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Midnight on Julia Street (
$1.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Ciji Ware, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
Scandal transcends time in the Big Easy
Feisty reporter Corlis McCullough isn't afraid to push boundaries in the name of journalistic integrity. When passion for the truth lands her in New Orleans in need of a job, an assignment at a TV station pits her against her old college nemesis, King Duvallon.
The sultry streets of the French Quarter, the glamorous Garden District, derelict riverfront cotton warehouses, and gritty back alleys come alive as the reporter's story inexplicably slips between the nineteenth century and today. A long-forgotten drama of blackmail, swindles, and a love affair that is still changing lives leaves Corlis and King wondering if their burgeoning, unholy attraction will render them pawns in a matrix of mystery and deceit.
It's the first anniversary of the Kindle Daily Deal and today's deal is
25 most popular Daily Deals from the past year for $1.99 each. The list is overwhelmingly populated with mystery/thrillers and non-fiction titles, with only a few romances in the mix (no fantasy or SciFi, oddly enough). If you missed one of the better Daily Deals in the last year, now is your chance to grab it.
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
- Elizabeth Street, by Laurie Fabiano
- Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, by Eric Metaxas
- High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1-5), by Gemma Halliday
- Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
- Brain Rules, by John Medina
- Austenland: A Novel, by Shannon Hale
- All She Ever Wanted, by Barbara Freethy
- The Detachment (John Rain Thrillers), by Barry Eisler
- Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut Series), by Kurt Vonnegut
- A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage
- The Misremembered Man, by Christina McKenna
- Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero, by Michael Hingson
- Dead and Berried (Gray Whale Inn Mysteries, No. 2) (Gray Whale Inn Mystery), by Karen MacInerney
- Slim to None, by Jenny Gardiner
- The Fifth Woman: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (Kurt Wallander Mysteries), by Henning Mankell
- Pearl of China: A Novel, by Anchee Min
- Death and the Lit Chick (A St. Just Mystery), by G.M. Malliet
- The Phoenix Apostles (A Seneca Hunt Mystery), by Lynn Sholes
- Alison Wonderland, by Helen Smith
- The Unquiet Bones, by Mel Starr
- Deeply Devoted: A Novel (The Blue Willow Brides), by Maggie Brendan
- When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood, by Sophia Fraioli
- The Grail Conspiracy (A Cotten Stone Mystery), by Lynn Sholes
- Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini (A Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery), by Sue Ann Jaffarian
2008 Pulitzer Prize winner
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (
$1.55 / £0.99 UK), by Junot Diaz, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the
US edition is $12.99).
Book Description
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukú - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.
Absolutely Normal Chaos (
$1.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Sharon Creech, is the Nook Daily Find for Families, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
Mary Lou Finney is less than excited about her assignment to keep a journal over the summer. Boring! Then cousin Carl Ray comes to stay with her family, and what starts out as the dull dog days of summer quickly turns into the wildest roller coaster ride of all time.
How was Mary Lou suppose to know what would happen with Carl Ray and the ring? Or with her boy-crazy best friend Beth Ann? Or with (sigh) the permanently pink Alex Cheevey? Suddenly a boring school project becomes a record of the most exciting, incredible, unbelievable summer of Mary Lou's life.
But what if her teacher actually does read her journal?
Grade Level: 4 and up
Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is
Stepping on the Cracks (
$1.99), by Mary Downing Hahn.
Book Description
One of Mary Dowing Hahn’s most gripping and personal stories. Culled from her memories of growing up under the shadows of WWII, this story has touched young readers for more than fifteen years.
Margaret and Elizabeth support everything about the war: the troops, the reasons for going to war, even the food rations. After all, this is the good war and the Americans are the good guys.
But when the girls stumble upon a classmate’s secret, their feelings about the war begin to change. Is it really a good war? Is there ever such a thing?
Grade Level: 7 and up
