Today's Gold Box at Amazon is with "3M Streaming Projector Powered by Roku". Not only can you watch a six-foot wide "screen" on any wall inside, you can take it outside and run off battery there. In addition to the included Roku streaming stick, which gives you Roku access anywhere there is a WiFi signal, the projector also works with any device with an HDMI port, which means you can use it plus a Kindle Fire to watch movies pretty much anywhere.
Today's Kindle Daily Deal is The Oracle Glass ($1.99), by Judith Merkle Riley [Sourcebooks Landmark]; it's also today's Nook Daily Find, which finally dropped in price in the B&N store, as well. Since I've already written up the book in the earlier post, I'll skip doing so again here.
Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is Emma Dilemma ($1.99), by Patricia Hermes [Two Lions].Book Description
One light. Many candles. One challah. Many slices. A family gets ready to celebrate the Sabbath. It welcomes guests, enjoys a nice meal, and savors a few quiet moments together. Shabbat Shalom! Appealing watercolors add just the right touch to the festivities.
Age Range: 9 and up
Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Girl in Hyacinth Blue ($1.99), by Susan Vreeland [RosettaBooks], with the companion audiobook for $3.99.Book Description
A Dutch painting of a young girl survives three and a half centuries through loss, flood, anonymity, theft, secrecy, even the Holocaust. This is the story of its owners whose lives are influenced by its beauty and mystery. Despite their unsatisfied longings, their own and others' flaws, the girl in hyacinth blue has the power to engender love in all its human variety.
This luminous story begins in the present day, when a professor invites a colleague to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeer--but why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of events that trace the ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work's inspiration. As the painting moves through each owner's hands, what was long hidden quietly surfaces, illuminating poignant moments in multiple lives. Susan Vreeland's characters remind us, through their love of this mysterious painting, how beauty transforms and why we reach for it, what lasts and what in our lives is singular and unforgettable.
Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is Unearthly ($1.99), the first title in the trilogy by Cynthia Hand [HarperCollins]; the trilogy was completed earlier this year, with the release of Boundless in January.Book Description
In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . .
Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.
Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.
As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make—between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?
Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.
