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A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
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Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen
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Jan 26, 2022 07:49PM

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Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
AAs - One per word
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Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
AAs - One per word
37/37
R - Rubdown (Simone Kirsch #2) by Leigh Redhead AA -Read 10/02 ★★★½
A - Angeline Boulley - Firekeeper's Daughter -Read 14/02 ★★★½
P - Pathological by Wang Jinkang -Read 25/02 ★½
I - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali -Read 18/02 ★★★½
D - A Doubter's Guide to the Bible: Inside History’s Bestseller for Believers and Skeptics by John Dickson AA -Read 14/02 ★★★½
A - The Affair (Jack Reacher #16) by Lee Child -Read 21/02 ★★★½
N - The Nurses' War by Victoria Purman AA -Read 25/03 ★★★
T - These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly -Read 17/02 ★★★½
I - Ian McEwan - The Cement Garden -Read 17/03 ★½
G - Girl 4 (January David #1) by Will Carver -Read 15/03 ★★★½
E - Eliza Henry-Jones - P is for Pearl AA -Read 25/02 ★★★★
N - Nicola Upson - Two for Sorrow (Josephine Tey #3) -Read 07/02 ★★★★
T - Tim Borthwick - Waltzing Australia AA -Read 18/02 ★★★
E - Barbara Erskine - Distant Voices -Read 28/02 ★★★
S - The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury by Marc Levy -Read 10/03 ★★★½
T - Thalia Kalkipsakis - Lifespan of Starlight (Lifespan of Starlight #1) AA -Read 07/03 ★★★★
S - Seishi Yokomizo - The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #1) -Read 15/02 ★★

















S - Swooning: A Classical Music Guide to Life, Love, Lust and Other Follies by Christopher Lawrence -Read 05/03 ★★★
A - Arnold Bennett - Buried Alive -Read 10/02 ★★★★
N - Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky -Read 17/02 ★★
I - The Island House by Posie Graeme-Evans AA -Read 15/05 ★★★½
T - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow -Read 02/03 ★★½
I - Isabella Maldonado - The Falcon (Nina Guerrera #3) -Read 18/06 ★★★★
Z - Zakes Mda - She Plays with the Darkness -Read 06/04 ★★
E - End of Pride (The Soteria Trilogy #1) by L.J. Duncan AA -Read 05/03 ★★★½
R - Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy #2) by Robin Hobb -Read 22/02 ★★★★½









V - Vanessa McCausland - The Beautiful Words AA -Read 15/03 ★★★
A - António R. Damásio - The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures -Read 03/02 ★★
C - Cherry Pie (Simone Kirsch #3) by Leigh Redhead AA -Read 17/02 ★★★
C - James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales #2) -Read 09/02
I - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova -Read 09/07 ★★½
N - Nostromo by Joseph Conrad -Read 12/03 ★½
A - Gabrielle Ash - For the Murder (The Murder #1) -Read 02/03 ★★★★
T - Dreaming of Zhou Gong (The Timekeepers #1) by Traci Harding AA -Read 19/02 ★★★★
I - Ian Irvine - A Shadow on the Glass (The View from the Mirror #1) AA -Read 26/07 ★★★½
O - Orphan Rock by Dominique Wilson AA -Read 02/03 ★★★½
N - Noa C. Walker - You, Me, and the Colors of Life -Read 31/03 ★★★½











Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
AAs - One per word
COVID - COMPLETED 13-MAR-2022
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Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words: (3 words)
AAs - One per word
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Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - 3 words / AAs - One per word
Progress: 15/15 (AA 3/3) - COMPLETED 24/7/22
D - author first name:-
A Slanting of the Sun by Donal Ryan -
- FINISHED 25/4/22 - 4* (9/10)
E - title:-
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman -
- FINISHED 7/4/22 - 4* (8.5/10)
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The Last Voice You Hear by Mick Herron -
- FINISHED 3/2/22 - 4* (9/10)
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The Ties That Bind by Erin Kelly -
- FINISHED 30/4/22 - 4* (8/10)
A - author first name:-
Kakadu Sunset by Annie Seaton - AA -
- FINISHED 18/7/22 - 4* (8.5/10)





