A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!

[Helen]

I have finished 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
13/13

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



MASK

M. A Mother for Ella Trish Morey AA Done 5* 22/5/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A. Adventure with a Secret Prince Andrea Bolter Done 5* 7/6/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

S. The Mother-in-Law Sally Hepworth AA Done 4* 5/3/22

K. The Jade Lily Kirsty Manning AA Done 5* 17/6/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



NOSE

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...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Helen!!

[Helen]

Thanks Brenda :)

[Clare]

I've done three words, but aiming for 6 so don't cross me off yet.

P of Speak ✔ The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley Read 14/6. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ooh doing well Clare!!

[PattyMacDotComma]

V for COVID (blech! Wish it were for VICTORY)
I am very fond of Aussie author Emma Viskic's Caleb Zelic, but this is said to be the deaf investigator's last story. (I tweeted to her that Kat and the ancestors will pester her to continue!) Those Who Perish is excellent, and I want more!
4.5~5★ My review of Those Who Perish

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wouldn't that be nice Patty!!

[PattyMacDotComma]

Brenda wrote: "Wouldn't that be nice Patty!!"

Yes - and she did admit that she already misses them!

[PattyMacDotComma]

E for NOSE

Euphoria is a lovely state if you can achieve it. Lily King's Nell Stone (a fictional version of anthropologist Margaret Mead ) does get carried away with her studies of primitive societies, but this book is more about jealousy and desire in her own. Fascinating setting, research, and characters.
5★ My review of Euphoria

[Kim]

Finished my 13th of this Challenge and also completed my first word:-

'T' from MOUTH - author surname:-
Bring Him Home by Nicole Trope

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

[Carolyn]

My Challenge is finished, but Covid is not!

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 books (min 3 AA)

✔ O On Hampstead Heath by Marika Cobbold (read 5 Mar) 4★
✔ M My Brother-But-One by T.M. Clark AA (read 13 Mar) 4★
✔ I The It Girl by Ruth Ware (read 5th July) 3.5 ★
✔ C Creation in Death by J.D. Robb (read Feb 11) 5★
✔ R A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong (read 30 June) 4★
✔ O The Observer Effect by Nick Jones (read 5 March ) 4★
✔ N The Neon Court by Kate Griffin (read 25 Mar) 4.5★



✔ C The Cane by Maryrose Cuskelly (read 19 Mar) AA 4★
✔ O Out of Breath by Anna Snoekstra (read 7 June). AA 3.5★
✔ V Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan (read 10 July) 4★
✔ I The Islands by Emily Brugman AA (read 23 Mar) 4★
✔ D Dinner with the Schnabels by Toni Jordan AA (read 19 June) 4★



✔ C CSI Told You Lies by Meshel Laurie AA (read Feb 20) 4★
✔ O Outback Creed by Jonathan Macpherson AA (read 13 July) 3★
✔ U Under Pressure by Robert Pobi (read Feb 25) 5★
✔ G The Greater Good by Tim Ayliffe AA (read Mar 25) 4★
✔ H Hounded by Kevin Hearne (read 12 May) 5★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Carolyn! And no it's not :( Getting worse again....

[Alex]

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
Progress: completed

D Deadman's Track by AA Sarah Barrie 6/6 5★
E Edinburgh Twilight by Carole Lawrence 18/7 4★
L The Juniper Gin Joint by Lizzie Lovell 12/7 3.5★
T Two Spies in Caracas by Moisés Naím 25/5 2.5★
A The Greater Good by AA Tim Ayliffe 3/3 3★



F The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva 24/2 4★
E A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters 23/4 4★
V The Vinyl Detective - Victory Disc by Andrew Cartmel 1/7 3.5★
E Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge 27/4 2.5★
R When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham AA 9/3 4.5★



M Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews 18/2 4.5★
A All the Tears in China by Sulari Gentill AA 10/4 3.5★
S The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan AA 22/5 4.5★
K A Spell of Murder by Kennedy Kerr 23/6 4★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great job Alex!!

[Alex]

Brenda wrote: "Great job Alex!!"

