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November Challenge 2017- Clean up time
Finished another book toward Medium Level challenge:For "N" in ELEVEN - Noah Hawley | Before the Fall | 2017-Nov-23 ★★★★
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Congratulations to Janine, Nancy and Nicola! Well done ladies! I've completed my third task:
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica. I really enjoyed this one, and finished it on the train to Melbourne for my latest eye check ups on Thursday. I really liked how the puzzle unravelled in a somewhat disjointed way, but it all made sense by the end. 4 stars. :)
Am reading my final book for this challenge - Covet by Tara Moss. Hope to finish it in time! :)
Li'l Owl wrote: "I'm so behind I think I'm first! Still have 6 books to read this month! Yikes! Oh well, I may not finish but all my books have been very good! That's success in my book!! =o)"I hope you get at least a couple more read my dear Owl. And, the fact that you've loved the books you have read so far this month is more important! This thing called life can get in the way of reading sometimes, but as long as it never, ever becomes a chore! It's such a wonderful pastime that it doesn't deserve to be anything but a delight to partake. :)
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I've completed my third task:
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Pretty Baby by [auth..."
You're doing well Kylie!!
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
November Clean-Up Challenge
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Finished my 'Spell it out' of SWIFT : Because the author Jonathan Swift was born on November 30th.Last book was Trackers by AA Peter Haran. An amazing, non-fiction story of the tracker dogs the Australian forces used in Vietnam during the 'American war' as the Vietnamese call it.
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Four and a half stars for this impressive non-fiction from an Australian who kindly wrote this story.
my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Well done Jane, Brenda and Deborah! Great job ladies! :)
Having completed Task #2, I can mark this challenge as complete! Thank you once again lovely mods! Progress: 4/4 - COMPLETED!!
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
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Thank you Brenda and Phrynne. :) Doing well Michelle! :)
Brenda wrote: "Finished my challenge with "Y" of CUP DAY - Barbed Wire And Roses by Peter Yeldham 5★sReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
November Clean-Up..."
Congratulations, Brenda. Some good reading there!
Kylie wrote: "Having completed Task #2, I can mark this challenge as complete! Thank you once again lovely mods! Progress: 4/4 - COMPLETED!!
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1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longe..."
Congratulations, Kylie. I also read a Tara Moss book.
Hi all,I finished books 7 and 8, and I had to switch out a couple of books because the ones I reserved still haven't come in from the library, but on the plus side, both books are by Aussie authors, yay :)
I'm not sure if I just wasn't in the mood for a re-read or for classic lit, but both books are 3 stars this time around.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayBook 8 -
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Kylie wrote: "Thank you Brenda and Phrynne. :) Doing well Michelle! :)"
Thanks Kylie :) And great job yourself!
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Thanks Odette! There was :) It was a good reading month for me :)
Finished this challenge.Hard challenge.
TASKS 4/4
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland - 5 ★ - 07 / 11 /2017 - AA
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
The Darkest Hour by Katherine Howell - 5 ★ - 07 / 11 / 2017 - AA
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Secrets Between Friends by Fiona Palmer - 4 ★ - 28 / 11 / 2017 - AA
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
Lady Susan/The Watsons/Sanditon by Jane Austen - 3 ★ - 27 / 11 / 2017
SPELL-IT-OUT 8/8
N Need You Dead by Peter James - 5 ★ - 10 / 11 / 2017
O Opposites Attract by Merry Farmer - 3 ★ - 26 / 11 / 2017
V Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic - 5 ★ - 26 / 11 / 2017 - AA
E Empty Before You by Claire Scott - 5 ★ - 20 / 11 / 2017
M Morgan's Law by Karly Lane - 4 ★ - 08 / 11 / 2017 - AA
B Bella's Run by Margareta Osborn - AA - 5 ★ - 16 / 11 / 2017
E Life Support by Nicki Edwards - 4 ★ - 02 / 11 / 2017 - AA
R The Redeemer by Jo Nesbø - 4 ★ - 13 / 11 / 2017
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Finished for NovemberNovember Clean Up Challenge
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Medium - SPELL-IT-OUT (Read min 5 books) two Aussie authors
Oh, is it nearly the end of November? I may have managed to completely overestimate my capability again 😅😅😅
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Haha!!!
Brenda wrote: "Congratulations Zoey! You're on a roll!"Yep. Now to fill in time before I can start something lined up for December/Summer
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Thanks Odette and Michelle!Congratulations Jenny and Zoey! Well done!
And bahaha oh Ace! Perhaps you could say instead of overestimate your ability, that you're super eager to get as many books read as possible,,, ;)
With 2 days to spare I finished ! ! !A Aftermath Keith McArdle (AA) 220p
P Alien: River of Pain Christopher Golden 352p
P Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky 671p
And I just finished this last night:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am very happy that I finished 2 classics in the one month, cleaned out some old TBRs, and completed a challenge all at the same time :)
Brad wrote: "With 2 days to spare I finished ! ! !H Heller J.D. Nixon (AA) 271p
A Aftermath Keith McArdle (AA) 220p
P [book:Alien: River of Pai..."
Well done Brad - I saw Anne Franks house when I was in Amsterdam last year - very sobering.
Phew ... November challenge complete. Bit of a struggle this month, but last book finished! First book
Second read:
Third reed:
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Congrats to everyone else who has cleaned their reading lists up following this challenge.
Now what to read for December? I was just going to focus on books about Christmas, but that may get a bit oh-hum, so will definately mix it up a bit.
See you all next month!
Sally906 wrote: Well done Brad - I saw Anne Franks house when I was in Amsterdam last year - very soberingThanks Sally. After finishing the book, I am definitely curious to go see the warehouse and the "secret annex". Yet another book related site I am longing to see!
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Now I have two books to read by tomorrow night. I may not make it:(
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I am finished.Spell it Out: RACING
R Rhubarb by Craig Silvey 2* AA
A Mother of Malawi by Al Gibson 3*
C Critical Condition by Richard L. Mabry 4*
I The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green 4* AA
N No Place for a Lady by Maggie Brendan 3*
G The Golden Land by Di Morrissey 3* AA
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