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      Tasks Easy 2/5
R recommended - replacement book for my original choice as the library reserve came in Hideout by Jack Heath AA 4 stars
    
      A slow reading month for me, with two loooonng non-fiction reads. I finished the first one most definately a 5 star read!
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020 A Promised Land by Barack Obama 5 stars finished 21/4/21
Link to my short review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
      Finished early this month!2. SPELL IT OUT
🐣 A Averil Kenny Those Hamilton Sisters AA finished Apr6 4*
🐣 P Pushing Back by John Kinsella AA finished Apr12 3*
🐣 R The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer AA finished Apr22 4*
🐣 I Ivan Turgenev Fathers and Sons finished Apr4 3*
🐣 L Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by Samantha Silva finished Apr1 5*
5/5
3/2AA
      April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a differenceApril 2021
Level: HARD
10/10 DONE
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author. Silent Bud Deadly H.Y. Hanna AA 4/12 ★★★
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020 The Great Witches Baking Show Nancy Warren 4/2 ★★★★
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend. Ash How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems Randall Munroe 4/5 ★★★★
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big). Australia Kittyhawk Down Garry Disher AA 4/8 ★★★★
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE Whitewater L.T. Ryan 4/1 ★★★★
 
  
 
  
  
  
🐣 A Arson at the Art Gallery Grace York AA 4/18 ★★★
🐣 P Caridad Piñeiro Cold Case Reopened 4/6 ★★★★
🐣 R Rough Diamond Kathryn Ledson AA 4/1 ★★★
🐣 I Death at a Country Mansion Louise R. Innes 4/3 ★★★★
🐣 L Lights Out Lucy Elicia Hyder 4/17 ★★★★
  
  
 
  
 
  
    
      Finished my third book in this challengeRead a book by an author you love
Kelly Rimmer The Warsaw Orphan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
      Finished this challenge with:🐣 P - Play Dead by Harlan Coben 4*
A novel that Harlan Coben wrote very early in his career and then republished with a forward warning readers it wasn't very good. But I actually liked it - I thought it was really obvious what had happened and whodunnit and then it of course it had a big twist at the end!
      Finished 2 more leaving 1 left to finish this challenge.Tasks
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020 - The Sentinel by Lee Child 4⭐️
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (Tasmania) - The Survivors by Jane Harper AA - 4⭐️
 
  
    
      I have finished my 4th book for this challengeRead a book published in 2020
Kelly Hunter Matilda Next Door
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
      April challenge completed..thank you to our mods 😊Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: Easy
5/5 AA 3/3
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author
The Lost Life by Steven Carroll AA....read 3*
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig....read 4*
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend.
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams AA....read 4*
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small)....Tasmania
The World Beneath by Cate Kennedy AA....read 3.5*
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
The Clock Winder by Anne Tyler....read 3.5* 11/04/21
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
    
      April challenge now complete ☺ April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a difference
Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: Easy
5/5
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend (Pauline).
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small) - Australia.
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
 
  
 
  
  
 
  
    
      Another great reading month 🥰April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a difference
Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: Easy
5/5
Completed 25th April
2. Spell It Out.
🐣 A - Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams 05/04 ★★★★
🐣 P - The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick 20/04 ★★★☆
🐣 R - The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware 02/04 ★★★★☆
🐣 I - The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green *AA* 09/04 ★★★★
🐣 L - The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan by Lisa Ireland *AA* 25/04 ★★★★
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
    
      Happy I finished the challenge this month! Loved it :)April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a difference
Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level:
5/5
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend. (Kevin McMahon)
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small).
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
    
      Challenge CompletedApril Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a difference
Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: Easy
5/5
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author
The Mystery Woman by Belinda Alexandra(AA) READ 18/4/21 4*
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
Say No More by Karen Rose READ 24/4/21 3*
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend (Brenda)
The Codebreakers by Alli Sinclair(AA) READ 8/4/21 4*
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small)
Croc Country by Kerry McGinnis(AA) READ 10/4/21 3*
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner READ 15/4/21 4*
  
