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A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
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Brenda wrote: "Welcome Jacinta! You're linked :) But you also look as though you've finished? Are you adding another word?"Not sure yet, I'll see how I go, thanks
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A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words: (6 words)
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A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
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#1 RESTRICTIONS
R - Rule On Crime: 10 Crime Stories You Won't Forget by Andrew Rule AA
E - The Evertree by Marie Lu
S - The Switch by Beth O'Leary
T - Two Nights by Kathy Reichs
R - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
I - I Give my Marriage a Year by Holly Wainwright
C - Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
T - Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarty AA
I - Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
O - Off the Charts by Georgie Carroll AA
N - The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
S - Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What We Can Do About It by Alyson J. McGregor
#2 OUTBREAK
O - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
U - Uncoupling by Lorraine Brown
T - Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
B - Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
R - Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
E - Everyday Madness by Susan Midalia AA
A - Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
K - King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist
#3 MASK
M - The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray
A - The Amazing Mrs Livesey by Freda Marnie Nicholls AA
S - Star of the North by D.B. John
K - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
#4 CROWDS
C - The Children’s House by Alice Nelson
R - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
O - Outline by Rachel Cusk
W - The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
D - The Defence by Steve Cavanagh
S - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
#5 PARAMEDICS
P - Preservation by Jock Serong AA
A - After The Carnage by Tara June Winch AA
R - Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
A - After by Morris Gleitzman AA
M - Mary’s Last Dance by Mary Li AA
E - The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna AA
D - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams AA
I - Into the Night by Sarah Bailey AA
C - The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett AA
S - The Silent Inheritance by Joy Dettman AA
#6 FRONT LINE
F - The Four Horsemen: The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution by Christopher Hitchens
R - A Riddle of Green by Isobelle Carmody AA
O - Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court by Sandra Day O'Connor
N - The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
T - Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer AA
L - Lonely Road by Nevil Shute AA
I - In Black and White by Alexandra Wilson
N - The Night Letters by Denise Leith AA
E -Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
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Finished my 7th of this Challenge with:-'P' from SPEAK - author first name:-
Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Congratulations Brenda..so many 4* and 5* books..must have a closer look👏 😉
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A for MASKI recently read Take It Back, the first of Kia Abdullah's popular new mystery series. Interesting premise: London, white disabled girl accuses 4 Muslim boys of raping her.
My review of Take It Back
Finished my 8th of this Challenge with:-'D' from 'DELTA' - author first name:-
A Slanting of the Sun by Donal Ryan
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
CompletedA Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words: 12
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Finished my 9th of this Challenge with:-'T' from DELTA - book title:-
The Ties That Bind by Erin Kelly
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 10th of this Challenge with:-'H' from MOUTH - author surname:-
The Guide by Peter Heller
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catsalive wrote: "CompletedA Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words: 12
AAs - One per word: 12
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Sakes alive, Cats! That's terrific! Congratulations! 📚📚📚
I finished my half way thru book and I hated it!Speak
S ✔ How to Repaint a Life by Steven Herrick Read 2/5. 2★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
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Challenge completedA Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
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S for NOSEI loved Douglas Stuart's latest book, Young Mungo, about a gentle teen-aged lad who discovers love in the bleakness of Glasgow's East End. The author knows from his own experience that there are roses among the thorns.
5★ My review of Young Mungo
4th and last word to add to this challenge 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
4 words - MASK, COVID, LOCKDOWN and now SPEAK
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S - Author - Sally Rooney - Beautiful World, Where Are You 20/4 4*
P - Author - Nita Prose - The Maid 11/5 3.5*
E - Author - Emma Viskic - Resurrection Bay (AA) 13/4 4*
A - Author - Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile 18/4 4*
K - Author - Kate Quinn - The Diamond Eye 30/4 4*
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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
22/22 9 AA 4 words
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M - Author - The Fell - Sarah Moss 25/2 3*
A - Author - Whole Notes - Eddie Ayres AA 15/2 5*
S - Author - The Good Sister - Sally Hepworth AA 24/3 3*
K - Author - The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune 5/2 3.5*
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C - Title - Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner 3/4 4.5*
O -Author - The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman 3/3 3.5*
V - Author Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media - Hugh van Cuylenburg AA 1/2 4*
I - Author - Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro 28/3 4*
D - Author - The Torrent - Dinuka McKenzie AA 13/3 4.5*
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L - Author - Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty AA 12/4 3.5*
O - Title - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot - Marianne Cronin 20/3 4*
C - Author - Honeybee - Craig Silvey AA 8/3 4*
K - Author - Emotional Female - Yumiko Kadota AA 7/4 4*
D - Author - The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl
O - Author - The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman 16/3 4*
W -Author - Wild Place - Christian White AA 5/3 4*
N - Author - Falling - T.J. Newman 8/2 3.5*
S - Author - Sally Rooney - Beautiful World, Where Are You 20/4 4*
P - Author - Nita Prose - The Maid 11/5 3.5*
E - Author - Emma Viskic - Resurrection Bay (AA) 13/4 4*
A - Author - Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile 18/4 4*
K - Author - Kate Quinn - The Diamond Eye 30/4 4*
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Finished my second word NoseNOSE
N. The Nurses' War Victoria Purman AA Done 5* 28/3/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
O. On A Starlit Ocean Charlotte Nash AA Done 4* 13/5/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
S. Larapinta Annie Seaton AA Done 5* 19/3/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E. Escape with Her Greek Tycoon Michelle Douglas AA Done 5* 14/2/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I made sure to include a book set in Covid timesC from Cough
✔ 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard Read 18/5. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
D for COVID (and damnable disease!)As I read about this crook, I warmed to Aussie author Garry Disher's Wyatt, who is an unusual protagonist. Disher is a favourite of mine, so I should have known I could trust even this very early book of his, Kickback.
