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Kathryn's 2018 Challenges
Yearly organized challenges1. Annual Aussie Author Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
2. Aussie Author A-Z Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
3. Bingo Challenge (Bound Together Group)
4. Popsugar Reading Challenge (Ultimate Popsugar Challenge Group)
5. 2018 Reading Challenge - Part One
2018 Reading Challenge - Part Two(Around The Year In 52 Books)
Personal challenge – to take all year (or longer!) Links not working yet from here down:
- new authors and previously read authors to read more of
- owned/borrowed and unread books
- Aussie Readers' Top Books of 2017
- Christian fiction
- non-fiction
- new releases
- twin reads
Aussie Readers’ Seasonal Challenges
1. Summer 2017/2018 – January/February
2. Autumn – March/April/May
3. Winter – June/July/August
4. Spring – September/October/November –
5. Summer 2018/2019 – December –
Any Quarterly Challenges I participate in in other groups
Link to series list below
Link to series I'd like to start
Links to monthly reading lists and challenges below:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Yearly challenge #1 Annual Aussie Author Challenge - Read Around Australia (Aussie Readers’ group)
Duration: 1 January, 2018 - 31 December, 2018
Completed 48/48
This year's Aussie Author challenge is a little different. Whether you are a dinky die Aussie or an international reader wanting to discover some talented new authors, the Annual Aussie Author Challenge 2018 is for you!
Read a minimum of 12 books for the year by Australian Authors...
3 x Male Authors
3 x Female Authors
3 x 2018 New Release
3 x Favourite genre (Mystery, Horror, Romance, YA, etc)
Level One: 12 titles (one set)
Level Two: 24 titles (two sets)
Level Three: 36 titles (three sets)
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Yearly challenge #2 Aussie Readers’ A-Z Challenge (Aussie Readers’ group)
Duration: 1 January, 2018 - 31 December, 2018
Completed 25.5/26
A - Book by an AUTHOR from a country you've never visited
B - Book which you BORROWED
C - Book with a CAT on the cover
D - Book which has DARK themes
E - Book with an EMERALD cover
F - Book which is FIRST in a series
G- Book from a GENRE you don't usually read
H - Read a HISTORICAL book set in two different time periods
I - Book about an INTERESTING woman
J - Book where the main character goes on a JOURNEY
K - Book with a KNIFE on the cover
L - Read a book which is your LATEST purchase
M - Read a book where MAGIC is a main part
N - Read a book with a NUMBER in the title
O - Read a book with a ONE word title
P - Read a book where the author uses a PSEUDONYM
Q - Read a book with a QUEEN either on the cover or in the text
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris - in progress
R - Read a book which has been RECOMMENDED to you
S - Read a book with one of the four SEASONS in the title
T - Read a book which has lingered on your TBR for too long
U - Read a book with an UMBRELLA on the cover
V - Read a book with a VIVID cover
W - Read a book set in WAR time
X - Read a book about music - finding a XYLOPHONE in the text would be good
- unless I read Music And Freedom by Zoë Morrison (AA) and find it includes a xylophone!
Y - Read a book with a YELLOW cover
Z - Read a book with ZANY characters
Louisa Clark in
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Yearly challenge #3 Bound Together BINGO (Bound Together group)
Duration: 1 January, 2018 - 31 December, 2018
Completed 24/25
Row 1:
B. Hobbledehoy - a clumsy or awkward youth -
I. Billingsgate - foul, vulgar abusive language -
N. Symmachy - fighting jointly against a common enemy - especially appropriate for Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves when Scarecrow joins up with a group trying to get him in order to defeat a larger enemy - 4★
G. Lepid - amusing or pleasant -
O. Luctation - a struggle - there was a struggle to survive the plane crash for 2 of the characters in
Row 2:
B. Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure, unusual; also, pretentious -
I. Hygge - feeling of coziness, comfort; happiness and warmth -
N. Emberlucock - to confuse or bewilder -
G. Gallimaufry - a mixture of different things; hodge-podge -
O. Unguiferous - producing, having, or supporting nails or claws - several of the animals/characters in
Row 3:
B. Quantulum - a small amount or portion - lots of small amounts in a book of short stories -
I. Impavid - fearless -
N. Contumacious - stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient - the main character in
G. Crackjaw - hard to pronounce - being set in Ireland, a lot of the place names and local words were hard for me to pronounce in
O. Dowsabel - sweetheart -
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B. Rampallion - ruffian, scoundrel, villain -
I. Trouvaille - something lovely found by chance -
N. Fardel - anything cumbersome or irksome - I found
G. Niveous - snowy, white - set in Alaska in winter (I think), so lots of snow in
O. Tsundoku - buys books and doesn’t read them
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B. Lachrymogenic - causing tears or weeping -
I. Morbus - disease, sickness -
N. Urbicolous - of or pertaining to a city; urban - the city of Brisbane plays a big part in
G. Scrimshank - to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk responsibility - I have been avoiding obligations and shirking responsibility in order to read
O. Parviscient - having little knowledge -
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Yearly challenge #4 Popsugar Challenge (Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge group)
Link to challenge in Bookclub
Duration: 1 January, 2018 - 31 December, 2018
Completed 34/50
1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly (ATY8)
The Giver by Lois Lowry
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
Antactica –
Clade by James Bradley – AA
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan (ATY25)
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is set in/around the theatre/entertainment industry (originally "also a stage play or musical")
The Glitter Game by Judy Nunn - AA
Araluen by Judy Nunn - AA
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
That Girl From Nowhere by Dorothy Koomson
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng??
