June Challenge 2120 - All Aboard the TBR train

[MaryG2E]

Please add me to the list of participants Phrynne. All books are sitting on my bookshelves, begging to be read.

🚂 June Challenge 2021 - All Aboard the TBR Train 🚂
Duration: 01/06/21 -30/06/21
Level: MEDIUM, i.e. 6 books, incl 2 AAs
Progress: 5/6

Engine - JUNE
✔ Link 1: Author's first name is four letters long
Carriage 1: A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson 2★s on TBR list since 07/01/2016

✔ Link 2: Read another book set in England
Carriage 2: Look Closer by Rachel Amphlett (AA) 3★s on TBR list since 30/12/2015

✔ Link 3: Read another book by an Australian author
Carriage 3: Three Parts Truth by Helen Goltz (AA) 4★s on TBR list since 22/11/2015

✔ Link 4: Read another book by a female author
Carriage 4: Akin by Emma Donoghue 4.5★s on TBR list since 27/12/2019

✔ Link 5: Read another book with a one word title
Carriage 5: Honeybee by Craig Silvey (AA) 4.5★s on TBR list since 16/12/2020

Link 6: Read another book by a male author
Carriage 6: Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke on TBR list since 01/08/2017

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

🚂🚂🚂 Welcome to the challenge Mary! I have linked your name:)🚂🚂🚂

[Gothie]

Going to try for a 3 car train to get back into the swing of reading challenges between uni work :p

Engine: Book released in June (2020, also Aussie author)
Book: The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
Dates: June 4th to 7th
Rating: 5 Stars

Link 2: A book with Red in the name (From the red on the cover of prior book)
Book: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Dates: June 10th to 17th
Rating: 4 Stars

Hoping I've linked them well enough

Link 3: Time Stopping (Opposite of Time Travel from above)
Book: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
Dates: June 24th to 30th
Rating: 3 Stars

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

🚂🚂🚂 Welcome to the challenge Gotherella. Your linking is perfect!🚂🚂🚂

[Kim]

Phrynne wrote: "🚂🚂🚂Everyone linked to here and I am busy making notes of all your clever links for future challenges:)🚂🚂🚂"

Hi Phyrnne,
My name doesn't seem to appear on linked list at front of thread - link goes to my namesake's Challenge!?
My challenge is on msg 47.
Thanks.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "🚂🚂🚂Everyone linked to here and I am busy making notes of all your clever links for future challenges:)🚂🚂🚂"

Hi Phyrnne,
My name doesn't seem to appear on linked list at front of th..."

This Kim is our UK Kim Phrynne :)

[Suzie]

Easy 0/3

Carriage 1: Title starts with one of the letters in J-U-N-E
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen

Carriage 2: Another book by a female author
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams AA

Carriage 3: Another book with Lost in the title
Lost Property by Helen Paris

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "🚂🚂🚂Everyone linked to here and I am busy making notes of all your clever links for future challenges:)🚂🚂🚂"

Hi Phyrnne,
My name doesn't seem to appear on linked list at front of th..."

Sorry Kim. Just an accident. Your message came through while I was posting mine so it just got overlooked. I will fix it tomorrow when I am on my lap top.

[Kim]

Phrynne wrote: "Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "🚂🚂🚂Everyone linked to here and I am busy making notes of all your clever links for future challenges:)🚂🚂🚂"

Hi Phyrnne,
My name doesn't seem to appear on linked list at..."

Thanks Phrynne 😊

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "🚂🚂🚂Everyone linked to here and I am busy making notes of all your clever links for future challenges:)🚂🚂🚂"

Hi Phyrnne,
My name doesn't seem to appear o..."

All fixed Kim:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

🚂🚂🚂 Welcome to the challenge Suzie! I have linked your name:)🚂🚂🚂

[Carol]

Hi Sign me up for medium please:

Level: Medium
6/6 2 AA

Engine - JUNE
Link 1: Title is in JUNE
Carriage 1: Nightingale by Fiona McIntosh AA ✅ 4 ⭐

Link 2: A book by another Australian author
Carriage 2: The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero AA ✅ 4.5 ⭐

Link 3: Read a book by another female author:
Carriage 3: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo ✅ 5 ⭐

Link 4: Read another Booker prize winning novel:
Carriage 4: Shuggie Bainby Douglas Stuart ✅ 5 ⭐

Link 5: Read another book set in Scotland
Carriage 5: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin ✅ 4.5 ⭐

Link 6: Read another book published in the month of June
Carriage 6: Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard ✅ 3.5 ⭐

[Johanna]

🚂 June Challenge 2021 All Aboard the TBR Train 🚂
Duration: 1/6/21 -30/6/21
Level: Easy
3/3 (AA 2/1)

Engine - JUNE
Link 1: Read a book where the title starts with one of the letters in J-U-N-E
Carriage 1: Euphoria by Lily King ★★★★★


Link 2: Read a book by another female author
Carriage 2: Tell the Truth by Katherine Howell AA ★★★


Link 3: Read a book by another Australian author
Carriage 3:The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird AA ★★★

[Fi]

I'd like to be aboard the TBR train please!

