Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books

[Helen]

Brenda wrote: "Well done Helen :)"

Thanks Brenda :)

[Tr1sha]

I finished my February book (message #24):
The Feather and the Stone, Patricia Shaw, 2/6/23, 5*, AA

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Trisha :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished February

Finding Refuge in Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen 5★s
Death by a Cornish Cove by Fliss Chester 3★s

[Catsalive]

February

Fallout by Paul Thomas 10/2 4★
On the Straight and Narrow by Faith Martin 2/2 4★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Kylie!

[Jenn]

February
Title The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris by Daisy Wood 4 stars 7/2/23
Author Broad River Station by Fleur McDonald AA 4 stars 13/2/23

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Jenn!!

[Trish]

February choices finished!

✔Book - The Five Year Plan by Jodi Gibson AA....3.5* 15/02/23
✔Author - Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald AA....3.5* 09/02/23

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great job Trish!

[Trish]

Brenda wrote: "Great job Trish!"

Thank you Brenda -:)

[Jenny]

Finished February

My review of


Falling by Calle J. Brookes -- 5★ -- 11/02/2023

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jenny!

[Jazzy]

February smashed!
✅ February : 🦘The French Photographer (2019) - Natasha Lester AA 19/2/23 5★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jazzy! Glad you loved that one :)

[Jacinta]

February reads done.... February
Title: Robbie Arnott - Flames 4* 18/2
Author: Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment 3.8* 11/2

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jacinta :)

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Ended up reading Fool's Gold by Fleur McDonald for my February read.

Wasn't really a huge fan. 2 out of 5 My review is here

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done on your February out of the way Lee :)

[Kim]

Finished my February read with:-

The Fireman by Joe Hill

Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Meg]

Just in time....
A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill AA finished 19/2/23 3⭐

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney finished 26/2/23 3⭐

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Kim and Meg!

[Helen]

I have finished my March read :)

Maggie by Catherine Johns

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Helen!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I thought the book wasn't linked Helen, but I see it is by your review :)

[Helen]

Brenda wrote: "I thought the book wasn't linked Helen, but I see it is by your review :)"

Yes, I can't find it when doing it the normal way I put the title in and 100 pages of them come up and I can't find it in there and if I go via the author name I can't pick Catherine Jones up to search :(

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'll tell you a way to do it. Seeing as it's beside your review, click on the cover pic, then use the ISBN/ASIN which is showing for the book, and search that way :) This new system makes it all that much more work!

[Helen]

Thanks I will have a go at that later

[Jane]

Coincidently I finished both my March books on the same day.
The better one was Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 5* - highly recommended.

The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean 4* was a well paced thriller but followed the authors fairly standard set-up to a tee!

[Trish]

My March books read 😊


✔BOOK - Midwife on the Orient Express: A Christmas Miracle by Fiona McArthur AA....3* 04/03/23
✔AUTHOR - Lily Malone -The Vet's Country Holiday AA....3.5* 07/03/23

[Christine]

Lee at ReadWriteWish wrote: "Ended up reading Fool's Gold by Fleur McDonald for my February read.

Wasn't really a huge fan. 2 out of 5 My review is here

"

Wasn't there a movie with the same title?

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Wasn't there a movie with the same title?

Yeah, silly thing with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.

The title would be pretty common though; I had to add the author's name when I searched on the book to add it to this thread after all.

Anything with 'gold' in the title would have worked though. The setting, in a gold field with 'gold police', was probably the best thing about the book.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Jane and Trish :)

[Trish]

Brenda wrote: "Well done Jane and Trish :)"

Thank you Brenda, finished my 2 choices nice and early for a change 😉

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good on you! I haven't started them yet :(

[Denise MF]

completed 3 more

✔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*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good on you Denise - catching up :)

[Lee at ReadWriteWish]

Finished my March book

The Midnight News by Jo Baker

4 stars My review is here

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good work Lee :)

[Jacinta]

March reading done!

Title: Migrations - Charlotte McConaghy (AA) 4/3 4*
Author: The Joy and Light Bus Company - Alexander McCall Smith 9/3 4*

[Jill]

An overseas trip got in the way of my February Reading.

Now caught up and back on track for March.

February Author The Unheard Nicci French
February Title F is for Fugitive Sue Grafton

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Jacinta and Jill :)

[Meg]

MARCH done

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell finished 6/3/23 5⭐
Lexicon by Max Barry AA finished 12/3/23 4⭐

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Meg!

[Kim]

Completed my March read with:-

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Rated this one as 3* (6.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Kim!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I've completed March

The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia 4★s 15/3/23
Murder in the Village by Faith Martin 5★s 10/3/23

[Meg]

Well done Brenda!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thank you Meg :)

[Catsalive]

March

Memory Zero by Keri Arthur 19/3 3.5★ (AA)
The Doctor's Gift by Fiona McArthur 6/3 3.5★ (AA)