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
Anything by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Unashamed by Lecrae Moore
15. A book about feminism
Miss Muriel Matters: The Australian actress who became one of London's most famous suffragists by Robert Wainwright – AA?
16. A book about mental health
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
24. A book with a a celestial body in the title (originally "weather element")
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg
Currawong Manor by Josephine Pennicott – AA
Silkworm Secrets by Lea Davey – AA
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book involving music (originally “with song lyrics in the title”)
29. A book about or set on Halloween
Death in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope (#3 Thea Osborne)
Fiber and Brimstone by Laura Childs (#8 Scrapbooking)
Gossamer Ghost by Laura Childs (#12 Scrapbooking)
Ming Tea Murder (#16 Tea Shop)
Frill Kill (#5 Scrapbooking)
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
The Group by Mary McCarthy
(all mentioned in The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club)
32. A book recommended by a friend's book club (or as originally - "from a celebrity book club")
Sensible Shoes: A Story about the Spiritual Journey by Sharon Garlough Brown
or Reese Witherspoon: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
or Emma Watson: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
or Oprah: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
33. A childhood classic you've never read
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson (ATY16)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
36. A book set in the decade you were born
Calico Joe by John Grisham
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden - AA (ATY41)
The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton
38. A book with an ugly cover
Pig City: From The Saints to Savage Garden by Andrew Stafford - AA
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
Book that takes place in your hometown – 2015 -
Book from an author you love but haven’t read yet – 2015 - Liane Moriarty - AA
Book based on a fairytale - 2016 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
Malice by Danielle Steel?
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book involving adoption (originally “tied to your ancestry”)
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
?A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
5. A book with any food in the title (originally “fruit or vegetable”)
6. An allegory
Animal Farm? by George Orwell
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach??
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
9. A book about a problem facing society today
Teenage overweight/obesity -
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
From Mish:
The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Yearly challenge #5 Around the Year in 52 Books Reading Challenge (Around the Year in 52 Books group)
Duration: 1 January, 2018 - 31 December, 2018
Completed 41/52
AA︎ Australian Author
⌘ Non-fiction
✓ Owned
First half
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title – 1/1 – 5/1
Are Those Your Underpants on the Conveyor?: Hilarious Tales of Travel on a Very Small Planet by Mark Sheehan ⌘
Days Like These by Kristian Anderson ⌘
French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters by Karen Le Billon ⌘
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your TBR list (sorted by date; i.e. the books on your TBR the longest) – 6/1 – 12/1
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens ✓
Following the Equator by Mark Twain ⌘ ✓
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson ⌘
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains by Jon Krakauer ⌘
Travels by Michael Crichton ⌘
April Fool's Day by Bryce Courtenay AA
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
The Rector's Daughter by F.M. Mayor
Days Like These by Kristian Anderson ⌘
Life In His Hands by Susan Wyndham ⌘
London by Edward Rutherfurd
3. A book from the 2017 GR Choice Awards – 13/1 – 19/1
4. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author name, etc) – 20/1 – 26/1
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
5. A book about or inspired by real events – 27/1 – 2/2
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
6. A book originally written in a language other than English – 3/2 – 9/2
7. A gothic novel – 10/2 – 16/2
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
8. An "own voices" book (a book about marginalised protagonists (by ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, mental illness, etc) written by an author who shares that same identity) – 17/2 – 23/2
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) – 24/2 – 2/3
Life In His Hands by Susan Wyndham ⌘
One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published) – 3/3 – 9/3
11. A literary fiction – 10/3 – 16/3
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
12. A book set in Africa or South America – 17/3 – 23/3
Zambezi by Tony Park ☀︎
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) – 24/3 – 30/3
A Quiet Life by Natasha Walter
14. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #2 Fire – 31/3 – 6/4
Four Fires by Bryce Courtenay AA
Keep the Home Fires Burning by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure – 7/4 – 13/4
16. A narrative nonfiction – 14/4 – 20/4
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson ⌘
17. A book you expect to make you laugh – 21/4 – 27/4
Sadly it didn't make me laugh, although it was a bit farcical by the end... -
