Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Denise MF wrote: "December completed
I have missed one for November, I may try & read one for Titles in the next 2 wks, even though its late ?

✔December - Sandie Docker - [book:The Redgum River Re..."

That's fine Denise! If you can do that, you'll get your completion tick :)

[Denise MF]

thanks Brenda
I wasn't sure if late readings counted, so good I'll get onto one

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes that's fine - it's read in the year. You just can't read ahead - for example, read a November in July :)

[Gavin]

WOW! I actually finished the challenge. It was fun! I think I'll do it again next year. Congrats everyone & Happy Reading.

Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 12/12 (Easy)

✔️January: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne | Jan 02 ★★★★
✔️February: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson | Feb 24 ★★★
✔️March: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl | Mar 02 ★★★★★
✔️April: Amnesty by Aravind Adiga AA | Apr 26 ★★★
✔️May: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway | May 13 ★★★★
✔️June: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | Jun 18 ★★★
✔️July: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach | Jul 22 ★★
✔️August: Agostino by Alberto Moravia | Aug 26 ★★★★★
✔️September: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams | Sep 30 ★★★★
✔️October: One Hundred Days by Alice Pung AA | Oct 31 ★★
✔️November: No One by John Hughes AA | Nov 06 ★★★
✔️December: The Dark Side of the Earth by Alfred Bester | Dec 17 ★★★

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Well done Gavin!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great job Gavin!!

[Jane]

And my final Annual Challenge for 2023 bites the dust. On to 2024!

Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard - 6AA
Progress : 24/24 Completed 19-DEC-2023

Titles:
January: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 01-JAN-2023 5*
February: Flame Tree Hill by Mandy Magro AA 09-FEB-2023 4*
March: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 07-MAR-2023 5*
April: The Art of Deception by Nora Roberts 02-APR-2023 3*
May: Maskerade by Terry Pratchett 14-MAY-2023 4*
June: Jillaroo from Jacaranda by Mandy Magro AA 09-JUN-2023 3*
July: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 07-JUL-2023 4*
August: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 20-AUG-2023 5*
September: Standing in the Shadows by Peter Robinson 10-SEP-2023 4*
October: One Exquisite Touch by Lauren Blakely 09-OCT-2023 4*
November: Now Let's Dance by Karine Lambert 04-NOV-2023 3*
December: Dead Wrong by J.A. Jance 08-DEC-2023 4*


Authors :
January: Exiles by Jane Harper AA 01-JAN-2023 5*
February: Hands Down by Felix Francis 03-FEB-2023 4*
March: The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean 07-MAR-2023 4*
April: East of Alice by Annie Seaton AA 06-APR-2023 4*
May: The Liars by Petronella McGovern AA 05-MAY-2023 4*
June: Rattlesnake Crossing by J.A. Jance 02-JUN-2023 4*
July: Outlaw Mountain by J.A. Jance 06-JUL-2023 4*
August: Outback Dawn: The Visitor by Annie Seaton AA 15-AUG-2023 3*
September: The Vet from Snowy River by Stella Quinn AA 13-SEP-2023 4*
October: The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 13-OCT-2023 5*
November: This Magic Moment by Nora Roberts 17-NOV-2023 3*
December: The Forgottenby David Baldacci 19-DEC-2023 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jane!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Great work Jane!

[Elisabeth]

Done!
nnual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 24/24 9/6 AA

January
Title
The Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse 6/1/23 3 stars
Author
John Grisham--The Testament 5/1/23 4 stars


February
Title
Fatherland by Robert Harris 3/2/23 4 stars
Author
Miles Franklin--My Brilliant Career AA 5/2/23 4 stars


March
Title
The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie 8/3/23 4 stars
Author
Petronella McGovern--The Liars AA 3/3/23 3 stars


April
Title
Arcadia by Di Morrissey AA 5/4/23 3 Stars
Author
Aoife Clifford --Second Sight AA 17/4/23 4 stars


May
Title
More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh 3/5/23 4 stars
Author
Matthew Reilly-- Area 7 AA 5/5/23 3 stars


June
Title
Julius by Daphne du Maurier 19/6/23 3 stars
Author
James Joyce--A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 5/6/23 2 stars


July
Title
Judge's Girls by Sharina Harris 10/7/23 4 stars
Author
Jeffrey Smart--Not quite straight: a memoir AA 3/7/23 3 stars


August
Title
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 10/8/23 4 stars
Author
Mitch Albom-- The Five People You Meet in Heaven 19/8/23 3 stars


September
Title
Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart AA 7/9/23 5 stars
Author
Shayne Collier--Return to Desiree Bay AA 4/9/23 4 stars


October
Title
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng 14/10/23 3 stars
Author
Richard Osman--The Bullet That Missed 11/10/23 4 stars


November
Title
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 13/11/23 4 stars
Author
Barbara Nadel--River of the Dead 20/11/23 3 stars


December
Title
Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942 by Richard Brautigan 2/12/23 4 stars
Author
Garry Disher -- The Way It Is Now AA 20/12/23

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Elisabeth!!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Great work Elisabeth

[Elisabeth]

