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**Summer Challenge: Favourite Things**
Brenda wrote: "Odette wrote: "Finished 2 more, 17/21Enjoy!
Completed**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: hard (6AA)
21/21
#1 Your favourite genre - Crime
a. The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry 2/1 3★ (AA)
b. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly 6/12 3.5★
c. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 12/12 4★
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors
a. Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 3/12 4★
b. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie 4/12 4★
c. Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist 22/12 4.5★ (AA)
#3 Your favourite colour cover - blue
a. Sheltered by Melody Horrill 7/12 5★ (AA)
b. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 23/12 3.5★
c. Take Two by Danielle Hawkins 23/1 4★
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting - Australia
a. The Wattle Seed Inn by Leonie Kelsall 10/12 4★ (AA)
b. Back on Track by Tricia Stringer 24/12 4★ (AA)
c. Two Weeks 'til Christmas by Laura Greaves 1/1 3★ (AA)
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period - Contemporary
a. A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff 27/12 4★
b. Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons 29/12 5★
c. Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton 5/1 3.5★ (AA)
#6 Takes place during your favourite season - Summer
a. Blob by Frieda Wishinsky 15/12 3★
b. Double Deceit by Allison Lane 30/12 2★
c. Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts 6/1 2★
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
a. O' Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2/12 2★ - on TBR 17/11/11
b. Night's Edge by Charlaine Harris, Maggie Shayne, Barbara Hambly 16/12 3★ - on TBR since 2007
c. Red Notice by Andy McNab 18/12 2.5★ - on TBR since 2020
Finished my 4th of this Challenge with:#1. Read a book from a favourite genre - Crime:-
Spring Tide by Cilla Börjlind
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Challenge Completed**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Hard
21/21
#1 Your favourite genre - Crime
Storm Child by Michael Robotham(AA) READ 8/12/24 4*
The Ledge by Christian White(AA) READ 22/1/25 3*
Out in Nowhere by Fleur McDonald(AA) READ 14/1/25 4*
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors - Barbara Freethy
All Your Loving by Barbara Freethy READ 5/12/24 4*
Before I Do by Barbara Freethy READ 9/12/24 3*
Falling Into You by Barbara Freethy READ 11/12/24 4*
#3 Your favourite colour cover - Blue
The Fallen Woman by Fiona McIntosh(AA) READ 5/1/25 4*
Outback Wind: The Jillaroo by Annie Seaton(AA) READ 18/1/25 3*
The Rivertown Vet by Jennifer Scoullar(AA) READ 19/1/25 4*
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting - Paris
Seven Nights in Paris by Tasmina Perry READ 27/12/24 4*
The Secret Photograph by Siobhan Curham READ 22/12/24 3*
Someday in Paris by Olivia Lara READ 10/1/25 2*
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period - Christmas
Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café by Jessica Redland READ 4/12/24 4*
The Christmas Cottage by Sarah Morgan READ 4/12/24 4*
Christmas by Candlelight by Karen Swan READ 21/12/24 4*
#6 Takes place during your favourite season - Summer
The Summer Swap by Sarah Morgan READ 1/1/25 4*
The Good Dog by Simon Rowell(AA) READ 8/1/25 4*
The Summer Skies by Jenny Colgan READ 25/12/24 3*
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
The Woman in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper(AA) READ 25/1/25 5*
Once Burnt, Twice Shy by Karly Lane(AA) READ 15/1/25 4*
A Scone to Die For by H.Y. Hanna READ 26/1/25 4*
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Easy challenge completed!**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25 December/January/February
Level: Easy
7 /7 ( 3 / 2AA)
Your favourite genre - Historical fiction
#1 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store-James McBride 5/12 4★
Written by one of your favourite authors
#2 Juice - Tim Winton (AA) 23/1 4.5★
Your favourite colour cover - Blue
#3 Funny Story - Emily Henry 12/12 4★
Your favourite place as the main setting - Australia
#4 Tipping Point - Dinuka McKenzie (AA) 26/1 3.75★
Takes place during your favourite time period - Christmas
#5 The Wake-Up Call-Beth O'Leary 20/12 3.5★
Takes place during your favourite season - Summer
#6 Bluebottle - Belinda Castles (AA) 16/1 3.5★
Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
#7 Pineapple Street - Jenny Jackson 5/1 4★
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Finished another book:#1 Your favourite genre: Literary Fiction
1. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood - Read 27 Jan - 3.5* - AA
A beautifully written book, but more contemplative compared to The Weekend which I have recently read. I found the Weekend more to my taste and could identify with the characters.
