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Li'l Owl wrote: "I've got a few suggestions for Aussie authors with an orange cover. Of course, orange can be kind of subjective. =o) 
Before Nightfall by [aut..."
Ooooh Matthew Riley - good idea. Love him. Should be able to pick it up anywhere as well. On the off chance that I don't find that do you think the orange covered Penguin Classics count? I've been meaning to finally read Call of The Wild.
Asa-Marie wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "Hiya Asa-Marie, I have a couple of suggestions for authors with your initials A W
A.J. Waines
Inside the Whispers
[author:Alice Wallis-Eton|13..."
I read them all the time! It's one of my favorite genres! =o)
?? Is this the book you mean? Probably not for orange cover. 
?? Penguin Modern Classics: The Complete List, including why read the classics? by Penguin Classics
If this is the book you mean then absolutely.
Li'l Owl wrote: " ?? Is this the book you mean? Probably not for orange cover. [bookcover:Penguin Modern Classics: The Complete List, including why read the classics?|1215..."
Oh no neither of those - you know the penguin classic editions you can get from any moderately good bookstore with the orange covers and a thick white band around the middle displaying the title and author? Do they count as orange?
Asa-Marie wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: " ?? Is this the book you mean? Probably not for orange cover. [bookcover:Penguin Modern Classics: The Complete List, including why read t..."
Sorry, I'm not familiar with those. Does anyone else know about these??
Can you give me a title and author?
If they do count, then I just need to find three more books! Woohoo! I need:A fight and make up, an uncomfortable read and a kiss on the front cover.
Until then - I'm off to read!
Finished my 1st for this challenge - P - Read a book with Paranormal aspects- Dead to the World
Charlaine Harris 3.5★
Kissing on the cover was hard for me, too. I used:
The Cryptographer by Alice Wallis-Eton
What kind of books do you like? I'll try to help with the other categories.
Brenda wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "It's these:https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=......"
Aahh! I got it now. I had no idea what Asa-Marie was talking about.
Thanks Brenda! =o)
Brenda wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "It's these:https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=......"
Excellent! Good to know. So now I just need the fight and make up and the kiss on the front cover!! Yay!!
Brenda always saves me! Thanks friend! Hugs x
Hiya again Asa-Marie, I took a peek at your to-read books in order to get some ideas for the last 2 categories, Asa-Marie. I hope you don't mind. I found these that you've marked as books in your library. All of them would count for kissing on the cover, and they would all work for fighting and making up, too.
The biggest part of this challenge was putting together a list of books for me too!
Plus One by Elizabeth Fama
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
These would qualify for the 'fighting and making up' I would think:
These are just examples, but it might help you get the idea for this category.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Best of luck.
Hope this helps. =o)
Li'l Owl wrote: "Hiya again Asa-Marie, I took a peek at your to-read books in order to get some ideas for the last 2 categories, Asa-Marie. I hope you don't mind. I found these that you've marked as books in your..."
Oh thanks so much! I ended up going with Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943-
I am currently readingThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
(LOVE it) which is about the German occupation on Guernsey in World War II - so it seems a nice follow on from that.I have completed my list!! Woohoo!! However, I am not sure ifPeople of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks fits into the 'Set in multiple countries' category. What do you think? Have you read it? I started it a while back and never finished it...she starts off in Australia and then flies the protagonist to Vienna (if I recall correctly) and then the book goes into the history of the book the story is about, which is set in Sarajevo...so now I say it out loud (so to speak) I think it qualifies!
Oh that was my other question. Can we have more than one book by the same author?
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For your first question, I would say that
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks does work for more than one country.
I don't think that there is a limit of the number of books you can use by the same author. I've used several books by the same author in challenges, and I've seen others do that too. I would say as long as each separate book qualifies for each part of the challenge, then it should be ok.
I'll message you in your profile with an example of a challenge I did this way.
I'll also give you the link that our fellow Aussie friends gave me so you know how to cross out, list your books, etc. Ok?
Phrynne wrote: "Yes you can Asa-Marie."See! All my friends have my back! Thanks Phrynne! Hugs x
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Have finished a few of mine already:C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss (Aussie author) – 5★sV - Read a book with a Violet cover
Accidental Leigh by Melanie James - 2★sW - Read a book that features a Witch
Looking for Mr. Good Witch by Joyce Lavene and Jim Lavene– 4★sZ - Read a book with Zoo in the title
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell – 4★s
Phrynne wrote: "Yes you can Asa-Marie."Excellent news. Thanks Phrynne.
