Self Challenge: Attacking my Kindle Free unread books list

[Elle]

Claire, it's not specific to a certain book, it's just a Kindle problem - like a computer problem - it fixes itself 99% of the time.

[✿Claire✿]

Struggling with Head over heels at the moment - very slow going. Might start another one to read alongside.

[A.L.]

I was looking through my kindle list thinking I don't remember downloading all these. Still there they are:)

[✿Claire✿]

I haven't read any more off this list yet as I'm working my way through red covered books but I've read some more of my free kindle books:
(****), (*), (***).

I've also read which, while it wasn't free, was a really good read and I can definitely recommend it!

[✿Claire✿]

I'll be back on this list next week for some purple books but in the meantime I've read a few other books off my kindle and also .

I'm currently reading , up to chapter 3 and so far it's terrible!!

[✿Claire✿]

Death by cake didn't improve. Back to my list now :)

[D.D. Chant]

Claire wrote: "Death by cake didn't improve. Back to my list now :)"

But it sounds soooooo good! Death by cake... yum!!!

[✿Claire✿]

D.D. wrote: "Claire wrote: "Death by cake didn't improve. Back to my list now :)"

But it sounds soooooo good! Death by cake... yum!!!"

That's what I thought when I read the title but it wasn't anything like I expected, or like the blurb suggested!

[D.D. Chant]

:-(

That is so disappointing!!! Oh well; on ward and upward as my Granddad used to say! ;-P

[✿Claire✿]

So, having had a really slow February reading wise as everything else took over, I'm going to start one of the Witchy ones, not sure which one yet, see which one comes up first :)

[✿Claire✿]

One of the HP Mallory ones probably :)

[Elle]

I dislike her writing style!

[✿Claire✿]

Well that's four read in the last 2 weeks :) , , and .

[Cherrelle]

I think it's time for an updated list? How many have you got left, Claire? Are you keeping track of numbers anywhere?

Anyhow, good luck!

[✿Claire✿]

I'm updating the two posts at the beginning (posts 7 and 8) but I've read 9 of 51 so far. But that's just the first 51 :) When I get to 10, I'll post another post on all the ones I've read so far.

[Cherrelle]

Okie dokie! Thanks for the info. I probably should open my eyes before asking questions ;)

[✿Claire✿]

is next :)

[✿Claire✿]

Finished - really good although I preferred , definitely going to keep a look out for more of her books.

[✿Claire✿]

Reading now.

[✿Claire✿]

Ok, is terrible so far, I'm 15% in. So it's going on my 'read a little bit at a time' book and I'm going to read instead.

[✿Claire✿]

I've started reading for another challenge so has taken a bit of a back seat for a cuople of days. I know, I'm indecisive!! is surprisingly good so far, I never used to read romances but since I joined GR (and found the free books!) I've been reading a lot more and I enjoy them.

I also have some library books I need to get read so I can return them so my Kindle will have to take a side step for a couple of days while I power through them!

[✿Claire✿]

Finished , really good actually, it never used to be my sort of book but I enjoyed it.

[R.M.F.]

So what's your overall impression of freebie/self-published books? Do we still need the traditional 'gatekeepers' of the mainstream publishing world to separate the wheat from the chaff? I love clichés :)

[Jud]

I think next year I'll go through my freebie list and clear it out a little. I'll have to be brutal though

[✿Claire✿]

R.M.F wrote: "So what's your overall impression of freebie/self-published books? Do we still need the traditional 'gatekeepers' of the mainstream publishing world to separate the wheat from the chaff? I love cli..."

So far, it's mixed, there have been some really good books that I've found from the freebies I've downloaded but a lot of those have also been published in paperback and were just free for a short time as a promotion. Some of the books have been terrible, some have been great and some have been in the middle, the sort that, I think, with some help, would be a really good author.

[✿Claire✿]

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I think next year I'll go through my freebie list and clear it out a little. I'll have to be brutal though"

I currently have 819 books on my 'freebie' unread list, plus several paperbacks I've bought to read, plus the kindle books I actually paid for, and the ones I downloaded free yesterday but haven't added to the collection yet! Think it's gonna take a while to get through the list!

On the other hand though, I did remove from my kindle 100 free books that I'd read in the last year or so. (I was an final year undergrad so didn't have a massive amount of time for reading in the first half of last year!)

[D.D. Chant]

Wow, well done Claire!!!

[[deleted user]]

Claire wrote: "Finished , really good actually, it never used to be my sort of book but I enjoyed it."

Oh good - on checking I find that I have this book too...

:0)

[✿Claire✿]

Karen (Kew) wrote: "Claire wrote: "Finished , really good actually, it never used to be my sort of book but I enjoyed it."

Oh good - on checking I find that I have this book too...

:0)"

Definitely recommend it, if you like romances!!

[✿Claire✿]

Just finished - very amusing crime story, definitely want to try and find the next in the series.

[✿Claire✿]

Something a little bit different next -

[Elle]

Go Claire!

[✿Claire✿]

Thanks! I'm really enjoying this challenge :)

[✿Claire✿]

was ok, went a bit wobbly in the middle, don't think I'll bother with the next one in the series.

[✿Claire✿]

Reading at the moment along with a couple of other books on my kindle that I haven't included in this challenge. Think I might update it with a few more later as well!

[✿Claire✿]

. was really really good, definitely a book worth reading if that sort of genre interests you. I'd like to read the next one if I can get my hands on it although I do worry if that would spoil it a bit!

Not sure what's next... any suggestions?

[Patti (baconater)]

Eep.

No idea which books in my archive were free or not!

[Jud]

I think you should go for 4, 24, 25, 26 & 27 It's technically 5 in a oner

[✿Claire✿]

I've just read , the first part. I was surprised how good it was, I wasn't expecting to be so eager to read the next one!

[Jenn]

I think I've got about 90 books on my Kindle and I'm pretty sure I've only read about 6 of them. Current Kindle read is 'Just Evil' which I'm sure was a freebie

[✿Claire✿]

I've just read , definitely getting a paranormal twist. I quite like the fact that it is just unrealistic enough to prevent me from panicking. As a scientist, I know far too much about what could happen to not get scared by plague type books!

I've decided to create a 'gave up' list - not sure where to put it yet but it currently has and on it!

[D.D. Chant]

Oh dear, still best not to waste time on books you don't like. Onward and upward!!!

[✿Claire✿]

Definitely! I think I'll update and add some more books to the list over the next few days so I still have plenty of variety to choose from :)

[D.D. Chant]

That's a good idea, sometimes you're just not in the mood for a certain genre and you need to change things up with something different.

[✿Claire✿]

A lot of what's left are the ones that haven't appealed to me at the times I've been choosing a new book so I'll mix it up and try and pick some good ones to add.

[Joo]

I just compared my books to yours and there's a few you haven't read that I have given 4-5 stars for that I know have been free at some point.
So I'm going to randomly suggest Clovenhoof, Maureen and Flux. Such different books that a lot of people here have loved.

[✿Claire✿]

Thanks Joo :) i'll have a look at them :)

[✿Claire✿]

Books I couldn't finish:
1: (#19)
2: (#17)
3: (#9)
4: (#49)
5: (#64)
6: (#89)
7: (#37)
8: (#52)
9: (#54)

[✿Claire✿]

is next :)

[✿Claire✿]

Read and both good but the second one was a bit weird!!

Going to read tonight (it's only 19 pages supposedly) and start