Last night, I finished my third book for #7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year, Play Dead by Angela Marsons. Thank you to all the mods for another amazing challenge, and below is my completed list:**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Hard
21/21
#1 Your favourite genre
Fantasy
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors
Jonathan Moeller / J.D. Robb / Amie Kaufman
#3 Your favourite colour cover
Blue
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting
The UK
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period
The Recent Past
#6 Takes place during your favourite season
Spring
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
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Finished two more, only one to go! #3 Your favourite colour cover - Green
Meowing for Murder by Sandra Baublitz - 3⭐️ - 19/1/25#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan - 4⭐️ - 31/1/25
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Read my favourite place as a main setting - a bookshop.The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward.
What a fun book. 4 1/2 stars My review is here
Only one more to go!#6 Takes place during your favourite season: Winter
1. Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten - Read 4 Feb - 4.5*
This was a great book to read whilst it was in the mid thirties degrees outside. Though winter in north west Sweden sounds brutal.
I really liked this book, but so far only two books in the series of five so far have been translated.
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Challenge Completed :)**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 8/2/25
Level: Hard
21/21
#1 Your favourite genre - Fantasy / Paranormal - Completed
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors - Keri Arthur - Completed
#3 Your favourite colour cover - Black - Completed
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting - Australia - Completed
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period - Completed
#6 Takes place during your favourite season - Completed
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year - Completed
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I've completed the challenge. Standout book was The Jigsaw ManLevel: Easy
0/7
#1 Your favourite genre Crime -
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors:
#3 Your favourite colour cover- Blue:
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting: The Netherlands -
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period - 19th century -
#6 Takes place during your favourite season - Autumn:
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year:
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Finished my 5th of this Challenge with:-#2. Written by one of your favourite authors:
Down Among the Dead by Damien Boyd
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Done**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: easy (2AA)
7/7
#1 Your favourite genre (speculative)
Lock In by John Scalzi
finished 28/12/24 ⭐4⭐
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors
Playground by Richard Powers
finished 20/12/24 ⭐4⭐
#3 Your favourite colour cover (pink)
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine🦘
finished 12/12/24 ⭐4⭐
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting (Japan)
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
finished 5/2/25 ⭐4⭐
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period (the 1990s)
I'll Come to You by Rebecca Kauffman
finished 8/1/25 ⭐4⭐
#6 Takes place during your favourite season (spring)
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
finished 23/1/25 ⭐3⭐
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year (favourite cover)
Weyward by Emilia Hart🦘
finished 2/2/25 ⭐4⭐
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All done!**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Hard - 6AA
21/21 Completed @ 05-FEB-2025
#1 Your favourite genre : Crime
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#2 Written by one of your favourite authors : J.D. Robb
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#3 Your favourite colour cover : Red & White (Liverpool!)
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#4 Your favourite place as the main setting : Australia
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Just finished my final book :)**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Easy
7/7
#1 Your favourite genre - Mystery/thriller
Wild Place by Christian White - AA Read 7th Dec 3 stars
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth - AA Read 8th Dec 4 1/2 stars
#3 Your favourite colour cover - blue
The Five Year Plan by Jodi Gibson - AA Read 19th January 3 1/2 stars
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting - a bookshop
The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward Read 2nd February 4 1/2 stars
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period - alternate/scifi space
Rules of Redemption by T.A. White Read 11th December 2 1/2 stars
#6 Takes place during your favourite season - Christmas
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Read 27th December 5 out of 5
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
Bridge Burning and Other Hobbies by Kitty Flanagan AA Read 8th February 5 out of 5
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The latest J.D. Robb and Louise Penny? I think I probably will!
Brenda wrote: "Oh well done! I haven't picked up Bonded in Death yet, but will soon :)"I need to catch up, my next is number 53!
