Since investing in the Kindle several months back, one of my favorite pastimes (when I'm not doing homework or reading) is to hunt around on Amazon for free books. They have a promotional offers page, where many of the books are either free or very cheap, along with Top 100 Free books lists. I've found a lot of really neat books and thought I'd start passing them along, so others might find them, too!

So here's what I got this week:

A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen Witemeyer

When a dressmaker who values beauty tangles with a liveryman who condemns vanity, the sparks begin to fly!

Jericho "J.T." Tucker wants nothing to do with the new dressmaker in Coventry, Texas. He's all too familiar with her kind--shallow women more devoted to fashion than true beauty. Yet, except for her well-tailored clothes, this seamstress is not at all what he expected.

Hannah Richards is confounded by the man who runs the livery. The unsmiling fellow riles her with his arrogant assumptions and gruff manner, while at the same time stirring her heart with unexpected acts of kindness. Which side of Jericho Tucker reflects the real man?

When Hannah decides to help Jericho's sister catch a beau--leading to consequences neither could have foreseen--will Jericho and Hannah find a way to bridge the gap between them?

I also downloaded:

Kiss Me Deadly by Michele Hauf

Making Waves: A Novel by Lorna Seilstad

Complete Without Kids by Ellen L. Walker

I took a trip to California for my spring break and had a really nice time, but I didn't manage to get a thing read.  I have reading for my grad classes, and books for the two challenges I joined, but I didn't think I could cart them to California without a hassle, let alone have time to actually read them.  What I did manage to get, though, were three new books!  One in California and two by mail while I was away, the best part being that I got them all for free!  As a book junkie, any book I can get my paws on for free is fine by me.

My sister gave me her copy of The Spark by Chris Downie.   The author is also the founder of SparkPeople, a website that's helped millions of people around the world meet their weight loss goals in a healthy way.  I love SparkPeople, though I've fallen off the wagon more times than I can count.  Every time I do, I cancel my account with SparkPeople, and every time I decide to give it another try, I resubscribe.  I'm hoping that being able to read the book will help to motivate me to change my life.

When I got home, yesterday, there was a package from the UK in the mail.  I knew it was a book the second my husband pulled the envelope out of the mailbox, but I had no idea what it was.  The book is Random by Craig Robertson and came by way of Royal Mail from Simon & Schuster UK, enclosed with a note that said, simply, "with compliments."  I must tell you, I am so thrilled to get this book because it's the first ARC I've ever received.  I got it when I signed up for the Thriller & Suspense Reading Challenge at Book Chick City and plan to push it to the top of my casual reading list.

The third book came today.  It's called Plain Paradise by Beth Wiseman, about a woman who gives her child up to an Amish couple and then wants to reconnect with her after 17 years.  I ordered the book from BookSneeze, but realized today that the book is Christian Romance, which isn't something I normally read.  I'm going to read it, and do the review, which is the terms by which I came by the book in the first place, but I'm also going to watch BookSneeze for anything that's not strictly Christian, as I don't like to delve into religion.  If it turns out BookSneeze is a religious program, I'll likely cancel, even though they give out free books.

So, there you have it.  I also signed up for the Library Thing Early Reviewers program and have signed up to receive some ARCs.  Crossing my fingers I'm lucky enough to win one.  There are a few on the list that I've requested that I really would love to have.   Until then, I have Broken to keep me company.