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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Movie?

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On New Year’s Day, it was still quite cold here on the Colorado front range. Perfect weather to settle down for a long afternoon matinee at the movie theater. I’ve been hankering to see “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” since I saw the first trailer almost a year ago.

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I loved it! With the minor caveat that it was too long. Certain scenes were padded or added to the original story that didn’t need to be there. At the same time, there were certain additions that I very much enjoyed. For me, “The Hobbit” is a familiar story and these additions made it more of an unexpected journey.  No worries, no spoilers. Seeing for yourself is highly recommended.

If you’ve already seen the movie, you might want to check out this article on The Daily Beast: ‘The Hobbit’: 19 Changes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel to Peter Jackson’s Movie. It’s interesting reading, though I don’t agree with some of what’s written. In particular (not a spoiler), I’ve read here and elsewhere that Thorin Oakenshield is portrayed as more noble in the movie than he is in the novel. I disagree. I’ve always viewed Thorin as a noble warrior prince. I reread “The Hobbit” in December and stand by my opinion.

“The Hobbit” is available in digital format, though not for free or even cheap. It can be picked up on Amazon for $7.29, which is still less than the new paperback version. If you don’t want to spend that much, you might want to look for an old copy in a used bookstore, though they might be a little harder to find since the movie came out.

If you’ve read “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, you may be interested in today’s freebie, a reader and teacher’s guide to these books, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

In honor of Hobbits and their love of food, particularly breakfast, I’ve also included two free-for-now breakfast cookbooks. I’ve already had my first breakfast. Perhaps it’s time to start planning my second breakfast. Bilbo would surely approve. 🙂

Addendum

Today, January 3, I found two more free-for-now Hobbit-related books that look interesting, so I added them here. One of the breakfast cookbooks is no longer free, so I posted it’s price.

  The Hobbit: 50 Secrets and Little-known Facts by Stephenie Rowling
Whether you are just becoming aware of The Hobbit for the first time or are a lifelong Tolkien enthusiast, chances are that there are a few things you could learn about The Hobbit. The rich history of the book, the professor who wrote it and the talented director, actors and cinematic wizards bringing it to life are full of little twists and turns and fascinating tidbits. This book will leave you much more knowledgeable about Tolkien, the Lord of the Rings and the charming children’s tale that has captured imaginations for three quarters of a century.

  The Hobbit Movie: An Unexpected Journey – An Interactive Games Quiz Book
Hobbit movie 2012 is a blockbuster movie that hits the theaters and is taking the world by storm. The concept behind the Hobbit movie is the prequel to the famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. The unique setting in the Hobbit movie is a fantasy land where a variety of different creatures exist and try to gain power over the world. Our unique Interactive Games quiz book looks at the new Hobbit movie and gives you trivia questions to test your knowledge.

Reader and Educator Guide to "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"  Reader and Educator Guide to “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”
The Reader and Educator Guide to “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” is an enlightening and thorough, exclusively digital companion to these masterpieces of fantastical literature. Readers will get the chance to look deeper into the events and lives of the characters from these epic tales. What motivates these hobbits and men? What makes the elves tick and the dwarves sing? Educators will be guided with lesson plans that will challenge their students and give them a better understanding of why these books are so important, even over half-a-century later. The Reader and Educator Guide to “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” will shed new light on these iconic works while engaging and entertaining both teachers and their students.

Circle Of Friends 25 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes  Circle Of Friends 25 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes by Gooseberry Patch
Make your mornings bright with these tried & true recipes for mouthwatering breakfasts and brunches…from Cranberry-Pumpkin Waffles and Scrumptious French Toast to Old-Fashioned Baked Eggs and Sausage Breakfast Bake, there’s sure to be something for everyone!

30 Easy Breakfast Recipes - Including Egg Recipes, Omelette Recipes, Pancake Recipes, Waffle Recipes and More (Breakfast I...  30 Easy Breakfast Recipes by Pamela Kazmierczak
No Longer Free. Now $2.99.
If you are looking for a good variety of quick breakfast recipes this might be the cookbook for you. Sometimes serving a great breakfast seems harder than it really is, but there are so many different recipes available that you can serve and prepare quickly. We hope you enjoy this volume – 30 Easy Breakfast Recipes – Including Egg Recipes, Omelette Recipes, Pancake Recipes, Waffle Recipes and More! There are a variety of recipes inside including egg breakfast recipes, crepe recipes, recipes for homemade pancakes and so much more!

