Annual Aussie Authors Challenge 1/1/18 - 31/12/18

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 20th - 2018 New Releases - After Sundown by Suzanne Brandyn 3★s

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

[Deb]

Brenda wrote: "Doing well Deborah and Mary! We certainly have a lot of talented writers in Australia :)"

Don't we just! I just keep finding more and more now that I am actually looking for them. I don't expect I would ever have noticed without the Aussie reader group.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I was the same! Hardly read an Aussie author only a matter of 5 or 6 years ago!

[MaryG2E]

Brenda wrote: "Doing well Deborah and Mary! We certainly have a lot of talented writers in Australia :)"

I agree, Brenda, and I'm making a point of trying to incorporate authors I've not read before in this challenge too.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great idea Mary :) So many to find!

[PattyMacDotComma]

I love finding good Aussie writing and promoting it in lots of groups. I’m sure we’re helping to introduce our wide brown land (and dark back streets) to lots of new readers!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 21st - Male Author - Marlborough Man by Alan Carter 3★s

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

[Marie]

Brenda wrote: "Finished my 21st - Male Author - Marlborough Man by Alan Carter 3★s

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

Very impressed!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

:)

[Janine]

Finished my 14th

2018 New Release
Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband by Barbara Toner 3*

[Cherie]

I finished my 2nd book, under Science Fiction genre. Hero 4 stars.
It was a great story, once I got used to it.

[Carol]

Recently finished my second book, and first by a male author for this challenge. Taboo by Kim Scott. A thoughtful, sometimes uncomfortable read, full of pathos and humour. Highly recommended.

[Kathryn]

hi everyone, I'm up to number 8 of 24 against this challenge. I'm pleased to be reading more Australian authors - and like Deborah said above, I'm finding more and more great Australian authors and stories now I'm actually looking for them. Big thanks to this group. I'm also enjoying reading reviews more, so thought I should at least make some small comment about the books I'm reading. So I've made a start with The Secret River which I've read this weekend:

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

best wishes

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "hi everyone, I'm up to number 8 of 24 against this challenge. I'm pleased to be reading more Australian authors - and like Deborah said above, I'm finding more and more great Australian authors and..."

The Secret River was one of my favourite reads too Kathryn :) Glad you enjoyed it!

[Ace]

Finished my 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th!

Female Authors
✔ Magda Szubanski - Reckoning: A Memoir ⛤⛤⛤⛤⛤
✔ Josephine Rowe - A Loving, Faithful Animal ⛤⛤⛤⛤


Male Authors
✔A.H. Chisholm - Mateship with Birds ⛤⛤
✔Alan Carter - Marlborough Man ⛤⛤⛤

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Just finished The Memories That Make Us by Vanessa Carnevale
4 out of 5 stars
Review here

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 25th - 2018 New Release - A Place to Remember by Jenn J. McLeod

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

[Kerrie]

First two novels read
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
1*
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Favourite genre - historical fictionMonsoon Di Morrissey
3*
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jacm]

Finished my 6th for this challenge & my 3rd Female author.
Music And Freedom by Zoë Morrison. 4★

Have now completed the Female author & Fave genre sections of my easy level. Need to get cracking on those new releases & male authors to catch them up!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm finding Male Authors are the hardest for me too Jacm! I've hardly read any compared to female! lol

[Jacm]

Brenda wrote: "I'm finding Male Authors are the hardest for me too Jacm! I've hardly read any compared to female! lol"

Glad it's not just me then. I feel like I have female authors coming out my ears compared to male!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jacm wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I'm finding Male Authors are the hardest for me too Jacm! I've hardly read any compared to female! lol"

Glad it's not just me then. I feel like I have female authors coming out my e..."

