We made it to Friday! What better way to celebrate than some new books? Here’s some Kindle deals of note for your weekend reading. As with any Kindle deals, grab ’em right away because the pricing can change at anytime!
Pssst. If you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, TODAY ONLY new members can join for only $67. The regular price is $99 so this is a steal. You already know that Prime members get free 2-day shipping, video streaming, and music streaming. Did you know that if you have a Kindle device and Prime, you can borrow free e-books? Yep!
A Bollywood Affair
I read this romance earlier this year. It’s refreshing to find a well-written, fun, and sexy romance novel that features people of color. After you read A Bollywood Affair, you’ll want to pre-order her next book The Bollywood Bride (releases Sept 29, 2015).
“Mili Rathod hasn’t seen her husband in twenty years—not since she was promised to him at the age of four. Yet marriage has allowed Mili a freedom rarely given to girls in her village. Her grandmother has even allowed her to leave India and study in America for eight months, all to make her the perfect modern wife. Which is exactly what Mili longs to be—if her husband would just come and claim her.
Bollywood’s favorite director, Samir Rathod, has come to Michigan to secure a divorce for his older brother. Persuading a naïve village girl to sign the papers should be easy for someone with Samir’s tabloid-famous charm. But Mili is neither a fool nor a gold-digger. Open-hearted yet complex, she’s trying to reconcile her independence with cherished traditions. And before he can stop himself, Samir is immersed in Mili’s life—cooking her dal and rotis, escorting her to her roommate’s elaborate Indian wedding, and wondering where his loyalties and happiness lie.”
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen $1.99
Sarah Addison Allen’s books always an element of magic and food. This one is no different. She also has a free short story Waking Kate available.
“Emily Benedict has come to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew, she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby, they’re a way of life: Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbor, Julia Winterson, bakes hope in the form of cakes, not only wishing to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth but also dreaming of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever. Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily’s backyard? The answers are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable misfits, the unexpected fits right in.”
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor $2.99
Technically Binti isn’t on sale, but for $2.99, Okorafor’s novella is a auto buy for me. I’m a huge fan of Okorafor’s fantasy novels.
“Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.
Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti’s stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach.
If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself – but first she has to make it there, alive.”
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc
Calling all science and history nerds. When I saw this book, I immediately thought about my sister. She loves reading about the science and history of things we take for granted. Like the periodic table or rain.
“In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of innovations and innovators, of superstition and science and the myriad ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language. It will delight readers of Genome, Einstein’s Dreams, Longitude, and The Age of Wonder. “
A Second Bite at the Apple by Dana Bate $2.51
I’ve got a soft spot for books about food, cooking, or food writing. This has all three! I haven’t read this one yet, but it looks fun.
“Sydney Strauss is obsessed with food. Not with eating it–though she does that too–but with writing about the wonders of the gastronomic world, from obscure fruit hybrids to organic farming techniques. Since food journalism jobs are more coveted than Cronuts®, Sydney pays her bills working for one of TV’s biggest egomaniacs–until she’s left scrambling for shifts at a local farmers’ market.
Stacking muffins for the Wild Yeast Bakery isn’t going to win her any James Beard awards. But soon Sydney is writing the market’s weekly newsletter, and her quirky stories gain attention from a prominent food columnist. After years of putting her love life into deep freeze, she’s even dating again. And then Sydney gets a shot at the story, one that could either make her career or burn it to a crisp–along with her relationship and her reputation…”
Have you read any of these books?
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Thien-Kim
Thien-Kim is Editor of From Left to Write. She sneaks in her reading time late at night after her family is sound asleep. She also writes at I'm Not the Nanny.
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