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#30.Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
This audio version beautifully narrated by Kate Hood 4★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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This completes my third lot of ten Aussie author reads for 2016.
Best pick:
another very close call.
#31.The Memory Tree by Tess Evans
A book about mental illness and our capacity for love, loss, forgiveness and grace. 4★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
#32.
Missing by Melanie Casey
Crime with a good paranormal bent 4★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#33.
Finished last night All That is Lost Between Us by Sara Foster
I thought this left a few loose threads hanging at the end. Still a good read 4★s.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#34.
I listened to the audio version of The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
A deep and complex story that should not be rushed through, I loved it and really liked the voice of the narrator Jennifer Vuletic. 5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#35.
A Dissection of Murder by Felicity Young
A great cosy crime 5★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#36.
The Twisted Knot: Constable Sammi Willis #2 by J.M. Peace
A riveting read 4★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#37.
Golden Hope by Johanna Nicholls
Thoroughly intriguing with an element of mystery 5★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#38.
Never to Return by Marjorie Mcardell Davey
Thoroughly enjoyed this debut YA historical fiction 5★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#39.
River Run by Nicole Alexander
A great Australian family saga 4★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#40.
Joe Cinque's Consolation, A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner
When it comes down to the nitty gritty Helen Garner delivers. 4★s
My review: to follow...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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*This completes my fourth and final lot of ten Aussie author reads for 2016.
Best pick:
gee, Jools, those last nine books are thin ;)
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Marianne wrote: "gee, Jools, those last nine books are thin ;)"Hahaaaaaa! Yeah that's how I get through them so quick! ;)
I like to save the spaces ahead of time so that they are not broken up with commentary...it's also incentive to fill them in :))
☼♄Jülie wrote: "I like to save the spaces ahead of time so that they are not broken up with commentary...it's also incentive to fill them in :))"that's very clever
I wondered why she did that (but was afraid to ask!)
Never be afraid to ask! Jools is very friendly, as you well know....I was just being cheeky!
Lol!! It never occurred to me how that must look to others...do you get notifications with just numbers on them?? eek (⊙_☉)I love the commentaries but if they come between books I can get muddled with where I was at, so I space them 10 apart ;) that way we can chat about them between each ten...does that make sense? :D
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If you have your notifications set that way. I certainly don't, but as a moderator, I guess you would have to...
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Well you've certainly got a lot of chat now between your books, about the gap between your books, so I guess that justifies your system :D
Carolyn wrote: "Well you've certainly got a lot of chat now between your books, about the gap between your books, so I guess that justifies your system :D"Hahaha! Sure does, but I didn't realise that is what happened. I wonder if there is another way??
Julie, you could set up a number of posts in the first place and then add 10 books to each - editing to add your books in as necessary - that way you'd have all your books together, unseparated by other people's posts. You might just have to add a new post to say you'd updated post number ____, otherwise we'd never see your updates since you'd only be editing them. Does that make sense or have I made it too complicated?!
I've been doing something similar for my personal challenge - putting aside a post for each month and then listing the books I'm going to read and then adding reviews as I finish them. Does help to see how I'm going.
I think I will do it differently for my future challenges and maybe just use one box per eg; ten books and edit as I go :)I don't add the books ahead of time because they are not always in a specified order...and always subject to change ;)
for my series challenge, I just keep hitting the edit button to add another series or a book read. At the end of the year, I will just copy/paste the whole thing as my effort for the 12 mo
Marianne wrote: "for my series challenge, I just keep hitting the edit button to add another series or a book read. At the end of the year, I will just copy/paste the whole thing as my effort for the 12 mo"I think I've found a similar way with my AWW Bingo challenge which I was working on (finessing ;) yesterday...
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This completes my forty Aussie author reads for 2016..
Best pick:
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Best pick:
... close call.
Best pick:
another very close call.Best all rounder:
A fantastic 5
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Brenda wrote: "Congratulations Jools! Another great effort :)"Thanks Brenda :D
Congratulations Jools! Awesome effort :)
Carolyn wrote: "Congratulations Jools! Awesome effort :)"Thanks Carolyn! ;)
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Dressmaker (other topics)The Mint Lawn (other topics)
A Tattooed Heart (other topics)
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Helen Garner (other topics)Nicole Alexander (other topics)
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A Tattooed Heart by Deborah Challinor
Brilliant finish to a fantastic series! 5★s
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...