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These freebies are limited time offers, so there is no guarantee any of these books will still be free when you click on the links. Grab them sooner rather than later.

Play With Your Kindle

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Free Games for Kindle eReaders

A lot of Kindle owners aren’t aware there are games for their devices. I’m not talking about the Kindle Fire, which has apps galore. I mean the E Ink eReaders like the Kindle Touch.

I particularly appreciate games when I’m traveling and have to spend time in a plane. I’m one of those people who can’t read while flying. It makes me feel sick. For some reason, games don’t affect me the same way. I have games on my phone, but staring at a small screen for too long gives me eyestrain. So, I was delighted to find free games for the Kindle.

Below, I’ve listed three of my favorite games. You can find more free games by Amazon Digital Services by clicking here.

  Every Word
If you like word scrambles then Every Word is the game for you. Test your vocabulary as you try to find as many words from the scrambled letters in this fun and fast-paced word game. You are given five to seven scrambled letters with the goal of finding as many words as you can. You score points by filling out the words in each empty spot on the board using only the letters that appear at the top of the game board. Keep at it until time runs out or until you fill up the board. The more words you make, the higher your score!

  Blackjack
Blackjack – one of the most popular casino card games of all time is now available on Kindle. The Kindle version features all of the most common aspects of the game including splits, double down, surrender and insurance, as well as multiple options for customization that allow you to play the style of Blackjack that you want to play. For example, you can configure the game to match specific structures like ‘Dealer must hit soft 17’ – a common rule variation in many Las Vegas casinos.

  Video Poker
Video Poker accurately simulates the Vegas-style video poker machine known as Jacks or Better. After making a bet, you will be dealt five cards. You select which of these five cards to hold, and redraw the rest to try to make the best poker hand possible. A hand with a pair of Jacks or better wins. The built-in Strategy feature, which you can turn on and off at any time, will provide recommendations for how to play given the hand you were dealt, and will give you hints on how to improve if you fail make the best move. This guidance will help you learn how to play the game, and how to maximize your payouts.

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Disclaimers and Disclosures

I found these books via Amazon’s Kindle eBooks store. Resources for free Kindle and other format eBooks are listed in my sidebar.

These freebies are limited time offers, so there is no guarantee any of these books will still be free when you click on the links. Grab them sooner rather than later.

Books that I have previously listed will occasionally come up free again. I add those to my current posts for people who didn’t see them the first time.

Kindle Freebies – June 19, 2012

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Today I Loaded My Kindle With…

Top Sights Travel Guides is offering up some exciting Asian locations, including one high on my bucket list, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

Ha Long Bay

Public domain photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

I fell in love with Ha Long Bay while watching the movie, “Indochine.” The place looked so magical, I could barely believe it was real. My husband, who is Vietnamese, assured me it is real and told me the name, Ha Long, means descending dragon and the rock formations mark where a dragon literally descended into the bay. I knew I had to go. Here’s hoping sooner rather than later!

Before continuing on with the freebies I picked up, I did want to let everyone know that Amazon is having one of their Big Deals. Over 400 Kindle books are being offered for $3.99 or less. This offer lasts until June 24, 2012. I haven’t picked up anything yet, but I am tempted by more than a few items. Most of these books are being offered at a significant discount, so check ’em out while you can.

Today’s other freebies include the usual mishmash of fiction, a blogging idea book, a game and a somewhat controversial recipe book. “Dinner for One” has some low-starred reviews, but I like the concept because I’m at home for lunch and would like some recipes for wholesome single servings. After reading the reviews, it turns out that some people were put out by the use of the metric system and the Swiss author’s dislike of microwave ovens. When I lived in Denmark, I didn’t have a microwave oven, and after some mopey moments, I adapted quite nicely. Steam is your friend when it comes to heating up leftovers. Anyway, I took a look at the sample, liked what I saw and grabbed this book.

Fiction

A Ripple in Time by Julia Hughes
Wren’s dream changed the course of history. To regain his world he must travel back one hundred years. This time, the “Angel of the Titanic” must ensure the ship of dreams fulfils her destiny. And he’s willing to sacrifice everything. A young woman experiences nightmares of a terrifying collision; a collision with a mountain of ice that dwarves even the magnificent ship taking her across the Atlantic; the Titanic. These visions are so realistic, Carina demands that extra vigilance is taken especially on the night of April 14th. Captain Smith and his crew are convinced by the youngster’s vivid descriptions and steadfast belief that she has seen the future; consequently the disaster is averted and Titanic steams safely into New York harbour, with devastating consequences.

