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My first read for 2024 is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐! What a great way to start the year.
The Lawson Legacy by Janet Gover https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
FINISHED!December Featured Author - Natasha Lester
Duration: 1/12/23 - 31/12/23
Level: MEDIUM 2+ AA
TASKS: 11/11
AA: 3/3
TASKS
#1. Natasha Lester is the multi-award winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Paris Seamstress, The Paris Orphan, The Paris Secret and The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre among others
**Read a book by an Australian author
Pearl in a Cage by Joy Dettman AA Completed 20/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. Natasha's latest release, The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard is out now in Australia, and will be published in North America in Feb 2024.
**Read a book where each title letter fits in ASTRID BRICARD (min 2 word title) AND it is set in America
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen COMPLETED 24/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. Prior to writing, Natasha worked as a marketing executive for L’Oreal, managing the Maybelline brand, before returning to university to study creative writing.
Her books have been translated into more than twenty-one different languages and are now published all around the world.
**Read a book about books
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis COMPLETED 26/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4. Natasha lives in Perth, Western Australia with her 3 children and loves fashion history, practising the art of fashion illustration, collecting vintage fashion, travelling and, of course, books.
**Read a STANDALONE book
His Favourite Graves by Paul Cleave COMPLETED 10/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS
**Read a book by Natasha Lester
Her Mother's Secret by Natasha Lester AA COMPLETED 15/12/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELL OUT: LESTER
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Last Chance Cafe by Liz Byrski AA COMPLETED 20/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...E:
A Report of Murder by F.L. Everett COMPLETED 27/12 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...S:
Secrets in the Blood by Gwyn Bennett COMPLETED 15/12 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...T:
The Night She Lied by Lucy Dawson COMPLETED 28/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...E:
Dead in Her Tracks by Kendra Elliot COMPLETED 29/12 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...R:
Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar COMPLETED 31/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm a starter for this.A-Z Authors
1/1/24 - 31/12/24
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January Featured Author - Sarah BarrieDuration: 1/1/24 - 31/1/24
Level: HARD
10/10
AA 🦘 4/4
TASKS
#1. Sarah Barrie is the author of nine novels, including her bestselling print debut Secrets Of Whitewater Creek, the Hunters Ridge trilogy and the Calico Mountain trilogy.
**Read a book by an Australian author
The Lawson Legacy by Janet Gover 🦘COMPLETED 01/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. In a past life, while gaining degrees in arts, science and education, Sarah worked as a teacher, a vet nurse, a horse trainer and a magazine editor, before deciding she wanted to write novels.
**Read a book where BOTH the author's initials are in MAGAZINE
Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman COMPLETED 26.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. A couple of the things that remain constant in Sarah's life, are her love of all things crime, as well as family and friends.
**Read a CRIME novel
True Crime by Georgina Lees COMPLETED 31.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4. Her favourite place in the world is the family property, where she writes her stories overlooking mountains crisscrossed with farmland, bordered by the beauty of the Australian bush, and where, at the end of the day, she can spend time with family, friends, a good Irish whiskey and a copy of her next favourite book.
**Read a book showing the Australian bush on the cover
The Blue Gum Camp by Leonie Kelsall🦘 COMPLETED 03/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS
**Read a book by Sarah Barrie 🦘
Devil's Lair by Sarah Barrie COMPLETED 14/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELLOUT - SARAH
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A Shadow at the Door by Jo Dixon 🦘 COMPLETED 04.04.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A -
A Breath of Fresh Air by Jessica Redland COMPLETED 15.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...R -
The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini COMPLETED 18.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A -
Anything for a Friend by Kathleen M. Willett COMPLETED 27.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...H -
Holmes, Margaret and Poe: A twisty mystery thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author by James Patterson COMPLETED 05/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sorry, I'm not able to participate this weekend either - I have a lot of family stuff going on - but I hope you all have fun! 💕📚
The Lost Gift to the Italian Island by Barbara Josselsohn ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