Haha! Yes - probably because there are a lot more especially in Aussie authors :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 27th - Male Author - The Agency by James Phelan

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

[PattyMacDotComma]

Bereft by Chris Womersley is historical fiction, a favourite genre of mine. After WW1, a soldier who fled from home in country NSW as a boy accused of a crime wants to return to clear his name.
4★ Link to my review

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 28th - Favourite genre (Rural Romance) - The Country Girl by Cathryn Hein

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

[Deb]

OK! I have added a brilliant new (to me) book and author, the one is unmistakably Australian, rural, 1940's. I was lucky to be loaned the book by a relative of the author.

by Joy Rhoades
Review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Also, sadly, regretfully and more than a little resentfully, I am going to have to admit that by Peter Carey is a complete DNF for me. I am angry about it, but I just cannot bring myself to keep reading. I am counting it as 'read' because I made it through more than 160 pages but I really cannot be bothered to make it through any more.

[Janine]

Finished 15/24

Female Author
Mistress to the Crown by Isolde Martyn 3*

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Finished another 2018 release - The Secrets at Ocean's Edge by Kali Napier

4 out of 5 stars - review here

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 29th - Female Authors - Congo Dawn by Katherine Scholes

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

[Odette]

Finished my 7th book for this challenge:

Male Authors
The Recipient by Dean Mayes - 4★

[Janine]

Finished my 16th

2018 New Release
The Memories That Make Us by Vanessa Carnevale 4*

[Kylie]

So many of you are absolutely smashing these out!

I've completed my third, and the second of the Female Author category - Forgotten by Nicole Trope. Simply brilliant and so fast-paced - 5 stars!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

She's a great author Kylie :)

[Jenny]

Finished Nine Male Authors

1. Signal Loss by Garry Disher - 5 ★ - 08 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. And Fire Falls by Peter Watt - 4 ★ - 13 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Dark Heart by Tony Park - 4 ★ - 07 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher 5 ★ - 17 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. The Cull by Tony Park - 5 ★ - 04 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGeachin - 4 ★ - 24 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. Chain of Evidence by Garry Disher - 4 ★ - 09 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8. The Five Greatest Warriors by Matthew Reilly - 5 ★ - 18 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. The Holiday Murders by Robert Gott - 4 ★ - 24 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jenny]

Finished Five Female Authors

1. The Medici Mistress by Clare Connelly - 4 ★ - 07 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. Fortune's Son by Jennifer Scoullar - 5 ★ - 22 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. The Greek Tycoon's Forbidden Affair by Clare Connelly - 4 ★ - 10 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Chrissy and the Burroughs Boy by Cathryn Hein - 4 ★ - 26 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman - 4 ★ - 09 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jenny]

Finished three New Releases

2018 New Releases

1. In Deep by Sage Nottley - 4 ★ - 3 / 1 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. Indulgence and Temperance by Faye Hall - 5 ★ - 03 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. After Sundown by Suzanne Brandyn - 5 ★ - 13 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jenny]

Finished Seven Favourite Genre

Favourite Genre - Romantic Suspense

1. The Kalista Diamond by Erin Moira O'Hara - 5 ★ - 15 / 1 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. Come Rain Or Shine by Tricia Stringer - 4 ★ - 2 / 1 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Daintree by Annie Seaton - 5 ★ - 08 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. The Wildwood Sisters by Mandy Magro - 4 ★ - 27 / 02 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. Hindsight by Melanie Casey - 5 ★ - 06 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. Craven by Melanie Casey - 5 ★ - 06 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. Spirits Of The Ghan by Judy Nunn - 5 ★ - 17 / 01 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Doing well Jenny!

[Jenny]

Thanks, Brenda!

[Nicola]

Finished another favourite genre SciFi/Fan
2. A Shadow on the Glass / Ian Irvine 4*

[Odette]

Finished 8th book for this challenge:

2018 New Releases
The Passengers by Eleanor Limprecht - 5★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 30th - Male Author - Outback Creed by Jonathan Macpherson

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

[Janine]

Finished 17/24

Female Author
The Rain Queen by Katherine Scholes 4*

[PattyMacDotComma]

My sixth is by male author, twice Booker prize winner Peter Carey, who is still a famous Aussie in spite of living in NY for many years.

