Summer Reading: More Books for Your Buck

Summertime is here, and hopefully that means more time for leisure activities…like reading of course! But if you’re anything like me you can whip through a paperback in two or three days, which means reading can become an expensive habit. The good news is that many major publishers have gone the extra mile to give readers a wide variety of inexpensive books this summer.

WaterBrook Multnomah

Fiction lovers don’t need to budget to travel this summer with WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group’s eight full-length, historical novels by beloved Christian authors such as Lisa Tawn Bergren and Jane Kirkpatrick. At only $6.99 each, these well-read “get-aways” provide quality enjoyment at a price any reader can afford. Novels include:

    --  The Captain’s Bride

    --  Tomorrow’s Treasure

    --  The Silver Sword

    --  The Veil

    --  Under the Distant Sky

    --  A Promise for Breanna

    --  Maire

    --  A Gathering of Finches

For more info, go to: www.randomhouse.com

Thomas Nelson

Thomas Nelson has a great deal running from May 1st to June 30th called 5 for $5.00 Fiction. The titles they are offering are as follows: 

    --  Gatekeeper

    --  House

    --  Deeper Water

    --  Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Real

    --  Lawhead (3-pack set)

For more info, go to: www.thomasnelson.com

Zondervan

Zondervan is offering four exciting summer fiction titles all of which are in the $9.99 - $12.99 price range. The best books available are:

    --  A Gift of Grace (Ranked #19 on the June CBA bestsellers list, #3 in fiction and #1 in Amish Fiction on CBD)

    --  Snow Melts in Spring

    --  Silver Birches

    --  Tour de Force

For more info, go to: www.zondervan.com

Kregel

Busy summer planned? Why not schedule some time for YOU. Find renewal with inspiring nonfiction or get away from it all with some captivating fiction from Kregel Publications. For only $6.99, you can experience the perfect “staycation”—a vacation in your own home. Choose from:

    --  Divided Loyalties

    --  Tablets of Ararat

    --  Test of Love

    --  Quiet Center

    --  Sure Path

Offer available only at www.kregel.com and expires August 31, 2009.  

Strang

This summer Strang Book Group is releasing four affordable fiction titles under the Realms imprint. These titles, all of which retail for $13.99, are:

     --  The Deliverer by Linda Rios Brook

     --  The Firstborn by Conlan Brown

     --  Mohamed's Moon by Keith Clemons

     -- The Y Factor by Liam Roberts

For more info, go to: www.strangbookgroup.com

Paula Friedrichsen is a writer and speaker who lives in Central California with her family. Visit her Web site at www.pfministries.com.

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