🚂 June Challenge 2021 All Aboard the TBR Train 🚂
Duration: 1/6/21 -30/6/21
Level: Easy
0/3

Engine -June
Link 1 : Read a book where the title starts with one of the letters in J-U-N-E
Carriage 1. Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas

Link 2: Read another book with a female author.
Carriage 2. The Weekend by Charlotte Wood *AA

Link 3: Read another book by an author whose surname begins with W
Carriage 3. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Some excellent 'links' coming through, as well as book choices :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

🚂🚂🚂 Welcome to the challenge Carol, Johanna and Fi! I have linked your names:)🚂🚂🚂

[Valerie]

I'll jump on for a short ride please!

🚂 June Challenge 2021 All Aboard the TBR Train 🚂
Duration: 1/6/21 -30/6/21
Level: easy
1/3

Engine - JUNE

Link 1: Book first published in June
Carriage 1: Sang famille: Traque dans les Anglo-Normandes by Michel Bussi

Link 2: Read another book by male author
Carriage 2: His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle 3★

Link 3: Read another book with three word title
Carriage 3: Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion AA

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

🚂🚂🚂Welcome Valerie! You are linked 🚂🚂🚂

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

The train is ready to depart at midnight - have you got your first book ready?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha!! And I want the purple carriage please :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Just as well I checked my train and carriages because two of the books listed I read in May!! I've managed to change them both :)

[Trish]

Still have to finish my last May/Autumn book, hopefully by tomorrow, then will join the train trip 🚇🚇

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda wrote: "Haha!! And I want the purple carriage please :)"

That's okay because I am driving the train!!!

[Helen]

I am looking forward to this months challenge :)

[Angela]

Looking forward to this month's challenge. :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Haha!! And I want the purple carriage please :)"

That's okay because I am driving the train!!!"

Haha!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Trish wrote: "Still have to finish my last May/Autumn book, hopefully by tomorrow, then will join the train trip 🚇🚇"

Let us know when you're done and you'll get your green tick!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Helen wrote: "I am looking forward to this months challenge :)"

Angela wrote: "Looking forward to this month's challenge. :)"

It'll be fun Helen & Angela!

[Meg]

Hopefully I can still read all these, I was relying on the library for a couple, and they may not come through now that we are in lockdown.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck with that Meg and don't worry too much. Read them when you can :) Stay safe..

[Angela]

Moderators, when you have time would you mind checking the link to my name. When I click on my name it says "Sorry you couldn’t get to where you wanted to go." Not sure if the problem is my end or not, but would appreciate your input. Thank You! Ange

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh dear, you're right Ange - Phrynne will have a look at it for you when she's next online :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Nope. I connected with your page straight away Angela. Hopefully it was just a temporary hitch. Goodreads is full of Gremlins lately.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Still not working for me Phrynne - goes to 'page not found'... I wish GR would get things right and keep them that way!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Are you a friend of Angela's?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

No... is it still working for you? Weird!!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

It is working and I am a friend. I wonder if that is the difference.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I wonder if you redo it, even though it's working for you? If it's not working for Angela or me, perhaps that might help...

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Try it now. I deleted it and reentered it. It still works for me.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Perfect! Don't know what was wrong but you fixed it ;)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I am glad I fixed it despite not knowing how 🤪

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Now we just have to hope it works for Angela too :)

[Angela]

Hi Phrynne, thank you for looking at my link issue. I had to edit my post to record my finished book and the link works beautifully !!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's great Angela!!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Thank goodness:)

[Janine]

Finished my 1st

Link 1: Read a book first published in June
Wildflower Ridge by Maya Linnell(AA) 4*

[Kim]

Finished my 1st of this Challenge with:-

Link 2: Title begins with same letter as Carriage 1:-
Carriage 2: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Rated this one as 2* (5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Angela]

I am having trouble getting my third pick carriage from the Library. Would it be possible to swap it out for a new one?

Link 3: Read a book where the title initials can be spelled in the previous title
Carriage 3: Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly AA


Link 3: Read a book where the title initials can be spelled in the previous title
Carriage 3: Small Acts of Defiance by Michelle Wright AA

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's perfectly fine Angela - you can swap any of your choices to other books, as long as they still meet the criteria :)

[Angela]

Thanks Brenda.

My train has now arrived at its destination!

🚂 June Challenge 2021 All Aboard the TBR Train 🚂
Duration: 1/6/21 -30/6/21
Level: Easy
3/3 (1/1 AA)

Engine - JUNE

Link 1: Read a book first published in JUNE
Carriage 1: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (originally published 13 June 2017) read 2/06/21 - 4⭐

Link 2: Read another book with a female author
Carriage 2: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin read 3/06/21 - 5⭐

Link 3: Read a book where the title initials can be spelled in the previous title
Carriage 3: Small Acts of Defiance by Michelle Wright AA
read 9/06/21 - 4⭐



Thanks everyone for this month's challenge. I really enjoyed reading all of these books!