A Long Way from Home is another very Aussie story about a Redex Trial in the 1950s. Cars, racing, families, Aboriginal history.
4.5★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Deb]

I have just acquired my last one for 'male authors' I am pretty excited about it... by Anthony O'Neill

I am pretty sure it was people from this group that put me on to it.

When this one is done, I will be in a quandary, because I have not a single one published in 2018, the library does not seem to have any either. Since I do not read ebooks it is going to be a true challenge to complete this part.

I like challenges - they keep you on your toes :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck Deborah :) I'm shocked at your library though - it's already March. They should have heaps of the new releases in - good grief, don't they even support Aussie authors!

[Janine]

Finished 18/24

Favourite Genre
A Donation of Murder by Felicity Young 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Annual Aussie Authors Challenge 2018 - PART 2

Level Three

36/36

Male Authors - COMPLETED
1. The Coconut Rebellion by Mark Stary 5★s 5/5/18
2. In the Valley of Blue Gums by J.H. Fletcher 5★s 17/5/18
3. I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty 3.5★s 21/5/18
4. Blackwater Moon by B. Michael Radburn 5★s 21/5/18
5. Kingdom of the Strong by Tony Cavanaugh 3★s 25/5/18
6. The Fenians by Ross Collier 5★s 28/5/18
7. The Amber Trail by M.J. Kelly 5★s 26/5/18
8. The Fairy Wren by Ashley Capes 4★s 2/5/18
9. Shade's Children by Garth Nix 4★s 22/4/18




Female Authors - COMPLETED
1. The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan 5★s 7/3/18
2. Susan: Convict's Daughter, Soldier's Wife, Nobody's Fool by Stella Budrikis 3★s 27/4/18
3.Bad Things Happen by Rowena Holloway 3.5★s 2/4/18
4. Little Gods by Jenny Ackland 4★s 5/4/18
5. Bloodtree River by Sarah Barrie 5★s 13/4/18
6. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland 5★s 17/4/18
7. Out of Reach by Kendall Talbot 5★s 22/4/18
8. The Kookaburra Creek Cafe by Sandie Docker 5★s 2/5/18
9. Mothers' Day by Fiona McArthur 5★s 3/5/18



2018 New Releases - COMPLETED
1. The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester 5★s 14/3/18
2. The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman 5★s 15/4/18
3. Fool's Gold by Fleur McDonald 5★s 10/3/18
4. The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen 4★s 7/4/18
5. The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater 4.5★s 26/3/18
6. A Perfect Marriage by Alison Booth 4★s 20/3/18
7. Lady Bird & The Fox by Kim Kelly 4★s 7/4/18
8. The Secrets We Keep by Shirley Patton 4.5★s 8/3/18
9. Making Peace by Fiona McCallum 4★s 9/3/18




Favourite Genre
Historical Fiction - COMPLETED
1. Framed!: A Young Boy's Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush by M.E. Skeel 3★s 25/4/18
2. Eleanor's Secret by Caroline Beecham 5★s 24/4/18
3. The Juliet Code by Christine Wells 5★s 4/5/18

Mystery/Crime - COMPLETED
1. Redemption Point by Candice Fox 4★s 26/4/18
2. Dark Edges by Catherine Lee 5★s 10/4/18
3. The Body Thief by Chris Taylor 4.5★s 21/4/18

Cosy Mystery - COMPLETED
1. Murder on the Orient (SS): by C.A. Larmer 4★s 27/3/18
2. Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood 4★s 8/5/18
3. A Note Before Dying by C.A. Larmer 4.5★s 14/5/18

[Jenny]

Finished my 25 book - New Releases



Ordinary Evil by Chris Taylor - 5 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

At this rate you should be able to complete the challenge four times this year Brenda, Well done:)