Tag: free reading challenge

  • My free reading challenge: straying outside my genre

    I read a lot of YA fiction. Reading is a high priority in my life. I work, I’m a mum, I write books myself (45.5k words through Nanowrimo – whoop!) and I still squash in reading 2 – 3 books a week. I’d be lost without them. But I can get a bit jaded. Just to…

  • Free Reading Challenge: How much is too much?

    Finding Free I’ve spoken before about how I’ve found books to read for my free reading challenge. I’ve surfed Amazon (not a brilliant success), found books from e-mail promotion companies, and from recommendations on Facebook and Twitter and signed up to blog tours (much more successful). Just lately, I’ve also signed up to several author newsletters…

  • My free reading challenge: temptation!

    My quest to read as much as I like without spending money on a book for myself until Christmas continues… Dear and lovely readers, this week was hard. Offspring found an unspent book token, so we headed off to Waterstones to spend it. A will of iron Now, that’s not the hard part. I’m –…

  • My free reading challenge: I bought a book

    When I started my free reading challenge, I knew it was going to be difficult, so I gave myself some let-outs. This week I used my joker to buy a book from an author I’ve read a free book from in order to help with their launch. Like one – Love the next A couple of weeks…

  • Free reading challenge: but that doesn’t count!

    I’ve bought four books this week, which sounds like a lot for someone who isn’t buying books at the moment, but wait, your honour, I can explain… One for me… I have bought a book for myself this week, but it was non-fiction and an excellent reference book for self-publishing (it’s Format it Yourself by Jo…