18. A book with a location in the title – 28/4 – 4/5
The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons
London by Edward Rutherfurd
At Home in Thrush Green by Miss Read
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson
Paris Letters by Janice Macleod
The Safest Place in London by Maggie Joel AA
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors) – 5/5 – 11/5
John le Carré
Dorothy Gilman
Stephen King
Ken Follett
Margaret Maron
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends – 12/5 – 18/5
The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner✓
21. A book written in first person perspective – 19/5 – 25/5
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for – 26/5 – 1/6
23. A medical or legal thriller – 2/6 – 8/6
The Brethren by John Grisham
The Appeal by John Grisham
24. A book with a map – 9/6 – 15/6
The Last Hours by Minette Walters
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view – 16/6 – 22/6
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
26. A book with a text only cover – 23/6 – 29/6
The Shack by the Bay by Lea Davey ✓AA
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss ⌘
Around the Year in 52 Books Reading Challenge (Around the Year in 52 Books groupSecond half of the challenge
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, the apocalypse, serious illness, etc) – 30/6 – 6/7
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner ⌘
The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
28. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #3 Water – 7/7 – 13/7
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin
The Things We Never Said by Susan Elliot Wright
Paris Letters by Janice Macleod
Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay AA︎
29. A book with a "Clue" weapons on the cover or in the title (i.e. lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, or wrench) – 14/7 – 20/7
30. A short book (your interpretation) – 21/7 – 27/7
31. A book set in a country you would like to visit but have never been to – 28/7 – 3/8
Antarctica:
Clade by James Bradley AA
My Last Continent by Midge Raymond
Canada:
Still Life by Louise Penny
32. An alternate history book – 4/8 – 10/8
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson??
Devoured by D.E. Meredith
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr
The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Titanic Secret by Jack Steel
The Ripper Secret by Jack Steel
33. A book that is connected (e.g. title, cover, content) to a word or phrase "born" in the same year as you (link) – 11/8 – 17/8
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 Polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close call (link) – 18/8 – 24/8
A book picked off your TBR by a family member or a friend
The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons - chosen by Mish
or A book that is set during the winter or in a snowy environment
35. A book featuring a murder – 25/8 – 31/8
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before – 1/9 – 7/9
Sixty Seconds: How long is the road to forgiveness? by Jesse Blackadder AA
The Girl in Green by Derek B. Miller
Blame by Nicole Trope AA
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith AA
A Quiet Life by Natasha Walter
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
LaRose by Louise Erdrich
Unashamed by Lecrae Moore ⌘
Music And Freedom by Zoë Morrison AA
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (lists) – 8/9 – 14/9
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
38. A science book OR a science fiction book – 15/9 – 21/9
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title – 22/9 – 28/9
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris ⌘
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link) – 29/9 – 5/10
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
The Giver by Lois Lowry
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initial – 6/10 – 12/10
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson,
The Tenth Gift (Crossed Bones) by Jane Johnson
Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden ☀︎
Take Two by Karen Kingsbury
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss ⌘
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater – 13/10 – 19/10
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence – 20/10 – 26/10
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
All That Is Solid Melts into Air by Darragh McKeon
Keep the Home Fires Burning by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
44. A ghost story – 27/10 – 2/11
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you – 3/11 – 9/11
46. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #4 Air – 10/11 – 16/11
All That Is Solid Melts into Air by Darragh McKeon
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own – 17/11 – 23/11
Something by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
48. A book related to one of the seven deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth) – 24/11 – 30/11
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link) – 1/12 – 7/12
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson ⌘
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch ⌘
The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan ⌘
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) – 8/12 – 14/12
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection – 15/12 – 21/12
Australia Day by Melanie Cheng ☀︎
Reasons I Won't Be Coming by Elliot Perlman ☀︎
Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks (I'm hoping this one wins an award at some point before the end of 2018!)
