Amazon Video Spotlight: Rankin Bass Holiday Classics

Those wonderful Rankin Bass puppet-animation holiday specials you know and love are now available in Amazon Video digital format, currently priced at $9.99 each.   Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer The musical tale of how the unlikely hero Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer saved Christmas, with the help of an elf who wants to be … Read more

Holiday Game Apps

Collapse! Holiday (4/5 stars, currently priced at $1.99) is a holiday-themed take on a classic action game. From Amazon: Holiday Fun and a Classic Game Frolic in the festive fun of Collapse! – Holiday Edition, the game that blends blockbusting color-matching excitement with Christmas cheer! Winter Wonderland A winter wonderland of brick-busting gameplay awaits you … Read more

Bargain Alert: Holiday Romance Box Set

It’s hard to believe, but this 5/5 star -rated box set of 12 holiday-themed romances from Harlequin and USA Today -bestselling authors is currently available for just 99 cents!     A Heartwarming Christmas: A Boxed Set of Twelve Sweet Holiday Romances – From Amazon: This holiday season, warm your heart with 12 connected sweet … Read more

Kindle Book Spotlight: Short Holiday Reads

These collections of often humorous, sometimes surprisingly touching essays are just the thing to keep on your mobile device to pass the time spent waiting in lines, in the car, and relaxing at home.   Holidays On Ice – Newly Updated Edition (4/5 stars, currently priced at $9.99) David Sedaris’s beloved holiday collection is new … Read more

App Spotlight: Simply Yoga

Simply Yoga (4/5 stars, currently priced at $4.99) features instructive videos and exercises for everyone from beginners to more advanced practitioners. From Amazon: Simply Yoga is your own personal yoga instructor. The app contains level one and level two 20, 40 and 60 minute yoga routines that step you through each pose. Each pose is … Read more

Massive Vintage Crime Anthologies

Award-winning Editor Otto Prenzler has assembled these generous collections of mystery shorts and novellas written by celebrated authors, grouped into volumes by type. Many of the stories you’ll find here haven’t been in print for decades, and can’t be found anywhere else. The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (4.5/5 stars, includes 60 stories, currently priced … Read more

Love Mahjong? Step Up To Zooistry

Zooistry (4/5 stars, currently priced at 99 cents) offers a 3D take on matching games to give puzzle fans a fresh challenge. From Amazon: “Zooistry” challenges players to delete a 3D cube comprised of smaller cubes by matching pairs of the smaller cubes. There are currently 6 modes of play that are sure to entertain. … Read more

The Owen Archer Series of 14th Century Mysteries

Candace Robb’s Owen Archer series of historical mysteries is a highly-rated, bestselling favorite of both mystery and historical fiction fans.   The Apothecary Rose: The Owen Archer Series – Book One (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99) In the year of our Lord 1363, two suspicious deaths in the infirmary of St. Mary’s Abbey catch … Read more