Today's Kindle books

This is the first time I am adding books on my blog in this format, I have added a few that are .99 and a few that are free. I am going to keep working on this till I find a way that works best. I hope you like these books, I also add books to my Facebook page Top Kindle Books. Please like the link if you want to see more books. Thanks for reading.

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Everything I Need to Know About Motherhood I Learned from Animal House

Book Description

Wright delights with this collection of hilarious tales about mothering, marriage, society and being a woman. Titles include: How the Phone Thwarted my Birth Control (or Why Disconnecting the Phone is 95% More Effective than Vasectomy), Belts Are the New Lace Panties, Good Fences Make Good Voyeurs, People for the Ethical Treatment of Riflemen, and many, many more. Wright is a modern-day Erma Bombeck with a hip edge and never-fail wit!

Weird Al Yankovic: The Kindle Singles Interview (Kindle Single)

On an L-shaped sofa at his home high atop the Hollywood Hills, 54-year-old “Weird Al” Yankovic – the Grammy-winning song parodist famous for such hits as “Like A Surgeon,” “I Love Rocky Road,” and “Eat It” – lets down his legendary hair for a relaxed, revealing and often hilarious three-hour conversation. Among other topics, Al opened up about his nerdy childhood, his late-night writing binges, his gut-wrenching reach for movie stardom, and his hopes for his latest album, Mandatory Fun. He also discussed his future plans to have a drug problem.

The interview was conducted by Mara Altman, the author of five bestselling Kindle Singles including “Baby Steps,” “Bearded Lady,” and the Kindle Singles Interview with Tom Robbins. Altman has worked as a staff writer for The Village Voice, and has also written for New York Magazine, The New York Times and Salon. In 2009, HarperCollins published Altman's first book, “Thanks For Coming: A Young Woman's Quest for an Orgasm,” which was optioned as a comedy series by HBO. 

 Fantasy Romance

The Neighbor (Short Story) (Kindle Single)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Every city has its wonders and mysteries. For the Pomerantz family, the most disturbing mystery at the moment is the identity and the intentions of their new neighbor, in this eBook original short story—a prequel to The City, the gripping and moving new novel by Dean Koontz.

The year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other’s best friend, united by a boundless interest in the world beyond their dysfunctional parents’ unhappy home. But even the troubled Pomerantz household will seem to be a haven compared to the house next door, after an enigmatic and very secretive new neighbor takes up residence in the darkest hours of the night.

These books below are free at the time of posting, I don't know how long it they will be free.

Fanning the Flames

USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Dahl is playing with fire in her sassy and sexy new contemporary romance series, Girls' Night Out. Get a taste with this novella, Fanning the Flames…

Burning for you

Some men are off-limits. Close friends of your ex-husband, for instance. Or firefighters who work in the same building as you. Yet despite her best judgment, librarian Lauren Foster can't help noticing fire captain Jake Davis whenever he jogs by…shirtless. They've always been friends, but all it takes is one not-so-chance meeting at a local bar and one not-quite-innocent walk home to ignite a fierce, uncontrollable desire between them.

Widower Jake Davis has tried to ignore the spark he feels whenever Lauren's around, but once he sees her curves in a little black dress, there's no turning back. No matter how often she says she's all wrong for him, the sexy, outspoken divorcée is driving him wild in the best possible way. Maybe she's just blowing off steam. Or maybe he can convince her to fan these flames into something deeper, hotter and truer than they ever expected….

Moments of Julian (The McCain Saga)

It was just a work party, filled with kissing the well-dressed rear ends of clients and fake smiles. Until my boss accused me of something I didn’t do. Until I got pissed and then there was this guy who was hot and flirting with me, and then there were his hands and the backseat of my car and a night of everything but you know what. 

I never expected to see him again. But suddenly Julian Dohring is everywhere. And I can’t get over the endless tattoos that cover his arms, how he’s apparently a recovering video game addict, and dresses like he’s ready to walk down the red carpet at any moment. 

Ten years ago I made a pledge to stay away from alcohol and sex, and to never get too personal with anyone. It’s gotten me this far. I’m twenty-seven, I have a career I’ve worked my heart and soul into, and more money than I could ever blow on shoes and the finer things in life. My attitude and pride have always been enough to keep any man from getting too interested. Until Julian…who claims I can’t dance, and has the nerve to call me a “peach.” 

I’m Sage McCain, and needless to say, Julian has my attention. 

*All books in The McCain Saga may be read independently. This is a family saga and each book is about a different sibling. The following are listed from oldest to youngest sibling. 

