Free E-books for your Kindle

And another set of FREE E-books to download.

Irish Moon (Moon Magick Series) This one appears to be a super-natural historical romance.






Jigsaw is a mystery thriller featuring a man seeking the one that got away and finding something entirely different.





The White Angel Murder Another mystery/ thriller. A killer is stalking and killing women on the fringe of society.

Free E-books for your Kindle

Whether you have an actual Kindle device or just run the app on your computer, phone or tablet, here are some free books for you to download and enjoy.  I love these FREE books because unlike the Kindle Owners Lending Library, you don't have to give them back.


Survivors (An Afterime Novel)is a post-apocolyptic novel set in a rough California where only the strongest survive. Children are left out to fend for themselves. However, while inside "the box", the survivalist community where Cass has taken shelter, she finds a boy who will only survive with her help. (2.99)




Struck by Thunder (The Grandmaster's Legacy) a historical romance with a kung-fu twist. "1890: In a world marked by corruption, prejudice and hate, Lei Chang is determined to be the first woman kung fu master in the country." (.99)





Trapped Six teenagers and their chaperones on a deserted island. They think the ghost stories are funny until people start to disappear. What is out there? (4.49)





The Collectibles The story of a wealthy man about to lose it all. He puts his faith in one man to help him and makes a promise that will change him. (.99)

Free and Bargain E-books for your Kindle

I got a Kindle Fire as a Birthday present from my wonderful hubby. I opted for the Kindle over the Nook simply because I knew about the Kindle Lending Library and I'm already an Amazon Prime member. I knew I could find a few free books for the Kindle and at the very least they put out a bargain book (usually $.99 to $1.99) each day, and I figured that would be enough to keep me reading on the cheap.  I had NO IDEA!

There are so many more great FREE Kindle books than I had any clue of, and thanks to another blog, Pixel of Ink, I've loaded around 200 books onto my Kindle in less than a month. Also, on the Kindle when you go to the Kindle store you'll see a section of the top FREE e-books, allowing you to easily find many more books.  Today, I was browsing around and found one of my favorite books of all time super cheap.  Wicked, by Gregory Maguire.  The standard e-book is around $10, but there was a special edition e-book with bonus material (samples of the other 3 books) for just $2.99.  You bet I downloaded that one quick before it had a chance to disappear.

Even if you don't have a Kindle, there are Kindle readers for pretty much every device now, from your computer to your phone and everything in between.  For a long time I swore I could never give up real books, but now I'm not so sure. If they made the Kindle water-proof I would probably make a full transition, but there's something about that risk of dropping my book in the bathtub.... when it's paper and only a few dollars it's not as big a deal as a $200 electronic device.

Relax Wraps BOGO 8/22-8/23

Relax Wraps are one of my favorite things, I have at least 5 of them floating around my house and I've been known to give them as gifts a time or two.  What are they? They are customizable hot/cold aromatherapy wraps.  If you deal with any sort of aches or pains you'll love these.  Have a headache? pop the "Basic Wrap" in the micrawave for 90 seconds and lay it across your head (or use the eye wrap, hot or cold).  I love them all.  The Shoulder wrap is awesome if you endure shoulder or neck pain.  The prices on these are already great but today and tomorrow they are even better at Buy One Get One (trying to think of who I might need to buy some for for Christmas). You can check out all the different Relax Wraps and options and order your bogo deal here.

The Best Thing About a Stockpile

You may have noticed I haven't been posting much lately (and I apologize for that).  The last few months I've not really been myself, and just haven't felt well.  That has really affected everything around me, including my couponing.  While I continued to do it and continued to make trips to the grocery store, I wasn't feeling very passionate about it (like I had been). I went to the store more when I had to than to make sure I got any great deals.  The fact that this fell on top of the week long power outage, and subsequent spoiling of our frozen stockpile, really didn't help.  Despite, it all I've still managed to almost get that freezer filled again.

We all have times where life just gets crazy and we can't do what we'd like to do when it comes to getting to the grocery store or spending any real time stocking up on great deals.  That's where having a stockpile is such a huge blessing.  Instead of wondering what you are going to have for dinner and feeling like there is nothing in the house to eat, there is always something available.  It may not be your first choice, but it's there to be used.