Thanks. Getting there, slowly

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You'll do it :)

[Kim]

Finished my 14th of this Challenge, and my second word, with:-

'A' from DELTA - author first name:-
Kakadu Sunset by Annie Seaton

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

[Trish]

Finished the challenge, sadly we cannot quite say that we have finished with Covid.
Thank you Brenda for putting this challenge together as a great distraction 😊


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
46/46 AA 33/33


✔F - Suddenly One Summer by Fleur McDonald AA....4* 14/03/22
✔E - The Eulogy by Jackie Bailey AA....4* 21/07/22
✔V - The Beauty of Broken Things by Victoria Connelly....3.5* 03/05/22
✔E - The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden AA....4* 22/04/22
✔R - Gulpilil by Derek Rielly AA....3.5* 23/02/22



✔F - Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies by Jackie French AA....4* 11/02/22
✔A - At the End of the Day by Liz Byrski AA....4* 14/02/22
✔T - Love Stories by Trent DaltonAA....4* 26/03/22
✔I - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer....4* 16/04/22
✔G - The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson AA....3.5* 09/03/22
✔U - Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home by Leah Lax....3.5* 15/07/22
✔E - Love Objects by Emily Maguire AA....4* 25/03/22



✔M - Mallee Sky by Kerry McGinnis AA....4* 12/03/22
✔A - Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by M.C. Beaton....3.5* 13/03/22
✔S - Small Town Nightmare by Anna Willett AA....3.5* 07/04/22
✔K - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah....4.5* 25/02/22



✔D - The Day The Lies Began by Kylie Kaden AA....3* 06/02/22
✔O - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman....4.5* 06/03/22
✔C - We Were Not Men by Campbell Mattinson AA....3.5* 13/04/22
✔T - Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves....4* 21/04/22
✔O - Other People's Houses by Kelli Hawkins AA....3* 12/03/22
✔R - The Secret Daughter by Kelly Rimmer AA....4* 12/05/22
✔S - The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth AA....4* 08/04/22



✔N - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon....3.5* 18/03/22
✔U - Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie AA....4* 07/05/22
✔R - Jillaroo by Rachael Treasure AA....3* 23/02/22
✔S - The Survivors by Jane Harper AA....4.5* 27/05/22
✔E - Emma by Jane Austen....4* 18/02/22
✔S - Savannah's Secret by Mandy Magro AA....2.5* 15/07/22



✔D - Into the Rip: How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Stronger, Happier ... and Less American by Damien Cave....3* 29/03/22
✔E - Everything I Don't Remember by Jonas Hassen Khemiri....3* 13/05/22
✔L - Sheerwater by Leah Swann AA....4* 03/05/22
✔T - Three Sisters by Heather Morris AA....4* 08/05/22
✔A - After Story by Larissa Behrendt AA....4* 28/04/22



✔B - Bitter Wash Road by Garry DisherAA.....4* 11/06/22
✔R - Noah's Law by Randa Abdel-FattahAA....3* 25/04/22
✔E - The Glass House by Eve Chase....4* 24/05/22
✔A - The Labyrinth by Amanda LohreyAA....4* 20/05/22
✔T - The Tour by Andrew MackieAA....3* 21/03/22
✔H - The Dogs by John HughesAA....3.5* 12/04/22
✔E - Equal Justice: My Journey as a Woman, a Soldier and a Muslim by Rabia SiddiqueAA....3.5* 05/06/22



✔C - Off the Charts by Georgie Carroll AA....3* 02/07/22
✔O - The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock AA....4* 01/07/22
✔V - Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie AA....3.5* 18/07/22
✔I - Flynn Of The Inland by Ion L. Idriess AA....3.5* 19/05/22
✔D - You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao....3* 16/06/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Fantastic effort Trish! A lot of words there!! And yes, very unfortunate that it's still with us :(

[Trish]

Brenda wrote: "Fantastic effort Trish! A lot of words there!! And yes, very unfortunate that it's still with us :("

Thank you Brenda, as the months passed by, kept adding 😉

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job!!

[Carolyn]

Wow Trish! That's impressive!!!

[Jenn]

Completed 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
46/47

C - Author - Savage Road by Christine Feehan 5 stars 3/2/22
O - Title - Once Burnt, Twice Shy by Karly Lane AA 4 stars 1/4/22
N - Title - Nate by Lane Hart 4 stars 2/5/22
T - Title - Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Blinking Eye by Kathryn Kenny 5 stars 13/5/22
A - Title - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty AA 3 stars
M - Author - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty AA 3.5 stars 7/2/22
I - Title - Issued to the Bride: One Navy SEAL by Cora Seton 4 stars 14/2/22
N - Author - The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson 3 stars 20/7/22
A - Title - Animal by Lisa Taddeo 3 stars 1/2/22
T - Author - The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett 5 stars
E - Title - Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff AA 5 stars 4/2/22
D - Title - Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan 5 stars 28/4/22



