Amazon has announced this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award finalists for this year, 3 each in two categories, general fiction and young adult fiction. An excerpt of each is currently available as a free download:

General Fiction

• East of Denver by Gregory Hill
• Dog Christ by Lucian Morgan
• I Am Livia by Phillis T. Smith

Young Adult Fiction

• Spookygirl by Jill Baguchinsky
• Lost in Thought by Cara Bertrand
• Devolution by Richard Larson

No, I have not read any of these yet and have no idea if I’ll vote for any of them; but since voting is only open until June 1, I figured I’d better post this now.