Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books

[Carolyn]

I've completed my April choice:
Along Came a Llama by Ruth Janette Ruck

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

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Carolyn! And any other finishers :)

[Helen]

Brenda wrote: "Good job Carolyn! And any other finishers :)"

Yes I finished my April read A Winning Betrayal by Louise Guy :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Helen :)

[Jenn]

April
Title A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill 2.5 stars 5/5/22
Author: Fallen Creed by Alex Kava 5 stars 13/4/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jenn!

[Denise MF]

April - completed
✔1.Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty AA 4⭐ 16/4/22
✔2.All About Ella by Meredith Appleyard AA 4.5⭐ 26/4/22

[Clare]

I finished April too.

✔ All These Bodies by Kendare Blake Read 27/4. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm also reading The Enchanted April in April 🙂

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Denise and Clare :)

[Meg]

April done for me

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire AA finished 7/4/22 - 4★

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita HeissAA AA finished 23/4/22 - 5★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great work Meg!

[Trish]

April books finished.

APRIL
✔1. After Story by Larissa Behrendt AA....4* 28/04/22
✔2. Small Town Nightmare by Anna Willett AA....3.5* 07/04/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Both May books are done :)

Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp 4★s
Coming Home to Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen 5★s

[Catsalive]

Brenda wrote: "Both May books are done :)

Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp 4★s
Coming Home to Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen 5★s"
Speedy!
My library doesn't have any Maggie Christensen but they sound like fun so I've requested they get the first book in the Bellbird series. We'll see.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I hope they do for you Kylie. I wonder why they don't - she's prolific and an Aussie. Seems strange!

[Meg]

Got my two finished nice and early this month

The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman finished 10/5/22 - 3★
The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey finished 7/5/22 - 4★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Meg!

[Catsalive]

May complete

May
Memory in Death by J.D. Robb 12/5 4★
The Gift of Life by Josephine Moon (AA) 5/5 2.5★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Kylie :)

[Jenn]

May Complete :)

May
Title The Mystery of the Blinking Eye by Kathryn Kenny 5 stars 13/5/22
Author Assassin's Blood by Marina Finlayson AA 4 Stars 4/5/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jenn!!

[Sarah]

Just reporting in May completions, and realised I hadn't added April's. Here they both are:

April:
Title: All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton AA (24/4) 5*
Author: The Trivia Night by Ali Lowe AA (10/4) 4*

May:
Title: The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (3/5) 4*
Author: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan AA (14/5) 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good work Sarah!

[Helen]

Finished my May book :)

The Midsummer Garden Kirsty Manning

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

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Helen!!

[Sharon]

I’ve just realised I haven’t read my April book 😟

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oops!!! Another to add to the list to read Sharon ;)

[Sharon]

Yes the never ending list :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Make sure you look through your books read from April, you might have one that fits :)

[Sharon]

Oh my goodness what would I do without you, Brenda. I just checked and I do And Fire Came Down

I’ll be readjusting my list now. THANK YOU! 😊

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

There you go Sharon!! Now you're ready for June ;)

[Sharon]

No I still have May, but it’s only a short book and I have twelve days of the month left ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Good job :)

[Jazzy]

I've read May's and it was delightful

✅ 5. May
My Brother Jack (1964) - George Johnston AA 20/5/22 5★

[Kim]

Finished my May selection for this Challenge with:-

A Man by Keiichirō Hirano

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

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jazzy and Kim!

[Trish]

MAY books finished 😊
1. The Maid by Nita Prose....4* 26/05/22
2. Three Sisters by Heather Morris AA....4* 08/05/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great work Trish!!

[Trish]

Brenda wrote: "Great work Trish!!"

Thank you Brenda..now to finish my last book for the May monthly challenge! 🤞

[Jazzy]

Thanks Brenda! and well done Kim & Trish!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Trish wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Great work Trish!!"

Thank you Brenda..now to finish my last book for the May monthly challenge! 🤞"

You still have a few days Trish :)

[Icewineanne]

Finished book for May (28/5/22) just under the wire 😉

Missing by Erin Kinsley 3.5 ⭐️

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great job Anne!!

[Catsalive]

Got June done straight away :0)

The Jam Queens by Josephine Moon (AA) 2/6 4★
Scandal's Reward by Jean R. Ewing 2/6 3★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Goodness that was quick Kylie! Well done :)

[Denise MF]

May - completed
✔1. The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan AA 5⭐21/5/22
✔2. AA The Spy's Wife by Fiona McIntosh AA 4⭐ 19/5/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great job Denise :)

[Denise MF]

June - completed
✔1. The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner AA 6/6/22 5⭐
✔ 2. Lily Harford's Last Request by Joanna Buckley 13/6/22 4⭐

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Denise!

[Helen]

I have finished my June book :)

The Jade Lily Kirsty Manning

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