  
  
  
    
      Brenda wrote: "Great job Kylie, Jackie and Mari!!"Thank you ladies. Now to set my TBR for the May challenge. 😊
      TasksEasy 4/5
A - Australian author. Replacement for original title selected
Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox AA 4 stars
    
      Finished my 5th book in the challenge yayEasy 5/5
Read a book recommend by a friend
Tea Cooper The House on Boundary Street
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
      April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a differenceDuration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: 0/5
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
Sisters of Freedom Mary-Anne O'Connor AA Finished
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
Matilda Next Door Kelly Hunter AA Finished
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend.
The House on Boundary Street Tea Cooper AA Finished
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small).
The Jam Queens Josephine Moon AA Finished
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
The Warsaw Orphan Kelly Rimmer AA Finished
Sisters of Freedom by Mary-Anne O'Connor Matilda Next Door (Outback Brides Return to Wirralong Book 1) by Kelly Hunter The House on Boundary Street by Tea Cooper The Jam Queens by Josephine Moon
The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer
All done woohoo another challenge finished
        
      Helen wrote: "April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a difference
Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: 0/5
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
Sisters of Freedom Mary-Anne O'Connor AA Finished
🐰 P Re..."
Helen when you want to post your final challenge, copy and paste from 'edit' and you'll have everything you linked come up :)
Well done!!
  
  
  Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: 0/5
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
Sisters of Freedom Mary-Anne O'Connor AA Finished
🐰 P Re..."
Helen when you want to post your final challenge, copy and paste from 'edit' and you'll have everything you linked come up :)
Well done!!
      I finished my 4th of 5 book. Only half a book to go!Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
    
      🐰 Completed this month's challenge. All good reads!5 books (2 AA)
TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
X The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth AA 5★
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
X Trust by Chris Hammer AA 5★
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend.
X The Vanishing Children by Graham Brack (Marianne) 5★
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small)
X Trouble in Nuala by Harriet Steel (Sri Lanka) 3.5★
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
X What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris 4.5★
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
    
      Easy 5/5 2AA SPELL-IT-OUT - done with a couple of days to spare.A -
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      Finished! What a ride, some difficult and brick size non-fiction this month, so kept it to the "easy" level :D April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a difference
Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: Easy
5/5
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author. Land's Edge by Tim Winton AA 4 stars finished 4/4/21
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020 A Promised Land by Barack Obama 5 stars finished 21/4/21
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend. The Sympathiser by Viet Thanh Nguyen 5 stars finished 28/4/21
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small- Britain) The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitzby Erik Larson 3 stars finished 24/4/21
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE - The River Wife by Heather Rose AA 5 stars finished 28/4/21
  
  
  
  
    
        
      April Challenge 2021 Spell it out with a difference
Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: Hard
10/10
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
Diamond Sky by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths 5 stars
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend.
Deadhead and Buried by H.Y. Hanna (Brenda) AA 4 stars
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small) Australia
Paydirt by Garry Disher AA 4 stars 
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths 5 stars
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
2. SPELL IT OUT
🐣 A Alert by James Patterson 4 stars
🐣 P Melpomene's Daughter by Cassandra Page AA 3 stars
🐣 R Her Final Hour by Rachel Amphlett AA 4 stars
🐣 IThe Falls by Ian Rankin 5 stars 
🐣 L Gone Missing by Linda Castillo 4 stars
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
    
  
  
  Duration: 1/4/21 - 30/4/21
Level: Hard
10/10
1. TASKS
🐰 A Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author.
🐰 P Read a book PUBLISHED in 2020
🐰 R Read a book RECOMMENDED by a friend.
🐰 I Read a book set on an ISLAND (big or small) Australia
🐰 L Read a book by an author you LOVE
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
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      Finished my tenth book for the challenge, Prine Suspect by Lynda LaPlant -3*I will post a full list of my books finished when I get back home over the weekend.
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