52. A book published in 2018 – 22/12 – 28/12
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (if published in 2018)
New authors I’d like to readAussies:
Robert Gott - The Holiday Murders
Leah Giarratano – Vodka Doesn't Freeze
John Marsden
Caroline Overington - Can You Keep a Secret?
Vicki Tyley
Non-Aussies
Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals
Emily St. John Mandel - Station Eleven
Clare Mackintosh
Previously read authors I’d like to read more of (carried over from 2016 and 2017)
Aussies:
Joanne van Os
Liane Moriarty
Tony Park
Belinda Alexandra
Jo-Anne Berthelsen
Ian Acheson – as available
Colleen McCullough
Judy Nunn
Katherine Howell
Ber Carroll
Dominic Smith
Tess Evans
Liz Byrski
Di Morrissey
Inga Simpson
Nicole Trope
Christine Wells
Non-Aussies:
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Diane Chamberlain
Leah Fleming
Paul Torday
Ariana Franklin
Anne Tyler
Kate Atkinson
Barbara Kingsolver
Elizabeth von Arnim
Kristin Hannah
Anthony Doerr
Jojo Moyes
Neta Jackson
Owned/borrowed and unread (carried over from 2016)Physical books:
Kimberley Sun - Di Morrissey
Griffith Review 32: Wicked Problems, Exquisite Dilemmas – Griffith Review
Brother Fish – Bryce Courtenay
Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen
Le Chateau by Sarah Ridout
The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion by Leonard Sweet
The Good Teacher by P.J. Kelly
Ember Island by Kimberley Freeman
She's All That by Kristin Billerbeck
Yesterday by Felicia Yap
The Cat's Miaow by Jacqueline Perry-Strickland
A Mother's Confession by Kelly Rimmer
Eleanor's Secret by Caroline Beecham
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
iBooks:
Transgression by Randy Ingermanson
Far Horizons by Katharine Swartz
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Kindle:
The Gardener Who Could See by John Jetty
Following the Equator by Mark Twain
The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Aussie Readers’ Top Books of 2017Aussie authors:
1. The Road to Winter by Mark Smith - Brenda
2. Secrets Between Friends by Fiona Palmer - Brenda, Sally
3. Thirst by L.A. Larkin - Brenda
4. The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham - Sally
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8. When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett - Andrea
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3. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Odette, Phrynne
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5. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue - Ace
6. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore - Carolyn
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20. Eleanor's Secret by Caroline Beecham
21. The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester
22. A Place to Remember by Jenn J. McLeod
23. The Secrets at Ocean's Edge by Kali Napier
TBR Twin ReadsJanuary
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A Hundred Small Lessons by Ashley Hay with Simply Kristen
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Series I am currently readingMaisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
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5. An Incomplete Revenge
6. Among the Mad
7. The Mapping of Love and Death
8. A Lesson in Secrets
9. Elegy for Eddie
10. Leaving Everything Most Loved
11. A Dangerous Place
12. Journey to Munich
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5. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude
7. The Charming Quirks of Others.
8. The Forgotten Affairs Of Youth
9. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
10. The Novel Habits of Happiness
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10. An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea: An Irish Country Novel
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14. The Circus Train Conspiracy
15. A Christmas Railway Mystery
The Detective Ella Marconi series by Katherine Howell
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8. Tell the Truth
The Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series by Arthur W. Upfield
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8. No Footprints in the Bush
9. Death of a Swagman
10. The Devil's Steps
11. An Author Bites the Dust
12. The Mountains Have a Secret
13. The Widows of Broome
14. The Bachelors of Broken Hill
15. The New Shoe
There are actually 29 in this series, but this will do for the moment!!
