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Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen
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Feb 26, 2020 08:51PM
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Well done to everyone who has finished.Iβve still got 1 book to read π±Fingers crossed π€
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Brenda wrote: "Congrats Odette!"Thanks!
Yet again, my intentions in December were a lot better than my results at the end of the season. Managed to read 7 of my planned 10 books, and I'm not going to finish another one by tomorrow, due to currently reading a different series. I'm still happy with what I have managed to read :)
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Congratulations to everyone who has already finished!I finished mine yesterday - with a couple of days to spare!
Completed 15/15
Books in italics already read in 2019
Book 1: The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair
a) Female on the cover β
b) Female author β
c) Historical fiction -
d) Title with the word βcreekβ β
e) Person wearing red on the cover β
Book 2: Death at the Dog Show by Grace York
a) Cosy mystery β
b) Ocean on the cover β
c) Stylised picture on the cover β
d) Fourth book in a series β
e) Title with the word βdeathβ -
Book 3: The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly
a) Exact match β
b) Set in the USA -
c) Australian author β
d) Author with the same initials β
e) Time travel β
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Ha. I had forgotten that I had completed, and thought I was squeezing in my last book one day late! Anyway it was fun staying up last night, after a long work week, not for work but to read The Secret Runners of New York. I give it 4/5 for surprising me...
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Isnβt it great when one book fits in and completes two challenges π just finished Quota by Jock Serong, will update my list of completed books when I get home.
FinishedMedium
10 / 10
Book #1:
a) Title starts with "C" - Close to Home by Pamela Cook = AA - 5 β - 15 / 12/2020
b Historical fiction - A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier - 4 β -- 18/01/2020
c) Blue sky on cover - Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby - AA - 4 β -15 / 01/2020
d) Female on cover - Open Wounds by Camille Taylor - AA - 5 β - 19/02/2020
e) Male Author - Peace by Garry Disher - AA - 5β - 28/020/2020
Book #2:
a) Cosy mystery -The Body in the Beach House by Grace York - AA -- 5 β -- 25/02/2020
b) Female Author - Starting From Now by Fleur McDonald - AA - 5 β -16/1/2020
c) Ocean on cover - Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey - AA 4 β --15/01/2020
d) Australian Mountain Range - Desperate Deception by D.B. Tait - AA - 5 β -- 11/01/2020
e) Man on the cover - White Gum Creek by Nicole Hurley-Moore - AA - 5β - 27/02/2020
Finished! Found enough books read this summer that covered the challenge. Always fun to try to get there. Many thanks for organising another good one Brenda :D **Summer Challenge - 1/12/19 - 29/2/20**
Match a book - or books!
Level: Easy
5/5
Joining the Challenge...I'm the second Kim so happy to be added as "Kim B" :D
Might do easy because it's "Summer time and the living is....."
Knowing me I'll probably bump it up and change it on a whim. Also still deciding on titles- My library is offline for a system update at the moment.
Possibilities are-
a) Title starts with "C" -
b) Historical fiction-
c) Blue sky on cover
d) Female on cover
e) Colourful cover
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It sure is Trevor!! Well done :)
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A few days late, but I did manage to complete the challenge ππ**Summer Challenge - 1/12/19 - 29/2/20**
Match a book - or books!
Level: Easy
5/5 COMPLETED!
Book #1:
a) Title starts with βCβ
b) Historical fiction
c) Blue sky on the cover
d) Female on the cover
e) Female author
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Congratulations to all who completed their summer challenge! Terrific work everyone!I didn't quite get over the line - missed out by one! Still pleased with the effort considering how busy I've been and eye issues over late spring and for about half the summer. :)
Progress: 4/5
Book #1:
d) Female on cover β The Lily and the Rose by Jackie French AA.
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Almost a full month late, but yay I finished!Count me in for Level HARD 15/15 6/6 AA
Book 1 matches
β 1. The Juliet Code by Christine Wells AA 27/12/19 β β β β Historical Fiction
β 2. Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni 7/12/19 β β β β Female MC
β 3. The Critic: Enzo Macleod 2 by Peter May Title starts with "The" 12/12/19 β β β β
β 4. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Blue sky on the cover 9/1/2020 β β β β
β 5. The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor Red on the cover 8/12/19 β β β β
Book 2 matches
β 6. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear Water on the cover 20/12/19 β β β β
β 7. Paying for It by Tony Black AA Part of a Series β β
β 8. The Marx Sisters - Barry Maitland 21/12/19 β β β β Australian Author
β 9. A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn Dog on the cover 29/3/20 β β β β
β 10. Death Beside the Seaside by T E Kinsey "Death" in the Title 9/3/20 β β β β
Book 3 matches
β 11. The Blood Road by Stuart MacBride Male author 14/12/19 β β β β
β 12. Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina AA Y/A 11/1/19 β β β
β 13. Peace by Garry Disher AA Australian Author 1/1/2020 β β β β
β 14. Golden in Death by J.D. Robb Set in NY - 17/2/2020 β β β β
β 15. A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill AA 4 people on the cover 17/1/2020 β β β β
thanks Mods :)
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