Lend a Hand to Help a Paw

I love the Swagbucks is not only a great way to get free stuff, but that they are also constantly making an effort to help others.  During the last few months they have done charity drives for Japan as well as the AL and KS tornado victims.  Now they are doing a new drive, this time it's to help animals.  You can read more about it on their blog here.  As with all of the Swagbucks charity drives, you can donate your Swagbucks to help the cause.   They'll be taking the Swagbucks you donate and converting them to dollars for the ASPCA. 

If you aren't already a member of Swagbucks, you can join now and they will give you 30 Swagbucks to get started.  Then you can start searching and earn more.  There are so many ways to earn Swagbucks, but searching is by far the easiest (using their search engine can easily earn you 30 Swagbucks in a day), but you can also shop via Swagbucks and earn, or play games, watch videos.  Really, just about anything you do online can earn you Swagbucks.

Once you've earned them, you can either use them to get stuff for yourself, or you can donate them. It's up to you :)

Free Salad Bag! Reserve Yours Now

Head over to VocalPoint and sign up to get your coupon for a FREE bag of Fresh Express salad, plus more coupons and a salad bag clip!

$2/5 Smart Ones Coupon

Head over to Facebook and "LIKE" Smart Ones and then enter their giveaway to win free groceries. After you enter they will give you a coupon to print for $2/5 Smart Ones!

What is Swagbucks?

A friend just sent me a message asking me to explain Swagbucks, of course I typed it all out then the message got eaten by Facebook instead of sent.  Oh well. So, I figured this time I'd post it here instead so that it would be easier to share with others.

At the most basic, Swagbucks is a rewards program that works!  You get reward points (Swagbucks) for doing things online that you'd do anyway.

First, Sign Up!

If you sign up before the end of June, enter the code JuneBoom when you signup and you'll get started with 80 Swagbucks (otherwise you'll start out with 30 Swagbucks).

After you signup, download their toolbar.  It's not an absolute must, but it does help me remember to search and earn using their tools.  You also get an easy 1 Swagbuck a day just for opening your browser with the toolbar installed.  You can earn another easy 2 points a day by answering their daily poll (1 point) and going to their surveys (1 point).

Before I go much further, let me explain what you do with these points.  You earn them, then you trade them in for real stuff. I usually opt to trade mine in for Amazon gift cards (because it's the best deal).  You can get a $5 Amazon gift card for just 450 Swagbucks!  And you can easily earn that in just a few weeks of doing the most basic things through Swagbucks.

Besides those easy 1 point earns, the easiest way to earn Swagbucks is to do searches through their search portal.  You won't earn points every time you search, sometimes you'll have to do a few searches and if you don't earn when you search, I suggest you at least make sure to click to the second page of search results (sometimes you'll get points there).  On average you'll earn about 10 points when you earn through searches and I've seen points earned as many as 4 times a day via searches (but, most of the time you'll earn twice a day).

You can also earn BIG Swagbucks by going through Swagbucks to do your online shopping, whether it's daily deals at Groupon (make sure you go to Swagbucks when buying those) or just regular shopping, it's worth it to go through Swagbucks and get those points.

If you are a couponer, you can also earn points for going through Swagbucks coupon page and printing (then redeeming) those coupons.  It takes a little while for those points to show up, but you will get 10 Swagbucks for every coupon that you print and redeem.

You can also earn points for playing games in their game portal, and watching videos via "Swagbucks tv" (basically Swagbucks youtube portal).

With all the ways there are to earn, even if all you do is the freebies and searches you can easily earn a gift card every few weeks, but if you really use them you can earn tons more.  If you refer your friends once you join you will even get matched on what they earn via searches (up to 1000 points), so make sure you do your friends a favor and tell them how they can earn free gift cards.

So, are you ready to sign up?

50 Swagbuck Bonus for New Signups!

So you still haven't signed up for Swagbucks? What are you waiting for? Oh, you were waiting to get that 50 Swagbuck bonus for signing up? Well, here it is.  Enter Code: JuneBoom now through the end of June and add an additional 50 Swagbucks when you signup.  Normally, you start out with 30 Swagbucks, so this will start you with 80 and puts you well on your way to your first gift card (or prize of your choice).  Get started now and you'll be able to put a dent in your Christmas shopping a little early.

Click here to sign up!