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**Summer Reading Challenge - 1/12/14-28/2/15**
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Kiera wrote: "Yeah, auto correct does some stupid stuff, Brenda. I hate it with every fibre of my being!"
LOL!
LOL!

Maybe your autocorrect has a New Zealand accent? (My NZ mother-in-law's name is Lynn, she pronounces it Lunn!)

Kerri wrote: "Ok this could be a dumb question so please forgive me, but is there a list somewhere of upcoming new releases for Aussie authors? I've tried Google and listopia without success."
There's our thread here which we continue to add to so browse from the bottom of the last page up Kerri:)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Plus at the top of this page (the home page, and any thread page) you'll see the list of different things for our group - click on "bookshelf" and you'll find some there too:)
There's our thread here which we continue to add to so browse from the bottom of the last page up Kerri:)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Plus at the top of this page (the home page, and any thread page) you'll see the list of different things for our group - click on "bookshelf" and you'll find some there too:)

Spell it Out:
S - The School of Essential Ingredients

U - The Union Street Bakery

M - The Mephisto Club

M - Meant To Be

E - Eyes of Prey

R - Requiem, Mass.: A Novel

2. Christmas - - I read a different Christmas book to my girls each night of December, so I'll post a few but I think 24 or 25 kids books should count for my Christmas read :)
3. Australia Day - Half the World in Winter

4. Valentine's Day - The Mistress of Spices

5. Literature Map - I chose Jennifer Weiner and got Lauren Weisberger so I'll read The Devil Wears Prada

6. Aussie Reader Friend Favorite - TBD
7. New Release - TBD
8. Summer - TBD
9. Historical Fiction - Rasputin's Daughter

10. Favorite Genre - Crime Fiction - Alex Cross, Run


Bring on Summer!!

That's what we do in our family too :-) We have a small collection of our own, but the rest we borrow from the library. I had better start looking them up on the catalogue and reserving them!

S Schindler's List
U The Uncommon Reader
M Mr. Kiss and Tell✔
M Moon Tiger
E The Elected Member
R Rites of Passage
2) Christmas - Charles Dickens: The Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes, A Christmas Carol.✔
3) Aussie - Hell Island✔
4) Romance - The Princess Bride
5) Literature Map - The Way of Kings✔
6) Friend favourite of 2014 - TBA
7) Aussie New release - TBA
8) Aussie Summer - Summertime (Scenes from Provincial Life)
9) Historical Fiction - Wolf Hall
10) Favourite Genre - Ancillary Justice

Amber last year I wrapped them all and had my girls pick - WAY too big of a job! But it's so fun!!

S Schindler's List
U The Uncommon Reader
M [book:Midnight's Childre..."
A lovely list Renee, Bernice Rubens is one of my favourite writers

u Unnatural Habits
m Mister Monday
m Murder on the Ballarat Train
e Earthly Delights
r Red Dust
2. Skipping Christmas
3. Silver Clouds
4. Outback Dreams
5. Outback Blaze
6. Outback Ghost
7. 12 Daves of Christmas
8. Set in summer Murder in the Dark
9. Falling Angels
10. The Secret Keeper

Thanks Brenda. I am looking forward to this challenge.
Rosie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Great list Rosie:) I'm sure you'll have some friends by the time the new thread is created;)"
Thanks Brenda. I am looking forward to this challenge."
That's great Rosie! I always look forward to starting a new seasonal challenge:)
Thanks Brenda. I am looking forward to this challenge."
That's great Rosie! I always look forward to starting a new seasonal challenge:)

u Unnatural Habits
m Mister Monday
m Murder on the Ballarat Train
e Raiders from the North
r [bo..."
Rosie wrote: "1. S [book:Stardust|16793]
u Unnatural Habits
m Mister Monday
m Murder on the Ballarat Train
e Raiders from the North
r [bo..."
Hi Rosie
I've just friend requested you as we seem to like a lot of the same books :). So now we both have new friends in this group to choose from! Nice to know you enjoy Laura Childs as much as I do ;)

Are you all getting excited? Only a few more days before you can all start:) What a fun few months of reading it will be!!