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C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by [author:Anita He..."Some pretty covers there! Doing well :)
Oh my goodness I thought I'd never get this list together. Alas! It is here!A - Read a book that has won an Award – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
B - Read a Best selling novel – Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover – Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover –The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
E - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something – The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
G- Read a book that was a Gift – The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
H - Read a Horror book – The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you – The Martian by Andy Weir
J - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J - A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets by James Bowen
K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover – Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer
L - Read a book from a friends TBR List – The Book Thief by Mark Zusak
M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries –People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Watership Down by Richard Adams
O - Read a book with an Orange cover – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
P - Read a book with Paranormal aspects - Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Q - Read a book with a Question in the title – Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer
S - Read a book which is part of a Series – The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman DNF!! (Due to grammatical oddities, editing mistakes and pet hates in writing)
Changing to Hollow City] by Ransom Riggs
T - Read a Time Travel book –Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
U - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read - Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time by Dorris Pilkington
V - Read a book with a Violet cover – The Silent Invaders by Robert Silverberg
W - Read a book that features a Witch – Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Macguire
X - Read a book with an X in the title - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach
Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (She wrote it at 18)
Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story – The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
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I think I've found my "U" book that will be uncomfortable to read. I'm listening to Maralinga by Judy Nunn. It's very well written, but I wasn't aware of the specific details of what happened at Maralinga and it is certainly difficult to read. I guess some of it is Judy Nunn's imagination, but I would also guess that it is based on research she has done on what went on there. I hadn't appreciated exactly what happened at Maralinga and the way that our native Aboriginal people were treated before, during and after the testing and what happened to some of them afterwards. It is awful...
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Brenda wrote: "I "loved" that book Kathryn - it was made special for me because my Dad was up there at one stage early in his life."Was he working with the testing, Brenda? If he was, I don't suppose he probably talked too much about it...
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Brenda wrote: "I don't think so - I know it was when he had just met Mum and they were courting. He lived in a hut with other men. No he didn't talk about it much; I can't remember too much at all really... a sha..."If he was involved in the testing, he may not have been able to talk about it for years anyway - how long does the Official Secrets Act last for? I've got a feeling it's about 50 years...? And it seems like anyone involved had to sign the Official Secrets Act. Although if it was before your parents were married, it must have been earlier in the 20th century, I'm guessing, so would have been before the British started using it as a bomb test site...
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Just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
This was for my letter R, read a book with a goodreads rating higher than 4.
I loved it so very much, what a shame she died before she could see it published.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Asa-Marie wrote: "Oh my goodness I thought I'd never get this list together. Alas! It is here!A - Read a book that has won an Award – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
B - Read a Best selling novel ..."
Well done! I think it was more difficult to come up with the list then reading the books! The reading is a snap!
Li'l Owl wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "Oh my goodness I thought I'd never get this list together. Alas! It is here!A - Read a book that has won an Award – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
B - Read a B..."
I so totally agree. Happily read one and onto the second from my list now - Watership Down.
Asa-Marie wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "Oh my goodness I thought I'd never get this list together. Alas! It is here!A - Read a book that has won an Award – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper..."
Great book! Enjoy =o)
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Asa-Marie wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "Mary wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "Oooh I'm having a lovely time reading lots of wonderful blurbs for my booklist for this challenge but I'm wondering what I do about ..."The Colour Purple is uncomfortable but wonderful. Go ahead - read it!
Asa-Marie wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "Oh my goodness I thought I'd never get this list together. Alas! It is here!A - Read a book that has won an Award – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper..."
Why didn't I think of Watership Down? It's been on my TBR forever and I OWN it! It's hidden away somewhere ....
Asa-Marie wrote: "Just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyThis was for my letter R, read a book with a go..."
I know - so sad. I often wonder what authors would think if they could know in advance how much difference their books would make after their lives here had finished.
I changed my Time Travel for a book I owned and have now done T.Divine by Nichole Van 3*
Review https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Also read A A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow 4*Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I love it when I start a new series :)
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Finished my 2nd D. Dog on Cover
by Janet Evanovich 3★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Before Nightfall by Rachel Amphlett
Sinister Intent by Karen M. Davis
Black & Blue by James Patterson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
(These might not work for orange) ??
Fear Is the Rider by Kenneth Cook
??maybe orange