The Joseph O'Loughlin series by Michael Robotham
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3. Shatter
4. Bleed for Me
5. The Wreckage
6. Say You're Sorry
7. Watching You
8. Close Your Eyes
The Theodore Boone series by John Grisham
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2. The Abduction
3. The Accused
4. The Activist
5. The Fugitive
The Convict Girls series by Deborah Challinor
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2. Girl of Shadows
3. The Silk Thief
4. A Tattooed Heart
The Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith
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The Wishes series by G.J. Walker-Smith
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2. Second Hearts
3. Storm Shells
+ 3 others
The Max Tudor series by G.M. Malliet
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2. A Fatal Winter
3. Pagan Spring
4. The Haunted Season
5. Devil's Breath
The Frieda Klein series by Nicci French
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2. Tuesday's Gone
3. Waiting for Wednesday
4. Thursday's Child
5. Friday on My Mind
The Dr Dody McLeland series by Felicity Young
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2. Antidote to Murder
3. The Scent of Murder
4. The Insanity of Murder
5. A Donation of Murder
The Poldark Saga by Winston Graham
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2. Demelza
3. Jeremy Poldark
4. Warleggan
5. The Black Moon
6. The Four Swans
7. The Angry Tide
8. The Stranger from the Sea
9. The Miller's Dance
10. The Loving Cup
11. The Twisted Sword
12. Bella Poldark
The Thea Osborne series by Rebecca Tope
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3. Death in the Cotswolds
4. A Cotswold Mystery
5. Blood in the Cotswolds
6. Slaughter in the Cotswolds
7. Fear in the Cotswolds
8. A Grave in the Cotswolds
9. Deception in the Cotswolds
10. Malice in the Cotswolds
11. Shadows in the Cotswolds
12. Trouble in the Cotswolds
13. Revenge in the Cotswolds
14. Guilt in the Cotswolds
15. Peril in the Cotswolds
16. Crisis in the Cotswolds
Series I like the sound of and completed seriesThe Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny - Still Life
The Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series by Julia Spencer-Fleming - In the Bleak Midwinter
The Darko Dawson series by Kwei Quartey - Wife of the Gods
Love and Inheritance Trilogy by Fay Weldon - Habits of the House
The Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo - Sworn to Silence
The Chief Inspector Barnaby series by Caroline Graham - The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Crochet Mystery series by Betty Hechtman - Hooked on Murder
The Harris Stuyvesant series by Laurie R. King - Touchstone
The Commissario Brunetti series by Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice
The Mobile Library Mystery series by Ian Sansom - The Case of the Missing Books
The Detective Jill Jackson series by Leah Giarratano – Vodka Doesn't Freeze
Completed Series
The Scarecrow series by Matthew Reilly - COMPLETED
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The Detective Emmanuel Cooper series by Malla Nunn - COMPLETED
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The Mitchell Parker series by Helen Goltz - COMPLETED
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3.
The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie - COMPLETED
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The Yada Yada Prayer Group series by Neta Jackson - COMPLETED
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Chronicles of the Kings series by Lynn Austin - COMPLETED
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The Bill Hodges series by Stephen King - COMPLETED
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Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Series by Ransom Riggs - COMPLETED
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The Dr Anya Crichton series by Kathryn Fox - COMPLETED
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The Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke - COMPLETED
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The Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood - UP TO DATE
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The Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin - COMPLETED
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The Will Harris series by Alex Hammond - COMPLETED as at 30/6/17
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2.
The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer - COMPLETED
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The Darian Richards series by Tony Cavanaugh
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Listopias I likeBest Books Set In Australia
Great Australian Novels
Queensland Fiction
Australian Christian Authors
Best Christian Inspirational Fiction
Family Saga
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
Favourite Christmas Books
Beach Reads
Oh, Royalty
Modern Medical Science Non-Fiction
You Read A Book About What?
