Mimi Johnson’s Gathering String ranks No. 1 in free political fiction on Amazon right now, 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, a promotional free day. The novel also ranks No. 7 among free contemporary fiction offerings and No. 23 among all free books on Amazon. The price goes back up to $5.99 tomorrow.

Gathering String is beating considerable competition in all 3 categories: 21 offerings altogether in political fiction and more than 100 in both contemporary and all books (the rankings just show the top 100).

If you have read Gathering String, especially if you’ve taken advantage of a free day, the author/publisher would appreciate a review or at least a like.

In addition, Gathering String is the selection for an Iowa book club:

@stevebuttry @mimijohnson Carla Offenburger’s book club in Greene County IA ordered “Gathering String” today to read for upcoming session.

— Chuck Offenburger (@chuckoburger) May 19, 2012

And another happy reader tweets:

@stevebuttry @mimijohnson I just finished Ch. 10, loving the book.

— Brian Smith (@smithbm12) May 19, 2012