V - Author - Star Struck by Val McDermid 4 stars 19/7/22
A - Author - Crown of Shadows by Keri Arthur AA 5 stars 2/3/22
C - Title - Crowbones by Anne Bishop 5 stars 8/3/22
C - Author - Forged by Fury by Kel Carpenter 4 stars 12/5/22
I - Title - I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett 4 stars 7/2/22
N - Author - Summer of Serenity by Nicola Marsh AA 4 stars 3/6/22
A - Author - Desperate Creed by Alex Kava 5 stars 2/2/22
T - Author - All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent DaltonAA 3 stars 10/5/22
I - Title - If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair 4 stars 28/3/22
O - Author - Cowboy Command by Olivia Jaymes 4 stars 19/7/22
N - Title - Night Watch by Terry Pratchett 4 stars 1/2/22



O - Title - The Outsider by Stephen King 3.5 stars 13/7/22
M - Title - Merciless by Diana Palmer3.5 stars 28/3/22
I - Author - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews 5 stars 22/7/22
C - Author - Phantom Game by Christine Feehan 5 stars 11/3/22
R - Title - Road to Rosalee by Mandy Magro AA 4 stars 9/2/22
O - Title - One to Watch by Rachel Amphlett AA 4 stars 19/5/22
N - Title - A Night to Forget by Jessica Wood 3 stars 23/6/22



R - Title - The Rich Boy by Kylie Scott 4 stars 10/3/22
A - Title - American Demon by Kim Harrison 5 stars 17/2/22
P - Author - Matters of the Heart by Fiona Palmer AA 3.5 stars 11/2/22
I - Author - White Hot by Ilona Andrews 5 stars 22/7/22
D - Title - Daintree by Annie Seaton AA 5 stars 15/7/22

A - Author - Sorrow's Song by Keri Arthur AA 5 stars 9/7/22
N - Title - Never Kiss a Stranger by Winter Renshaw 4 stars 15/7/22
T - Title - Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer 4 stars 10/5/22
I - Title - Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett 5 stars 20/7/22
G - Author - The Judge's List by John Grisham 3.5 stars 7/7/22
E - Author - Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven by Janet Evanovich 3.5 stars 8/2/22
N - Title - The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton 4 stars 23/2/22

T - Title - The Black Jacket Mystery by Kathryn Kenny 4 stars 27/3/22
E - Title - Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett 5 stars 13/5/22
S - Title - Senn by Lane Hart 4 stars 1/5/22
T - Title - This Green Hell by Greig Beck AA 5 stars 19/4/22
S - Author - Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie AA 5 stars 18/2/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great work Jenn! Lots of words for you too :)

[Trish]

Carolyn wrote: "Wow Trish! That's impressive!!!"

Thank you Carolyn 😊

[Trish]

Great reading Jenn, hope you enjoyed the challenge as much as I did 😊

[PattyMacDotComma]

Finished my lucky 13 for MASK, NOSE, and COVID with O

I always enjoy the investigative exploits of the self-made computer-nerd 'family' known as the Monkeewrench crew. Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy has Native Americans, terrorists, and kidnappers. Loved it!
4.5★ My review of Off the Grid

[Jasmine's]

Finished 25/07/22

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

28/28 Books

R The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion 4* 07/02/22 AA
E Emma's Secret Barbara Taylor Bradford 18/02/22 5*
S Schindler's List Thomas Keneally 5* 21/02/22 AA
T Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching Gabbie Stroud 5* 11/02/22 AA
R The Right Time Danielle Steel 4* 09/05/22
I Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have Tatiana Schlossberg 4* 30/06/22
C Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking Caroline Leaf 3* 21/07/22
T Those People Louise Candlish 4* 13/07/22
I I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 4* 03/02/22
O One Summer David Baldacci 5* 24/05/22
N No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind Daniel J. Siegel 4* 17/05/22
S The Swimming Pool Louise Candlish 12/04/22 4*




P Peony in Love Lisa See 17/02/22 4*
C The Cavendon Women Barbara Taylor Bradford *4 14/05/22
R The Racketeer John Grisham 15/04/22 3*