The Best of Jeffrey Archer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
Best Books About Loving Books
Books About Books
Best Traveling Vicariously
Have Passport Will Travel
London Calling
Books About Paris
Paris, Je T'aime
French Allure
Paris Tales: Memoirs About The City of Lights
Best Novels Set In Paris
Becoming Culturally Literate
Most Charming Novels
2018 listAll That Is Solid Melts into Air by Darragh McKeon - ATY46
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris - ATY39
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly - ATY19
Bleachers by John Grisham
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay - AA
Calico Joe by John Grisham
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson - ATY16
Death in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom - ATY10
Full House by Maeve Binchy - ATY30
The Gardener Who Could See by John Zanetti
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris - ATY7
The Girl in the Photograph by Kate Riordan - ATY44
The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons - ATY34
The Giver by Lois Lowry - ATY40
The Good Teacher by P.J. Kelly - AA
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan - ATY25
The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion by Leonard Sweet
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly - ATY8
Keep the Home Fires Burning by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - ATY14
Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey - AA
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory - ATY21
The Last Hours by Minette Walters - ATY24
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden - AA - ATY41
Malice by Danielle Steel? MB eBook
Miss Muriel Matters: The Australian actress who became one of London's most famous suffragists by Robert Wainwright – AA?
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd - ATY35
Music And Freedom by Zoë Morrison - AA - ATY36
The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester - AA
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett - AA
The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner - ATY20
Pig City: From The Saints to Savage Garden by Andrew Stafford - AA
A Place to Remember by Jenn J. McLeod - AA
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith - AA
The Royal We by Heather Cocks
The Safest Place in London by Maggie Joel - AA - ATY18
The Secrets at Ocean's Edge by Kali Napier - AA
Secrets Between Friends by Fiona Palmer - AA - ATY42
The Secrets She Keeps byMichael Robotham - AA
The Shack by the Bay by Lea Davey - AA - ATY26
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher - ATY50
Silent Child by Sarah A. Denzil
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - ATY37
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
That Girl From Nowhere by Dorothy Koomson
Thirst by L.A. Larkin - AA
Three Crooked Kings by Matthew Condon - AA
Tuesday's Gone by Nicci French
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - ATY47
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver - ATY43
When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett - AA
A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford (mentioned in The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club)
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Completed
Forgotten by Nicole Trope - AA
If I Live by Terri Blackstock
The Litigators by John Grisham - ATY23
The Martian by Andy Weir - ATY38
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves by Matthew Reilly - AA
Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall
Victoria Line, Central Line by Maeve Binchy
Web of Deceit by Katherine Howell - AA
Still Me by Jojo Moyes - ATY52
A Hundred Small Lessons by Ashley Hay - AA
Gilgamesh by Joan London - AA - ATY27
Return to Me by Lynn Austin - ATY5
Force of Nature by Jane Harper - AA - ATY22
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly - ATY4
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey - AA - ATY3
Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman - AA
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee - ATY2
The Sisters' Song by Louise Allan - AA
The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee - ATY1
We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow - AA
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris - ATY13
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - ATY12Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey - AA - ATY11Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
Lost & Found by Brooke Davis - AA - ATY17
The Opal Dragonfly by Julian Leatherdale - AA
To The Sea by Christine Dibley - AA
Under a Black Sky by Inger Wolf (Dark September = #1 but no copies MB/BCC) - ATY6
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - ATY49
Kingdom of the Strong by Tony Cavanaugh - AA - ATY29
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin - ATY28
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch - ATY33
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Centre Stage by Judy Nunn - AA
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn - ATY15
My Last Continent by Midge Raymond - ATY31
The Tournament by Matthew Reilly - AA
Summer Reading Challenge (Aussie Readers' Group)Duration: 1/12/18 - 28/2/19
Level: Hard
Completed 8/12
#1. Yellow
Ember Island by Kimberley Freeman - AA
#2. Orange
#3. Red
#4. Green
#5. Blue
#6. Purple
Part B:
#7. Title: A book with any of 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot' in the title.
Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey - AA
#8. 25th December: A novel with a Christmas setting.
#9. New Years Eve: Read a book that was published this year!
