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Brenda wrote: "Well done Helen!!"Thanks Brenda :)
Finished with a few days to spare :-)TASKS
#1. After starting out as a corporate lawyer, Sulari began writing historical crime mysteries, and so the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries came into being. Read a book which is an historical mystery
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 6/4/22
#2. Sulari lives in country NSW in a small town called Batlow. She grows French Black Truffles and owns a dog which can sniff out truffles. Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 27/4/22
#3. Sulari's first novel was published in 2010 and her 1930s Australian gentleman artist is continuing to be popular. Read a book by a Australian female author
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5++ Stars) - 23/4/2022
#4. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Best First Book. She won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, was shortlisted in 2013 Davitt Award, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, 2012 Boroondara Literary Award, and the 2013 Scarlett Stiletto Award. She was offered a Varuna Fellowship in 2010. Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award
Atonement by Ian McEwan (shortlisted for numerous awards including 2001 Booker Prize)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 16/4/22
BONUS: Read a book by Sulari Gentill
Chasing Odysseus
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 5/4/22
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Finished ... phew ... a couple of the reads slowed me down, but got here in the end. :-)TASKS: #1. Read a book featuring a lawyer
Finished: 27/04
Stars: 3
#2. Read a book set in NSW
Finished: 5/04
Stars: 3
#3. Read a book by an Australian female author
Finished: 15/04
Stars: 2
#4. Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award Shortlisted for Stella Prize 2021
Finished: 8/04
Stars: 4
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Completed and two 5 stars this month! A Gentleman in Moscow and The Christie Affair, fantastic.April 2022 Featured Author - Sulari Gentill
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: Easy
5/5
TASKS:
To complete the task section, read a book that fits each of the items listed below.
#1. After starting out as a corporate lawyer, Sulari began writing historical crime mysteries, and so the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries came into being.
**Read a book which is an historical mystery
#2. Sulari lives in country NSW in a small town called Batlow. She grows French Black Truffles and owns a dog which can sniff out truffles.
**Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES
#3. Sulari's first novel was published in 2010 and her 1930s Australian gentleman artist is continuing to be popular
**Read a book published after 2010
#4. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Best First Book. She won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, was shortlisted in 2013 Davitt Award, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, 2012 Boroondara Literary Award, and the 2013 Scarlett Stiletto Award. She was offered a Varuna Fellowship in 2010.
**Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award
Happy to be joining others who have already finished the April challenge..congratulations 👏 Thank you for another great challenge.April 2022 Featured Author - Sulari Gentill
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: Hard 9/9 AA 6/6
TASKS:
To complete the task section, read a book that fits each of the items listed below.
✔#1. After starting out as a corporate lawyer, Sulari began writing historical crime mysteries, and so the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries came into being.
**Read a book which is an historical mystery OR
➡️**Read a book featuring a lawyer
Noah's Law by Randa Abdel-Fattah AA....3* 25/04/22
✔#2. Sulari lives in country NSW in a small town called Batlow. She grows French Black Truffles and owns a dog which can sniff out truffles.
**Read a book set in NSW OR
➡️**Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES
After Story by Larissa Behrendt AA....4* 28/04/22
✔#3. Sulari's first novel was published in 2010 and her 1930s Australian gentleman artist is continuing to be popular
**Read a book published after 2010 OR
➡️**Read a book by a Australian female author
Small Town Nightmare by Anna Willett AA....3.5* 07/04/22
✔#4. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Best First Book. She won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, was shortlisted in 2013 Davitt Award, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, 2012 Boroondara Literary Award, and the 2013 Scarlett Stiletto Award. She was offered a Varuna Fellowship in 2010.
➡️**Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award..shortlisted for Vic Premier Lit. Awards 2022
The Dogs by John Hughes AA....3.5* 12/04/22
OR
**Read a book which has a 2, 0, 1 or 3 in the page count.
SPELL OUT
✔C - Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves....4* 21/04/22
✔R - How to Be Sad: Everything I've Learned About Getting Happier, by Being Sad, Better by Helen Russell....3.5* 24/04/22
✔I - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer....4* 16/04/22
✔M - We Were Not Men by Campbell Mattinson AA....3.5* 13/04/22
✔E - The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden AA....4* 22/04/22
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Brenda wrote: "Well done Fi and Trish!!"Thank you Brenda 😊
Another great challenge - thanks Brenda.April 2022 Featured Author - Sulari Gentill
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: Hard
10/ 10
Completed 29th April
TASKS:
✅ #1. Read a book which is an historical mystery
A Snapshot of Murder by Frances Brody 09/04 ★★★★☆
✅ #2. Read a book set in NSW
Walking by Kim Kelly *AA* 29/04 ★★★★★
✅ #3. Read a book by a Australian female author
Digging Up Dirt by Pamela Hart *AA* 21/04 ★★★★
✅ #4. Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award.