Half Blood by Lauren Dawes
A battle for werewolf territory and rights has Rhett fighting for his life and for the survival of the pack. The last half blood—a half human, half vampire hybrid—has been found and Rhett has been chosen as her unlikely Guardian. The pack’s survival hangs on her completing her transformation, but a Sicarii—a vampire assassin—is hunting her to ensure that never happens.

Timeline by David Wailing
It’s always risky, meeting a strange man for the first time. But not for Joanna O’Donnell. Not in the year 2022. Her auto – a digital assistant – has scoured his history, his entire timeline. Working for a detective agency, Joanna knows how to unearth secrets. Joanna’s auto calculates that her date is 85% compatible with her. At last, she’s found her match! And then, moments before they meet, Joanna’s auto reports there is a 24% chance this man will kill her.

Deathsinger by Mallory Kane
Devyn Charles is a brilliantly talented songwriter. She has another talent too, one that has nearly destroyed her. Police Commissioner Murdoch’s daughter is missing and Devyn is the only one who can help him find her. But helping him may kill her.

A Rip in Time-A Western Steampunk Tale by Billie Sue Mosiman
Angie worked for the Barbary Express until the day she fell from her horse outside the town of Hot Spring, South Dakota. Ashamed of leaving her with a crippled leg, the town doctor gave her a small clockworks box. The box could talk. The box was haunted by shape-shifters. Angie was soon to find out what else the box could do…

Nonfiction

100 Shareable Blog Post Ideas
Unfortunately, even great writers occasionally wither in inspiration, especially when writing feels like a job. And if you’re blogging for business, it is. This book solves that problem for you forever. Even if you published Monday-Friday, posting every idea in this book twice, you would have enough ideas to last you a year. Do them well, and each of the 100 ideas in this book is a home run waiting to happen.

Recipe Books

Dinner for One by Diane Lennon
Cooking a great dinner for one need not be a hassle. With tips and tricks on how to buy, store and prepare just enough food for a single serve. Dinner for One, can show you how you can enjoy the meals you love and throw away your frozen packaged dinner lifestyle for good. Each recipe has been perfectly proportioned for one serve.

Travel

Top Sights Travel Guides

Games

Dots and Boxes
In Dots and Boxes, you are presented with a set of dots in a 5×5 grid. One by one, each player must fill in a horizontal or vertical line between two dots. The player that completes a box by filling in the fourth side captures that box. Completing a box allows a player to immediately make another move. When all 16 boxes are claimed, the player with the most boxes wins.

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I found these books via Amazon’s Kindle eBooks store. Resources for free Kindle and other format eBooks are listed in my sidebar.

These freebies are limited time offers, so there is no guarantee any of these books will still be free when you click on the links. Grab them sooner rather than later.

Kindle Freebies – June 18, 2012

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Today I Loaded My Kindle With…

A handful of novels, a novella, a couple of fabulous looking cookbooks (Irish recipes! pie!), a nutrition guide, a word game, city guides you won’t want to miss (Tokyo! Toledo!), and a superhero reference guide.

Speaking of superheroes, yes, I had a fantastic time on Saturday at Denver Comic Con. It was nothing like the glorious monstrosities that are the New York and San Diego cons. No huge corporate booths, A-list stars or previews of upcoming movies and TV shows. The relatively small venue (just a portion of the convention center) was packed with a friendly,  enthusiastic and costumed crowd.

In case you need further proof of what a geek I really am…

Me at Denver Comic Con

No, the Doctor wasn’t home.

Lots of families showed up and there were plenty of activities for kids. I got a real kick out of seeing kids and their hero or villain swagger.

   

There was lots to see and a decent amount of panels to attend. Kudos to the organizers for getting a first year event off the ground so smoothly.

Onto to the freebies!

Fiction

What Zombies Fear by Kirk Allmond
When Victor Tookes went to work that beautiful spring day, he never expected to see a man eaten alive in the street in front of his office. After convincing himself that they really were zombies, he makes a trip from his house in Pennsylvania to his family home in Virginia, battling zombies all the way. His three and a half year old son was bitten on the leg, but doesn’t turn into a zombie. Instead, he turns into something more than human. Victor quickly discovers that everything he knew about zombies was wrong. Not all of them were mindless, uncoordinated, rotting ghouls; some of them were bigger, faster, stronger or smarter than when they were human.