4★ My review of Kickback with no spoilers
Finished 3 words! 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
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O ✅ Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell fin Mar2 5*
U ✅ Reptile Memoirs by Silje O. Ulstein fin May 26 5*
T ✅ Truly, Darkly, Deeply by Victoria Selman fin Mar1 4*
B ✅The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen fin Feb11 4*
R ✅The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding fin Feb3 3*
E ✅ L'Assommoir by Émile Zola fin Mar17 5*
A ✅ Canticle Creek by Adrian HylandAA fin Feb26 4*
✅K Immortality by Milan Kundera fin Feb18 4*
✅ S Australia Day byStan Grant AA fin Feb2 5*
N ✅ How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu fin May12 5*
E ✅The Every by Dave Eggers fin Mar23 4*
E ✅ A Love Story by Émile Zola fin Apr15 5*
✅Z His Excellency Eugène Rougon by Émile Zola fin Feb9 5*
✅E The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone fin Feb4 4*
D ✅ Sleep With Slander by Dolores Hitchens fin Feb20 4*
E ✅ The Clockwork Man by E.V. Odle fin May20 3*
L ✅ Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty fin Apr5 4*
T ✅ A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon fin Mar29 4*
A ✅ A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe fin Mar6 3*
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Challenge complete 😄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
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C - Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson ✅ 2* (1/4)
O - Alister Hodge - Outbreak ✅ 4* (29/4)
V - Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ✅ 4* (26/4)
I - The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser AA ✅ 2* (1/6)
D - The Divide by Erica Stevens ✅ 4* (19/3)
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✅M - The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan AA ✅ 4* (21/5)
A - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty AA ✅ 3* (2/4)
S - Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep ✅ 3* (1/6)
K - Keep the Midnight Out by Alex Gray ✅ 2* (29/4)
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✅F - False Witness by Karin Slaughter ✅ 4* (16/2)
E - Extinct by R.R. Haywood ✅ 3* (8/2)
V - The Vet from Snowy River by Stella Quinn AA ✅ 4* (10/4)
E - Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff ✅ 2* (21/4)
R - Redemption by Candice Fox AA ✅ 5* (15/3)
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Hi Brenda,I realised I never got back to upload my challenge - here it is!
A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level: Open (minimum 3 words)
Progress: Part 1: 47/47 Part 2: 29/29 TOTAL: 76/76
Words Completed: Part 1: 6/6 Part 2: 2/2 TOTAL: 8/8
AA: (at least one per word) Part 1: 16/16 Part 2: 11/11 TOTAL: 27/27
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Brenda wrote: "Welcome Sarah - you probably have plenty you can cross off that list :) You're linked!"Thanks Brenda! You're right, it will take me a while to link them, but I've been keeping a tally in my Excel spreadsheet since March, so it's a matter of transcription only!
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Arrrggghhh... I've hit the character limit - Brenda, could you mark this message as my #2, please? Thanks!A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level: Open (minimum 3 words)
Progress: Part 2: 29/29 TOTAL: 76/76
Words Completed: Part 2: 2/2 TOTAL: 8/8
AA: (at least one per word) Part 2: 11/11 TOTAL: 27/27
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Brenda wrote: "Wow! You're doing well with all that Sarah!! I've put it down as Part 2 :)"Thanks Brenda!
Brenda wrote: "Great job Lorraine!"Lorraine wrote: "Challenge complete 😄
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
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Thank you 😊
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A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words
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N for NOSEI think readers who enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine are going to enjoy meeting Nita Prose's lovable Molly The Maid. She's a square peg who's much more genuine than most who fit in the round holes of the world.
4★ My review of The Maid
Finished my 11th of this Challenge with:-'A' from 'SPEAK':-
All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 12th of this Challenge with:-'E' from 'SPEAK' - author first name:-
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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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
17/17 8 AA
MASK
M - Author - The Fell - Sarah Moss 25/2 3*
A - Author - Whole Notes - Eddie Ayres AA 15/2 5*
S - Author - The Good Sister - Sally Hepworth AA 24/3 3*
K - Author - The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune 5/2 3.5*
COVID
C - Title - Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner 3/4 4.5*
O -Author - The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman 3/3 3.5*
V - Author Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media - Hugh van Cuylenburg AA 1/2 4*
I - Author - Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro 28/3 4*
D - Author - The Torrent - Dinuka McKenzie AA 13/3 4.5*
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L - Author - Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty AA 12/4 3.5*
O - Title - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot - Marianne Cronin 20/3 4*
C - Author - Honeybee - Craig Silvey AA 8/3 4*
K - Author - Emotional Female - Yumiko Kadota AA 7/4 4*
D - Author - The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl
O - Author - The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman 16/3 4*
W -Author - Wild Place - Christian White AA 5/3 4*
N - Author - Falling - T.J. Newman 8/2 3.5*