Emily Rodda’s Deltora Quest series is just the ticket for getting reluctant readers to make the leap from picture books to chapter books. Filled with magic, mystery, adventure, swords and sorcery, and featuring heroic, young protagonists of both sexes, these books have hooked many a reticent kid. Deltora Quest #1: The Forests of Silence (5/5 stars, … Read more
The Prime Instant Video Library is huge, and it can be difficult to separate the Prime video wheat from the chaff. In the Prime Screening Room, I highlight the videos that are well worth the viewing. In The Mouth of Madness (rated R, average Amazon review rating 4/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to rent … Read more
Final Freeway 2R (4.5/5 stars, all ages, currently FREE and currently comes bundled with a $1 Amazon MP3 Store credit) is free today only, as Amazon’s Free App of the Day. Speed through several exciting stages. Pick a character and choose your path as you drive! The impressive sense of speed, catchy tunes and a … Read more
The Folks at Fifty-Eight by Michael Patrick Clark 4.2 stars – 25 Reviews Kindle Price: $3.82 Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled Here’s the set-up: Gerald Hammond is the exception to the rule; an honourable spy, whose lofty principles have brought him nothing but loneliness and isolation. Catherine Schmidt is the stunning young daughter of an assassinated … Read more
But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor Calendar by 7 Dragons 87 Rave Reviews Kindle Price: 99 cents Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here. Here’s the set-up: A Best of 2011 Editors’ Pick Calendar is a user friendly scheduling tool and daily planner for Kindle. Calendar lets you see events and to-do lists … Read more
Time’s running out on this month’s list of 100 Kindle Books For $3.99 Or Less, and that includes these titles for kids and teens priced at just $1.99 each: Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism (4.5/5 stars, ages 8 and up, currently priced at $1.99) Molly Moon is no ordinary orphan. When she finds a … Read more
Amazon’s added some popular favorites to the list of Instant Videos on sale to own for $5 or less. If you’ve been building a digital video library, or would just like to have some more viewing options on your Fire, it’s a great time to stock up! Men in Black (PG-13, 4/5 stars, currently priced … Read more
Anyone who enjoys unusual puzzle apps with beautiful graphics, nice music and a generous dash of humor thrown in will want to get World of Goo (4.5/5 stars, all ages, normally sells for $4.99 but is FREE today only, and currently comes bundled with a $1 Amazon MP3 Store credit). This app has been an … Read more