Double Exposure for Two Bucks

Double Exposure, by Michael Lister, has been marked down to $1.99. I suspect it is part of the monthly $1.99 unadvertised specials Amazon has been running, so the price may hold for another couple of days (then again, it may not). In any case, it's a stand-alone thriller with all five-star reviews (except from Publisher's Weekly and they seem to take the critical aspect of being a critic as a requirement for their reviews).

Book Description
Following his dad’s death, Remington James returns to the small North Florida town where he grew up to assume his father’s life—taking care of his dying mother and running the local gun and pawn shop.One fateful fall evening, as the sun sinks and the darkness expands, Remington ventures deep into the river swamp to try out some new equipment and check his camera traps. Encountering the kind of wildlife that made him want to be a photographer in the first place, Remington gets some of the best shots of his life, but he’s about to happen upon the most dangerous animal of all—a feral, patient, sociopath who wants Remington dead.

Free Audiobook - The Mark of the Christian

The Mark of the Christian, by Francis A. Schaeffer, is a relatively short selection, at 1.25 hours long. Normally $8.98, you can get it for free by taking a short survey at ChristianAudio.com (click on the survey banner on the home page). It's a short survey and you'll be given a coupon code at the end (write it down) and a link to the book. Put the book in your cart, select checkout, enter the coupon code and a few clicks later you can download the book (the MP3 version will work on your Kindle).

The offer expires on September 30.

Book Description
"It is possible to be a Christian without showing the mark, but if we expect non-Christians to know that we are Christians, we must show the mark."

Christians have not always presented an inviting picture to the world. Too often we have failed to show the beauty of authentic Christian love. And the world has disregarded Christianity as a result.

In our era of global violence and sectarian intolerance, the church needs to hear anew the challenge of this book. Decades ago Francis Schaeffer exhorted, "Love--and the unity it attests to--is the mark Christ gave Christians to wear before the world. Only with this mark may the world know that Christians are indeed Christians and that Jesus was sent by the Father."

More than ever, the church needs to respond compassionately to a needy world. More than ever, we need to show the Mark.

Price Reduction on Wii and Wii Fit, plus $25 bonus

Looks like the price of the Wii console has finally dropped below $200. As many as they've sold, you have to wonder if it's because nearly the entire planet now has at least one of them? To celebrate (and promote sales, I'm sure), Amazon has a couple of specials going on. First, if you buy a Wii Console, you get a $25 gift certificate in the mail, which you can use for anything sold by Amazon (excludes third-party sellers, but works perfectly fine on Kindle books).

On the same page, they have sale prices on a number of games, including one I play way too much, cutting into my reading time: Animal Crossing: City Folk ($24.99). For a little more active game, Punch-Out!! has one of the weirdest add-ons I've seen for a game. If you buy it now, they throw in the Amazon.com Exclusive Punch-Out!! Heavyweight Contender Kit, which contains (no joke) a candy bar, a crown, a desktop punching bag and a pair of boxer shorts (bright yellow, size large).

They are also running a one-day sale on Wii Fit, which includes the balance board, for $79.98. That price lets you add the Wii Fit Plus software at $19.49 and end up with both games and the board at about the price of the Wii Fit Plus with balance board alone ($98.99).

Game of the Day - Granny In Paradise (98 cents)

Amazon's Video Game of the Day deal today is once again a game download for 98 cents; this time it's Granny In Paradise. No reviews on the game download versions of the SuperGranny series so far, but there are a few on the boxed versions and they tend to be 4 to 5 stars (except one person that said her toddler didn't like it .... which makes me ask: "you bought this for a toddler????"). Anyway, it looks interesting enough for me to try the trial version. I have to wonder if they are going to keep doing under a dollar game downloads next week?

Game Description

• Super Granny Is Back
• Over 170 Levels
• 5 Worlds To Explore
• Create Your Own Adventures

Super Granny is back, and she's ready to rumble. While on a well-deserved vacation, Granny's kitties are abducted. Run, dig, climb, swing, float and tumble through 5 worlds and over 170 levels, as you rescue Granny's missing cats and outwit the minions of the nefarious Dr. Meow. With a built-in level editor you can create your own adventures for hours and hours of additional fun!

This game should also qualify as a purchase for the Buy One, Get One Free offer that Amazon is currently running, as yesterday's download did.

Monthly Kindle Book Budget: July

I'm still trying to get caught up on posting my book purchases, one more month to go (but only a few days until another month behind).

July

Free	Chris Anderson	$0.00
The Long Tail, (Revised and Updated)	Chris Anderson	$0.00
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1)	James Patterson	$0.00
Tumor Chapter 1	Noel Tuazon	$0.00
Killing Joe	Marie Treanor	$0.00
Thorn Queen	Richelle Mead	$0.00
Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #2: Skyborn	JOHN JACKSON MILLER	$0.00
Haley's Cabin	Anne Rainey	$0.00
Hold The Dark: A Markhat story	Frank Tuttle	$3.60
The Mister Trophy	Frank Tuttle	$2.00
Wistril Compleat	Frank Tuttle	$0.99
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete (1452-1519)	Leonardo da Vinci	$0.00
Trickster: A Novel of the Silent Empire	Steven Harper	$1.79
God is Closer Than You Think*	Mike Darretta	$0.01
Anybody But Justin	Shelli Stevens	$0.00
Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: How Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion Can Lead to a Lifetime of Success	James Marcus Bach	$0.00
Fire-Heart (A Tale of Alterra, The World That Is)	C S Marks	$0.99
Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns - Book 1	Kevin J. Anderson	$1.00
Zombie	Joely Skye	$0.00
Paranoia	Joseph Finder	$0.00
My Soul to Lose	Rachel Vincent	$0.00
Worst Enemies/Best Friends	Annie Bryant	$0.00
The Codex	Douglas Preston	$4.99
Nightmare (The Silent Empire)	Steven Harper	$1.79
Dreamer: A Novel Of the Silent Empire	Steven Harper	$1.79
The Enhancer	Teresa McCullough, Meg Baxter	$0.99
No Little People	Francis A. Schaeffer	$0.00
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Volume 1 (1452-1519)	Leonardo da Vinci	$0.00
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Volume 2 (1452-1519)	Leonardo da Vinci	$0.00
Green Cost Cutting: Five Ways to Get Lean Now	Andrew Winston	$0.00
Manifold: Time	Stephen Baxter	$0.00
Darkfever	Karen Marie Moning	$0.00

* This one was via Mobilereference and is now missing from the Kindle store, although the paperback is still available.

For the month, that's 32 books, $19.94 in total, for $0.62 per book. Under budget by a mile, but I'll make up for it later in the year, I'm sure.

Here's the break-down by month, for the year-to-date:

Month	No. Books	Total Cost	Per Book
January	59	$83.47	$1.41
February	43	$29.97	$0.70
March	32	$33.44	$1.05
April	22	$13.11	$0.60
May	34	$34.79	$1.02
June	37	$40.39	$1.09
July	32	$19.94	$0.62
Totals	259	$255.11	$0.98