Aussie Author Challenge 2015

[Sarah]

By the way Julie, I'll also be starting the fascinating looking CONTEMPORARY novel Poet's Cottage on audio. Past and Present in one month. I'm so efficient! ;)

[Ryan]

Sarah wrote: "Urban Fantasy had gotten big enough that I think off as a here of it's own. Now if you had Epic, High, and Dark then I would think it was cheating. ;)

Who writes Hades? I want to check it out but ..."

That would be Bankstown girl Candice Fox

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good to see everyone is enthusiastic!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Sarah wrote: "By the way Julie, I'll also be starting the fascinating looking CONTEMPORARY novel Poet's Cottage on audio. Past and Present in one month. I'm so efficient! ;)"

That's the way to juggle 'em'!! ;)

[Jenn]

Hi everyone..finally getting around to my list of Genres but I haven't decided on all of my books yet...I have chosen to do the OUT OF CONTROL selection.

So 36 Books for the year...

So my Genres are:

1. Paranormal Romance
a. Darkness Falls by Keri Arthur
b.
c.

2. Urban Fantasy
a. Secret Ones by Nicole Murphy
b. Power Unbound by Nicole Murphy
c. Rogue Gadda by Nicole Murphy

3. Cultural - Australia
a. Meant To Be by Fiona McCallum
b. Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns
c. Outback Blaze by Rachael Johns

4. Fantasy
a. Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody
b.The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody
c. The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan

5. Romance
a. Deep by Kylie Scott
b. Play by Kylie Scott
c. Man Drought by Rachael Johns

6. Historical Fiction
a. Evergreen Falls by Kimberley Freeman
b. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
c.

7.Young Adult
a. The Novice by Trudi Canavan
b. The High Lordby Trudi Canavan
c.The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan

8. Thriller
a.
b.
c.

9. Literature
a.
b.
c.

10. Mystery Crime
a. Frantic by Katherine Howell
b. Naked Cruelty by Colleen McCullough
c.

11.New Adult
a. Lick by Kylie Scott
b. Temptation by K.M. Golland
c. Lead by Kylie Scott

12. Chick Lit
a. Leap of Faith by Fiona McCallum
b. Jilted by Rachael Johns
c. The Road to Hope by Rachael Johns

[Sarah]

Thanks Ryan! It looks really good. I'm surprised you could figure out my comment. I need to spell check Autocorrect a bit better.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Sarah wrote: "Thanks Ryan! It looks really good. I'm surprised you could figure out my comment. I need to spell check Autocorrect a bit better."

Yes - I was wondering what you were going to tip into Hades:)

[Chris]

Definitely the Laid Back version for me this year.
1. Chick Lit: Family Baggage
2. Poetry: The Golden Bird: New and selected poems
3. YA: The Other Side of Dawn 4★
4. Historical Fiction: Mr Chen's Emporium
5. Children's: Possum Magic
6. Contemporary: Barracuda
7. Classic: Jasper Jones. Is it considered a classic??
8. Romance: Mountain Ash
9. Literary: Mateship With Birds
10. Humour: The Rosie Effect 4★
11. Mystery:All the Birds, Singing
12. War: Sunset Ridge

[Sarah]

I honestly don't know that I've ever had a comment get so bungled, Phrynne.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone..finally getting around to my list of Genres but I haven't decided on all of my books yet...I have chosen to do the OUT OF CONTROL selection.

So 36 Books for the year...

So my Genres ..."

Well done Jennifer. I'll be interested to see your choices when you have your list completed:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "Thanks Ryan! It looks really good. I'm surprised you could figure out my comment. I need to spell check Autocorrect a bit better."

It's excellent Sarah!

[Sarah]

Thanks :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Christina wrote: "Definitely the Laid Back version for me this year.
1. Chick Lit: Family Baggage
2. Poetry: The Golden Bird: New and selected poems
3. YA: [book:The Other Side of Dawn|89..."

Nice list Christina:) And I'm not sure about it being classic - YA, Contemporary....