Sacred Bloodlines by Wendy Owens
Tragedy has defined Gabe’s short existence in this world. An ominous darkness lurked on the edge of his existence until one day in a subway, strange things start happening. A series of events lead Gabe into a new and fascinating life filled with angels and demons, but he isn’t sure if he wants to be a part of it. Gabe is thrust into the middle of this exciting world that is full of things he has longed for in his life but it comes with a price. This new life also promises constant terrifying dangers that Gabe fears he may not be able to survive.

Homes for Gnomes by Stewart Thompson
‘Homes for Gnomes’ is a humorous novel that looks at how people and organisations try to cope with the discovery of real gnomes. Initially the gnomes are seen as a curiosity, a tourist attraction and an endangered species. This changes rapidly as the gnomes go thorough a population explosion and their underlying nature becomes apparent. Increasing conflict between Gnomes and Humans builds steadily until the Ratley family decides to eradicate the gnomes from their back garden. Meanwhile the Local Council decides to forcibly re-house them onto a purpose built “Homes for Gnomes” estate. They do this under the misguided belief that gnomes are really just like little humans. This turns out to be as sensible as moving badgers into bungalows.

The Prisoner (The Dark Elf of Syron, #1) by Laura Lond
Captain Torren, the warden of the Dormigan Prison, knows that the mysterious Prisoner 34 is much more dangerous than the authorities think. Torren does his best to guard him, going so far as to break some of his orders, but the new governor’s sudden wish to personally inspect the prison threatens to destroy the shaky balance the warden has achieved. Will the Prisoner comply and help Torren through the inspection? What will he ask in return? And will he keep his word?

Susanna and the Spy by Anna Elliott
Jobless and nearly destitute, Susanna Ward intends only to find work as a governess. She certainly has no intention of contacting her family, who cast off her father and scorned her mother years ago. But a chance encounter with a figure from her past suggests that her estranged grandfather was murdered, and that his death was connected to a local ring of smugglers, led by a mysterious figure who calls himself Captain Clark.

Nonfiction

Superheroes: The Best of Philosophy and Pop Culture by William Irwin
Behind the cool costumes, special powers, and unflagging determination to fight evil you’ll find fascinating philosophical questions and concerns deep in the hearts and minds of your favorite comic book heroes. Why doesn’t Batman just kill the Joker and end everyone’s misery? Does Peter Parker have a good life? What can Iron Man teach us about the role of technology in society?

101 High Protein Foods by Cynthia K. Johnson
In this eBook you will discover what are the top high protein foods and be given important facts about each one of them.

Recipe Books

Irish Food, Irish Desserts, Irish Recipes and St Patrick’s Day Recipes by Jamie Mathis
With these Irish recipes you are sure to get not only the traditional Irish food that you crave like Irish soda bread, Lamb Stew and traditional Irish desserts; but you will also get some St Patrick’s day recipes and American Irish recipes just for fun. Traditional Irish food mixed with American Irish recipes to make for a great time at your next party.

My Pie Heaven – Easy, Fabulous Pie, Cobbler and Tart Recipes by Barbara Mack
Pie. Delicious pie. Is there anything more wonderful than homemade pie? I don’t think so. I love pie, and I love making them. I don’t, however, like to work so hard that I can’t enjoy the pie later. These recipes are all easy, don’t require a lot of skill in the kitchen, and they don’t take a great deal of time. They’re hardly any work at all, in fact, but they taste like you slaved over a hot stove all day long.

Travel

Top Sights Travel Guides

Games

Puzzlebook: 100 Puzzle Quizzes by The Grabarchuk Family
This is Volume 1 of the Top Rated Puzzlebook: Puzzle Quizzes series. In this brand-new puzzle collection you will find 100 pictorial, hand-crafted puzzle quizzes in different themes: visual, spatial, counting, geometry, matchstick, coins, searching, and much more.

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I found these books via Amazon’s Kindle eBooks store. Resources for free Kindle and other format eBooks are listed in my sidebar.

These freebies are limited time offers, so there is no guarantee any of these books will still be free when you click on the links. Grab them sooner rather than later.

Kindle Freebies – June 8, 2012

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Today I Loaded My Kindle With…

Too many freebies that were too good to pass up.

Fiction downloads include scifi, dystopia, fantasy and a horror anthology with an irresistible title.

For recipes, an evil wonderful author has released a batch of cookbooks on dangerous delicious topics such as muffins and cupcakes. Drool.