I love reading a series of books, I personally can't wait to read all of these books.
EVER AFTER DRAKE (July 22, 2014) 
MOMENTS OF JULIAN 
Untitled-LAKE (Fall 2014) 
Untitled-KALE (Winter 2014)

Thanks for looking 
Diana

Road Trip 2014 Leaving Fort Madison.

One of the places I wanted to see when we were in Fort Madison, was the bridge, I love seeing bridges. But the bridge was flooded, and the park next to it is flooded. Here are some pictures I took. We did manage to find a Walgreens, I was surprised that they had no info about the town there as the Walgreens by my house seems to have plenty of Arizona souvenirs and maps. I love collecting magnets and didn't get one from Iowa. Oh well. I guess I will look online for a magnet.  

This first picture I took was just the view outside the Hotel we stayed at in Fort Madison, I thought it was pretty, they said the weather was suppose to be raining all day, but yet it was beautiful.

This is a picture of the Army fort in Fort Madison, it is flooded. So we didn't get to stop and see it.

This is the bridge that we crossed the Mississippi River, It was a beautiful day.And there was no toll to cross the bridge, which is really nice.

Here is some info I found on the internet about the bridge and the Army Fort. I thought it was interesting.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief crosses the Mississippi at Fort Madison, making its way from Los Angeles to Chicago on the world’s longest swing-span double decker bridge, the only remaining example of this type of structure on the Mississippi River.  It opens its gates to barges and riverboats moving commerce and passengers along the major waterway. I found these pictures on the internet. (no copyright infringement intended, just want to share.)

This first picture is taken from the Army Fort, with the little park nearby that was flooded as we drove by.

Historic Old Fort Madison was the first permanent U.S. military fortification on the Upper Mississippi.  The fort was the site of Chief Blackhawk's first battle against U.S. troops, making it the only real War of 1812 battlefield located in the state of Iowa & the first U.S. military cemetery in the upper Midwest.  Fort Madison was one of three posts established by the U.S. Army to maintain control over the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.  Fort Madison was built to 

control trade and pacify Native Americans in the upper Mississippi River region. 

The last two are just a few more I found on the internet. I hope to go again some day. I really enjoyed my trip there. I can't wait to share my next post about Nauvoo. Another wonderful beautiful place.

Diana

I found the info about Fort Madison on their website: Click here to see it for more info.

First 4 images are from my camera, the other images I found on the WWW. 

Book Review: Killing Cupid by Laura Levine

Killing Cupid by Laura Levine
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

what I liked about this book the story, it was fun and kept me thinking, it is a murder mystery and the character Jaine, just happened to be in the middle of it. I liked the way the story blamed everyone and in the end it was a surprise. Well worth the read and a fun clean book. No sex, no swear words, no gore, just a clean murder mystery and makes me want to read more of her books.

What Goodreads says about the book:
When Jaine lands a job writing web copy and brochures for matchmaker Joy Amoroso, she's excited for a chance to help the lovelorn just in time for Valentine's Day - until she realizes what "Dates of Joy" is really all about.

Joy is a ruthless taskmaster who screams at her employees for the smallest infractions, pads her website with pictures of professional models posing as clients, and offers up convincing but empty promises of love in exchange for inordinate sums of money. And woe betide anyone who lays a finger on her heavily guarded stash of chocolates. So it's no surprise when the chiselling cupid turns up dead at a Valentine's Day mixer.

Aghast to find herself on the cops' suspect list, Jaine sets out to track down the killer. Who could it be? 

Joy's harried assistants, whose lives she made a living hell? 
Her younger lover? 
The handsome hunk of a client with a secret in his past? 
Or the furious Beverly Hills widow who forked over the last of her savings for a Prince Charming who never materialized? 

Joy left behind a slew of enemies struck by her deviant arrows, so finding the culprit may prove harder than spotting that elusive caramel praline in a box of chocolates - and Jaine will have to flirt with danger to get to the truth.

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Cupid


Killing Cupid (A Jaine Austen Mystery Book 12)

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Road trip 2014 Oklahoma to Iowa

After driving over 1000 miles we stayed the night in Oklahoma City. We were exhausted. We easily found our hotel that we were staying in, right off the Interstate. The Hotel was nice and clean, we had two rooms, one for the boys and one for my Mom and I. We ate dinner and then went to sleep. Derrick fell asleep early, he was tired from sitting in the back seat the whole trip. 

