In March, I read fifty-one books! (If I’d read more picture books, early readers, or board books, my number probably would have been higher, as high as it has been in previous months.) But I am very happy with this number. I’m not sure I’ll keep up with the pace I set early on this [...]
Archive for March, 2012
Already Impressive Kindle Singles Lands Vonnegut Exclusive
Posted by on March 31st, 2012
What began as seemingly little more than an experiment to test whether or not there was a market for intermediate length written works, Amazon’s Kindle Singles program, has succeeded beyond all expectations. To highlight this fact, they have made a rare exception to the usual policy of never releasing sales numbers to reveal that the [...]
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No Comments »Six Days in October
Posted by on March 30th, 2012
Six Days In October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929. Karen Blumenthal. 2002. Simon & Schuster. 160 pages. From the introduction: The years after the First World War were a golden age for many Americans. The 1920s didn’t just sing with the rhythms of jazz, or swing with the dancing of the Charleston; they roared [...]
Harry Potter FInally Arrives on the Kindle
Posted by on March 30th, 2012
J.K. Rowling’s hit Harry Potter series finally became available on the Kindle on March 27th. I admit, this announcement does sound a bit anticlimactic since all of the books and movies have been released already. For those who are not familiar with the actual plot, it features a boy wizard named Harry who must defeat [...]
Young Fredle (MG)
Posted by on March 29th, 2012
Young Fredle. Cynthia Voigt. Illustrated by Louise Yates. 2011. Random House. 240 pages. “I’m not finished foraging,” Fredle protested. There was something on the floor behind the table leg. It didn’t smell like food, but you could never be sure. Besides, if it wasn’t food, Fredle wondered, what was it? Is the book itself as [...]
Kindle To See Competition From Windows 8 Readers
Posted by on March 29th, 2012
Say what you will about Windows 8 and the Metro style it introduces as a general computing option, it is amazing on a touch screen. I’ve had a chance to play around with it more than a bit since the Consumer Preview build was released to the public a few weeks ago and after a [...]
Daily Deals: A Dangerous Talent and Preschool Cannonball Monkey
Posted by on March 28th, 2012
Today, on Monday, Amazon helps us to start our new working week with A Dangerous Talent (An Alix London Mystery) written by Aaron Elkins which cost only $ 0.99 and Preschool Cannonball Monkey which everyone can download for free today only. Alix London has a promising career as an art consultant, a sumptuous condo in Seattle’s toniest neighborhood, [...]
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Posted by on March 28th, 2012
A Cat of a Different Color. Steven Bauer. Illustrated by Tim Raglin. 2000. Random House. 200 pages. In a village near a silver lake, at the bottom of a range of jagged mountains, three kittens were born in the same litter. Two of them were common enough. They had wide, astonished, watery blue eyes, and [...]
Daily Deals: Rena’s Promise and Idea Tree
Posted by on March 27th, 2012
Today’s Daily Deals from Amazon include: “Rena’s Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz” by Rena Kornreich Gelissen and “Idea Tree”. The first one is a ebook which definitely worth to read and has only positives readers feedback - 4.8 out of 5 stars from 117 customers reviews. The book’s price is $ 1.99 within today’s deal. The second one [...]
Over Sea, Under Stone (MG)
Posted by on March 27th, 2012
Over Sea, Under Stone (Dark Is Rising, #1) Susan Cooper. 1965. 208 pages. “Where is he?” Barney hopped from one foot to the other as he clambered down from the train, peering in vain through the white-faced crowds flooding eagerly to the St. Austell ticket barrier. “Oh, I can’t see him. Is he there?” I [...]