[Sallyann]

I will start with Laid Back:

1. Travel narrative Me, Myself & Prague: An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia
2. Young Adult This is Shyness
3. Historical Fiction The Wild Girl
4. Rural Fiction Purple Roads
5. Romance Right As Rain
6. Womens Fiction Big Little Lies
7. Fantasy Wildwood Dancing
8. Mystery Dark Country
9. Romantic Suspense Burning Lies
10. Suspense Thriller Red Queen
11. Literary Fiction The Secret River
12. Comtemporary Oyster

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

And you can start soon Sallyann:)

[Sarah]

I ordered Red Queen! It looks SO good.

[Sallyann]

Yes I am keen to see this challenge through, including some genres that I wouldn't normally pick up! Happy new year to you all :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "I ordered Red Queen! Out looks SO good."

Red Queen by Honey Brown

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Ready, set, GO!! :))

[Ryan]

It's still 2014 here. =(

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Ryan wrote: "It's still 2014 here. =("

Not to worry Ryan...you can finish a bit later ok? ;)

[Ryan]

I've got an hour and forty five left to finish Oryx and Crake. There's about 20 pages to go but I'm quite drunk. Does it count if I don't remember it?

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LAID BACK


1. Historical Fiction: Hannah and Emil or In Falling Snow
2. Modern Aussie Classic: Cloudstreet
3. Historical Romance: The Wild Girl
4. Fantasy: Bitter Greens
5. Young Adult: Looking for Alibrandi
6. Non Fiction: Sawbones, Saddle Burns & Soothing Balms
7. Romance: The Winter Sea
8. Mystery: The Husband's Secret or Thornwood House
9.Contemporary: Darkness on the Edge of Town
10.Humour: Liar Bird or The Rosie Effect
11.Womens Fiction : Wildflower Hill
12.Literary Fiction: Oscar and Lucinda

This will be the only challenge (apart from the GR 2015 reading challenge) that I am going to take part in this year. All of these books I already own, either paperback or Kindle. Four of the authors are either currently or previously from my local area ;one I know personally and another two I met at an author event last year. I wanted to make this challenge as personal as possible hopefully to help with motivation and getting through some of my TBR. One book a month I am hoping is very achievable. Enjoying reading everyones lists.

Um just thinking .... with 9 aussie female authors in there maybe I should also try for a goal of 10 on the Australian Womens Writers Challenge too since I will be reading them anyway for this???? ... yes, yes what a good idea!! Signed up to just read 10 but not review at this stage. That is officially my first (and potentially my only?) good idea for 2015 lol getting in early ;-)

[Sarah]

I'm doing Bitter Greensand Thornwood Houseas well. The Winter Seais wonderful. I had no idea Susanna Kearsley was Australian. The sequel, The Firebird, was my favorite.

Correction, apparently I had the wrong version of The Winter Sea :(

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Ryan wrote: "I've got an hour and forty five left to finish Oryx and Crake. There's about 20 pages to go but I'm quite drunk. Does it count if I don't remember it?"

Haha, lol! Can you even read it? :)

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Sarah wrote: "I'm doing Bitter Greens and Thornwood House as well. The Winter Sea is wonderful. I had no idea Keasley was Australian. The sequel, Firebird, was my favorite."

The Winter Sea I've chosen is by Di Morrissey

[[deleted user]]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Ryan wrote: "I've got an hour and forty five left to finish Oryx and Crake. There's about 20 pages to go but I'm quite drunk. Does it count if I don't remember it?"

Haha, lol! Can you..."

I was wondering the same thing...

[Kathryn]

Jen wrote: "LAID BACK


1. Historical Fiction: Hannah and Emil or In Falling Snow
2. Modern Aussie Classic: Cloudstreet
3. Historical Romance:..."

Hey Jen, if you need any help on making your either/or decisions, I haven't read Hannah and Emil, but I did just read In Falling Snow last month and really enjoyed it. Also, I read Thornwood House and enjoyed it (slightly spooky, but deliciously so!), but I read and really enjoyed The Husband's Secret and think Liane Moriarty is a very clever author.

That's my two cents, for what it's worth!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "I'm doing Bitter Greens and Thornwood House as well. The Winter Sea is wonderful. I had no idea Keasley was Australian. The sequel, Firebird, was my favorite."

Bitter Greens
Thornwood House
The Winter Sea

[Ryan]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Haha, lol! Can you even read it? :)"

Apparently so. Turns out I even wrote a review. Or someone did anyway.