T The Truth About China: Propaganda, patriotism and the search for answers Bill Birtles 11/02/22 5* AA
E Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People Bob Goff 5* 01/07/22
S Shatter Michael Robotham AA *4 20/05/22
T Thick as Thieves: The gripping, sexy new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown 4* 17/07/22



C The Cuckoo's Cry Caroline Overington AA 21/07/22 4*
R Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld 21/02/22 4*
O Origin Dan Brown 4* 19/03/22
W Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health William Davis, MD 4* 26/04/22
D Douglas MacArthur What Greater Honor Janet Benge 4* 25/07/22
S The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz William Davis, MD 4* 28/06/22



M Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive Stephanie Land
A Anxious People Fredrik Backman 3* 24/07/22
S The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Elizabeth Kolbert 4* 07/05/22
K The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism Hugh Mackay AA 3* 20/07/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jasmine!!

[Jane]

Just finished my 8th word:

FATIGUE - 7/7 - Completed 26-JUL-2022
F - Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay 22-JUN-2022 3*
A - Before Nightfall by Rachel Amphlett AA 19-MAY-2022 4*
T - 22 Seconds by James Patterson 15-MAY-2022 3*
I - In at the Deep End by Penelope Janu AA 10-JUN-2022 4*
G - Snapshot by Garry Disher AA 11-MAY-2022 3*
U - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman 26-JUL-2022 4*
E - Engaging Mr. Darcy by Rachel John 20-JUN-2022 3*



Actually should be able to scrape together another word before the end of July with books I've read or am currently reading, so don't sign me off as completed yet Brenda!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're doing so well Jane!!

[Cherie]

Finished :)

A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words: (3 words)
AAs - One per word
21/21

1. MASK
M - Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin - 22/2/22 - 3.5 stars
A - A Killing Frost by John Marsden AA 3.5 stars 3/6/22
S - Semi-Psychic Life by Elizabeth Hunter 3.5 stars 15/7/22
K - Beyond the End of the World by Amie Kaufman AA - 18/2/22 - 4 stars



2. BREATHE
B - The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird AA 4.5 stars 5/4/22
R - The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan - 16/3/22 - 4 stars
E - Eve & Adam by Michael Grant 3.5 stars 8/7/22
A - The Adventurers Guild by Zack Loran Clark 3 stars 16/7/22
T - Tea with Milk and Murder by H.Y. Hanna AA - 4/2/22 - 3.5 stars
H - Two Down, Bun to Go by H.Y. Hanna AA 23/7/22 - 3.5 stars
E - Eve Eden vs. the Zombie Horde: Bedeviled by Suz Korb 3 stars 18/7/22



PARAMEDICS

P - Playing With Fire by Katie MacAlister - 10/2/22 - 3.5 stars
A - Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 3.5 stars 25/4/22
R - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion AA 3 stars 26/7/22
A - Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 3 stars 10/4/22
M - Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden AA 4 stars 5/5/22
E - Eve Eden vs. the Blood Sucking Vampires by Suz Korb 3 stars 20/7/22
D - The Dead of Night by John Marsden AA 21/5/22 3.5 stars
I - If I Should Die by Amy Plum 4 stars 26/3/22
C - Caraval by Stephanie Garber 3 stars 15/4/22
S - Jasper Jones by Craig SilveyAA 3.5 stars 16/6/22

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Cherie!!

[Jane]

OK I really am finished now! 9 words, 60 books! Thanks for a great challenge moderators.

NURSES - Completed 27-JUL-2022
N - Tribute by Nora Roberts 24-JUN-2022 4*
U - The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger 27-JUL-2022 4*
R - Key of Valor by Nora Roberts 01-JUL-2022 5*
S - Sienna by Annie Seaton AA 06-JUL-2022 4*
E - Easy Go by John Lange 22-JUL-2022 3*
S - Come Back to Meby Annie Seaton AA 15-JUL-2022 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great work Jane! Fabulous number of books!

[Sarah]

I've completed a couple more words during July. Only one more book to finish and I'm done! If only we could say the same for Covid...

