An additional Annual Challenge for 2017 - A-Z

[Kathryn]

I've read a few more books for this challenge since my last update:

O - Read a book with an Orange cover – Mr Wigg - Inga Simpson (AA) - 4★


U - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read - Maralinga by Judy Nunn - 5★ Actually, I didn't know it would be uncomfortable to read from the outset, but I discovered it was uncomfortable when I was part-way through and horrified by the attitudes of people in authority towards some of the native Aboriginal people and toward some of their own soldiers - all in the name of science...

V - Read a book with a Violet cover – Fly Away - Kristin Hannah - 4★


I'm now at 7/26 and have started my Zoo book - The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly - it's good so far.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Flying along Kathryn! Well done :)

[Kathryn]

Brenda wrote: "Flying along Kathryn! Well done :)"

If I'm flying along, Brenda, you must be blasting along at rocket-like speed!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Flying along Kathryn! Well done :)"

If I'm flying along, Brenda, you must be blasting along at rocket-like speed!!"

Haha!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 15th - "B" - Best Seller - A Donation of Murder by Felicity Young 5★s

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

[Niamh]

Finished book number 5! C - Colourful cover - Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray, which I give 4★. Managed to fit the entire trilogy in this challenge (this is book 2), so onto book number 3!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Niamh wrote: "Finished book number 5! C - Colourful cover - Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray, which I give 4★. Managed to fit the entire trilogy in this challenge (th..."

Hopefully you won't get sick of it Niamh!!

[Niamh]

Brenda wrote: "Niamh wrote: "Finished book number 5! C - Colourful cover - Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray, which I give 4★. Managed to fit the entire trilogy in this..."

Thanks Brenda! I doubt that will happen though. I'm loving the storyline and the characters. Been waiting to read the trilogy for when the third book was released because I don't like waiting for books :)

[Marianne]

for M Multiple Countries, would that need to be more than two, or would two be enough?

[Mary]

I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

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

Can someone remind me how to get strikethrough on the list?

[Kathryn]

Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

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

Can someone remind me how to get strike..."

Mary - you need to type <s> before and </s> afterwards to get the strike-through.

[Kathryn]

And if you replace the "s" with "i" you get italics, with "b" you get bolded text and with "u" you get underlined text.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "for M Multiple Countries, would that need to be more than two, or would two be enough?"

Marianne I think two would be enough in this instance :) It's not really "multiple" but as long as it's more than one :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "And if you replace the "s" with "i" you get italics, with "b" you get bolded text and with "u" you get underlined text."

Thanks Kathryn!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Niamh wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Niamh wrote: "Finished book number 5! C - Colourful cover - Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray, which I give 4★. Managed to fit the entire ..."

Very sensible idea!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

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

Can someone remind me how to get strike..."

You don't have a review showing on that link Mary?

[Marianne]

Brenda wrote: "Marianne wrote: "for M Multiple Countries, would that need to be more than two, or would two be enough?"

Marianne I think two would be enough in this instance :) It's not really "multiple" but as ..."

thanks, Brenda

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're welcome :)

[Marianne]

Finished my 3rd
S. Book part of Series Love, Lies and Linguine Hester and Harriet series 5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mary]

Kathryn wrote: "Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

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

Can someone remind me how ..."

Niamh wrote: "Finished book number 5! C - Colourful cover - Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray, which I give 4★. Managed to fit the entire trilogy in this challenge (th..."

That's clever

[Mary]

Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

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

Can someone remind me how ..."

Sorry Brenda. Somehow I managed to put my review into the comments instead. A weird moment. Fixed now.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mary wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

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

Can someone..."

No it's showing the "edit" page Mary :) Here's the link to your review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... - but you haven't rated it either? Did you mean to leave it?

[Niamh]

Finished book number 6 before bed last night: S - Part of a series - A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray, which I give 4.5★
I initially read the first book of the series in one day, so it seems poetic that I've read the last book in one day as well

[Zoey]

Finished my 2nd

A - Award - Dead Heat Bronwyn Parry AA 5★

[Mary]

Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ..."
Hi Brenda

Thanks for telling me. Really, could I have made more of a mess? I think it is finally completely sorted.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! Not to worry Mary :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mary wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/s..."

