Sarah's 2022 Challenge List

[Sarah]

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[Sarah]

Aussie Readers' Challenges:
Annual Challenges: ( ✔ designates challenge completed)
Aussie Readers' Annual A-Z Authors Challenge 2022 ✔
Aussie Readers' Annual Australian Authors Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' Annual 2022 Genre Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' Annual Calendar of Books Challenge 2022 ✔

A Covid Challenge: Let's Make Life Fun Again! (Six Month Challenge Feb - July 2022) Part 1 ✔ Part 2 ✔

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Commemoration Challenge ✔

Seasonal Challenges:
Aussie Readers' Summer Challenge 1/12/21 - 28/2/22 ✔
Aussie Readers' Autumn Challenge 1/3/22 - 31/5/22 ✔
Aussie Readers' Winter Challenge 1/6/22 - 31/8/22 ✔
Aussie Readers' Spring Challenge 1/9/22 - 30/11/22 ✔
Aussie Readers' Summer Challenge 1/12/22 - 28/2/23 ✔

Monthly Challenges:
Aussie Readers' January Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' February Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' March Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' April Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' May Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' June Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' July Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' August Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' September Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' October Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' November Challenge ✔
Aussie Readers' December Challenge ✔

Readathons
Aussie Readers' Quarterly Readathon - March 2022 ✔ (994 pages)
Aussie Readers' Quarterly Readathon - June 2022 ✔ (1547 pages)
Aussie Readers' Quarterly Readathon - September 2022 ✔ (543 pages)
Aussie Readers' Quarterly Readathon - December 2022 ✔ (206 pages)

Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Challenges:
Annual Challenges:
Annual Challenge 2022 A-Z Characters currently completing
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense A-Z Titles Challenge currently completing
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense A-Z with a difference! ✔

Seasonal Challenges:
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Summer Challenge 2021-22 ✔
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Autumn Challenge 2022 ✔
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Winter Challenge 2022 ✔
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Spring Challenge 2022
Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Summer Challenge 2022-23
Fiction Fanatics
Fiction Fanatics' Aug-Nov BINGO! Challenge ✔
October Challenge: Vowels ✔
November Challenge: Let's Travel! ✔
December Challenge: Christmas Fayre ✔

LOTS-A-SPELL Challenges
LaS January Word of the Month - STONEHENGE ✔
LaS February Word of the Month - RAINBOW ✔
LaS March Word of the Month - PEACOCKS ✔
LaS April Word of the Month - BISMUTH CRYSTALS ✔
LaS May Word of the Month - PURPLE CARROTS ✔
LaS June Word of the Month - CORPSE FLOWER ✔
LaS July Word of the Month - LONGYOU CAVES ✔
LaS August Word of the Month - WATERFALL ✔
LaS September Word of the Month - STONEHENGE ✔
LaS October Word of the Month - ALLIGATORS ✔
LaS November Word of the Month - (NIGHT) PARROTS ✔
LaS December Word of the Month - WOBBEGONG ✔

Rod Laver Footbridge ✔
Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge ✔
St. John's College New (Covered) Bridge ✔
Stark Covered Bridge ✔
Emert's Cove Covered Bridge currently completing

A to Z -- VITTLES (Annual Challenge) ✔
IT'S A CHALLENGE ABOUT A CHALLENGE! ✔
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Commemoration Challenge ✔

See Non-Goodreads Annual Challenges in Message #26

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow! Looks great Sarah! Good luck with everything :)

[Sarah]

Brenda wrote: "Wow! Looks great Sarah! Good luck with everything :)"

Thanks Brenda - you too!

[Deb]

Whow! That is a LOT of challenges! I am impressed.

[Sarah]

Deborah wrote: "Whow! That is a LOT of challenges! I am impressed."

Ha ha - it does look overwhelming to see them all listed, I agree. In reality, I do a lot of "cross-over" reads, particularly with the online annual challenges. I haven't written my "2022 reading manifesto" yet, but I'm really focussing on enjoyment in what I read and not sweating too much if I only make "easy" level or don't completely finish.

[Deb]

Sarah wrote: "Deborah wrote: "Whow! That is a LOT of challenges! I am impressed."

Ha ha - it does look overwhelming to see them all listed, I agree. In reality, I do a lot of "cross-over" reads, particularly wi..."

Good to know... I personally love finding a book that I can use for multiple challenges - it gives me a feeling of sneaky glee - but still, that is a lot of good solid reading you have there.

