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I'm in please Brenda! - COMPLETED!Spring Challenge: Opposites Attract!
Duration: 1/9/24 - 30/11/24
Level: MEDIUM
Progress:10/10
AA🦘: 4/4
Opposite Pair title - Hills and Valley
#1.a.
The Valley by Chris Hammer AA🦘 COMPLETED 20.20.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#1.b.
Head for the Hills by Tricia Stringer AA🦘 COMPLETED 04.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Opposite Pair title - Black and White
#2.a
The Black Loch by Peter May COMPLETED 15.09.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2.b
The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham COMPLETED 21.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Opposite Pair title - War and Peace
#3.a
Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan COMPLETED 22.09.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3.b
The War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen COMPLETED 21.09.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Opposite Pair Title - Big and Little
#4.a
Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin COMPLETED 05.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4.b
A Heart This Big by Cheyenne Blue AA🦘 COMPLETED 23.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐.6 🌶️🌶️https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Opposite Pair Title - Life and Death
#5. a
The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan by Lisa Ireland AA🦘 COMPLETED 27/10/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#5. b
Death at the Dinner Party by Ellie Alexander COMPLETED 09.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐.8 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐.5 for a Christmas themed cosy mystery
A Holiday Homicide by Ellie Alexander https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nov 16, 2024 07:41PM
Oh how I enjoyed my insomnia last night. I adore Evelyn. I am sure that I know her. And Nola. And Frank. I see some of myself in Evelyn, as will most people facing their twilight years.I love the way she has of linking words to find the right one. How I used to (silently) laugh at my mother when she would run through all our names before plucking out the correct one/s.
Joanna Nell has a wonderful understanding of the vagaries of ageing and has treated her subject with both empathy and humour. She has written a wonderfully touching story of a woman who has become lost in the familiar, and her attempts to navigate her way through her changing lifescape. I only hope that I can face the future with Evelyn's courage and fortitude.
The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker is a book that had me smiling, crying and laughing out loud. Repeatedly. I read this in one sitting. Absolutely delightful. And inspiring. And not at all predictable. There are a few surprises in store for the reader.
⭐⭐⭐.8 for legal thriller
Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐.6 for this sweet and sassy story of family and romance.
Coming Home to Paradise by Carolyn Brown https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 for
The Golden Thread by Tea Cooper Compelling and intriguing Australian historical fiction. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An entertaining and easy read.
The Bookshop at the Cornish Cove by Kim Nash ⭐⭐⭐.6 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I fell in love with the cover of this book and the content took me by surprise, in the best possible way!
Lowcountry Lost by T.I. Lowe ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A slow burn that develops into one wild ride of a thriller!
A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Completed. 💖📚Sign me up please Phrynne! 💖📚
October Featured Author - Anthony Horowitz
Duration: 1/10/24 - 31/10/24
Level: HARD 11/11
AA🦘 5/5
HARD - Tasks & Spell Out (minimum 4 AA)
TASKS
#1. Antony Horowitz is an English author who writes well known TV series, children's books and adult mystery and suspense.
**Read a YA or children's book (more than 120 pages)
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science: New for 2024, a funny, illustrated adventure story for children from Kate McKinnon, star of SNL and Barbie by Kate McKinnon COMPLETED 16.10.24 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. Horowitz was commissioned to continue the very famous James Bond and Sherlock Holmes series whose original authors are deceased
**Read a book which features a very smart detective AND a book from a well known series.
Out in Nowhere by Fleur McDonald featuring Detective Dave Burrows AA🦘 COMPLETED 26.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. His most recent adult mystery series called Hawthorne and Horowitz, has caused great interest since it features a fictionalised version of himself assisting Detective Daniel Hawthorne.
**Read a book which has a name in the title
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon COMPLETED 11.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4 Anthony Horowitz started to write when he was seven years old and knew then that writing would be his career. He has certainly succeeded and has published a very long list of books. He has received many awards including a CBE.