A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level: Open (minimum 3 words)
Progress: 75/76
Words Completed: 7/8
AA: (at least one per word) 26/27

SOCIALLY DISTANCE
S: A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill AA (27/4) 4.5*
O: Voting Day by Clare O'Dea (31/3) 4.5*
C: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (21/3) 4.5*
I: One Fatal Secret by Jane Isaac (18/6) 3.5*
A: An A-List for Death by Pamela Hart AA (30/5) 4*
L: The Language of Food (a.k.a. Miss Eliza's English Kitchen) (27/6) 5*
L: Last Seen Alive by Jane Bettany (15/4) 4.5*
Y: A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett (6/7) 3.5*

D: The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl (24/7) 5*
I: An Unfamiliar Murder by Jane Isaac (15/7) 4*
S: The Housemate by Sarah Bailey AA (15/3) 5*
T: His Other Wife by Nicole Trope AA (23/6) 4.5*
A: Will to Live (Kay Hunter #2) by Rachel Amphlett AA (26/5) 4.5*
N: The Girl Before You by Nicola Rayner (31/3) 3.5*
C: Cutters End by Margaret Hickey AA (13/4) 4.5*
E: The Girl They All Forgot by Martin Edwards (11/6) 5*


SUPER SPREADER
S: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill AA (10/6) 5*
U: The Barrakee Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield AA (16/4) 4.5*
P: Nine Lives by Peter Swanson (3/3) 4*
E: Death on the Isle by M.H. Eccleston (18/7) 4*
R: Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza (9/7) 4.5*

S: 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*
P: The Guilty Girl by Patricia Gibney (15/6) 4.5*
R: The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero (25/5) 4.5*
E: The House Sitter by Ellery A. Kane (12/6) 4.5*
A: After Story by Larissa Behrendt AA (9/6) 4.5*
D: Kickback by Garry Disher AA (16/6) 4.5*
E: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson AA (20/7) 5*
R: Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham AA (25/6) 5*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Still have plenty of time Sarah - and yes, I wish it was gone too! Over it!!

[Sarah]

Brenda wrote: "Still have plenty of time Sarah - and yes, I wish it was gone too! Over it!!"

Hear! Hear! Perhaps for our next challenge, we could focus on some of the "silver linings" of the past couple of years.

Eg.
COMMUNITY HEROES
EXPLORE LOCAL
GRATITUDE
HOME DELIVERY
HYGGE
ONLINE SHOPPING
WORK FROM HOME
ZOOM PARTY
etc.

[Sarah]

Sarah wrote: "Hear! Hear! Perhaps for our next challenge, we could focus on some of the "silver linings" of the past ..."

And, of course, I forgot the most important one...

MORE TIME TO READ

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

All good suggestions Sarah!!

[Kim]

Completed my final book for this Challenge with:-

'K' from 'SPEAK' - book title:-
The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff

Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
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)
L - title:-
The Last Voice You Hear by Mick Herron -
- FINISHED 3/2/22 - 4* (9/10)
T - title:-
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)
H - author surname:-
The Guide by Peter Heller -
- FINISHED 1/5/22 - 4* (8.5/10)



S - title:-
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)
A - title:-
All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan -
- FINISHED 6/6/22 - 4* (9/10)
K - title:-
Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff -
- FINISHED 24/7/22 - 3* (7/10)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great work Kim!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kim wrote: "Completed my final book for this Challenge with:-

'K' from 'SPEAK' - book title:-
The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff

Rate..."

Your link goes to Joe Country instead of The Kommandant's Girl Kim!

[Sue]

Complete!

A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum 3 words:
AA - One per word
43/43

✔︎B - The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley AA 14/4 3★
✔︎R - The Nature of Ice by Robyn Mundy AA 20/3 4★
✔︎E - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo 29/4 4★
✔︎A - Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson 25/5 2★
✔︎T - Trick or Treat by Kerry Greenwood AA 9/4 3★
✔︎H - Back Roads by Heather Ewart & Karen Michelmore 24/5 3★
✔︎E - A Passage to India by EM Forster 29/3 4★



✔︎C - The Salt Madonna by Catherine Noske AA 8/2 3★
✔︎O - One Step by Andrew Daddo 31/5 2★
✔︎V - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 17/6 5★
✔︎I - The Glass Canoe by David Ireland AA 23/3 2★
✔︎D - Devotion by Hannah Kent AA 7/4 5★



✔︎C - The Year of Living Dangerously by Christopher Koch AA 14/2 3★
✔︎R - And What Do You Do Mr. Gable? by Richard Flanagan AA 15/2 3★
✔︎O - This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell 8/7 4★
✔︎W - The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn 21/2 4★
✔︎D - 1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomber 13/7 3★
✔︎S - Shell by Kristina Olsson 6/5 3★