Travel includes the usual city guides, plus a book on traveling alone. I traveled alone through Spain and it was an exhilarating and sometimes frightening experience. Though I had a “Let’s Go” travel guide, it was mostly by the seat of my pants. A guide like this could have been useful.

Finally, a three-in-one puzzle book game.

With all that, I’m bound to have a good weekend. Enjoy your weekend, too!

Fiction

Bright of the Sky by Kay Kenyon
At the start of this riveting launch of a new far-future SF series from Kenyon (Tropic of Creation), a disastrous mishap during interstellar space travel catapults pilot Titus Quinn with his wife, Johanna Arlis, and nine-year-old daughter, Sydney, into a parallel universe called the Entire. Titus makes it back to this dimension, his hair turned white, his memory gone, his family presumed dead and his reputation ruined with the corporation that employed him. The corporation (in search of radical space travel methods) sends Titus (in search of Johanna and Sydney) back through the space-time warp. There, he gradually, painfully regains knowledge of its rulers, the cruel, alien Tarig; its subordinate, Chinese-inspired humanoid population, the Chalin; and his daughter’s enslavement. Titus’s transformative odyssey to reclaim Sydney reveals a Tarig plan whose ramifications will be felt far beyond his immediate family. Kenyon’s deft prose, high-stakes suspense and skilled, thorough world building will have readers anxious for the next installment. (From Publisher’s Weekly)

Extinction Point by Paul Jones
Reporter Emily Baxter has a great job, an apartment in Manhattan, and a boyfriend she loves. All that changes the day the red rain falls from a cloudless sky. Just hours after the first reports from Europe, humanity is on the brink of extinction, wiped from the face of the earth in a few bloody moments, leaving Emily alone in an empty city. As she struggles to grasp the reality of her situation, Emily becomes the final witness to the end of our world… and the birth of a terrifying new one.

The Dragon Diary by M. Margaret Neil
When Emma Taylor translates an ancient Latin diary describing a dragon-slaying, her curiosity about the local legend is piqued. Looking for answers in the wild moors of Cornwall, she encounters her handsome cousin Jarod McNeill. Jarod has evidence that the diary is authentic – he holds the dragon’s claw. But an avalanche of unexpected pitfalls complicate Emma’s life, as she fights a forbidden attraction to her cousin. And despite sabotage, arson and even murder, she’s determined to prove the existence of dragons. Emma thinks she knows what secrets lie in the depths of the bog, but she’s dead wrong.

Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre
Tim Lieder’s anthology is an entertaining trip into the Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone. It is a place where a War Against Clowns is violently waged, a magician is taught magic by a Scottish crab, a pretty lycanthrope unleashes her wild side in a London club, and a not so imaginary friend helps a shy young man get the girl.

Recipe Books

Recipe Books by Kristie Chiles

Travel

Seven Reasons To Go Travelling Solo by Chris Mitchell
Seven Reasons author Chris Mitchell writes: Solo travelling changed my life. I left England in December 2002 to backpack in Australia, thinking I would travel for six months, a year at most. That was 10 years ago. I never went home. I ended up living in Thailand by accident and continuing to travel extensively across South East Asia, driven by a passion for scuba diving that I only discovered because of travelling. Quite early on I posted an article on TravelHappy called Seven Reasons To Go Travelling Solo. The ongoing response to that article has been huge, sparking hundreds of comments and emails from people wanting to travel alone. This ebook collects and updates the original Seven Reasons essay along with other useful and inspirational articles from TravelHappy to help and reassure those of you who want to travel solo. I’ve also included a previously Solo Travelling FAQ answering the most common solo travel questions posed by readers.

Top Sights Travel Guides

Games

Puzzlebook Trilogy: 303 Puzzle Quizzes by The Grabarchuk Family
Discover a trilogy of the Top Rated Puzzlebook: Puzzle Quizzes series – a compilation of three books: 100 Puzzle Quizzes, 101 Puzzle Quizzes, and 102 Puzzle Quizzes. In this puzzle collection you will find 303 pictorial, hand-crafted puzzle quizzes in different themes: visual, spatial, counting, geometry, matchstick, coins, searching, and much more.

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I found these books via Amazon’s Kindle eBooks store. Resources for free Kindle and other format eBooks are listed in my sidebar.

These freebies are limited time offers, so there is no guarantee any of these books will still be free when you click on the links. Grab them sooner rather than later.

