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Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen
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Feb 12, 2017 10:37PM
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Pleased to have finished the EASY level of the Summer Challenge in good time. It was enjoyable to read a selection of books with a colour theme. I love looking at the line-up of book covers at the bottom of this post - so pretty!1. Yellow: Dust by Hugh Howey 2★s
2. Orange: Here Come The Dogs by Omar Musa (AA) 5★s
3. Red: Zero Day by David Baldacci 3★s
4. Green: The Soldier's Curse by Meg Keneally (AA) 4.5★s
5. Blue: The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke 5★s
6. Purple: Silver in the Sun by Anthony David Parsons (AA) 3.5★s
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Finished my summer challenge a few days ago, while on a short break in Byron Bay. My final list was:Part A
Yellow - The Plains: Text Classics by Gerald Murnane - Australian author - 3★
Orange - Moonraker by Ian Fleming - 4★
Red - China Dolls by Lisa See - 3★
Green - Courting Trouble by Kathy Lette - Australian author - 3★
Blue - Leo Loves Aries by Anyta Sunday - 4★
Purple - Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green - 3★
Part B
Summer - The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson - 4★
Christmas - Murder in Christmas River by Meg Muldoon - 3★
NYE - Nutshell by Ian McEwan - 3★
Snow - When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow by Dan Rhodes - 2★ (and that is being generous)
Holiday - Spring Break at the Villa Hermes by Xavier Mayne - 4★
Readers choice - Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen - 4★
Thanks to the moderator's for another great challenge.
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Brenda wrote: "Congratulations Trevor! Great result :) You'll be getting your Autumn list ready now? ;)"Yes, just seen the invite, so will be working on my list over the next few days :-)
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PART A
1,Yellow:
2.Orange:
3.Red:
4.Green:
5.Blue:
6.Purple:
PART B
7. Title:
8. Christmas setting:
9. Published 2016:
10. Snow on cover:
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12. Readers Choice.
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I've completed Easy, section B, don't think I've got time for the other section now. Too many books to read :)#7. summer words in the title: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson 4★
#8. a Christmas setting: Dying For Christmas by Tammy Cohen 4★
#9. a book published this year: Crosstalk by Connie Willis 4★
#10. a snow scene on the cover: The Crossing by B. Michael Radburn 4★ AA
#11. A book where the MC is on holidays: The Swap by Nancy Boyarsky 4★
#12. Reader's Choice: Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta 5★ AA
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I finished my final book - no. 7 - The Hot Zone: The Chilling True Story of an Ebola Outbreak by Richard Preston with a week to spare. 4★, but in retrospect, not a book I should have been reading just before going to bed.I've updated my original post here.
Thanks to the mods for a great summer challenge! Bring on autumn - for the hopefully cooler weather, if not the next challenge! But the next challenge looks great as well!
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11 read and one to go.Highly recommend: #4. Green
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Yay!! Completed the challenge with a few days to spare. Quite satisfying and found a few new authors to keep tabs on too...with 2 additional books I didn't like and left in kindleland.Group A
#1. Yellow
#2. Orange
#3. Red
#4. Green
#5. Blue:
#6. Purple
Group B
#7. Title: 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'
#8. 25th December setting:
#9. New Years Eve: published in 2016
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#10. Cover: snow or beach
Also
#11. MC on Holiday
#12. Reader's Choice:
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penultimate read done....#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover
The Lieutenant / Kate Grenvillealready 1/2 way through the last one....
Summer is finished. Time to bring on AutumnA
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And not to worry Christina :)
Summertime is done! Yay, so pleased and read some great books.. Can't wait for Autumn, woot woot12/12 Books Completed
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Finished summer now onto autumn:1. Yellow:
2. Orange:
3. Red:
4. Green;
5. Blue:
6. Purple:
7. Title: Read a book that has 'Sun' in the title:
8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting:
9. New Years Eve: Book published this year:
10. Cover - Read a book with a snow scene on the cover:
11. Holiday - Read a book where main character is on holidays:
12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice:
Summary 8/12 read, 2AA Part A:
#1. Yellow Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling ✔ 4 stars
#2. Orange Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson AA ✔ 4 stars
#3. Red Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan ✔ 5 stars
#4. Green Family Secrets by Liz Byrski AA
#5. Blue L'horizon à l'envers by Marc Levy
#6. Purple Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Part B:
#7. Title Hot Milk by Deborah Levy ✔ 3 stars
#8. 25th December Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie ✔ 4 stars
#9. New Years Eve Chanson douce by Leïla Slimani
#10. Cover A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry ✔ 4 stars
#11. Holiday The Ottoman Motel by Christopher Currie AA ✔ 3 stars
#12. Reader's Choice La Véritable histoire de Noël by Marko Leino ✔ 5 stars
Congratulations to everyone who completed this challenge. Sadly I only managed to read three books. Think I'll just take a break from some of the challenges seeing as I don't seem to complete many these days :) Once again thanks to all the mods for another enjoyable and fun challenge :)
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And well done on the three you read Sharon :)
Recently picked up a full-time job, on top of the part time job and the business I already run, so my reading time has dramatically decreased. So, although I failed this challenge, I still read 14 out of 24 books from my bookcase. (message 369)
I actually just got this challenge finished on 28/2, but have been away and not able to list my books.Here is my final list
Yellow cover
Valley Of The White Gold by Anthony David Parsons 3*Orange cover
An Absence So Great by Jane Kirkpatrick 2*Red cover
Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 2*Green cover
Elianne by Judy Nunn 3*Blue cover
Tears Of The Cheetah by T.M. Clark 3*Purple cover
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 3*Summer in the title (accidentally read 2)
The Summer Season by Julia Williams 4*
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson 3*
Christmas setting Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs 3*
Published in 2016
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer 3*
Beach on cover The Beach House by Jane Green 3*
MC on holiday (in Israel) Wings of Refuge by Lynn Austin 3*
Readers choice The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by Tim Crothers 5*
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Katrina wrote: "Summer in the title (accidentally read 2)..."Accidentally - hahahaha
Katrina wrote: "I actually just got this challenge finished on 28/2, but have been away and not able to list my books.Here is my final list
Yellow cover
..."Oh dear, they look fairly average reads, Katrina! But at least you had a couple of very good ones... I imagine The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster would be quite a difficult read...
Actually it was a great read, written beautifully and I loved that it's a true story.And yes quite a few ordinary reads sadly....hoping Autumn will be better :)
Late to update my challenge but I did finished the last book just before midnight on the 28th Feb!Part A:
Read a Rainbow - It's the colour on the cover that counts! (Minimum 50% colour coverage essential!)
#1. Yellow
Wolfskin / Juliet Marillier#2. Orange
Michelangelo's Notebook / Paul Christopher#3. Red
The Bourne Dominion / Eric Van Lustbader#4. Green
The Nonesuch / Georgette Heyer#5. Blue
Last Chance Cafe / Liz Byrski#6. Purple
Shadows in Flight / Orson Scott CardPart B:
#7. Title: Read a book that has any of these summer themed words in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'.
Fear in the Sunlight / Nicola Upson#8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting.
Miss Kane's Christmas / Caroline Mickelson#9. New Years Eve: What better way to say goodbye to 2016 than by reading a book that was published this year!
Daintree / Annie Seaton#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover
The Lieutenant / Kate Grenville#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays
Death in Zanzibar / M.M. Kaye#12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice
Venetian Navigators / Andrea di Robilant
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Brenda wrote: "Congrats Nicola!"Thank you!
Just working on my Autumn and March challenges now, so will post them soon......
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