Phrynne’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2012)

Phrynne’s comments from the Aussie Readers group.

Great work all you finishers!!!

Great work Sally!

🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♀️ Welcome to the challenge Suzie🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♀️

My review of Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

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

📗📕📘Welcome to the challenge Angela📗📕📘

My review of The Clairvoyant's Glasses: Love Has No Bounds by Helen Goltz

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

With another year almost over here at Aussie Readers it's that time again to list your top 5 - 10 International author titles. The books don't have to be released this year but only to be read.

Here's the link to the mid-year top 5-10 where you chose the first half of the year's favourites. See how much, and if, they change :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



Here is my list:

Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Night House by Jo Nesbø
Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee by Alexander McCall Smith
The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan
Ushers by Joe Hill
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

My top ten Aussie titles are

The Bookstore at Rivers End by Phillipa Nefri Clark
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
The Glass House by Anne Buist
The Burning Rooms by Anni Taylor
The Cottage at Rosella Cove by Sandie Docker
The Good Dog by Simon Rowell
Agony in Amethyst by A.M. Stuart
Wyatt by Garry Disher
Murder Down Under by Arthur W. Upfield
Hideout by Jack Heath

Well done Tr1sha!

⭐⭐⭐Welcome to the challenge Jenn and Jonquil⭐⭐⭐

My review of Set in Darkness by Ian Rankin

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

⭐⭐⭐Welcome to the challenge Renee⭐⭐⭐

Well done Rachel and Alex.

Great work Jacinta!

Luckily I work best under pressure:)

My review of A Christmas Hope by Anne Perry

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

📗📕📘Welcome to the challenge Trish📗📕📘

Brenda wrote: "Great work Phrynne! Crossing all your challenges out :)"

Nearly there!!!

Finished:)

Annual Vowel Book Titles 2024
Duration: 1/1/24 - 31/12/24

January/February - A Absent Pity by Blake Pierce

A The Lady Thief of Belgravia by Allison Grey 3 stars 11/1/24
B Bloodtree River by Sarah Barrie AA 25/1/24 5 stars
S Shadow Over the Fens by Joy Ellis 4 stars 4/1/24
E Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen 5 stars 3/1/24
N Love, Just In by Natalie Murray 3 stars 1/1/24
T Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel 4 stars 8/1/24
P The Bookstore at Rivers End by Phillipa Nefri Clark AA 5 stars 7/1/24
I Strip Jack by Ian Rankin 5 stars 12 1 2
T A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush 4 stars 4/1/24
Y The Chocolate Factory by Mary-Lou Stephens AA 3 stars 25/1/24



March/April - E Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

E The Last Bookshop by Emma Young 4 stars 23/4/24
L Smart Girls Don't Trust Strangers by C.A. Larmer AA 3 stars 21/3/24
D Aunt Bessie Provides by Diana Xarissa 7/4/24
E Killer on the Fens by Joy Ellis 5 stars 3/3/24
R Random in Death by J.D. Robb 5 stars 2/3/24
R The Rockpool Murder by Emylia Hall 4 stars 18/3/24
A The Burning Rooms by Anni Taylor 5 stars 11/3/24
C Cocktails and Murder by H.Y. Hanna AA 3 stars 20/3/24
E Murder Between the Covers by Elaine Viets 4 stars 26/3/24



May/June - I Impulse by Nora Roberts

I The Highgate Cemetery Murder by Irina Shapiro 4 stars 24/6/24
M Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts 4 stars 4/6/24
P A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5 stars 15/6/24
U Wings Above The Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield AA4 stars 19/5/24
L Life, Loss, and Puffins by Catherine Ryan Hyde 5 stars 18/5/24
S Thursdays at Orange Blossom House by Sophie Green AA 3 stars 17/5/24
E The Stranger in the Library by Eva Gates 5 stars 25/5/24




July/August - O Open House by Elizabeth Berg

O Outback Dust: The Drifter by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars 26/7/24
P A Poisonous Palate by Lucy Burdette 4 stars 6/8/24
E Sun, Sand and Slaughter by Emerald Finn 4 stars 6/7/24
N The Nidderdale Murders by J.R. Ellis 4 stars 19/7/24

H Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna AA 4 stars 14/7/24
O Outback Hope: The Farmer by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars 28/7/24
U Unbalanced by D. P. Lyle 4 stars 5/8/24
S A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellman 4 stars 16/8/24
E Fire on the Fens by Joy Ellis 4 stars 12/8/24



September/October - U Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

UMurder Down Under by Arthur W. Upfield AA 5 stars 6/9/24
G Gone Guest by C.A. Larmer AA 4 stars 26/9/24
L Love by the Jewel Sea by Rhonda Forrest 4 stars 17/10/24
I Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro 4 stars 15/9/24
E Hidden on the Fens by Joy Ellis 5 stars 7/10/24
S The Seachangers by Meredith Appleyard 4 stars 3/9/24



November/December - Euphoria by Lily King

E Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs 4 stars 2/11/24
UUnnatural Causes by P.D. James 4 stars 19/12/24
P The Promise in Poppies by Rachael Bloome 4 stars 25/11/24
H A Holiday Homicide by Ellie Alexander 4 stars 15/11/24
O Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor 3 stars 26/12/24
R Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde 5 stars 2/11/24
I Set in Darkness Ian Rankin 4 stars 22/12/24
A Murder at the Hacienda by Amanda Allen 2 stars 1/11/24

Finished:)

Annual Genre Challenge 2024
Duration: 1/1/24 - 31/12/24
Level: Laid back
12/12

Historical Fiction
The Chocolate Factory by Mary-Lou Stephens AA 3 stars 25/1/24

Crime
Shadow Over the Fens by Joy Ellis 4 stars 4/1/24

Historical Mystery
Once Upon a Murder by Samantha Larsen 3 stars 11/2/24

Cosy
The Stranger in the Library by Eva Gates 5 stars 26/5/24

YA
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire 5 stars 30/7/24

Fantasy
The Clairvoyant's Glasses: Love Has No Bounds by Helen Goltz AA 4 stars 23/12/2024

Romance
Key of Valour by Nora Roberts 5 stars 13/2/24

Contemporary
The Jam Queens by Josephine Moon AA 16/3/24 5 stars

Mystery
Cocktails and Murder by H.Y. Hanna AA 3 stars 20/3/24

Classic
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers 3 stars 3/10/24

Thriller
Fear No Evil by James Patterson 5 stars 17/1/24

Dystopian
City of Bones by Martha Wells 5 stars 24/1/24