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Group Challenges > Self Challenge: Attacking my kindle free list round 2 - 2014

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message 51: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments The first set contained some very good and some very bad books and a lot of books that were good but not spectacular. I think the best one of the lot was The Wedding Cake Tree by Melanie Hudson which was brilliant, definitely recommend.

And I enjoyed Rusty Nail Joo :)


message 53: by Jud (new)

Jud (judibud) | 16799 comments Good luck!


message 54: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments One down :)


message 55: by Joo (new)

Joo (jooo) | 1351 comments I've read 4 of them:
56, 36, 40, 12


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12593 comments Yay, good on you.


message 57: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments I'm not doing well so far, don't know if I've been in a funny mood but that's 3 so far out of 4 that I've given up on at various stages. Once my list has gone down, I might have to revisit these ones to see if any catch my attention a second time. On to The Rose Hotel by Rahimeh Andalibian next.


message 58: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Oh yes, reading funk over!! :)

I can definitely recommend The Rose Hotel by Rahimeh Andalibian . It was an incredible read, and a brilliant book to start off my new kindle. On to Sky Song (Sky Song trilogy #1) by Sharon Sant and it seems ok so far.


message 59: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Two more read, both quite good books :)


message 61: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Three more read, taking me to 12/50 read or ditched. Think I'll be reading the next one alongside the few that follow as it's 600+ pages long!


message 62: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Reading a bit out of order now as I'm trying to fit them in for a challenge. Started Life, Inc. by Kevin George which I didn't realise was a long book!


message 63: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Finished several more, now started on Life... With No Breaks by Nick Spalding which looks interesting, got just over 30 books to go :)


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12593 comments Good luck, do you have a timeframe in mind to finish?


message 65: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Definitely by the end of the year, hopefully by maybe the end of October but I've got a few other books to read and a course at work coming up which will slow me down.


message 66: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments I've read a few more, got 14 left and I'm halfway through the next one :)


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12593 comments Fab, a plus side to being off work!!


message 70: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments I'm going to start with Rotten Apple: Seven Sins, One Deadly City and leave Alaskan Fire, 1632 and The Riddler's Gift for towards the end.


message 71: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Well that was quick.... Rotten Apple: Seven Sins, One Deadly City is badly written, so on to the next one!


message 72: by Joo (new)

Joo (jooo) | 1351 comments I took a peek. It looked like hard work.


message 73: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Joo wrote: "I took a peek. It looked like hard work."

I only got a couple of pages in before I gave up!


message 75: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments And that book was as terrible as I expected, think I got 13% in before giving up in favour of Phoenix Rising which is mildly more enjoyable. Think I've left the bad books for last again!


message 76: by Joo (last edited Sep 01, 2014 10:53AM) (new)

Joo (jooo) | 1351 comments ✿Claire✿ wrote: " on to Tallulah's Got A Shopping Trolley next :)"

I don't think I'd have got past the first line of the blurb: "I met Harvey on the car-par of Morrisons a few weeks ago"
also "The truth is, I'm a bit put out that he doesn't want to see me naked and that can't healthy."


message 77: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments I don't know what drew me to it in the first place but I wasn't expecting it to be any good!


message 78: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments 5 left, three of them are long books though. I've already sorted the next 100 onto a shelf, I'll get a thread started soon for them I think :)


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12593 comments Good luck with the last 5


message 80: by ✿Claire✿ (last edited Sep 08, 2014 01:31AM) (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments The Final Five!

#71. The Riddler's Gift - DNF
#43. 1632 - DNF
#08. Jimmy Threepwood and the Veil of Darkness - DNF
#07. Now Departing Planet Earth - DNF
#38. Alaskan Fire - ✔


message 81: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Jimmy Threepwood wasn't enjoyable and it turned out I'd already started and given up on Now Departing Planet Earth.

Alaskan Fire is good so far though!

I've set up the thread for round 3 already, there are some good books on there but I think I'll read some of my non free books for a week or so before I start the next round, they're piling up a bit!


message 82: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Alaskan Fire was brilliant, I've got the next in the series on my kindle somewhere, I'll definitely be reading.

Unfortunately, The Riddler's Gift and 1632 weren't and were both DNFs.

However, that means that list 2 is Finished!!


message 83: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Of the 70 books I finished:

5 stars - 2
4 stars - 44
3 stars - 20
2 stars - 4
1 star - 0


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12593 comments Fantastic, good on you Claire. I think 70 of 100 is good to say they were all free, shows that there are quite a few gems out there.


message 85: by ✿Claire✿ (new)

✿Claire✿ (clairelm) | 2602 comments Thanks Desley, there definitely are a few gems. And 4 stars for me means a really good book, I don't give many 5 stars.


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