4. a book available from Kindle First Reads for any month in the year 2020

[Jillian]

From the Challenge Topic Clarifications thread: This is one of the benefits of an Amazon Prime subscription, in that on the 1st of each month you get to pick one book free from a list. But, you don't have to have a Prime subscription for this, as you can view a list of the current month's Kindle First Reads here. If one catches your interest, you can purchase it, borrow from the library or a friend, etc.

If nothing from 2020 catches your eye for this, at the bottom of the First Reads page is a link to all of the previous First Read's offerings to see if something from a past year might peek your interest.

If you re an Audible members, the free Audible Originals available each month would also work just fine for this.

Use this thread to discuss progress on this challenge topic, such as:

* Ask for or provide reading suggestions
* Discuss how/why you chose the book you did for this topic
* Note how you liked the book you chose
* Anything special about the book you chose
* Learnings or things you got out of the book
* Ask for guidance on what books can "count" for this topic (don't worry, I'll monitor this thread and update the clarifications for this topic, if necessary)

Whatever you want to talk about regarding this particular challenge topic!

[Jillian]

I do have a kindle-first-reads shelf that goes back several years if you'd like to peruse that for ideas!

[Kathleen]

:) Thank you for this Jillian! I've sent you a friends request so that I can see the shelf.

And, tbf, I think you're pretty cool, so why not be friends?! :D

[Jillian]

Kathleen wrote: "I've sent you a friends request so that I can see the shelf.

And, tbf, I think you're pretty cool, so why not be friends?! :D"

Haha, of course we can be friends! I accepted your request just now. :)

[Jillian]

Not finding anything exciting in this year's selections so far, I stumbled upon one that caught my eye from the September 2019 selection: The Vine Witch. Sadly, I am struggling a bit with it. The world-building is a little incomplete and it's kind of slow, but I'm still interested enough to keep trying, at least for a while!

[Jillian]

Update: Abandoned The Vine Witch at 24%. Story became boring and repetitive, and the unanswered world-building questions started to pile up. Looking for another Kindle First Read that catches my attention to replace it!