Thanks for all your work putting these things together for us. I'm such a sucker for the challenges.
Happy holidays.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Elisabeth!! And to you and yours :)

[Denise MF]

Finished with a late book for November

Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books -
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 24/24

Updated my level to hard

✔January - Jodi Picoult - Wish You Were Here - 4/1/23 4*
✔Just an Ordinary Family by Fiona Lowe - 27/1/23 5* loved this one

✔February - Fiona McIntosh AA - The Last Dance - 23/2/23 4*
✔The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah - 8/2/23 5* I loved this one

✔March Kerry McGinnis AA - Gathering Storms - 3/3/23 4*
✔Title - Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan - ebook 10/3/23 4*

✔April - Averil Kenny - The Girls of Lake Evelyn - 23/4/23 4.5*
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - did not finish
✔All That is Lost Between Us by Sara Foster - 17/4/23 4*

✔May - Kate Morton AA - Homecoming - 21/5/23 5* ++++ my favourite book this year
✔Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult - 6/5/23 3.5- 4*

✔June - Julia Quinn - It's In His Kiss - 4/6/23 5*
✔The Juliet Code by Christine Wells - 16/6/23 3.5*

✔July - Jojo Moyes - Someone Else's Shoes - 9/7/23 4* audiobook
✔Just One Look by Harlan Coben - 6/7/23 4* audiobook

✔August - Belinda Alexandra - The French Agent - 17/8/23 4*
✔All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque - 30/8/23 4*

✔September -Karen Swan The Christmas Postcards - 6/9/23 3*
✔Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern - 24/9/23 3*

✔October - Richard Osman - The Thursday Murder Club - 30/10/23 3.5*
✔On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn - 13/10/23 4*

✔November - Nora Roberts - Identity - 7/11/23 - 5*
✔No Safe Secret by Fern Michaels - read late 26/12/23 4*

✔December - Sandie Docker - The Redgum River Retreat - 7/12/23 - 5*
✔The Desert Midwife by Fiona McArthur - 16/12/23 - 3*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Denise!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Great work Denise:)

[TheMadHatter]

Done. Struggled with some of these reads...but you go into every book expecting magic :-)

January
Title: Juniper Hill by Devney Perry
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 9/1/23
Author: Tate James's Hate
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (1 Star) - 14/1/23



February
Title: Frantic by Katherine Howell AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 4/2/23
Author: Sarah Fine's Sanctum
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 18/2/23



March
Title: Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 29/3/23
Author: Melina Marchetta's The Place on Dalhousie AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 Stars) - 27/3/23



April
Title: Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 15/4/23
Author: Allison Butler's The Protector AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 7/4/23



May
Title: Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 28/5/23
Author: Matthew Reilly's The Six Sacred Stones AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 10/5/23



June
Title: Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 24/6/23
Author: J.D. Robb's Immortal in Death
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 16/6/23



July
Title: Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 15/7/23
Author: J.R. Ward's The Shadows
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 30/7/23



August
Title: Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 14/8/23
Author: Agatha Christie's Dumb Witness
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 19/8/23



September
Title: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 20/9/23
Author: T.L. Swan's The Takeover AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 9/9/23



October
Title: The Other Wife by Michael Robotham AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 24/10/23
Author: C.M. Owens's Gifted Curse
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2 Stars) - 18/10/23



November
Title: The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting by Tom Standage
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 23/11/23
Author: Nora Roberts's The Next Always
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 26/11/23



December
Title: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 29/12/23
Author: Douglas Adams's Mostly Harmless
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 28/12/23

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done MH!!

[Sarah]

All done! Thanks for another fun annual challenge, but I won't miss having to find "J" titles this year!

Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard
Progress: 24/24 AA: 9/9 (min 6)

January:
Author: Exiles by Jane Harper AA (14/1) 4.5*
Title: Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay (6/2) 4*

February:
Author: A Cornish Recipe for Murder by Fiona Leitch (11/2) 4.5*
Title: Freeze by Kate Simants (20/1) 3.5*

March:
Author: With love from Wish & Co. by Minnie Darke AA (16/3) 4.5*
Title: The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray (21/3) 4.5*

April:
Author: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (21/4) 4*
Title: The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell AA (25/4) 4*

May:
Author: The Pier by Matt Brolly (30/5) 4*
Title: The Manuscript by Lucy Bloom AA (28/5) 4*

June:
Author: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett (28/6) 4*
Title: Jane and the Stillroom Maid by Stephanie Barron (4/6) 5*

July:
Author: Murder in Merrywell by Jane Bettany (5/8) 4*
Title: Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron (31/7) 4*

August:
Author: The Running Club by Ali Lowe AA (20/8) 4*
Title: After You Were Gone by Vikki Wakefield AA (21/8) 4*

September:
Author: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (17/9) 5*
Title: Spare by Prince Harry (8/9) 4*

October:
Author: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (31/10) 5*
Title: On Violence by Natasha Stott Despoja AA (23/10) 5*

November:
Author: Shot With Crimson by Nicola Upson (13/11) 5*
Title: The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson (20/11) 4*

December:
Author: Mole Creek by James Dunbar AA (27/12) 4*
Title: The Deep by Kyle Perry AA (30/12) 4*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Sarah!