**Read a book where the letters C B E can be found in the title (in any order).
The Little Provence Book Shop by Gillian Harvey COMPLETED 14.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐.6 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS
**Read a book by Anthony Horowitz
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz COMPLETED 29.10.24 ⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELL OUT Using either first letter of title (disregarding "A", "An" or "The" if you choose to) or either the first or last initial of the author. For the difficult letters - Q, X and Z, you may use a book in which the letter appears somewhere in the title or author's first or last name.
Holmes -
H -
Head for the Hills by Tricia Stringer AA 🦘 COMPLETED 04.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...O -
Outback Reunion by Rachael Johns AA🦘 COMPLETED 28.10.2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...L -
Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly COMPLETED 20.20.24⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...M -
Silverton Shores by Mandy Magro 🦘 COMPLETED 06.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...E -
Endgame by Sarah Barrie 🦘 COMPLETED 31.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...S -
The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz COMPLETED 26.10.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.6 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A lovely second chance romance with just a little spice
Outback Reunion by Rachael Johns ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 for this multi-layered Aussie outback story
Out in Nowhere by Fleur McDonald https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I liked The Plot but loved
The Sequel: The follow up to the New York Times Bestselling The Plot: 'Insanely readable.' Stephen King by Jean Hanff Korelitz ⭐⭐⭐⭐.6 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐.5 for #3 in the Scottish Isle Mysteries series
Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sign me up please, Brenda. I'll sort my books out during the week. 💖📚November Featured Author - Markus Zusak
Duration: 1/11/24 - 30/11/24
Level: HARD - Tasks & Spell Out (minimum 4 AA)
10/10
5/5AA🦘
November's 2024's Featured Author is Markus Zusak
This is a two-part challenge, where you are welcome to complete either the task section or the spell section, or both. A book may be used only one time for this challenge.
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TASKS
#1. Markus was born in Sydney in 1975.
**Read a book which has two of 1-9-7-5 in the page count (show count)
A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison - 495 pp COMPLETED 04.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#2. Markus has had 6 plus books published, as well as several collaborations
**Read a book in which both the author's initials fit into COLLABORATION
Lowcountry Lost by T.I. Lowe COMPLETED 05.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#3. Markus' most popular novel is The Book Thief, spending more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and is translated into more than forty languages – establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.
**Read a book where each title letter fits into THE BOOK THIEF (two word minimum)
The Homestead in the Eucalypts by Leonie Kelsall AA🦘 COMPLETED 07.11.24 ⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#4. His books have been awarded numerous honours ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.
**Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author
The Golden Thread by Tea Cooper AA🦘 COMPLETED 10.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...BONUS
**Read a book by Markus Zusak AA🦘
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...SPELL OUT Using either first letter of title (disregarding "A", "An" or "The" if you choose to) or either the first or last initial of the author. For the difficult letters - Q, X and Z, you may use a book in which the letter appears somewhere in the title or author's first or last name.
A -
The Autumn of Ruth Winters by Marshall Fine COMPLETED 13.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...W -
The Writing Class by Esther Campion AA🦘 COMPLETED 30.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A -
A Holiday Homicide by Ellie Alexander COMPLETED 19.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...R -
Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni COMPLETED 17.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐.8 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...D -
Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie AA🦘COMPLETED 27.11.24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A charming read
The Little Provence Book Shop by Gillian Harvey ⭐⭐⭐.6 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A light and entertaining cosy-murder mystery -
Death at the Dinner Party by Ellie Alexander ⭐⭐⭐.8 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Silverton Shores⭐⭐⭐.3 for
by Mandy Magro a romance set in far north Queensland, Australia. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A heartwarming and entertaining story set at Christmas
Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Karren wrote: "
Penelope Janu Harlequin Australia has just added this book to NetGalley."Thanks Karren. I just went on to NetGalley and requested this. 💖📚