Nest by Inga Simpson *AA* (Stella Prize long list 2015) 06/04 ★★★★☆
✅ BONUS: Read a book by Sulari Gentill
A Dangerous Language *AA* 12/04 ★★★★
SPELL OUT:
✅ C - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy *AA* 17/04 ★★★★★
✅ R -Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan 06/04 ★★★★
✅ I - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 02/04 ★★★★
✅ M - Murder Makes Waves by Anne George 04/04 ★★★★
✅ E - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 23/04 ★★★★
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Brenda wrote: "Congrats Mari!"Thanks Brenda - these monthly author challenges are wonderful 👍.
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Complete - but only because I had to switch from Hard to Easy. Have had my elderly mother visiting which has severely curtailed my reading time, though I do not resent this! Might have to do the same for May...April Featured Author - Sulari Gentill
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: Easy
4/4 2AA
TASKS:
✔︎#1. After starting out as a corporate lawyer, Sulari began writing historical crime mysteries, and so the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries came into being.
**Read a book which is an historical mystery Trick or Treat by Kerry Greenwood AA 9/4 3★
✔︎#2. Sulari lives in country NSW in a small town called Batlow. She grows French Black Truffles and owns a dog which can sniff out truffles.
**Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh 19/4 5★
✔︎#3. Sulari's first novel was published in 2010 and her 1930s Australian gentleman artist is continuing to be popular
**Read a book by a Australian female author Devotion by Hannah Kent AA 7/4 5★
✔︎#4. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Best First Book. She won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, was shortlisted in 2013 Davitt Award, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, 2012 Boroondara Literary Award, and the 2013 Scarlett Stiletto Award. She was offered a Varuna Fellowship in 2010.
**Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo 29/4 5★
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Another challenge completed and another new author discovered.April 2022 Featured Author - Sulari Gentill
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: Easy
5/5
TASKS:
#1. After starting out as a corporate lawyer, Sulari began writing historical crime mysteries, and so the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries came into being.
Read a book featuring a lawyer
#2. Sulari lives in country NSW in a small town called Batlow. She grows French Black Truffles and owns a dog which can sniff out truffles.
Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES -
#3. Sulari's first novel was published in 2010 and her 1930s Australian gentleman artist is continuing to be popular
Read a book by a Australian female author
#4. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Best First Book. She won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, was shortlisted in 2013 Davitt Award, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, 2012 Boroondara Literary Award, and the 2013 Scarlett Stiletto Award. She was offered a Varuna Fellowship in 2010.
Read a book which has a 2, 0, 1 or 3 in the page count.
BONUS: Read a book by Sulari Gentill -
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Hooray! Finished the April 22 Challenge.AR Monthly Challenge - April 2022
Duration: 01/04/22 - 30/04/22
Level: EASY, i.e. TASKS - 4 books including 1 AA
Progress: 4/4
✔ 1. Read a book which is an historical mystery OR Read a book featuring a lawyer.
A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill (AA) 1.5★s (19/04/22)
✔ 2. Read a book set in NSW OR Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES
Still Life by Sarah Winman 4★s (30/04/22)
✔ 3. Read a book published after 2010 OR Read a book by a Australian female author
The Dig Tree: Text Classics: The Story of Burke and Wills by Sarah Murgatroyd (AA) 4.5★s (10/04/22)
✔ 4. Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award OR Read a book which has a 2, 0, 1 or 3 in the page count.