And no, you haven't taken your review from the comments section and put it in the review box yet :) Highlight and copy the review from the comment box, then click "edit" at the top of your review box. Paste the review into the box, and click "save". Then it'll be ALL fixed ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 16th - "W" featuring a Witch - Spell Disaster by Leighann Dobbs 4★s

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

[Li'l Owl]

Finished my 5th Book I've neglected to read

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ★★★★★

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

Finally figured out how to link to the review page. Now that I've done so, I feel silly that it took so long, because it's easy as can be.! Well, once a bird brain......

[Mary]

Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "I htink this is book #4 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 5*

Review https://www.goodreads..."

AAAaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!! Sorry. This book review is haunting me. When I check I see the review in both the My Review space AND the Comments space. I can't see an edit box to remove it from the Comments. Is there a way that I can do that? And Owl thinks SHE is a bird brain?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It doesn't really matter if you can't remove it from comments (but you have a delete button bottom right hand side) Just copy and paste into the review box and after you've done that, just delete the comment from the comment box :)

[Asa-Marie]

Li'l Owl wrote: "Finished my 5th Book I've neglected to read

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ★★★★★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17..."

Haha that took me a while as well - nice to know I have some company!

[Irene]

Some more completed titles.
N - The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
S - Aunt Bessie Likes, Diana Xarissa
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
V - Tiddas, Anita Heiss
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Y - Emma, Alexander McCall Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Z - Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo, Julia Stuart
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Khenan]

Finished my first from the challenge

G - The BLDGBLOG Book

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 17th - "M" Multiple Countries - White Feathers by Deborah Challinor 5★s

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

[J.A.]

When I've finished a book, do I just cross it out by editing it on my list of books? Is that all I need to do? Thanks heaps in advance! It was so nice to hang out in the bush at Bitangabee Bay and get lost in some great stories. Wish I could read all day everyday...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

J.A. wrote: "When I've finished a book, do I just cross it out by editing it on my list of books? Is that all I need to do? Thanks heaps in advance! It was so nice to hang out in the bush at Bitangabee Bay and ..."

You can edit your original list as you finish each book, then post here that you've finished #**** , give the title and rating (review if you do one) Just check the previous posts to get a bit of an idea :)

[Janine]

Finished my 10th

R - Rating higher than 4
The Secret Years by Barbara Hannay(AA) 4*

[J.A.]

Thank you Brenda! :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

J.A. wrote: "Thank you Brenda! :)"

You're welcome :)

[Mary]

Read #6 J A bookby an author starting with J - The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob 4*

Review https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Hopefully I did a better job of the review!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mary wrote: "Read #6 J A bookby an author starting with J - The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob 4*

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

Hopefull..."

No Mary, sorry - you're on the edit page!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 18th - "V" - a Violet cover - A Gem of a Problem by Irene Sauman 5★s

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

[Odette]

Read my second book for this challenge:

Read a book that has won an Award The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen - 4★ (2016 Pullitzer Prize for Fiction)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 19th - "Z" - Zoo in the title or part of the story - The Anteater of Death by Betty Webb 4★s

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

[Niamh]

Finished book 7!A - Won an award - The Martian by Andy Weir 5★

[Mary]

Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "Read #6 J A bookby an author starting with J - The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob 4*

Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit......"

Good grief - I think it's fixed. My laptop keeps blinking in and out - not quite crashing. I think that while I think it is returning me to where I was, it's not. Sorry about that but glad you are on the ball. I'll try to double check and make sure before saving.

[Mary]

I've changed my 'D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover' to Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan. It's a book I already had, so it helps with my plan to use those books wherever possible, but I also just needed to lighten up a bit. I know it's a bit of a tear jerker but it should be a lighter read. I hope.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mary wrote: "I've changed my 'D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover' to Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan. It's a book I already had, so it help..."

It's a very funny book actually Mary! Sad moments of course but definitely a light read.

[Niamh]

I finished book number 8! U - Uncomfortable to Read - This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp, which earned 4★ from me