The basic, non touchscreen version of the Kindle just got a new update. The update includes improved readability, parental controls, and better support for graphics. Good to know that this model is still getting some attention since most of the focus seems to be on the Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire. The text display is [...]
Archive for June, 2012
Lin McLean
Posted by on June 30th, 2012
Lin McLean. Owen Wister. 1898/1998. Forge. 230 pages. In the old days, the happy days, when Wyoming was a Territory with a future instead of a State with a past, and the unfenced cattle grazed upon her ranges by prosperous thousands, young Lin McLean awaked early one morning in cow camp, and lay staring out [...]
Kindle Fire Sales Decline is Worth Noting, but Only Part of the Story
Posted by on June 29th, 2012
Recent data out of ChangeWave Research indicates that the Kindle Fire is still idling at a much lower level of consumer interest than was the case in the fourth quarter of last year. Obviously nobody expected the rate to jump back up to as high as it was immediately after the holiday release of a [...]
Murder in The First-Class Carriage
Posted by on June 29th, 2012
Murder in the First-Class Carriage. The First Victorian Railway Killing. Kate Colquhoun. 2011. Overlook Press. 352 pages. Murder in the First-Class Carriage is a nonfiction account of “the first Victorian railway killing.” The murder occurred in July of 1864. The victim, Mr. Briggs, was found after the discovery of the hat and all the blood. [...]
Thoughts on the Future of the Kindle eReader
Posted by on June 28th, 2012
In most of the ways that matter we can safely say that the eBook war is over. Owning a Kindle is no longer strange or a sign that one is obsessed with gadgets. Where does all this lead, though? In many ways there is nowhere left to go for these devices, or at least nowhere [...]
Kepler’s Dream (MG)
Posted by on June 28th, 2012
Kepler’s Dream. Juliet Bell. 2012. Penguin. 256 pages. It was the middle of the night, and that’s not a time when you want to be hearing strange noises. I don’t care how brave you are. No one wants to be restless and almost-sleep, then rustled awake by a thudding overhead and the feeling that someone [...]
Daily Deals: Twisted Justice and Daisy’s Crazy Day
Posted by on June 27th, 2012
Amazon offers Twisted Justice by Patricia Gussin just for $ 0.99 For better…Laura Nelson has it all – a successful career as a surgeon, five well-adjusted kids, and a gorgeous, prominent husband Steve, a nightly news anchor at the Tampa TV News.For worse…Laura’s seemingly perfect world shatters when she discovers that Steve is sharing much more than [...]
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Tags: Crazy, Daily, Daisy’s, Deals, Justice, Twisted 
No Comments »What’s On Your Nightstand
Posted by on June 26th, 2012
June has been a great reading month for me. I’m participating in the Victorian Celebration, and having so much fun with that. And when I haven’t been reading books, well, I’ve been watching all the adaptations of Jane Eyre I could find! Here’s what I’m currently reading: After Dark, Wilkie Collins, collection of mystery short [...]
Daily Deals: A Gay and Melancholy Sound and World Cricket Championship – Pro
Posted by on June 26th, 2012
Today Amazon offers A Gay and Melancholy Sound (Book Lust Rediscoveries) by Merle Miller and Nancy Pearl just for $ 0.99 The first book in nationally renowned librarian Nancy Pearl’s new Book Lust Rediscoveries series, this lost literary classic is available for the first time in decades. As funny and entertaining as it is captivating and heartrending, A Gay [...]
Posted in Digitalbooks And Readers Tags: Championship, Cricket, Daily, Deals, Melancholy, Sound, World No Comments »Tempest (YA)
Posted by on June 25th, 2012
Tempest. Julie Cross. 2012. St. Martin’s Press. 352 pages. Saturday, April 11, 2009,Okay, so it’s true. I can time-travel. But it’s not as exciting as it sounds. I can’t go back in time and kill Hitler. I can’t go to the future and see who wins the World Series in 2038. So far, the most [...]