M - title/author first name:-
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov -
- FINISHED 28/2/22 - 4* (9/10)
O - title:-
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout -
- FINISHED 19/3/22 - 4* (9/10)
U - title:-
The Unquiet Grave by Steven Dunne -
- FINISHED 25/3/22 - 4* (9/10)
T - author surname:-
Bring Him Home by Nicole Trope - AA -
- FINISHED 27/6/22 - 4* (9/10)
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The Guide by Peter Heller -
- FINISHED 1/5/22 - 4* (8.5/10)





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Shatter by Michael Robotham - AA -
- FINISHED 6/3/22 - 5* (9.5/10)
P - author first name:-
Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale -
- FINISHED 12/4/22 - 4* (9/10)
E - author first name:-
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante -
- FINISHED 11/6/22 - 4* (9/10)
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All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan -
- FINISHED 6/6/22 - 4* (9/10)
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Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff -
- FINISHED 24/7/22 - 3* (7/10)






Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
AAs - One per word
0/16
Mask
M - Muster Dogs by Aticia Grey AA
A - A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe AA
S - Shepherd by Catherine Jinks AA
K - Wake In Fright by Kenneth Cook AA




Nurses
N - How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet by Noel Fitzpatrick
U - Under Currents by Nora Roberts
R - Right As Rain by Tricia Stringer AA
S - The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth AA
E - The Buchanan Girls by Emily Madden AA
S - Brunswick Street Blues by Sally Bothroyd AA






Crowds
C - The Cedar Tree by Nicole Alexander AA
R - Mistake Creek by Rachel Amphlett AA
O - The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock AA
W - Wild Place by Christian White AA
D - Digging Up Dirt by Pamela Hart AA
S - The Long Game by Simon Rowell AA







Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - 3 words
AAs - One per word
18/18 as of 31 July
F
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 5/2/2022
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 10/6/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 7/4/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 31/7/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4.5 Stars) - 27/5/22





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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 22/3/2022
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 16/4/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 31/5/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 28/6/22




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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 4/4/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2.5 Stars) - 30/6/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 3/6/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2.5 Stars) - 24/5/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2 Stars) - 5/7/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 23/7/22
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 11/2/2022
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 15/3/2022
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 23/3/2022











A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
AAs - One per word
14/14
✅ 🦘M - Title - The Man Who Loved Children (1940) - Christina Stead AA - 11/3/22 5 star
✅ A - Title - Angarey: 9 Stories and a Play (1932) - Vibha S. Chauhan 6/4/22 - 5 star
✅ S - Title - Sirius (1944) Olaf Stapledon
✅ K - Title - A Kiss Before Dying (1954) - Ira Levin 3/2/22 - 5 star




✅ C - Title - Cab 79 (1955) - Indriði Guðmundur Þorsteinsson
✅ O - Title - Olga Dies Dreaming (2022) - Xóchitl González 23/8/22 4 star
✅ V - Author - Les Misérables (1862) - Victor Hugo 3/2/22 - 5 star
✅ 🦘I - Author - I Can Jump Puddles (1955) - Alan Marshall AA 26/5/22 5 star
✅ 🦘D - Title - The Drowned Man (2016) - Brendan James Murray AA 12/8/22 5 star





✅ 🦘F - Title - From a Paris Balcony (2016) - Ella Carey AA 28/2/22 4 star
✅ 🦘E - Title - Earthly Delights (2004) - Kerry Greenwood AA - 12/11/22 5 star
✅ V - Title - Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (2020) - Lana Del Rey 29/5/22 5 star
✅ E - Author - Zen in the Art of Archery (1948) - Eugen Herrigel 15/5/22 5 star
✅ R - Title - The Razor's Edge (1944) - W. Somerset Maugham






Eugen Herrigel (1884-1955)

A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - 3 Words
AAs - Minimum 1 per word - 7 AAs across 3 words
17/19 read
D - Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions by David Attenborough
✅E - You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry 4🌟 - finished 06/06/22
✅L - The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni 🦘 5🌟 - finished 19/06/22
✅T - Naturally Tan by Tan France 4🌟 - finished 10/07/22
✅A - Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli 5🌟 - finished 07/03/22





✅M - The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee 4🌟 - finished 13/03/22
✅A - Beyond the End of the World by Amie Kaufman 🦘 4🌟 - finished 14/06/22
✅S - Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte 🦘 3.5🌟 - finished 23/04/22
✅K - The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil 🦘 4🌟 - finished 09/04/2022




P - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
✅A - The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman 🦘 4🌟 - finished 11/06/22
✅R - See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon 4🌟 - finished 20/07/22
✅A - Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray 3🌟 - finished 29/05/22
✅M - The Build-up Season by Megan Jacobson 🦘 4🌟 - finished 27/04/22
✅E - The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry 4🌟 - finished 02/04/22
✅D - Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong 3🌟 - finished 14/05/22
✅I - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab 5🌟 - finished 10/02/22
✅C - One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn 🦘 4🌟 - finished 19/04/22
✅S - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 5🌟 - finished 20/02/22











O - Out of Bounds by Lauren Blakely
S - The Secrets of Midwives by Sally Hepworth AA
E - Epona by Michelle Dalton AA




M - Monster by Vanessa Waltz
A - At Any Moment by Brenna Aubrey
S - Sound Advice by L.B. Dunbar
K - Kisses and Warfare by T.L. Smith AA




C - The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh AA
O - Only for You by Melissa Foster
V - Villain by Jackie Y. Wang
I - Indelible You by Verlene Landon
D - Dating the DILF by Amali Rose AA






Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
AAs - One per word
10/16
Provided I can find some of these
#1 DELTA
✔D - The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan AA 21/5/22 4⭐
E - Every Secret Thing by Emma Cole
✔L - Daughter of Mine by Fiona Lowe AA 2/2/22 5⭐
✔T - Matilda's Freedom by Tea Cooper AA 4⭐ 7/3/22
✔A - All About Ella by Meredith Appleyard 26/4/22 4⭐





#2 FEVER
✔F - Fractured by Karin Slaughter - 3/2/22 4.5⭐
E - Howards End by E.M. Forster
✔V - The Beautiful Words by Vanessa McCausland AA 10/2/22 4⭐
E - If You Knew Her by Emily Elgar
R - Birthright by Nora Roberts - re-read





#3 NURSES
✔N- The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner AA 6/6/22 5⭐
✔U - Untraceable by Laura Griffin 7/2/22 4⭐
R - Beneath Cornish Skies by Kate Ryder
✔S - Shatter by Michael Robotham
E - A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
✔S - Something to Hide by Fleur McDonald AA 11/4/22 3⭐







The Last Voice You Hear by Mick Herron

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

Aussie author Kerry Greenwood sends the fearless (well, almost) Phryne Fisher flying over the Australian Alps in The Green Mill Murder. Miss Fisher is always entertaining.


V from Fever and U from Nurses
✔V - The Beautiful Words by Vanessa McCausland AA 10/2/22 4⭐
✔U - Untraceable by Laura Griffin 7/2/22 4⭐

Just finished Aussie author Anni Taylor's suspenseful One Last Child, which takes place in the beautiful, mysterious Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Complicating things is that one of the abducted children is Detective Kate Wakeland's granddaughter.


'M' from 'MOUTH' - title and author first name:-
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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

The Murder Rule by AA Dervla McTiernan
4★ (Review closer to May publication)"
Love this series P MacDC. Really looking forward to your review!

'S' from SPEAK:-
Shatter byMichael Robotham

Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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'O' from 'MOUTH' -
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

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

I really enjoyed The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, about a super-professional butler who knows how to inspect the silver polishing but, sadly, knows nothing at all about people. Very touching. 1989 Booker Prize Winner.


DELTA
D. Dead Horse Gap Lee Christine AA Done 5* 6/2/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E. Evil in Emerald A.M. Stuart AA Done 5* 21/3/22
L. A Family of Strangers Fiona Lowe AA Done 5* 22/2/22
T. Treasured Tears Kendall Talbot AA Done 5* 16/2/22
A. Snowy Mountains Cattleman Alissa Callen AA Done 5* 25/2/22






'U' from 'MOUTH' -
The Unquiet Grave by Steven Dunne

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

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I've just realised that I never officially entered this challenge, although I've been keeping a record on my Excel spreadsheet. Am I too late to throw my hat in the ring? (or should that be "throw my mask"?)
Sarah

'E' from DELTA:-
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Excellent! Thanks Brenda!

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is an entertaining debut by Sean Lusk which has some history, some magic, and exotic locales. It's not my thing, but I can see a real fan base for this one when it comes out in June.


Where Serpents Sleep is number 4 in the engaging Sebastian St. Cyr historical mystery series. London 1812. Lord Devlin is teamed up with the daughter of Lord Jarvis, his nemesis. Full of action, history and humour.

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