**Spring Challenge - 1/9/16 - 30/11/16**

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: "Oh lovely! I have one and love it!"

Me too!! :)

[Zoey]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Oh lovely! I have one and love it!"

Me too!! :)"

Me three :)

[Michelle_Mck]

I love my Kindle Paper White, it is great to read on I prefer it to a tablet

[Melanie]

All this feedback is wonderful, I'm excited now.

[Valerie]

Speaking of reading devices, I am so in love with my kobo aura hd that I'm finding that I'm opting to borrow the ebooks from my library rather than real books. I will always love the feel and smell of a new book, but the devices are just so convenient, especially with being able to enlarge the font when I'm tired, and so much easier on the eyes than a tablet.

[Sarah]

My word is HATCHLING.

H Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K.Rowling4 stars
A Akarnae by Lynette Noni (Aussie)
T The Stolen Throne by David Gaider
C The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp
H Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K.Rowling (Reread) 5 stars
L Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (Aussie)
I If I Stay by Gayle Forman 4 Stars
N Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham4 stars
G The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer



Edited: I swapped out N- Norwegian Wood for Not That Kind of Girl because I saw it is available at my local library and have been meaning to read it. I hope this is still within the rules, to change a title.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Nice choices Sarah:)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Nearly time :D

I think I will start with......hmmmm, I still have to finish off the one I'm reading so I will decide what I'm in the mood for then ;) probably later today.

[Michelle]

I'm in! My word is 'WARMER'.

W - Written in Hell by Jason Helford - finished 28/9/16 - 2 stars
A - The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
R - Fast Forward by Kate Reigstad
M - Marionette by T.B. Markinson
E - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
R - The Art of Keeping Secrets by Rachael Johns

I've had to re-use some from the Winter challenge that I didn't get to :-)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm starting with one from the Sept challenge which doesn't actually cross with this one!

[Deb]

Sarah-Jane wrote: "I'm choosing an easy word, GRASS with the link being that each book contains an artist.

G Girl With A Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
R Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
A Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and ..."

I love that one! well thought out.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I'm still finishing the book I started last night which isn't in any challenges!

[Linda]

I'm in.

C - Peter Corris, Beware of the Dog
H - Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla,
I - Conn Igguldson, Conqueror - completed see below
C - Ceridwyn Dovey, Only the Animals
K - Karl Ove Knausgaard, My Struggle
(S) - Matthew Reilly, Scarecrow


Beware of the Dog


Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings


Conqueror

Completed. My Review

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


Only the Animals


My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love


Scarecrow

Three Aussie authors this season!

[Jenn]

Finished the first book for this challenge Sugar Rush by Sawyer Bennett 4 stars.

[Michelle_Mck]

yay for a new month, I have started reading Station Eleven I'm 30 pages in and its good already

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Michelle wrote: "yay for a new month, I have started reading Station Eleven I'm 30 pages in and its good already"

I liked that one Michelle

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 1st - "L" of BLOSSOMING - The Lying Planet by Carol Riggs 5★s

Review to follow closer to publication

[Deb]

Is there room for a late entry? I had a hard time with this spelling game because I was determined to fill the word from books I already have. Here we are:

V Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur
E Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas
R Remarkable Creatures
D Dirt Music*
A All Fool's Day
N Nectar Of Heaven
T Team Niklas *

*Australian

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Never too late Deborah! Enjoy :)

[Heather]

Back from holidays!
My word is Rejuvenating

R - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 3 ★
E - Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes 5 ★
J - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende 5 ★
U - Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt 4 ★
V - Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb 3 ★
E - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 5 ★
N - The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North 5 ★
A - The Alienist by Caleb Carr 3 ★
T - Three Hours Late by Nicole Trope 4 ★
I - Irène by Pierre Lemaitre 5 ★
N - The Secrets in Silence by Nicole Trope 4 ★
G - The Girl With No Past by Kathryn Croft 3 ★

[Sarah]

Phrynne wrote: "Nice choices Sarah:)"

Thanks Phrynne! :)

[MichelleG]

Well done Brenda on finishing a book on day 1, you're a reading machine :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Thanks Michelle :) Not so good today with travelling ;)

[Janine]

I have finished my 1st of 14 (Spring Cleaning)
E - Castle of Dreams by Elise McCune (AA) 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Loved that one Janine :)

[PattyMacDotComma]

What a wonderful start to my 'spring collection', on of my As, in FRAGRANT.

