My 2012 Amazon Freebie Challenge

[vodkafan]

I seem to be going strong so far this year and I am inspired by Kell's Kindle Klub which I think is a great idea. So in order to regularly be able to post a review on there I have decided to embark on my own small challenge. This is to read and review just one (or at least one) Amazon Freebie book every month. I will post the review on the kindle club thread and on Amazon .co.uk too. I will try to pick a different book than others have so as to be useful.

Anybody please feel free to join me.

 

January's book is : The Penal Colony by Richard Hersely

[Nollaig]

Love it!! Good luck!

[Janet]

Great idea!

 

The only books I've downloaded to my Kindle thus far have been freebies! I shall be watching with interest.

[Easy Reader]

How many challenges does one man need ?

 

I did think the other day that take the top 10, 20, 30 etc of the freebie kindle list as a challenge but not that many of them interest me. Good luck I shall watch this space with interest.

[Kell]

I have The Penal Colony on my Kindle too - my Mam recommended it.

[vodkafan]

If I bit my nails I would say it's nail-biting. But I don't so I will just say it's exciting so far!

[Alexi]

I downloaded that one too so shall await your review with interest!

[lauraloves]

good luck with your challenge

[bobblybear]

Oooh, I got that one as well, but have yet to read it. It got a lot of good reviews on Amazon.

[LittleW]

Nice to see, that I'm not the only one who roam the free eBook section on Amazon.

And, reading your posts, I saw that the UK version seems far more interesting.

I began thinking about registering there as well.

Just for freebies, to avoid money changing fees.

[Janet]

I'm not sure you can do that, sadly.

 

Noll, who is the Ireland, has to use Amazon.com - she can't download them from Amazon.co.uk, despite being geographically closer to the UK.

[Weave]

Fab challenge VF Good luck I've downloaded a fair few free kindle books

Edited January 13, 2012 by Weave

[vodkafan]

I just finished The Penal Colony. By Richard Herley.

 

This was a stonking good read. I think it goes in the genre of speculative fiction. It is set in 1997, (so was possibly written a few years before that?). An innocent man called Routledge has been wrongly convicted of rape and murder , by the normal process of British law. What is diifferent in this version of 1997 is that a right wing government has taken tough measures and made several islands off the UK coastline into penal colonies where certain categories of criminals are sent for life, with no chance of reprieve.

Routledge wakes up at Sert, an island off the coast of Cornwall and his ordeal begins.

In his first days of confusion and mind numbing fear he has to fight for his survival in this new unforgiving society . He is a quantity surveyor, unfit and soft. Can he possibly survive ? Or will he succumb to madness?

There is nothing second rate about the writing, the book is gripping throughout. definitely worth downloading.

[julie]

That sounds really good,VF .

I think it is available here, but it costs a bit ,maybe a dollar or 2 . Might be worth looking into when I have some spare money on my card.

[frankie]

Excellent challenge, I'm very much looking forward to what you come up with this year!

[lopeanha]

Nice to see, that I'm not the only one who roam the free eBook section on Amazon.

And, reading your posts, I saw that the UK version seems far more interesting.

I began thinking about registering there as well.

Just for freebies, to avoid money changing fees.

it doesn't work to download ebooks from amazon.uk while you're in germany. I already tried...

[LittleW]

Thanks for that info. It would have been my next step today, after looking through that section and considering it worth a try.