Kindle Deals #5

Here are the ebook deals for August. As always I'm only including books in the $3.99 and under price range. 

(Click on the images to get the deals.)
-And of course blogger is being really strange again...-

For only $1.99!

For only $2.99!

For only $3.99!

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W.O.W. & Wishlist Wednesday #15

    

Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper & Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: The Anatomical Shape of A Heart

Author: Jenn Bennett

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends 

Release Date: November 3rd 2015

Artist Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she's spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Leonardo da Vinci’s footsteps, she's ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a museum-sponsored scholarship contest: drawing actual cadavers. But when she tries to sneak her way into the hospital’s Willed Body program and misses the last metro train home, she meets a boy who turns her summer plans upside down.

Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco’s most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight buses and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who Jack really is—and tries to uncover what he’s hiding that leaves him so wounded. But will these secrets come back to haunt him? Or will the skeletons in Beatrix’s own family’s closet tear them apart?

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W.O.W & Wishlist Wednesday #14

    

Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper & Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: The Shadow Queen

Author: C.J. Redwine

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Release Date: February 23rd 2016 

Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She’ll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen.

In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman…and bring her Lorelai’s heart.

But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn’t going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose. 

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July Wrap Up & August TBR 2015

 I've had a very busy week, I had a great 4th, I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday.

I read a total of 19 books in June, more than I have been reading the last few months. 

  The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks ★★★ 
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ★★★★★
All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven ★★
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Goosebumps #5) by R.L. Stine ★★★ 
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas ★★★★★
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir ★★★★

Paper Towns by John Green ★★★ 

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson ★★★★

A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger ★★★

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (intro.) Anna Quindlen ★★★★

The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
by William Goldman ★★★★★

The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger ★★★★★

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray ★★

Lying Out Loud by Kody Keplinger ★★★★

May book of the month was:

 

Challenge Progress:  

2015 TBR Pile: 24/11-20  

Debut: 2/12-15  

Dystopia: 30/13-18  

"Real" Book: 33/11-20  

And So It Begins: 26/7   
Sequels: 60/10-15 +5
We Stand Alone: 34/10-15  
Fairytale: 2/5-9 
Re-read: 9/10-15  
Flights of Fantasy: 60/10-20  
Goodreads: 117/100  

Popsugar: 23/50  

August TBR: 

Here's the books I plan on reading in August  

Insurgent (Divergent #2) by Veronica Roth

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Spark  

Persuasion by Jane Austen

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles #1)
by Joseph Delaney 

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

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W.O.W. & Wishlist Wednesday #13

    

Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper & Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: An Inheritance of Ashes

Author: Leah Bobet

Publisher: Clarion Books

Release Date: October 6 2016  

 The strange war down south—with its rumors of gods and monsters—is over. And while sixteen-year-old Hallie and her sister wait to see who will return from the distant battlefield, they struggle to maintain their family farm.

When Hallie hires a veteran to help them, the war comes home in ways no one could have imagined, and soon Hallie is taking dangerous risks—and keeping desperate secrets. But even as she slowly learns more about the war and the men who fought it, ugly truths about Hallie’s own family are emerging. And while monsters and armies are converging on the small farm, the greatest threat to her home may be Hallie herself. 

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W.O.W. & Wishlist Wednesday #12

    

Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper & Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: The Assassin's Heart

Author: Sarah Ahiers

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: February 2nd 2016  

In the kingdom of Lovero, nine rival Families of assassins lawfully kill people for a price. As a highly skilled member of one of these powerful clans, seventeen-year-old Lea Saldana has always trusted in the strength of her Family. Until she awakens to find them murdered and her home in flames. The Da Vias, the Saldanas’ biggest enemy, must be responsible—and Lea should have seen it coming. But her secret relationship with the Da Vias’ son, Val, has clouded her otherwise killer instinct—and given the Da Vias more reason than ever to take her Family down.

Racked with guilt and shattered over Val’s probable betrayal, Lea sets out to even the score, with her heart set on retaliation and only one thought clear in her mind: make the Da Vias pay.

With shades of The Godfather and Romeo and Juliet, this richly imagined fantasy from debut author Sarah Ahiers is a story of love, lies, and the ultimate vengeance.

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W.O.W & Wishlist Wednesday #11

    

Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper & Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.

Title: The Winner's Kiss

Author: Marie Rutkoski

Publisher: AW Teen

Release Date: September 1st 2015

War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it, with the East as his ally and the empire as his enemy. He’s finally managed to dismiss the memory of Kestrel, even if he can’t quite forget her. Kestrel turned into someone he could no longer recognize: someone who cared more for the empire than for the lives of innocent people—and certainly more than she cared for him. At least, that’s what he thinks.

But far north lies a work camp where Kestrel is a prisoner. Can she manage to escape before she loses herself? As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover unexpected roles in battle, terrible secrets, and a fragile hope. The world is changing. The East is pitted against the West, and Kestrel and Arin are caught between. In a game like this, can anybody really win?

(Click on the picture of the book to go to it's Goodreads page)

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