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Yep, that's cousin Fred. Always on the go. He dreams of being a groundskeeper at a banana plantation. "One day," he says, "one day."
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Nook Daily Find -- exp 17 May
$4.99 -- Fly a Little Higher -- Laura Sobiech/ Amber Quick --> 9.3 hrs/ R-4.7 --> Christian Quote:
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He *was* attached to the open back meshwork of a trailer carrying lawn equipment. But he seemed to be happily waving at passing cars, as he flapped with the bounces, so I don't think he minded. He seemed quite a good sport!
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Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 23 May
$1.99 -- The German War -- Nicholas Stargardt/ Michael Kramer --> 24.2 hrs/ R-4.7 --> history Quote:
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Downpour -- Deal of the Week -- exp 23 May
$2.95 -- Billy Budd -- Herman Melville/ Stefan Rudnicki --> 3.5 hrs/ R-3.4~3.9 --> classic Quote:
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Oh yes, I recognized, after a few seconds, that it was the back of a trailer (millions of people own one with that kind of construction, including me).
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Germany declared war on the U.S. after Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and, I think, after the U.S. declared war on them on the next day, December 8, 1941 (interestingly, I learned just recently, that Germany had no agreement with Japan that they would do that if the U.S. declared war on Japan. Which makes you wonder why Hitler would have done it!). Perhaps the publisher had in mind December 11, when the U.S. declared war on Germany. The U.S.'s entry into the war ended up being a game changer, but at the time they were a third-rate military power in most respects and I doubt that many people thought that Allied victory in World War II was all but assured based on the U.S. joining in. The only other possibility that I can think of is that the publisher was thinking about Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June, I think that it was, of 1941. The Soviets did eventually have a huge and effective military, but in 1941 it was far from it, at least as far as the "effective" part is concerned. All of the smart money at that time would have been bet on Germany defeating the Soviet Union and, in fact, throughout 1941 Germany conquered enormous parts of Soviet territory and looked unstoppable. Only in very early 1942 did some doubt about that arise, when Germany failed to take Moscow. As far as why Germany continued the War when their loss was all but assured (in my opinion, probably no earlier than in 1943, with their defeat at Stalingrad and maybe as late as the Normandy invasion in 1944, when they had to start fighting a genuine two-front war) is concerned, remember that the people of Germany weren't in control. A jerk, Adolf Hitler, was and he ultimately didn't care if Germany went down with him. Unrelated to that question, if you borrow the audiobook for a week, you're going to have to do a lot of listening fast--I noticed that the narration runs over 24 hours. If it was me, I'd put it on my wishlist--it is very highly rated. Then, I'd buy it sometime when I ran across a good deal on it. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 05-17-2016 at 09:45 PM. |
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That would still be a pretty short period of time for me, because I often am listening to several different audiobooks within a given period of time. Therefore, it takes a while to get through one. Right now, I think that I'm listening to about 5 of them. ha Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 05-18-2016 at 05:49 PM. |
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Just found out that I can move my Audible billing date up to 30 days, one time a year. This is useful to me as I want to use the 3-month "hold" feature for the summer and it require 12 months between uses. I was about 14 days off, so I moved the billing date and now I can Hold the account before I get billed next.
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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 18 May @ 11:59pm ET
$4.95 -- The Devil You Know -- Mike Carey/ Michael Kramer --> 13.8 hrs/ R-4.0 --> paranormal Quote:
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Nook Daily Find -- exp 18 May
$3.99 -- Vanishing Girls -- Lauren Oliver/ multiple --> 9.7 hrs/ R-3.9 --> thriller Quote:
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Jana DeLeon's A Miss Fortune Mystery Series, Book 1. A $1.99 Whispersync deal!
The Whispersync deal is cheaper at the present time than usual, because of a markdown of the book to $0.00. The digital list price is only $0.99, so the drop is not much; but it's all the excuse that I need to post this very popular (based upon the number of ratings at both Amazon, for the ebook, and Audible, for the audiobook), very highly rated book.
I know that I've posted a relatively large number of self pub Whispersync deals lately. That hasn't been by design, it has just worked out that way. Even though rules of this thread do not forbid that, I know that many of you probably would not like to see so many posted. Expect things to balance back out in the near future. If you're not familiar with the A Miss Fortune Mystery series, you might be interested in knowing that one reviewer likens it to Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. Even a confirmed non-fictionista such as myself knows how very popular that series is and how well that comparison speaks of this book! Title: Louisiana Longshot (A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 1). Genre: Fiction (Mystery). Author(s): Jana DeLeon. Price: $1.99 ($0.00 ebook (marked down) + $1.99 Whispersync audio). Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $11.95 (1 credit). Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.5 stars/3,970 reviews (Amazon). Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.5/386 ratings. Pages/Audio Length: 250/7 hours and 20 minutes. Narrator(s): Cassandra Campbell. Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-...ook/B017MPCRJW. Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Louisiana-Lon.../dp/B008E9VENQ. Comments: This is Book 1 of the A Miss Fortune Mystery series. There are a total of 7 books in that series. Book Description (Amazon): It was a hell of a long shot.... CIA assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever—in Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price placed on her head by one of the world's largest arms dealers, Fortune has to go off-grid, but she never expected to be this far out of her element. Posing as a former beauty queen turned librarian in a small bayou town seems worse than death to Fortune, but she's determined to fly below the radar until her boss finds the leak and puts the arms dealer out of play. Unfortunately, she hasn't even unpacked a suitcase before her newly inherited dog digs up a human bone in her backyard. Thrust into the middle of a bayou murder mystery, Fortune teams up with a couple of seemingly sweet old ladies whose looks completely belie their hold on the little town. To top things off, the handsome local deputy is asking her too many questions. If she's not careful, this investigation might blow her cover and get her killed. Armed with her considerable skills and a group of elderly ladies the locals dub The Geritol Mafia, Fortune has no choice but to solve the murder before it's too late. |
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