Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books

[Trish]

Brenda wrote: "Good work Trish!"

Thank you Brenda.

[Trish]

Brenda wrote: "Good work Trish!"

Thank you Brenda.

[Ashleigh]

January Completed - Jane In Love by Rachel Givney *AA* (16/1 - 4✪'s)

[Jenn]

My January books completed :)

Title: Just One Wish by Rachael Johns AA 4 stars
Author: Storm Front by Jim Butcher 5 stars

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good work Jenn!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jazzy wrote: "I'd like to play, please!

Jazzy's Easy, Peasy, Lemon Squeezy Calendar of Books Challenge 2022
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
1/12



1. January
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Jazzy you'll have to choose another one for February as we're still in January. They are all to be read in each individual month :)

[Jazzy]

Brenda wrote: "..."

Darn! I have to delete 3 of these books because I finished or am in the middle of them already 😂

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lol!!! We try to make the instructions stand out too Jazzy ;)

[Jacinta]

Count me in on this one!
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy (3AA)
12/12 4/AA

January - Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë 14/1 4*

February - Falling - T.J. Newman 9/2 3.5*

March - Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid 12/3 4*

April - Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty (AA) 12/4 3.5*

May - The Maid - Nita Prose 11/5 3.5*

June - The Jane Austen Remedy - Ruth Wilson 7/6 4* (AA)

July - The Jade Lily - Kirsty Manning 6/7 4* (AA)

August - A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas 12/8 3.5*

September - Spring - Ali Smith 5/9 4*

October - The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dalila Harris 7/10 2*

November - Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro373] 9/11 4*

December - Day's End - Garry Disher (AA) 7/12 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Jacinta, you're linked :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I've finished my two January reads - Just After Midnight by Catherine Ryan Hyde 5★s and Five Bloody Hearts by Joy Ellis 5★s

[Helen]

Finished my January book :)

Jilted Rachael Johns

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Clare]

Jazzy wrote: "Darn! I have to delete 3 of these books because I finished or am in the middle of them already 😂"

I so want to start my February book and I haven't even finished reading my Jan book 😆

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Be patient Clare - something to look forward to :)

[Icewineanne]

I can’t find my first book! It’s somewhere in my library and the crazy thing is that I saw it when I made up my challenge book list. Perhaps it’s playing hide & seek?
Luckily I came across another “J” title. So instead of reading The Janus Stone, I’ll be reading The Jazz Files. Hopefully I’ll find Janus Stone by June 😜

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! That's funny Anne!! Glad you have another though ;)

[Denise MF]

Finished January books
2/24 and 2/6 AAs

January
1. √Jilted by Rachael Johns (AA) – 25/1/22 4*
2. √Force of Nature by Jane Harper AA – 16/1/22 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Denise :)

[Clare]

I finished my January book and I did not like it.
✔ Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo Read 27/1. 2★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Carolyn]

I had to change my January book John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow when I discovered it was actually published in July. Not sure how I managed that! It's replacement The Holiday Murders was good though.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carolyn wrote: "I had to change my January book John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow when I discovered it was actually published in July. Not sure how I managed that! It's replacement [book:The..."

You've misunderstood the challenge Carolyn. The January reads must start with J, not be published in January. And the author part if you're doing both, means the author starts with J. So your replacement book doesn't fit the challenge I'm afraid.

[TheMadHatter]

Finished my book for January.....not a great start - but I really struggled with finding a J book. I will be eagerly looking at the reviews coming in from other readers to help me survive June and July :-)

January
Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 29 Jan 2022

[Jazzy]

✅1. January
Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches (1989) - Dorothy M. Richardson (1873-1957) 29/1/22 - 5★

This time I read the right book.... I was beginning to worry I'd run out of time!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

TheMadHatter wrote: "Finished my book for January.....not a great start - but I really struggled with finding a J book. I will be eagerly looking at the reviews coming in from other readers to help me survive June and ..."

Surprising how many are out there when you scroll through everyone else's lists. Good work on finding and reading it though, even if you weren't fussed on it!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jazzy wrote: "✅1. January
Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches (1989) - Dorothy M. Richardson (1873-1957) 29/1/22 - 5★

This time I read the right book..."

Well done Jazzy!

[Carolyn]

Brenda wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I had to change my January book John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow when I discovered it was actually published in July. Not sure how I managed that! It's repla..."

Thanks Brenda. I forgot the rules and got confused with another challenge - what an idiot! That explains why my January book was published in July 🙄

I don't have enough time to read my original choice now before the end of the month, so will substitute it with Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie Barron, which I have read this month. And promise not to muck up the challenge again!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha that's perfectly fine Carolyn. Great that you've read a J anyway 😁

[Jazzy]

Cheers Brenda! ahahaa

[Icewineanne]

Finished my January book just in time - on the last day 🐢

Really enjoyed it The Jazz Files 3.75 ⭐️

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Anne :)

[Jenny]

Agree with - Jazzy - fabulous challenge Brenda.

Finished - January.

Title --Jane in Love by Rachel Givney -- 3★ -- 25/01/2022
Author -- Shadows Over Wongan Creek by Juanita Kees -- AA -- 5★ -- 28/01/2022

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Jenny!

[Denise MF]

February - completed
✔1. Fractured by Karin Slaughter - 3/2/22 4.5⭐
✔2. Daughter of Mine by Fiona Lowe AA 2/2/22 5⭐


Now onto my last 2 for the Summer challenge.
Helped by being home with a virus this week (not covid), not that I wanted to be unwell. But it did give me lots of reading time as I couldn't do much else.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good work Denise!

[TheMadHatter]

February done nice and early.

February
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 5/2/2022

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job MH!

[Jenn]

February
Title: Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven by Janet Evanovich 4 stars 8/2/22
Author: Savage Road by Christine Feehan 5 stars 3/2/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great work Jenn!!

[Trish]

FEBRUARY - finished and enjoyed 😊 I am really enjoyed this monthly challenge..though can see some title changes coming up in future months!
✔1. The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope AA....3.5* 13/02/22
✔2. Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies by Jackie French AA....4* 11/02/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good work Trish!!

[Kim]

Finished my February selection for this Challenge with:-

Facing the Tank by Patrick Gale

Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Doing well Kim :)

[Catsalive]

February's books done.

The Family Tree by Ilsa Evans (AA) 20/2 3.5★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Billings Better Bookstore & Brasserie by Fin J. Ross (AA) 10/2 4.5★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Kylie :) I'm reading one of mine now.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I've just finished my second February - Fear No Evil by James Patterson

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The author one was Mazie by Regina Felty which I finished yesterday.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

James Patterson is an American author. I thought this is about Australian books only?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

No Christine, this one is shared with international authors too. If you look in the first post, you see the guidelines of how many Aussie authors for Easy, and how many for Hard. We only ever have one annual challenge which is solely Australian authors :)

[Meg]

That's Feb done for me

Fancy Meeting You Here by Ali Berg AA finished 22/2/22 - 3★
How We Love: Notes on a Life by Clementine Ford AA finished 20/2/22 - 4★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Meg!!

[Helen]

I have finished my February book for this challenge

A Family of Strangers Fiona Lowe

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I loved this book 5*