Lynxie’s Comments (group member since Jan 12, 2012)

Lynxie’s comments from the Aussie Readers group.

Finished my fourth book:

#8. Mother's Day - Family: Riding the Dog by Sybil Rosen ★★★★

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Third one finished!

#10. Colours of Autumn (in title or cover) - Red/Gold/Brown/Orange/Yellow: Blazing Obsession by Dai Henley ★★★

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Haven't updated this reading challenge yet. Two down, third on its way.

#1. Labour Day - occupation - Police: Hold Still by Lisa Regan ★★★

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#4. International Women's Day - Strong Female Character: Underwater by Julia McDermott ★★

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

woeful effort from me this month... not even 1.5 books! Oh well, there's always next month :D

Finished my first:

2). Old Stuff Day: On your TBR list for at least a year:
Underwater by Julia McDermott (since Nov 2014) ★★☆☆☆

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Ok, I'm calling it at 9/12:

Using Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan.

P - Paladin ★★★★☆
E - Endlessly ★★★☆☆
R - Republic ★★★★☆
C - Captive Prince: Volume Two ★★★★★
E - Everflame ★★☆☆☆
P - Prison Nation out of What Tomorrow May Bring ★★★☆☆
L - Lord Somerton's Heir ★★★★☆
I - In the Absence of Light ★★★☆☆
Q - Queen of Arlin ★★☆☆☆
U - Underwater
I - In the Enemy's Service
S - Stitch out of What Tomorrow May Bring

The last book I finished was: Q - Queen of Arlin ★★☆☆☆

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm in - but only coz I'll be recycling some of the books I'm reading for the other challenge :D

1). Harmony Day - Aussie Author:
(I have the older release: Claiming the Rebel's Heart) by Alison Stuart

2). Old Stuff Day: On your TBR list for at least a year:
Underwater by Julia McDermott (since Nov 2014) ★★☆☆☆

3). International Earth Day: Set in any country but your own:
Hold Still by Lisa Regan - America

4). Panic Day: Book that makes you panic for whatever reason:
The Orchid Nursery by Louise Katz - this future sounds frightening!

5). Reader’s Choice - Aussie Author:
Assassin by Tara Moss

Brenda wrote: "Nice list Lynxie!"

Thanks Brenda. Is my ANZAC title ok? I was hoping not to have to buy any new books - I have soooo many on my TBR list.

Alright I'm going to do up a list, not sure how much of it I'll get through, but that's the point :)

#1. Labour Day - occupation - Police: Hold Still by Lisa Regan ★★★

#2. Clean up Aust Day - Reduce TBR: The Beholder by Ivan Amberlake ★★★

#3. Recycle - Library: Assassin by Tara Moss Aussie Author ★★★★

#4. International Women's Day - Strong Female Character: Underwater by Julia McDermott ★★

#5. St Patrick's Day - Ireland: Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet ★★

#6. Easter (Children): In the Enemy's Service by Annie Douglass Lima ★★★★

#7. ANZAC - Aussie author: Claiming the Rebel's Heart by Alison Stuart ★★★★

#8. Mother's Day - Family: Riding the Dog by Sybil Rosen ★★★★

#9. Captain Cook - Historical Fiction - Aussie author: Heart of the Country by Tricia Stringer

#10. Colours of Autumn (in title or cover) - Red/Gold/Brown/Orange/Yellow: Blazing Obsession by Dai Henley ★★★

#11. TBR: Stitch by Samantha Durante ★★★★

#12. TBR: The Orchid Nursery by Louise Katz Aussie Author ★★★★★

#13. TBR: Chaos Company by Christopher Slayton

Another one done... four to go.

I - In the Absence of Light ★★★☆☆

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Lindsay Buroker writes in a Steampunk-esque world for her series The Emperor's Edge. The first book in the series is free on kindle.

Sadly, she's not an Aussie, but I've devoured everything in the EE series. :)

An update with three weeks to go:

I've picked Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan.

P - Paladin ★★★★☆
E - Endlessly ★★★☆☆
R - Republic ★★★★☆
C - Captive Prince: Volume Two ★★★★★
E - Everflame ★★☆☆☆
P - Prison Nation out of What Tomorrow May Bring ★★★☆☆
L - Lord Somerton's Heir ★★★★☆
I - In the Absence of Light
Q - Queen of Arlin
U - Underwater
I - In the Enemy's Service
S - Stitch out of What Tomorrow May Bring

My latest one being P - Prison Nation out of What Tomorrow May Bring ★★★☆☆

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my 6th out of 12.

E - Endlessly ★★★☆☆

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished my fourth for this challenge:

R - Republic ★★★★☆

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I kind of forgot that I signed up for this... oops.

Not sure if I'll get to any of the books I picked. Oh well - they'll all get read for the AWW2016 challenge anyway :D

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Does anyone know if Nam Le is considered an Australian author? I would think so, but since he was born elsewhere and is apparently moving to England, I'm not so sure. I don't know ..."

Generally speaking if they live here (even if born abroad) we claim them Patty. If he's not in England yet I'd say yes he's aussie :D

Of course, the Mods may say otherwise.

Finished my 3rd

E - Everflame ★★☆☆☆

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Anna wrote: "ok need some Rs and Ys that are not part of a series, are reasonably easy to get a hold of and are ideally by aussie authors :) pls"

I only have Revolution Earth by Lambert Nagle

You Can't Shatter Me by Tahlia Newland

Both are Aussie authors and should be easy enough to get on kindle/kindle app

If you're willing to try a non-Aussie author I can highly highly recommend Red Clover by Florence Osmund

I'm in!!

1) Author: Read a book by an author who is new to you.
Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan

2) Debut: Read a debut novel by any author.
Sex, Lies, and Cruising by Cathryn Chapman

3) New Release: Read a book which was recently published (within the past 6 months).
Tears Of The Cheetah by T.M. Clark - released 1 December 2015

4) New Year, New Series!: Read the first book in a series or trilogy that is new to you.
White Tiger by Kylie Chan

5) Reader’s Choice: Read any book of your choice.
Meant To Be by Fiona McCallum

All Aussie women authors :D

Brenda wrote: "Some good choices there Lynxie:)"

And the best thing is I owned all of them (except 5 down 3) so they're all coming off my TBR list :D