Kindle Freebies – June 6, 2012

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Today I Loaded My Kindle With…

Science fiction, fantasy and horror, though I would say the genres cross in nearly all the books. Included in this batch is a novella by Nancy Kress. Readers of Writer’s Digest magazine will probably be familiar with her excellent articles on the craft of writing fiction. She is also the author of a writing guide I highly recommend, “Beginnings, Middles and Ends.”

No recipe or travel books caught my eye today, but I did pick up a few games. I find there is something very relaxing about playing games on the Kindle. The screen is a good size for a handheld device and the E ink display is easy on the eyes.

Fiction

Act One by Nancy Kress
One of the best of the year…a compelling novella about a once-famous actress and her devoted manager who get much more publicity of an unfortunate sort when they inadvertently become embroiled with an act of biological terrorism with potentially world-changing results.

The Soulkeepers by G. P. Ching
When fifteen-year-old Jacob Lau is pulled from the crumpled remains of his mother’s car, no one can explain why he was driving or why the police can’t find his mother’s body. A beautiful and mysterious neighbor offers to use her unique abilities to help him find his mom. But in exchange she requires Jacob to train as a Soulkeeper, a protector of human souls. He agrees to her demands, desperate for any clue to the mystery of his mother’s disappearance. But soon Jacob finds himself trapped in a web of half-truths, and questions her motives for helping him.

Monster: Nightrider’s Vengeance by J.D. Nixx
It was an idea born from the madness of the Colony Wars: create living weapons in the shape of man’s ancient nightmares. Vampires. Werewolves. Zombies. They turned the tide of war and broke the back of the rebellion. But no one stopped to ask what they would do with a unit of Special Operations-trained vampires when the war was over. Not until it was too late, and the only solution was to try to wipe them out, using a bioweapon tailored to their unique genetic structure. One survived.

Terrene: the Hidden Valley by Eric Liu
In the isolated rural valley of Terrene, where technology is grown, not manufactured, Flora Karachi paints her anguish with flowers and yearns to travel outside the mountain walls that guard her village. But in a society which values harmony and symmetry above all else, her dangerous curiosity and her indelicate scars, earned from a lifetime of inexplicable blackouts, make her an outcast with few prospects for adventure. Then the dreams come. Lucid and overpowering, they throw Flora into a fascinatingly advanced world where she lives the life of Jane Ingram, an American scientist fighting global climate change while trying to raise a child in a society where interpersonal interaction is becoming obsolete. Flora’s blackouts open a window into knowledge lost long ago and possibilities that are yet to come. To unravel these mysteries, she must travel to the enigmatic Institute, an ancient enclave hidden in the surrounding mountains, where scholars guard the secrets of Terrene.

Perpetual Night by Georgina Morales
Lilibeth is a sweet fifteen-year-old with a great relationship with her Mom but recently she’s been plagued by nightmares. When her dreams start to permeate her everyday activities she wonders about her grip on reality. Every nightmare becomes more frightening and ominous figures follow her during day; will she be finally institutionalized by her worried Mother or is it all real and she’s about to receive a great gift from beyond?

Games

Every Word: Crossings
Every Word: Crossings is a word game in which you try to unscramble letters to fill in as many words as you can on a crossword style grid. You are given five to seven scrambled letters with the goal of finding as many words as you can. When you find a word it gets added to the crossword style grid, which gives you clues about the words that intersect with the word you just found. You score points by filling out the words in each empty spot on the crossword grid. When you find a word that uses all available letters, you can move on to the next level, or keep at it until time runs out or until you fill up the board. The more words you make, the higher your score!

Jigsaw Words Volume 2
Jigsaw Words Volume 2 is a word game that challenges you to combine groups of letters into words that match the clues given. This update to the popular Jigsaw Words gives you 100 new puzzles and each puzzle has 10 clues to solve. The puzzles are organized into 10 themed categories like A Journey Through the Decades and College 101, and you can use the theme to help you solve the clues.

Math Blender
Oh no, your homework fell into the blender… the Math Blender! Test your math skills as you try to find all of the equations that have been scrambled by the blender. In Math Blender you are given five to nine scrambled tiles, each containing a number, an operator or an equal sign. Your goal is to find all of the possible equations for each puzzle. The game board shows a list of the possible answers with the numbers hidden, but with the operators and equal sign revealed. Some of the equations require every tile, but many will not.

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I found these books via Amazon’s Kindle eBooks store. Resources for free Kindle and other format eBooks are listed in my sidebar.

These freebies are limited time offers, so there is no guarantee any of these books will still be free when you click on the links. Grab them sooner rather than later.