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I finished 4 words7/4 AA - One per word
19/19
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D ✔ Twisted Fates by Danielle Rollins Read 14/4. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E ✔ The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim Read 30/4. 4★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
L ✔ CSI Told You Lies by Meshel Laurie Read 19/5. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
T ✔ Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix Read 17/6. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
A ✔ All These Bodies by Kendare Blake Read 27/4. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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M ✔ Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Read 17/5. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A ✔ All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle Read 24/2. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
S ✔ Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Read 28/3. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
K ✔ You're Doing it Wrong by Kaz Cooke Read 15/2. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
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S ✔ How to Repaint a Life by Steven Herrick Read 2/5. 2★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
P ✔ The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley Read 14/6. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E ✔ Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History by Eliza Reilly Read 5/4. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
A ✔ Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee Read 24/3. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
K ✔ You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus Read 12/5. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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F ✔ Girls in Boys' Cars by Felicity Castagna Read 27/4. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
E ✔ The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen Read 3/7. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
V ✔ Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson Read 11/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E ✔ Family of Liars by E. Lockhart Read 31/7. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
R ✔ Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim Read 1/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
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Right down to the wire on this one. That is what happens when you choose a 1200 pg book for a reading challenge. Glad to have made it :-)F Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 5/2/2022
E Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 10/6/22
V Verity by Colleen Hoover
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 7/4/22
E An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 31/7/22
R Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4.5 Stars) - 27/5/22
M Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 22/3/2022
A Atonement by Ian McEwan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 16/4/22
S Suspect by Michael Robotham AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 31/5/22
K The King by J.R. Ward
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 28/6/22
O The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 4/4/22
U An Unusual Bride for the Beastly Duke by Emma Linfield
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2.5 Stars) - 30/6/22
T Tyed by L.J. Shen
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 3/6/22
B Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2.5 Stars) - 24/5/22
R The Rebel by Kendall Ryan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2 Stars) - 5/7/22
E The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 23/7/22
A All the Lies by S.T. Abby
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 11/2/2022
K A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 15/3/2022
S Sabriel by Garth Nix AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 23/3/2022
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Oops! I finished on the 23rd and posted my last book but forgot to post my whole list again. As usual, I changed some of my original choices.✔ MASK NOSE COVID 13/13
✔ M The Murder Rule by AA Dervla McTiernan 2022-02-25 4★
✔ A Take It Back by Kia Abdullah 2022-04-19 3★
✔ S The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk 2022-03-24 3.5★
✔ K The Green Mill Murder by AA Kerry Greenwood 2022-02-02 3.5~4★
✔ N The Maid by Nita Prose 2022-06-02 4★
✔ O One Last Child by AA Anni Taylor 2022-02-19 4★
✔ S Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart 2022-05-06 5★
✔ E Euphoria by Lily King 2022-06-24 5★
✔ C Where Serpents Sleep by C.S. Harris 2022-04-08 4.5★
✔ O Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy 2022-07-17 4.5★
✔ V Those Who Perish by AA Emma Viskic 2022-06-17 4.5~5★
✔ I The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 2022-03-15 5★
✔ D Kickback by AA Garry Disher 2022-05-11 4★
A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!Feb 1 -Jul 31, 2022
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P Pretty Little Fliers Erin Johnson 2/5 ★★★★★
A Arcane Rising Nicole R. Taylor AA 3/11 ★★★
R Roast Mortem Cleo Coyle 2/6 ★★★★
A Kakadu Sunset Annie Seaton AA 4/22 ★★★★
M Murder at the Mansions Sara Rosett 2/1 ★★★★★★
E Earthling Ambassador Liane Moriarty AA 2/5 ★★★★
D Death by Fountain: A Christmas Murder in Rome Jennifer S. Alderson 2/4 ★★★★
I Initials Only Anna Katharine Green ko 2/22 ★★★
C Chinatown Beat Henry Chang 2/5 ★★★
S Stolen Magic Marina Finlayson ko AA 6/4 ★★★★
L Little Girl Gone Amanda Stevens 2/13 ★★★
O Ocean of Fear Helen Hanson 2/5 ★★★★★
C The Chase Candice Fox AA 4/2 ★★★★
K Keep Calm & Kill the Chef Livia Day AA 2/3 ★★★
D The Dragon Man Garry Disher AA 6/4 ★★★★
O Opening Gambit Tilly Wallace 4/3 ★★★
W Written in Stone Ellery Adams 2/13 ★★★★
N Never Trust a Skinny Cupcake Baker Elaine Spaan 2/16 ★★★
H How the Light Gets In Louise Penny 2/15 ★★★★★
Y You Can Lead a Horse to Murder Tara Meyers 5/7 ★★★★★
G Flying Too High Kerry Greenwood AA 2/3 ★★★★
I The Invaders John Flanagan AA 4/1 ★★★★
E Explorer Academy: The Falcon's Feather Trudi Trueit 2/14 ★★★★
N Navigating the Stars Maria V. Snyder 6/13 ★★★★
E Everybody Lies L.J. Breedlove 2/5 ★★★★
T Twelve Angry Librarians Miranda James 2/6 ★★★★
O Ocean's Secret Demelza Carlton ko AA 7/1 ★★★
U Up to No Gouda Linda Reilly 2/2 ★★★★
C Crocodile Tears Alan Carter AA 3/20 ★★★★
H High Jinx Kelley Armstrong 3/3 ★★★★★
I Ice Cream and Incidents Agatha Frost 2/3 ★★★★
N Nothing to Fear Claire Boston 3/29 ★★★
G Grave Mistake Christine Pope 4/2 ★★★★
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I still have one left so since the challenge is over will just update when it's finished! Thanks x
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Eek! Just realised that I never came back at the end of July to confirm I'd finished! Here's Part 1: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
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AA: (at least one per word) Part 1: 16/16 Part 2: 11/11 TOTAL: 27/27
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And Part 2: 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
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Thanks Brenda - sorry for the oversight. I’ll go in and fix that when I’m at the P.C.
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Ah, all done! 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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✅ 🦘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)
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Kiitos, Danke, Tack så mycket, thanks!! Phrynne!
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Thank you thank you thank you Brenda! xx
LOL - I hadn't realised this challenge had finished until now - it slipped off my radar. Still a fun one even if I didn't complete it. :)
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You only have one book to go and it's a very good one. Let us know when you finish anyway 🙂
well, this would've been a good challenge to do during lockdown...
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What Phrynne said Kylie :)
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Yes it was!
As the saying goes 'better late than never'! LOL. And COVID still 'plaguing' us :(A Covid Challenge - let's make life fun again!!
Duration: 1/2/22 - 31/7/22 (6 months)
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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 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 -- 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. Doctors
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
O -- Outback Promises by Suzanne Brandyn -- AA -- 5★ -- 23/07/2022
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 -- AA -- 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