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COMPLETED! November Featured Author - P.J. Tracy
Duration: 1/11/23 - 30/11/23
Level: EASY
10/10
1/1 AA
TASKS
#1. P.J. Tracy is a pseudonym for the mother/daughter team of Patricia (P.J.) and Traci Lambrecht. Together they wrote award winning crime novels
**Read a book by another author writing under a pseudonym
Career of Evil by JK Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith COMPLETED 19/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. P.J. and Traci both lived in America
**Read a book set in America
Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich COMPLETED 07/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. P.J.Tracy are famous for their ten book Monkeewrench series
**Read a book from a series
Bad Blood #19 in the Kim Stone series by Angela MarsonsCOMPLETED 16/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#4. After P.J. died in 2016 Traci continued writing their ten book crime series. She has also begun a further series featuring Detective Margaret Nolan
** Read a book featuring a female police officer
Death at Paradise Park by Ross Greenwood COMPLETED 11/11 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS BOOK Read a book by P. J. Tracy
Nothing Stays Buried by P.J. Tracy COMPLETED 20/11 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELLOUT
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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict COMPLETED 13/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...R -
The Reunion by Roisin Meaney COMPLETED 20/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I -
In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch COMPLATED 30/11 ⭐⭐⭐.9 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...M -
Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year by Joanna Nell AA COMPLETED 03/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...E -
The Engagement Party: A totally addictive and absolutely unputdownable psychological thriller by Finley Turner COMPETED 12/11 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm in please Brenda. 💕📚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
L:
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...
Count me in please, Brenda. 💕📚I'm going for broke this time and opting for Level 3.Summer Challenge
Duration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: 3
21/25
AA 5/5
Row #1
Island Adventure:
The Lost Gift to the Italian Island by Barbara Josselsohn COMPLETED 07/12 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Pool Party:
Past Lying by Val McDermid (title words) COMPLETED 04/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Movie Night:
Maternal Instinct by Becky Masterman (title words) COMPLETED 12/12 ⭐⭐.9 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Summer Love:
On the Way to Us by Carolyn Brown COMPLETED 16/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Luna Park:
Last Night by Luanne Rice (author Initials) COMPLETED 08.02.24 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Row #2
Join a Book Club:
Meadow Falls by Carolyn Brown (author Initials) COMPLETED 12.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Make Ice Cream:
Sisterhood by Cathy Kelly (author initials) COOMPLETED 04.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Water Park:
The Philadelphia Heiress by Anita Abriel (Author initials)Outdoor Concert:
Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O'Connor (author initials) COMPLETED 19/02/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Bike Route:
The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos by Kelly Irvin (author Initials) COMPLETED 11/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Row #3
Ride the Waves:
One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni (author initials) COMPLETED 16.02.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Explore a Museum:
End of Story by A.J. Finn (title words) COMPLETED 22.02.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Happy Summer:
The Guests by Margot Hunt (author initials) COMPLETED 07/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Take a Hike:
Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende (author initials) COMPLETED 09.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...At the Fair:
Don't Forget Me by Rea Frey (author initials) COMPLETED 03.03.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Row #4
Sandcastles:
Death at a Scottish Wedding by Lucy Connelly (author initials) COMPLETED 09/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A Day at the Zoo:
After Eleanor: Reflections on Life, Death and Love by Alison Haynes (both author initials and title words) (AA🦘) COMPLETED 02.01.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Nature Trail:
The Midnight Garden: A Novel by Elaine Roth (author initials)Go Fishing:
Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber (title words)Road Trip:
Girl Friends by Alex Dahl (author initials)Row #5
Picnic Time:
The Talented Mrs Greenway by Tea Cooper (AA) (author initials) COMPLETED 03/12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Summer Barbeque Fun:
The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini (Author Initials) COMPLETED 18/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.amazon.com/review/RZQWU6G...Camping Out:
The Blue Gum Camp by Leonie Kelsall (AA🦘) COMPLETED 03/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Love the Library:
The Lawson Legacy by Janet Gover (AA🦘) (Title words) COMPLETED 01/01/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Summer Holidays:
Tidelines by Sarah Sasson (AA) COMPLETED 02.02.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
COMPLETED 12/11/2023My Favourite Things Spring Challenge
Duration: 1/9/2023–30/11/2023
Level: Easy
Progress: 7/7
AA: 4/4
TASKS
#1. Your favourite genre - Mystery/Thriller
The Pit by
Peter Papathanasiou AA COMPLETED 14/09 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#2. Written by one of your favourite authors
Billy Summers
by Stephen King COMPLETED 25/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#3. Your favourite colour cover - sea blue
The Storyteller by the Sea
by Phyllida Shrimpton COMPLETED 17/09 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#4. Your favourite place as the main setting - Australia!
Daisy and Kate
by Meredith Appleyard AA
COMPLETED 03/09 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#5. Takes place during your favourite time period - Contemporary
Fiction
Bad Behaviour
by Liz Byrski AA
COMPLETED 12/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#6. Takes place during your favourite season - Summer
Firefly Summer
by Nan Rossiter COMPLETED 31/10.23 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#7. Recommended by a favourite blog, friend, or podcast
Recommended by Shelleyrae at Book'dOut
Dead Heat
by Bronwyn Parry AA COMPLETED 29/10 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
COMPLETED!October Featured Author - Chris Hammer
Duration: 1/10/23 - 31/10/23
Level: HARD 10/10
AA: 5/5
EASY - Tasks (minimum 1 AA)
MEDIUM - Spell Out (minimum 2 AA)
HARD - Tasks & Spell Out (minimum 4 AA)
TASKS
#1. Chris Hammer was a journalist for more than thirty years, dividing his career between covering Australian federal politics and international affairs.
**Read a book by an Australian author -
Gum Tree Gully by Mandy Magro (AA) COMPLETED 07/10 🌟🌟🌟🌟https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. In Canberra, roles included chief political correspondent for The Bulletin, current affairs correspondent for SBS TV and a senior political journalist for The Age.
**Read a book where AGE can be spelled in your title -
Some of Us Are Looking by Carlene O'Connor COMPLETED 25/10 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. Chris' first book, The River, published in 2010 to critical acclaim, was the recipient of the ACT Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Walkley Book Award and the Manning Clark House National Cultural Award.
**Read a book that has TWO of 2-0-1-0 in the page count (show page count)
The Sun is God by Adrian McKinty (AA) 261 pp COMPLETED 07/10 🌟🌟.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4. Chris has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Charles Sturt University and a master's degree in international relations from the Australian National University. He lives in Canberra with his wife, Dr Tomoko Akami. The couple have two children.
**Read a book which involves a family, including children
Christmas at the Inn on Bluebell Lane by Kate Hewitt COMPLETED 08/10 ⭐⭐⭐.8 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS
**Read a book by Chris Hammer
The Seven by Chris Hammer COMPLETED 04/10 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELL OUT - CHRIS
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Chasing Windmills by Catherine Ryan Hyde COMPLETED 18/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...H -
The Head That Wears the Crown by Mariah Stewart COMPLETED 14/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...R -
Remember Me by Liz Byrski (AA) COMPLETED 11/10 🌟🌟🌟.8 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I -
I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson COMPLETED 10/10 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...S -
Sleepless in Stringybark Bay by Susan Duncan (AA) COMPLETED 17/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