[Kim Marie]

Well done Ryan....congratulations!!

Here's my LAID BACK list for 2015:

1. HISTORICAL FICTION
Ronan's Echo by Joanne van Os 4.5 ★

2. ROMANCE
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 3.5 ★

3. NON-FICTION
The Real Inspector Rex by Matt McCredie 3.5 ★

4. HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth 4.5 ★

5. YOUNG ADULT
Burning For Revenge by John Marsden 4 ★
The Night is For Hunting by John Marsden 3 ★

6. THRILLER
Red Queen by Honey Brown 4 ★

7. CRIME FICTION
The Dragon Man by Garry Disher 3 ★

8. HORROR
Carnies by Martin Livings 4 ★

9. ADVENTURE
The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate by Alan Gold 3.5 ★

10. MYSTERY
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 4.5 ★

11. FANTASY
The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke 4 ★
Stormlord Rising by Glenda Larke 4 ★
Stormlord's Exile by Glenda Larke 4 ★

12. GOTHIC
Poet's Cottage by Josephine Pennicott 3.5 ★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great list Kim:)

[Ryan]

Cheers Kim. I've added The Last Stormlord to my to-read shelf too.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Ryan wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Haha, lol! Can you even read it? :)"

Apparently so. Turns out I even wrote a review. Or someone did anyway."

Hahaha! You had a good New Years Eve then eh? ;)

[Kim Marie]

Thanks Brenda, I'll be reading quite a few authors new to me this year. I've noticed that others have some of my old favourites on their reading lists so I hope they enjoy them as much as I did :)

Ryan, I was impressed with The Isles of Glory series by Glenda Larke so I'm hoping that The Last Stormlord will be a good read too.

[Ryan]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Hahaha! You had a good New Years Eve then eh? ;)"

I was home by nine o'clock!

[Sallyann]

I always thought Kearsley was Canadian?? Mariana is one of my favourite books

[Sarah]

She is. I made a mistake based on the name of the book. Apparently there is more than one called The Winter Sea. And Mariana was really good.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "I'm doing Bitter Greensand Thornwood Houseas well. The Winter Seais wonderful. I had no idea Susanna Kearsley was Australian. The sequ..."

Sallyann wrote: "I always thought Kearsley was Canadian?? Mariana is one of my favourite books"

Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

And yes Sallyann, she is Canadian:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "She is. I made a mistake based on the name of the book. Apparently there is more than one called The Winter Sea. And Mariana was really good."

Ahh we overlapped again Sarah!!!

[Sarah]

Brenda wrote: "Ahh we overlapped agai..."

I think I spend too much time on here!

[Sarah]

Ryan, I just looked at your list again and White Tiger looks really fantastic! Definitely a TBR even though I'm not a fan of Urban Fantasy.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Ahh we overlapped agai..."

I think I spend too much time on here!"

Lol! There are a few of us who do that ;) Not a bad addiction though :)

[Sarah]

Brenda wrote: "Lol! There are a few of us who do that ;) Not a bad addiction though :)"

I like it. It's a way to interact with people about books while sitting at home ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Lol! There are a few of us who do that ;) Not a bad addiction though :)"

I like it. It's a way to interact with people about books while sitting at home ;)"

In the air conditioned comfort - or in your case, with a heater;)

[Sarah]

Exactly! If we had any moisture, it would be snow. Or freezing rain, which is really common around here. Thank goodness we don't live in caves anymore.

[[deleted user]]

Kathryn wrote: "Jen wrote: "LAID BACK


1. Historical Fiction: Hannah and Emil or In Falling Snow
2. Modern Aussie Classic: Cloudstreet
3. Historical Romance:..."

Hey..."

thanks for that Kathryn :-)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "Exactly! If we had any moisture, it would be snow. Or freezing rain, which is really common around here. Thank goodness we don't live in caves anymore."

LOL! The mind boggles;)

[Deb]

I'm in for "Out of control". Still have to work out my genres and books. Will add them ASAP.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Deb wrote: "I'm in for "Out of control". Still have to work out my genres and books. Will add them ASAP."

Looking forward to checking them out Deb:)