A terrific 5★ book, could be YA, but I recommend it to anyone. Magic artwork.

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is the story of a 13-year-old boy whose mum is dying of cancer. He has a recurring nightmare, but then a monster appears and tells him stories that he and we all benefit from (after being appropriately shaken). Life is scary.

My review (including an illustration):
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Deb]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "What a wonderful start to my 'spring collection', on of my As, in FRAGRANT.

A terrific 5★ book, could be YA, but I recommend it to anyone. Magic artwork.

A Monster Calls by [autho..."
I am glad to see you liked it Patty; I absolutely loved this book too. I have re-read it too, and even though you know what is coming in the end it is still a magnificent, insightful story.

[Deb]

Just finished my first by Ally Adams I started with an Aussie author and I have reviewed it here;
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am going to make my second some old sci-fi, published in 1966 so before I was born. by

[Michelle_Mck]

Finished my first book of the challenge, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel really enjoyed it a 4 Star read for me and I usually don't read sci fi but will need to read more of it. Next up is Everyone Brave is Forgiven which is a much bigger read than I expected but I'm excited to get started

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 2nd - "S" of BLOSSOMING - The Scent of Murder by Felicity Young 4.5★s

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

[Paget]

Finished my first book, I Am the Messenger. It is quite late, I am going to bed now. But I already picked the next book: The Invisible Man.

[Deb]

I have just finished my second for this challenge; by one of the early sci-fi writers Edmund Cooper.

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

And for my next book, I will have to read away from this challenge or I will never get through my personal 2016 challenge :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 3rd - "M" of BLOSSOMING - The Middle Child by Angela Marsons 5★s

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

[Leonie]

I've just finished my first in this challenge.

Ice by Trevor Booth 2★s

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

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Finished my first Bir'D's- Dear Mother by Angela Marsons.

Love this author! 5★s

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

[Anna]

finally into my first for this challenge - R from GRASS Rachel Amphlett's Look Closer

[Rosie]

Finished my first for this challenge

Wattle Creek 3 stars

[Karen]

Finished my first one

RAINBOW
R Robert Jordan - The Path of Daggers
A A Confusion of Princes - Garth Nix * ~4 stars
I It - Stephen King
N The Novice - Trudi Canavan *
B Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara
O ??
W Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 4th - "O" of BLOSSOMING - Once Confronted by Lynne Stringer 5★s

Review to follow closer to publication

[Janine]

Finished my 2nd - I of SPRING CLEANING
Ironbark by Johanna Nicholls (AA) 4*

[Niamh]

Just finished my first - W of WARMER
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe. Review to come.

[Deb]

Niamh wrote: "Just finished my first - W of WARMER
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe. Review to come."

I look forward to your review Niamh, I have wondered whether I should look for this book.

[Paget]

I have finished my second The Invisible Man. It is a short book but I had some difficulties getting into H.G. Wells writing style.

[PattyMacDotComma]

A funny, informative one for a FRAGRANT R. You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras and his sister Kathryn Petras.

The history is good enough to be interesting and short enough not to be boringly academic.

I've shared several examples of things we say wrong or cringe when friends say them wrong, as well as things I never knew. It's amazing how ignorant we can all be sometimes! :)

I gave it 4,5★ for an entertaining book. Great gift idea too.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Janine]

Finished my 3rd -S of SPRING CLEANING
The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth (AA) 4*

[Carolyn]

Finished my first - the T of POLLINATED
The Thief by Claire North5★ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Finished my "B" of BIRDS choice - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

A very thought provoking read, glad I read it. 5★s

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

[Heather]

Finished two for Rejuvenating

R - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 3 ★
V - Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb 3 ★

[Niamh]

Deborah wrote: "Niamh wrote: "Just finished my first - W of WARMER
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe. Review to come."

I look..."

Finally wrote the review for this book. I give it 5★s.

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

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brenda wrote: "Finished my 1st - "L" of BLOSSOMING - The Lying Planet by Carol Riggs 5★s

Review to follow closer to publication"

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