The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver 399pp 3.5★s (16/04/22)
Challenge completed :)April 2022 Featured Author - Sulari Gentill
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: EASY - Tasks (minimum 1 AA)
4/4
#1. Read a book which is an historical mystery
The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood AA 3★ 30/4/2022
#2. Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES
The Secret History by Donna Tartt 5★ 11/4/2022
#3. Read a book published after 2010 (2017)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 4★ 11/4/2022
#4. Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award (Pulitzer prize 2009)
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 5★ 19/4/2022
All finished, late last night! (nothing like a deadline). Thanks moderators for another great challenge - April was my best reading month for 2022 so far - lots of interesting new reads, some surprises and a few I'd been meaning to get to for ages!Aussie Readers' April 2022 Challenge
Featured Author - Sulari Gentill
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: Hard
Progress: 12/12 AA: 5/5
TASKS:
1. Read a book featuring a lawyer
2. Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES
3. Read a book by a Australian female author
4. Read a book which has a 2, 0, 1 or 3 in the page count.
BONUS: Read a book by Sulari Gentill:
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I wasn't able to finish my books, but I have started reading them all and will let you know when they are finally done!
Didnt quite get this one finished in timeEASY - Tasks (minimum 1 AA)
#1. After starting out as a corporate lawyer, Sulari began writing historical crime mysteries, and so the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries came into being.
**Read a book which is an historical mystery
Heartstone by C.J. Sansom - Still reading
#2. Sulari lives in country NSW in a small town called Batlow. She grows French Black Truffles and owns a dog which can sniff out truffles.
**Read a book set in NSW
#3. Sulari's first novel was published in 2010 and her 1930s Australian gentleman artist is continuing to be popular
**Read a book published after 2010
#4. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Best First Book. She won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, was shortlisted in 2013 Davitt Award, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, 2012 Boroondara Literary Award, and the 2013 Scarlett Stiletto Award. She was offered a Varuna Fellowship in 2010.
**Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award
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All Done#1. Read a book featuring a lawyer
Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill AA 4 ⭐ 05/04/22
#2. Read a book set in NSW OR
**Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be spelled in FRENCH BLACK TRUFFLES
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud 4⭐ 24/04/22
#3. Read a book by a Australian female author Suitcase of Dreams by Tania Blanchard AA 4⭐ 30/04/22
#4. Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award
Still Life by Sarah Winman 5 ⭐ 19/04/22
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A little late but all finished. EASY 4/4 AA 1/1 ✅ 1. Historical Mystery - Nine Lessons - Nicola Upson - 24 Apr 2022 - ★★★★
✅ 2. Set in NSW - Give the Devil His Due - Sulari Gentill - 25 Apr 2022 - ★★★★
✅ 3. Published after 2010 - Kingdom of the Blind - Louise Penny - 2018 - 6/5/2022 - ★★★★
✅ 4. 2013 in page numbers - The Alice Network - Kate Quinn - 503 pages - 16 Apr 2022 - ★★★★
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All done :)April 2022 Featured Author - Sulari Gentill 🦘
Duration: 1/4/22 - 30/4/22
Level: EASY + BONUS
5/5
TASKS:
To complete the task section, read a book that fits each of the items listed below.
✅ #1. After starting out as a corporate lawyer, Sulari began writing historical crime mysteries, and so the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries came into being.
**Read a book which is a historical mystery
The Christie Affair (2022) - Nina de Gramont AA 1/5/22 5 ★
✅ #2. Sulari lives in country NSW in a small town called Batlow. She grows French Black Truffles and owns a dog which can sniff out truffles.
**Read a book set in NSW
The Excluded Exile (2017) - Frank W. Butterfield 16/5/22 - 4 ★
✅ 🦘 #3. Sulari's first novel was published in 2010 and her 1930s Australian gentleman artist is continuing to be popular
**Read a book by a Australian female author
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (2018) - Anita Heiss AA 16/5/22 - 5 ★
✅ #4. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Best First Book. She won the 2012 Davitt Award for Crime Fiction, was shortlisted in 2013 Davitt Award, the NSW Genre Fiction Award, 2012 Boroondara Literary Award, and the 2013 Scarlett Stiletto Award. She was offered a Varuna Fellowship in 2010.
**Read a book which has won or been shortlisted for an award
Missing Person (1978) Winner of the Prix Goncourt - Patrick Modiano Nobel Laureate 4/5/22 5 ★
✅ 🦘 BONUS: Read a book by Sulari Gentill
A Few Right Thinking Men (2016) - Sulari Gentill AA 3/5/22 5 ★
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Brenda wrote: "Great work Jazzy!"Thank you Brenda! Now I also have a new favourite author :)
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