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover
#11. Holiday - A book where the MC (main character) is on holidays
TBD
#12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice
JANUARY Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman Friendship Bread by Darien Gee The Sisters' Song by Louise Allan
The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow
The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly Before the Fall by Noah Hawley Force of Nature by Jane Harper
FEBRUARY ★
Return to Me by Lynn Austin Under a Black Sky by Inger Wolf
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee ShetterlyATY9 - Body Part
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore Marlborough Man by Alan Carter Gilgamesh by Joan London A Hundred Small Lessons by Ashley Hay Pied Piper by Nevil Shute The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerney
MARCH ★ Still Me by Jojo Moyes The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur W. Upfield Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris Troll Mountain by Matthew Reilly
APRIL
The Good House by Ann Leary
Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall Last Chance Cafe by Liz Byrski The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
If I Live by Terri Blackstock
MAY
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves by Matthew Reilly Safari by Tony Park The Story Of Danny Dunn by Bryce Courtenay Present Darkness by Malla Nunn Everything You Told Me by Lucy Dawson The Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard
JUNE Forgotten by Nicole Trope Paperback Hero by Antony J. Bowman The Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning A Cotswold Killing by Rebecca Tope Three Gold Coins by Josephine Moon Web of Deceit by Katherine Howell
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper
Into the Night by Sarah Bailey The Litigators by John Grisham Victoria Line, Central Line by Maeve Binchy
The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth
The Martian by Andy Weir
JULY The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
Florence Foster Jenkins by Nicholas Martin
Signal for Vengeance by Edward Marston The Opal Dragonfly by Julian Leatherdale Sixty Seconds by Jesse Blackadder The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan To The Sea by Christine Dibley Lost & Found by Brooke Davis The Scandal by Fredrik Backman South of Darkness by John Marsden The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
AUGUST The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell
Christmas at Claridge's by Karen Swan
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin
SEPTEMBER The Juliet Code by Christine Wells Book of Colours by Robyn Cadwallader The Love That I Have by James Moloney
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Date with Death by Julia Chapman The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville Deserving Death by Katherine Howell Happy Never After: why the happiness fairytale is driving us mad by Jill Stark
OCTOBER The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater
The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati Lethal White by Robert Galbraith The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
NOVEMBER Table For Eight by Tricia Stringer
Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787 by Winston Graham
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer
Charlatans by Robin Cook Kingdom of the Strong by Tony Cavanaugh
The Memory Game by Nicci French The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
DECEMBER Centre Stage by Judy Nunn - AA Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris - in progress My Last Continent by Midge Raymond The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
Starry Night by Debbie Macomber
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson The Tournament by Matthew Reilly Milat: Inside Australia's Biggest Manhunt - A Detective's Story by Clive Small
The Testament of Caspar Schultz by Jack Higgins
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Brenda wrote: "Can I try again? Good luck Kathryn! Happy reading :)"Thanks! Yes - all done now!
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Brenda wrote: "I was hoping I wasn't stuck in the middle of your unfinished posts! That's why I deleted it :)":-)
My goodness gracious... That is so incredibly organised and planned that I am in AWE.Btw, I have been sucked into the popsugar for this year too ;)
Deborah wrote: "My goodness gracious... That is so incredibly organised and planned that I am in AWE.Btw, I have been sucked into the popsugar for this year too ;)"
Yes - I saw!!! Hope you enjoy! I've still got some blank spots that I can't decide on!
And I've done this for several years now - it's quite good to have everything in one place - didn't help me to complete challenges last year when I overcommitted, however!! And you don't want to see my Excel spreadsheet that I've been using for my reads, but have started using for planning for 2018...!!
I have to agree with Deborah! This is super organised! Massive kudos to you! Good luck with it all, and Happy Reading! :) I'm hoping mine (when I get it posted) is half as organised! This appeals to the logical side of my brain!
Kylie wrote: "I have to agree with Deborah! This is super organised! Massive kudos to you! Good luck with it all, and Happy Reading! :) I'm hoping mine (when I get it posted) is half as organised! This appeals..."
Thanks, Kylie! A lot of it is copy and pasting from the year before since I use the same kind of template, and then I just have to change links and book titles.
Hope you enjoy your year's reading!
Kathryn that is amazing, it would have taken ages to compile, I wish I could be bothered to do the same. Good luck with your reading goals for 2018.
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (other topics)A Tale of Two Cities (other topics)
A Little Princess (other topics)
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A Prayer for Owen Meany (other topics)
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I’m hoping to participate in 5 yearly organized challenges, a personal challenge that will take all year (and will most likely be ongoing!), possibly some 3 month seasonal challenges if they take my fancy, a TBR twin read in the 2018 Reading Challenge group if I have the time and remember to sign up, and monthly reads in various groups as time permits and as the inclination strikes!
Books for some challenges will overlap with other challenges. All lists are subject to change throughout the course of the year, dependent on availability and mood ☺
I will aim to keep track of my progress in this thread as well as in the relevant challenge threads.