Meg - Nominate my own goal - 50

[Meg]

This is my first year doing the challenge, though I read a lot of AWW generally.

I'm aiming for 50 total, but more importantly to mix things up a bit by sampling genres I don't usually read.

So within that 50, I'll be aiming for 10 poetry collections, 5 spec fic, 5 'classics', 3 romance, 3 non-fiction, and 3 short fiction collections. The rest is up for grabs.

I won't be formally reviewing, but look forward to sharing snippets and reading along with you all.

[Brenda]

Happy reading Meg!!! Won't you be reviewing some of your books to add to the AWW form? Have you filled in the form on the link for the challenge?

[Meg]

Thanks, Brenda. Yes, I filled out the form a few weeks back. (But foolishly chose Franklin - read 10, but not reviewing - rather than nominating my own challenge.)

I'm not comfortable reviewing as I'm a writer myself. It just feels like a slippery slope. I know others find a middle ground that works for them but I'd rather not head down that path. I'm more than happy to share my reading, though, and shout in a loud but unstructured way about work I've loved.

[Brenda]

OK fair enough. Not sure how that works with the form for each book, but I guess it'll work out in the end ;)

[Meg]

Well, as I don't quite know what that means, I'm clearly still finding my way. ;) If I run into potholes, I'll leap them as best I can. Given that the sign-up page says you don't need to review, I assumed it was reasonably common.

[Brenda]

Haha! I guess I didn't look at that part as I review everything I read ;)
Happy reading Meg!!

[Meg]

I've been slack about reporting but less so about reading. So far, I've read:

#1 Special by Georgia Blain
#2 Greylands by Isobelle Carmody
#3 The Dry by Jane Harper
#4 Goodwood by Holly Throsby
#5 The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke
#6 The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade by Davina Bell
#7 Too Close To Home by Georgia Blain
#8 Births Deaths Marriages by Georgia Blain
#9 Gemina by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
#10 The Good People by Hannah Kent

I'm not reviewing so that's my lot for now. I'm going to dive into the Stella longlist next.

[Meg]

#11 Before You Forget by Julia Lawrinson
#12 Carrying The World by Maxine Beneba Clarke
#13 The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower
#14 A Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories by Elizabeth Harrower
#15 Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight
#16 Wasted: A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death in Brisbane by Elspeth Muir
#17 Offshore: Behind the wire on Manus and Nauru by Madeline Gleeson
#18 Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
#19 The Love of a Bad Man by Laura Elizabeth Woollett
#20 Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain
#21 The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley
#22 Music And Freedom by Zoë Morrison
#23 The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose