Alison’s Comments (group member since Mar 19, 2018)

Alison’s comments from the Better World Books Reading Challenge 2018 group.

My book budget is basically zero right now and I'm not organised enough to make good use of libraries so although a lot of the categories I can go with with books I already own, and I can put a few on my birthday wishlist, there are other categories I'm looking to see what's free to download on Kindle etc. This is obviously easier with categories like (15) A book by a deceased author!

I thought I'd share what I've come up with for anyone else in a similar financial boat.

2. A book independently published: the Buddhist publishing house Shambala publications released this one for free -
Beyond Anger: How to Hold On to Your Heart and Your Humanity in the Midst of Injustice

5. A book that rewrites history
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

8. A book set in the current season
I love reading Christmas books at Christmas time! You can get A Christmas Carol for free easily enough, or The Nutcracker and the Mouse King or The Gift of the Magi. And if you don't like classics there are a bunch of self-published books you can get for free on Kindle if you just type in "free Christmas books" to Kindle search (I can't guarantee these will be any good!)

19. A book with a detective protagonist
You can get all of Sherlock Holmes for free.

Any other suggestions?

Any suggestions for Graphic novels for people who don't really like superhero stuff? I like The Complete Persepolis but it's hard to read in the current political climate :-/ I read The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable once but I found it harder to get into than Pratchett's other works.

I chose a book I've wanted to read but never actually started because it intimidated me. I actually have a bunch of these but I picked the shortest one to make my life easier :-)

The Day Democracy Died