know if you saw my house), but I find Peter’s book very motivating and pull it out from time to time. I like how he approaches the topic of decluttering. If you ever watched the show Clean Sweep, you may remember him as the organizational expert. He’s also been on Oprah a few times. |
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Post by flanz on Dec 27, 2018 22:47:09 GMT
Thanks so much - I just picked up:
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
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Dark Matter: A Novel by Blake Crouch
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Post by MsKnit on Dec 27, 2018 23:00:33 GMT
Thank you! I ordered the Six Stories from Stephen King, The Joy of X (math), and the Sam Hell book. Now, I need to go recharge my Kindle.  |
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Post by dewryce on Dec 27, 2018 23:12:50 GMT
Thanks, I found several thrillers that looked great for under $2! If you’re looking for inspiration in this area, I also recommend It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh. I am an organization and declutter junkie and this is by far my favorite book on the subject. I’ve read so many books and articles but this one really resonated with me. I made copious notes in the margins and go back to reread it any time I need encouragement or I find myself holding on to things. Also? It motivated my DH to declutter and changed the way he looked at it, which is practically a miracle. I am not a junkie in this area (whuch you’d know if you saw my house), but I find Peter’s book very motivating and pull it out from time to time. I like how he approaches the topic of decluttering. If you ever watched the show Clean Sweep, you may remember him as the organizational expert. He’s also been on Oprah a few times. I loved that show! Made me want to rent some tents and empty my house onto tarps outside. It’s funny because that’s how I have cleaned/organized my entire life. I remember Saturday mornings being sent to my room to clean and emptying every drawer and my closet into the middle of my room. Then cleaning every surface before I reorganized and put things back. Mom was not pleased.  |
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Post by leftturnonly on Dec 27, 2018 23:56:43 GMT
I loved that show! Made me want to rent some tents and empty my house onto tarps outside. I actually tried to do that. Tried and failed. This is not a good plan when you live in the semi-tropical area of Texas, where the weather is nearly always too hot, too wet, or too windy, the ground is often flooded or super-saturated, and there is no mosquito-less season. I'd pull stuff out and then have to make a mad dash to get everything back inside before it was ruined. Somewhere inside me though, I still hold on to the fantasy. |
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Post by dewryce on Dec 28, 2018 0:03:27 GMT
I loved that show! Made me want to rent some tents and empty my house onto tarps outside. I actually tried to do that. Tried and failed. This is not a good plan when you live in the semi-tropical area of Texas, where the weather is nearly always too hot, too wet, or too windy, the ground is often flooded or super-saturated, and there is no mosquito-less season. I'd pull stuff out and then have to make a mad dash to get everything back inside before it was ruined. Somewhere inside me though, I still hold on to the fantasy. South East Texas? I’m outside of SA but January and February might work for me. But no way would I attempt it without a lot of able bodied helpers! What is working for us now is using an empty room and lots of long tables (bad back) with boxes and laundry baskets. That way we have plenty of room to gather everything we want to sort through, and things don’t have to be put up at the end of the day. We are currently doing our clothes. |
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Post by GiantsFan on Dec 28, 2018 0:16:32 GMT
Sam Hell was a good read. Robert Dugoni is one of my favorite authors. This is not at all like his other book series, Tracy Crosswhite or David Slone.
Ready Player One was enjoyable, especially if you grew up in the Atari video game era.
I did pick up Grant (1097 pages!)and World Without End (1030 pages!). If you need me I'll be reading!
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Post by leftturnonly on Dec 28, 2018 0:58:28 GMT
South East Texas? I’m outside of SA but January and February might work for me. Yep, SE TX. This is the ONLY time of year to attempt this. (Wish me luck.) |
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Dec 28, 2018 2:47:07 GMT
There are a lot of good deals today! I posted this on my FB page earlier (I have read all except the last three, which I purchased today. The first two are on my top ten books this year):
Kindle Deals Alert:
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne is $2.99
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza is $4.99
Evicted by Matthew Desmond is $2.99
Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is $2.99
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is $2.99
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie is $2.99
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn is $2.99
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is $2.99
Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson is $1.99
Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart is $1.99
Grant by Ron Chernow is $2.99
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni is $2.99
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