[Sarah]

Books 1-10
Gravity Is the Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty AA (3/1) 4*
Next in Line by Marion Todd (3/1) 4*
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (7/1) 4*
Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer AA (7/1) 4.5*
Snowtown: The Bodies In Barrels Murders: The Grisly Story of Australia's Worst Serial Killings by Jeremy Pudney AA (8/1) 4*
The Ex Girlfriend by Nicola Moriarty AA (13/1) 4*
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett (18/1) 4*
Shatter by Michael Robotham AA (22/1) 5*
The Maid by Nita Prose (22/1) 4.5*
Oh. What. Fun. by Chandler Baker (23/1) 4*

[Sarah]

Books 11-20
Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life by Cheryl Blackford (23/1) 5*
The Murder at Redmire Hall by J.R. Ellis (25/1) 4*
Where There's a Will (aka A Testament of Character) by Sulari Gentill AA (26/1) 4*
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk (29/1) 4*
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (31/1) 4*
Evil Intent by Jane Isaac (2/2) 4*
The Waterhole by Lily Malone AA (7/2) 3.5*
The Trust by M.H. Eccleston (9/2) 4*
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty AA (12/2) 4.5*
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson (18/2) 4.5*

[Sarah]

Books 21-30
Murder Most Fancy by Kellie McCourt AA (21/2) 4*
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth AA (23/2) 4*
The Family Law by Benjamin Law AA (24/2) 4*
Treasure by Oyinkan Braithwaite (24/2) 4*
Welcome to the Grief Club: Because You Don't Have to Go Through It Alone by Janine Kwoh (24/2) 5*
The Vanishing Point by Val McDermid (26/2) 5*
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (Kindle) (27/2) 5*
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (Audiobook) (27/2) 5*
The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny (27/2) 3*
The Fell by Sarah Moss (2/3) 4.5*

[Sarah]

Books 31-40
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson (3/3) 4*
A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle (7/3) 4*
The Perfect Crime edited by Maxim Jakubowski & Vaseem Khan (8/3) 5*
Death on the Nile (Audiobook excerpt) by Agatha Christie, read by Kenneth Branagh (10/3) 4*
Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill AA (11/3) 4.5*
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths (12/3) 5*
A Spoonful Of Murder by J.M. Hall (13/3) 4.5*
A Spoonful Of Murder by J.M. Hall (Audiobook) (13/3) 5*
Unlock Your Storybook Heart by Amanda Lovelace (15/3) 4*
The Housemate by Sarah Bailey AA (15/3) 5*

[Sarah]

Books 41-50
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (21/3) 4.5*
Murder at St Anne's by J.R. Ellis (24/3) 4*
Gather the Bones by Alison Stuart AA (25/3) 4*
The Girl Before You by Nicola Rayner (31/3) 3.5*
Voting Day by Clare O'Dea (31/3) 4.5*
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (1/4) 5*
Oh. What. Fun. by Chandler Baker (4/4) (re-read) 4*
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (5/4) 5*
The Shadow House by Anna Downes AA (6/4) 4*
The Echo Man by Sam Holland (9/4) 4*

[Sarah]

Books 51-60
The Trivia Night by Ali Lowe AA (10/4) 4*
Cutters End by Margaret Hickey AA (13/4) 4.5*
Last Seen Alive by Jane Bettany (15/4) 4.5*
The Barrakee Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield AA (16/4) 4.5*
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 - The Pillars of Civilization by Yuval Noah Harari (18/4) 4*
On Reckoning by Amy Remeikis AA (18/4) 5*
The Interview by Gill Perdue (18/4) 4.5*
Search by Michelle Huneven (24/4) 4.5*
All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton AA (24/4) 5*
Begars Abbey by V.L. Valentine (25/4) 4*

[Sarah]

Books 61-70
A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill AA (27/4) 4.5*
Little Sister by Gytha Lodge (28/4) 4.5*
How Creativity Rules the World: The Art and Business of Turning Your Ideas into Gold by Maria Brito (30/4) 2.5*
Still Life by Sarah Winman (30/4) 5*
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (3/5) 4*
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell (4/5) 4.5*
An English Garden Murder by Katie Gayle (8/5) 4*
Remember Me by Charity Norman (9/5) 5*
A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon (12/5) 4.5*
Heiress on Fire by Kellie McCourt AA (12/5) 4.5*

[Sarah]

Books 71-80
The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan AA (14/5) 4*
A Taste for Killing by Sarah Hawkswood (16/5) 5*
Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson (24/5) 5*
On Politics and Stuff by Mark Humphries & Evan Williams AA (24/5) 4*
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero (25/5) 4.5*
The Island by Adrian McKinty (excerpt) (26/5) 3*
Will to Live (Kay Hunter #2) by Rachel Amphlett (26/5) 4.5*
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (27/5) 5*
Tense Past by Julie Gough AA (30/5) 5*
An A-List for Death by Pamela Hart AA (30/5) 4*

[Sarah]

Books 81-90
The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson AA (3/6) 4*
After Story by Larissa Behrendt AA (9/6) 4.5*
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill AA (10/6) 5*
The Girl They All Forgot by Martin Edwards (11/6) 5*
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (12/6) 5*
The House Sitter by Ellery A. Kane (12/6) 4.5*
The Guilty Girl by Patricia Gibney (15/6) 4.5*
Kickback by Garry Disher AA (16/6) 4.5*
One Fatal Secret by Jane Isaac (18/6) 3.5*
The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools can Help Them Thrive by Lisa L. Lewis (20/6) 5*

