Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is a great one for kids who are trying to master their math facts. CardDroid Math Flash Cards (4.5/5 stars, all ages, FREE today only as Amazon’s Free App of the Day) – From Amazon: Don’t you wish there were tablets and smartphones around when you were a … Read more
Dark Persuasion by Vicki Hopkins 4.3 stars – 6 Reviews Kindle Price: $1.99 Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here. Here’s the set-up: Award-Winning Finalist in the ‘Fiction: Romance’ category of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News 11-16-12 Charlotte Gray couldn’t believe that anyone in high … Read more
But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor The Survivors: Book One (Life After War) by Angela White 187 Rave Reviews Kindle Price: FREE! Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here. Here’s the set-up: “This is Safe Haven Refugee Camp. Can anyone hear me? Hello? Is anyone out there?” “The End … Read more
I am a HUGE fan of great standup comedy, and I was delighted today to find a very large selection of standup comedy programs have been added to the Amazon Prime Video catalog. That means Prime members (like me) can view them for free! Better still, if you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, you … Read more
Your Kindle Fire has a gyroscope inside: a little device that “tells” your Fire when you turn or tilt it. This feature enables game app developers to create marble maze apps where the player guides a marble by tilting the tablet. Some other marble maze apps employ a kind of joystick instead. Some examples of … Read more
Kindle Singles are pieces of short fiction and nonfiction, often long for a short story or article but shorter than a novella. Some new and noteworthy examples currently priced at 99 cents include: Nate in Venice – Richard Russo (4/5 stars) Richard Russo (“Nobody’s Fool,” “Straight Man,” “Empire Falls“) transports his characters from the working-class … Read more
This Can’t Be Normal by Diana Estill 4.4 stars – 7 Reviews Kindle Price: $2.99 Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here. Here’s the set-up: Lamenting her husband’s disappearance from a booze cruise, her mother’s eccentric gift selections, and her childhood vacations with The Walking Encyclopedia (her dad), Estill discloses the … Read more
But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor Scent of Triumph / Historical Fiction by Jan Moran 4.6 stars – 56 Reviews Kindle Price: $2.99 Text-to-Speech: Enabled Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here. Here’s the set-up: Paris-born Danielle Bretancourt von Hoffman is a modern young woman with a natural gift. In the language of … Read more