Graded Mandarin Chinese podcasts or e-books
小王子 (Xiao3 Wang3 zi: Little Prince), 还游世界八十天 (huan2 you2 shi4 jie4 ba shi2 tian: Around the World in 80 Days) by 企鹅 (qi3 e2: Penguin) books were pretty interesting books. 

They aren't too packed with useless ChengYu (idioms), and tell a nice story (They also have some pictures... Which I find really helpful in pairing with Chinese to remember). You can download them on your smart phone and read them there. 

If you have Android, download the Hanping Pro for like $.99... will help you with any characters you don't understand.



I'd also recommend you read some 漫画 (man4 hua4：Manga)... The pictures along with the words are great for learning.