Hi folks! Hope you had a fantastic weekend! I’ve been dealing with a lil monkey with tonsillitis, so it’s been kind of a whiney weekend in our house. Oh well, finding books for my Kindle has been making me happy. haha. Hey, If you haven’t joined our facebook group for sharing free and cheap ebooks – check it out!! http://www.facebook.com/groups/kindlefinds/ Death by Facebook by Everett Peacock Price: FREE A vacationing soldier in Hawaii…Earth’s most active volcano, anxious to repeat itself…Two murders involving love, madness, friendship, hippies, tsunamis, and the…
Read MoreCarrie by Stephen King
For my first Stephen King featured post, I wanted to share one of my favorite Stephen King books (and movies!) Buy on Amazon Formats: Hardcover / Paperback / Audio / Kindle Movie Adaptation: Carrie (Special Edition) Carrie: A Novel Of A Girl With A Frightening Power By: Stephen King; Alex Gotfryd Cover Art Published by: Doubleday & Co. Released On: April, 1974 ISBN: 978-0385086950 Genre: Horror Pages: 199 Author’s Website: www.stephenking.com Author’s Twitter: n/a Recommendable for people who: Enjoy Horror, YA Synopsis (from stephenking.com): The story of misfit high-school girl,…
Read MoreCandied Sweet Potatoes
2 cans (16oz) Sweet Potatoes in Heavy Syrup 1/2 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed) 2 tbsp butter 1/2 tsp orange rind 1/4 tsp grated cinnamon Drain potatoes and reserve at least 1/4 cup of the syrup. In deep skillet – mix brown sugar, butter, rind, cinnamon, and syrup. Heat to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened (shouldn’t take more than a minute). Dump in the sweet potatoes and cook until heated through, stirring and tossing constantly to get the potatoes coated in the glaze.
Read MoreFilling my Kindle: Jan 13, 2012 + issues
Happy Friday the 13th! Popping on to finish up my last days of “vacation” with another KINDLE load! Yippee!! I’m trying to figure out what’s going on with my new Kindle. I have the touch, and the other night when I turned it on for it to download my days finds – it gave me an “Unable to load Application” error and it just kept rebooting itself! I liked to never got that sucker back up. After about 2 hours it finally seemed to fix itself. Until yesterday. It had…
Read MoreFilling my Kindle – Jan 11, 2012
Some more FREE and cheap finds for the Kindle. Here’s what I found today. At the time of this posting they are all FREE on Amazon. Quinn, a Vampire Watcher’s Story (Royal Blood Chronicles) by Elizabeth Loraine Price: FREE Vampire Watcher’s are the human protectors of the vampire royal, ruling class. Quinn, a Vampire Watcher’s Story, a prequel to the series Royal Blood Chronicles from Quinn’s point of view. In his story we find out about the Watcher’s, how they began and what their role was from the beginning…
Read MoreFilling my Kindle: Jan 9, 2012
I had totally planned on doing a “THRIFTY THURSDAY” type post every week. Since I got my first Kindle for Christmas, I have been looking for good FREE books. The problem is – it’s turned into an every night scavenger hunt for me! The last 3 or 4 nights, I pop onto Amazon and see what new books I can find for FREE for my Kindle. I was just going to put all my finds in one big post on Thursdays. What’s happening is, a lot of the books I…
Read MoreMEAL PLAN MONDAY: JAN 9, 2012
The kids are happy with this week’s meal plan. Let’s see how the week goes. MONDAY Taco Night! TUESDAY Oven Fried Chicken Steamed Potatoes Steamed Carrots Mac n Cheese Salad Rolls WEDNESDAY Build your own PIZZA night THURSDAY (I can’t have bread, so this is what I have. Faux Fry) Burgers Fries FRIDAY Spaghetti Salad Garlic Toast SATURDAY Roast w/potatoes n carrots Rolls mac n cheese SUNDAY Bar B Que chips Do you plan your weeks cooking ahead of time? I do. On Sunday morning I sit down in…
Read MoreSundays with Stevie Giveaway – Intro post
Hi friends! I am so excited to make this post, I can’t believe it! For those of you that don’t know, I’m a huge Stephen King fan, and have been since I was like in sixth or seventh grade. Love LOVE. So much so, that I have nearly all of his books. Title Release Date Format Carrie 1974 hardback Salem’s Lot 1975 hardback The Shining 1977 hardback Rage 1977 ***paper back*** Night Shift 1978 hardback The Stand 1978 hardback The Long Walk 1979 ***paper back*** The Dead Zone 1979…
Read MoreAm Reading: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Happy Friday! One of my goals for 2012 was to read some classics! I figured I better ease into that by picking something I was fairly certain to enjoy. So for my first Classic of 2012 I went with Dracula, originally published in 1897. Buy on Amazon Dracula By: Bram Stoker Published by: W. W. Norton & Company Released On: 1996-12-17 ISBN: 0393970124 Genre: Vampire Pages: 512 Author’s Website: http://bramstoker.org/ Recommendable for people who: Like horror, vampire, mythology DOWNLOAD THE KINDLE VERSION OF THIS BOOK FREE Synopsis (from Amazon):…
Read MoreThrifty Thursday – Jan 05, 2012
I got a Kindle for Christmas this year, so I have been on the hunt for some el cheapo books to put on it. Thought I would share a few of my finds with you. Please note I have not read these yet, just found them and thought they were affordable. =D The Secret Holocaust Diaries by Nonna Bannister Digital List Price: $14.99 Print List Price: $14.99 Kindle Price: $0.00 includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet You Save: $14.99 (100%) Nonna Bannister carried a secret almost to…
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