We woke early, the weather was nice, compared to the heat from Arizona. The hotel had free breakfast and so we took advantage of it and ate well. After we ate we left, found a gas station, then we were off for Fort Madison, Iowa, where we were staying the night. 

The drive from Oklahoma City to Fort Madison, Iowa is 600 miles. So easy compared to the day before.
 The first thing I noticed when we left was that we will have toll roads all the way through Oklahoma, something that we don't have in Arizona. The roads were nice, the view was beautiful, nice easy drive through Oklahoma. 

Once we got into Missouri, the first stop was for first rest area we saw, it was a nice place. I took a picture of it, the sign anyways:

The picture below is of my son, the whole wall is decorated with licenses plates from different states so cool.

So green so different than Arizona.  We went through Springfield, and then went through Jefferson City, which I advised everyone that Jefferson City is the capitol of Missouri. Everyone was surprised and I am sure the only reason I knew this was from going over states and capitols with my boys as they were growing up.

I love bridges and love taking pictures of them, so you will see them through out this series. The first picture below, you can barely see the Jefferson State Capitol. I wanted to stop but we didn't so I did the best I could on getting a picture of it.  

Of course here is a picture of my GPS, it did a great job, between using the GPS on my iphone and the GPS on the window we got every where we needed to go. 

The picture right above is the Mississippi River. My first sight of the magnificent river. We made it into Fort Madison by dinner time, we checked into the Hotel and found a place to eat. I thought my food was good, but others didn't like it. 

Here is a view of the sunset in Fort Madison, Iowa:

I thought it was beautiful, just thinking how Heavenly Father made this for us, and all the beauty. 

The Town of Fort Madison is really cool, I didnt take to many pictures, I wish I had. They have some awesome old buildings, beautiful old churches. They also have an incredible history. 

Here is what Wikipedia has to say:

The city of Fort Madison was established around the site of the historic Fort Madison (1808–1813), which was the first permanent U.S. military fortification on the Upper Mississippi. Fort Madison was the site of Black Hawk's first battle against U.S. troops, the only real War of 1812 battle fought west of the Mississippi. It was also the location of the first U.S. military cemetery in the upper Midwest.^[8] The fort was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States.^{[9] you can read more click the link}

There were many cemeteries there, I had commented to my Mom about that fact before I knew the history of the town. The also have the Army Fort there from the War of 1812, but it is flood at this time, as a levy has broke and flooded parts of the area. But I would love to go back to that town again and see everything. 

Well tomorrow I will be talking a little more about Fort Madison, and then we went to Nauvoo, Ill. Hope you enjoyed these pictures and more and better pictures tomorrow.

Thanks for reading.

Diana

Book Review: City of the Sun by Juliana Maio

City of the Sun by Juliana Maio
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When I first received this book from Net-Galley, I wasn't sure if I would like it or not. When I first read what the book was about, I wasn't sure if I would like it. The title seemed kind of strange to me, but once I started reading, I thought it was wonderful. I really don't know much about Egypt in 1941 and was surprise to read about it. I really liked the plot and feel the book is worth reading,
I wont go into detail as it is posted on Goodreads, but they book was a quick read, I couldn't put it down.

What Goodreads post about the book:

Espionage, love, and power play upon the shifting sands of wartime Cairo

CAIRO, EGYPT 1941. As the Second World War rages, the city known as ''Paris on the Nile'' plays host to an international set who seem more interested in polo matches and swanky nightclubs than the Germans' unrelenting advance across North Africa. Meanwhile, as refugees, soldiers, and spies stream into the city, the Nazis conspire with the emerging Muslim Brotherhood to fuel the Egyptian people's seething resentment against their British overlords.

Ambitious American journalist Mickey Connolly has come to Cairo to report on the true state of the war. Facing expulsion by the British for not playing by their rules, he accepts a deal from the U.S. embassy that allows him to remain in the country. His covert mission: to infiltrate the city's thriving Jewish community and locate a refugee nuclear scientist who could be key to America's new weapons program. But Mickey is not the only one looking for the elusive scientist. A Nazi spy is also desperate to find him--and the race is on. Into this mix an enigmatic young woman appears, a refugee herself. Her fate becomes intertwined with Mickey's, giving rise to a story of passion, entangled commitments, and half-truths.

Deftly blending the romantic noir of the classic film Casablanca with a riveting, suspenseful narrative and vivid historical detail, City of the Sun offers a stunning portrayal of a time and place that was not only pivotal for the war, but also sowed much of the turbulence in today's Middle East

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City of the Sun

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