[Sarah]

Books 91-100
His Other Wife by Nicole Trope AA (23/6) 4.5*
The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock AA (25/6) 5*
Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham AA (25/6) 5*
The Language of Food (a.k.a. Miss Eliza's English Kitchen) (27/6) 5*
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (30/6) 3.5*
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari and David Vandermeulen (3/7) 5*
A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett (6/7) 3.5*
Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza (9/7) 4.5*
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (14/7) 4.5*
An Unfamiliar Murder by Jane Isaac (15/7) 4*

[Sarah]

Books 101-110
Death on the Isle by M.H. Eccleston (18/7) 4*
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson AA (20/7) 5*
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson (23/7) 5*
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl (24/7) 5*
Finding Home by Annie Seaton AA (24/7) 3.5*
Old Bones Lie by Marion Todd (26/7) 4*
The Complete Language of Herbs: A Definitive and Illustrated History by S. Theresa Dietz (28/7) 5*
Countdown To A Killing by Tom Vaughan MacAulay (28/7) 4*
On Fairness by Sally McManus AA (31/7) 5*
Those Who Perish by Emma Viskic AA (2/8) 3.5*

[Sarah]

Books 111-120
Only in California: Weird and Wonderful Facts About The Golden State by Heather Alexander (4/8) 5*
The Carnival is Over by Greg Woodland AA (6/8) 5*
The It Girl by Ruth Ware (12/8) 4.5*
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (17/8) 4.5*
Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford AA (17/8) 4*
Listen To Me (Rizzoli & Isles #13) by Tess Gerritsen (18/8) 4.5*
The Wrong Woman by J.P. Pomare AA (21/8) 5*
What Might Have Been by Holly Miller (22/8) 4*
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird AA (23/8) 5*
A Game of Fear by Charles Todd (26/8) 4.5*

[Sarah]

Books 121-130
The Bay by Allie Reynolds AA (27/8) 4.5*
Daughters of Eve by Nina D. Campbell AA (29/8) 5*
The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty AA (31/8) 4*
The Sands Of Windee by Arthur W. Upfield AA (31/8) 4.5*
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay (4/9) 4.5*
Murder in the Library by Katie Gayle (9/9) 4*
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson (11/9) 3*
On Sleep by Fleur Anderson AA (11/9) 4*
Murder in a Mill Town by Helen Cox (12/9) 4*
Stone Town by Margaret Hickey AA (19/9) 4.5*

[Sarah]

Books 131-140
A Tidy Ending (Audiobook) by Joanna Cannon (re-read) (23/9) 5*
Gemini Falls by Sean Wilson AA (25/9) 4.5*
Dirt Town (a.k.a. Dirt Creek) by Hayley Scrivenor AA (27/9) 5*
Your Super Gut Feeling Restored – How to Restore Your Life Energy and Overall Health from The Inside Out by Robertino Bedenian (29/9) 5*
Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths (30/9) 4.5*
From the Ashes by Deborah Masson (3/10) 4.5*
1989 by Val McDermid (7/10) 4*
The Threads that Bind by Annie Seaton AA (7/10) 3*
The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict (9/10) 4*
Wake by Shelley Burr AA (11/10) 5*

[Alex]

Impressive. Are you aiming for 200+ titles this year?

[Sarah]

Alex wrote: "Impressive. Are you aiming for 200+ titles this year?"

Hi Alex, I was actually hoping to slow down a little and aim for 100-120, but I'm a bit Type-A when it comes to committing to and completing challenges.

I expect I'll probably end up somewhere around 180.

[Sarah]

Books 141-150
One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke (17/10) 4.5*
Solace House by Joy Ellis (24/10) 4*
Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild (28/10) 5*
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes (29/10) 4*
In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare AA (29/10) 5*
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (31/10) 5*
Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci (31/10) 5*
Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough (4/11) 4*
The Tilt by Chris Hammer AA (8/11) 4.5*
Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan (10/11) 4.5*

[Sarah]

Books 151-160
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead (13/11) 4.5*
The Liars by Petronella McGovern AA (19/11) 4.5*
The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis AA (28/11) 4.5*
Marple: Twelve New Stories edited by Naomi Alderman (3/12) 4*
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell AA (? December) 4*
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (26/12) 4.5*
The Trees by Percival Everett (27/12) 5*
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain (29/12) 5*

[Sarah]

Miscellaneous Annual Challenges:
Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge currently completing
Booklist Queen 2022 Reading Challenge currently completing
Dymocks 2022 Reading Challenge currently completing
Goodwill Librarian 2022 Book Challenge currently completing
Pick Your Poison 2022 Reading Challenge currently completing
Popsugar 2022 Annual Reading Challenge currently completing