✔︎H - The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh 19/4 5★
✔︎O - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell 1/2 3★
✔︎S - Silver: 2 by Chris Hammer AA 4★
✔︎P - Pianos and Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind by Alexander McCall Smith 30/3 4★
✔︎I - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 15/6 4★
✔︎T - Tamil Tigress: My Story As a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka's Bloody Civil War by Niromi de Soyza 3/5 4★
✔︎A - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins 10/4 5★
✔︎L - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty AA 6/2 4★
✔︎S - The Postmistress by Alison Stuart AA 24/3 3★



✔︎M - A Most Immoral Woman by Linda Jaivin AA 2/3 3★
✔︎A - The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 15/5 5★
✔︎S - Scrublands by Chris Hammer AA 15/3 4★
✔︎K - The Memory Room by Christopher Koch AA 17/3 5★



✔︎S - Serving Crazy with Curry by Amulya Malladi 3/3 4★
✔︎I - The North Water by Ian McGuire 29/7 4★
✔︎N - The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed 11/2 5★
✔︎G - Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova 19/2 5★
✔︎I - The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 5★
✔︎N - Night Music by Jojo Moyes 23/6 4★
✔︎G - A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville AA 8/3 4★



✔︎S - Salt: Selected Stories and Essays by Bruce Pascoe AA 25/2 3★
✔︎P - A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale 22/5 5★
✔︎E - Earthly Remains by Donna Leon 18/2 4★
✔︎A - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 17/3 4★
✔︎K - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver 2/4 5★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Congrats Sue! Lots of books there!!

[Kim]

Brenda wrote: "Kim wrote: "Completed my final book for this Challenge with:-

'K' from 'SPEAK' - book title:-
The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff [bookcover:The Kommandant's Girl|14..."

Thanks for letting me know, Brenda - sorted it now I think!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Kim :)

[Jenny]

Finished

A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
Level - Open, minimum three words:
AAs - One per word

24/24

#1. Booster

B -- Bring Me Flowers by D.K. Hood -- 5★ -- 31 May 2022
O -- Outback Roads: The Nanny by Annie Seaton -- AA -- 4★ -- 05/06/2022
O -- Out of Hand by A.L. Fraine -- 3★ -- 19/07/2022
S -- Snowy Ridge by Peter McKelvie -- AA 5★ -- 11/02/2022
T --Tropic Storm by Stella Quinn -- 3★ -- 03/07/2022
E -- Empty Heart by Elisabeth Rose -- AA -- 5★ -- 16/03/2022
R -- Running Blind by Gwen Hernandez -- 5★ -- 17 / 06 / 2022



#2. Doctor

D -- Deception Creek by Fleur McDonald -- AA -- 5★ -- 01/06/2022
O -- Osprey Reef by Annie Seaton -- AA-- 5★ -- 05/05/2022
C -- Clouds on the Horizon by Penelope Janu -- AA -- 5★ -- 04/03/2022
T -- Three Rivers by David Blake -- 5★ -- 10/04/2022
E -- Exit .45 by Ben Sanders -- 3★ -- 25/07/2022
R -- The Rock by L.J. Ross -- 5★ -- 23/07/2022
S -- Sacrifice by Jay Nadal -- 5★ -- 20/07/2022



#3. Fever

F -- Fear the Dark by Kay Hooper -- 5★ -- 01/04/2022
E -- Embers and Echoes by Daniel de Lorne -- AA -- 4★ -- 30/07/2022
V -- The Vet from Snowy River by Stella Quinn -- 5★ -- 01/06/2022
E -- Eve's Passion by Elisabeth Rose -- 5★ -- 15/07/2022
R -- Road to Rosalee by Mandy Magro -- AA -- 5★ -- 18/07/2022



#4. Speak

S -- Shooting Stars by Lissanne Jones -- AA -- 4★ -- 05/07/2022
P -- The Purple Hills by Alissa Callen -- AA -- 5★ -- 12/04/2022
E -- The Escape by Lisa Harris -- 3★ -- 29/07/2022
A -- Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor -- 3★ -- 15/04/2022
K -- The Killing Code by J.D. Kirk -- 5★ -- 07/06/2022

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jenny :) One thing - Doctors should have that second O, have you read another which will cover that one?

[Jenny]

Brenda wrote: "Well done Jenny :) One thing - Doctors should have that second O, have you read another which will cover that one?"

Ha Ha - I keep looking at my record until - 1.30 am today - to make sure everything was correct - still missed Doctors. Thanks, Brenda.