I'll be a lot more excited once I've finished the Spring challenge :) Are you excited, Brenda? I'm guessing you have all your books gathered together and they are waiting patiently in a neat little pile :)
No, not in a neat little pile - BUT I can put my hands on them pretty quickly;) I'm enjoying reading from my TBR at the moment, but really looking forward to the challenge too:)



Hi Suzie, no you don't have to read them in order, any order you want to read them in is fine, that's especially good for those books on borrowing timelines.

Phew! Thanks. Now the tough part is which books to read - U and E are easy as I only have one for each, but the others are proving to be difficult decisions

If you need some help, check out everyone else's lists - there's always some great books lurking in other people's lists :D

Lynxie is right you don't have to read them in order - and you are allowed to change your mind and substitute another book that fits the crieteria as well - I would say on a good challenge I will end up reading only 50% of what I originallt earmarked.
Enjoy your first challenge :)

Haha! Yes Julie. I was a bit cranky yesterday with people at work. I wanted a profile pic to represent that!!

Haha! Yes Julie. I was a bit cranky yesterday with people at work. I wanted a profile pic t..."
Its working!! ;)
Suzie wrote: "This is my first reading challenge and I'm in the process of compiling my list, but am wondering if we are supposed to read them in order? I have a couple of titles on reserve at the library so I a..."
Enjoy your first challenge Suzie! Can't wait to see your list:) Not long now before we can all start!!
Enjoy your first challenge Suzie! Can't wait to see your list:) Not long now before we can all start!!
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Oh Lynxie you've changed!! :O from a little cutie (profile pic) into...an angry Lynxie?"
Now that's one angry lynx! LOL
Now that's one angry lynx! LOL

Haha! Yes Julie. I was a bit cranky yesterday with people at work. I wanted a profile pic t..."
Oh no Lynxie! I loved your cute pic too. Hope you change back when you're less cranky!

Haha! Yes Julie. I was a bit cranky yesterday with people at work. I wanted ..."
Lol...maybe this is a good gauge for us to know what mood any of us are in at any given time...one look and we can say ohoh Lynxie's had a bad day :)

Christina wrote: "I will definitely partake in the abbreviated challenge but am hoping to complete it all. Not that I've finished the Spring challenge yet. "
You'll have fun trying won't you Christina:)
You'll have fun trying won't you Christina:)

You'll have fun trying won't you Chris..."
Absolutely :-)

1. Spell It Out:
S: Still Alice
U: Upside Down, Inside Out
M: Mr Chen's Emporium
M: Mountain Ash
E: Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures): True Stories from a War Zone
R: The Red Tent
2. Christmas Read: On Strike for Christmas
3. Australia Day: The Other Side of Dawn
4. Valentine's Day: The House on Burra Burra Lane
5. Literature Map: put in Liane Moriarty and got Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl
6. Top 5 of 2014: TBA
7. New Release: TBA
8. Summer in title or set in Summer:Jasper Jones
9. Historical Fiction: The White Princess
10. TBR Favourite Genre: TBA

1. Spell It Out:
S: Still Alice
U: Upside Down, Inside Out
M: Mr Chen's Emporium
M: Mountain Ash
E: Emergenc..."</i>
Well thank you very much Christina - just went and purchased [book:On Strike for Christmas because I don't have enough Christmas themed books already :)

1. Spell It Out:
S: Still Alice
U: Upside Down, Inside Out
M: Mr Chen's Emporium
M: Mountain Ash..."
Like the sound of that one Christina & Sally! Sounds like something we'd all like to do occasionally when Christmas gets too much for us!

1. Spell It Out:
S: Still Alice
U: Upside Down, Inside Out
M: Mr Chen's Emporium
M: Mountain Ash..."
:-) My Pleasure! :-)

1. Spell It Out:
S: Still Alice
U: Upside Down, Inside Out
M: Mr Chen's Emporium
M: [book:Mount..."
Absolutely!

S. Serve the People!: A Novel
U. Under the Weather
M. Moloka'i
M. Miss Chopsticks
E. Eugénie Grandet
R. Revolutionary Road
2. Christmas
3. Australia Day The Anatomy of Wings
4. Valentine's Day The Age of Innocence
5. literature map
6. friend's top read
7. new
8. Australian summer
9. historical fiction Northanger Abbey
10. tbr The Bell Jar
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