Done!Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Medium
14/14 AA 4/4
#1 Your favourite genre--Crime
a. Blood Sinister by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 19/12/24 4 stars
b. Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry 21/12/24 4 stars
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors
a. Storm Child by Michael Robotham AA 3/12/24 4 stars
b. The Waiting by Michael Connelly 27/12/24 4 stars
#3 Your favourite colour cover - Green
a. An Unholy Alliance by Kate Hamilton AA 2/2/25 2 stars
b. The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett 25/1/25 4 stars
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting - Australia
a.The Weekend by Charlotte Wood AA 7/12/24 3 stars
b. The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott AA 18/1/25 4 stars
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period-- Historical
a. I, Claudius by Robert Graves 6/12/24 5 stars
b.The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 24/12/24 4 stars
#6 Takes place during your favourite season --Summer
a. Liza of Lambeth by W. Somerset Maugham 3/2/25 4 stars
b. Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland 9/2/25 3 stars
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
a. Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow by E.L. Doctorow 5/2/25 4 stars
b. Something of Value by Robert Ruark 13/1/25 4 stars
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I need to catch up, my next is number 53!"
You have quite a few ahead of you Steve!
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Challenge complete! 🥳📚Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Easy
7/7
#1 Your favourite genre - Mystery
A Body in 3B by Eryn Scott
- 4⭐️ - 30/12/25#2 Written by one of your favourite authors - J.D. Robb
Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb
- 5⭐️ - 9/2/25#3 Your favourite colour cover - Green
Meowing for Murder by Sandra Baublitz
- 3⭐️ - 19/1/25#4 Your favourite place as the main setting - Australia
The Final Siren by Nicki Edwards AA🇦🇺
- 4⭐️ - 2/12/24#5 Takes place during your favourite time period - Olden days
Dead Man's Chest by Kerry Greenwood AA🇦🇺
- 4⭐️ - 18/12/24#6 Takes place during your favourite season - Spring
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris
- 4⭐️ - 16/1/25#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan
- 4⭐️ - 31/1/25
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Finished**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Hard
21/21
#1 Your favourite genre: Literary Fiction
1. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood Read 27 Jan - 3.5* - AA
2. The Weekend by Charlotte Wood - Read 31 Dec - 5* - AA
3. The Echoes by Evie Wyld - Read 10 Dec - 4*
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors:
1. The Women by Kristin Hannah - Read 23 Jan - 5*
2. A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths - Read 9 Jan - 4*
3. Psykhe by Kate Forsyth - Read 27 Dec - 4* - AA
#3 Your favourite colour cover: Purple
1. The Ledge by Christian White - Read 8 Feb - 3* - AA
2. To the River by Vikki Wakefield - Read 11 Jan - 3.5* - AA
3. The Time of Thunder by Greg Barron - Read 6 Dec - 4* AA
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting: Australia
1. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth - Read 5 Dec - 5* - AA
2 The Good Teacher by Petronella McGovern - Read 5 Jan - 4* - AA
3. Opal by Patricia Wolf - Read 7 Dec - 5* - AA
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period: Present/Recent Past
1. The River Seine Killings by Simon McCleave - Read 23 Jan - 3.5*
2. The House of Lost Secrets by Anstey Harris - Read 8 Jan - 5*
3. Matterhorn by Christopher Reich - Read 29 Dec - 4*
#6 Takes place during your favourite season: Winter
1. Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten - Read 4 Feb - 4.5
2. Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates - Read 30 Jan - 4* - AA
3. Deadman's Track by Sarah Barrie - Read 12 Dec - 2.5* - AA
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
1. The Chasm by Bronwyn Hall - Read 31 Dec - 4* - AA
This book has been on my TB list since July 2023. I recently read Gone to Ground and was looking forward to reading Bronwyn Hall's other book.
2. Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart - Read 28 Dec - 4.5* - AA
(This book has been on my TBR list since Oct 2020. Having read other books by this author, I have been looking forward to starting this series for a while.)
3. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell - Read 21 Dec - 5*
(This book has been on my tbr list since July 2023. I read an earlier book by this author and looked forward to reading more)
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Thanks, Brenda!I enjoyed this challenge and read some good books.
**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Easy
7/7 at least 2AA
#1 Your favourite genre
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors
#3 Your favourite colour cover
#4 Your favourite place as the main setting
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period
#6 Takes place during your favourite season
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
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Finished. Even though I picked easy I found this hard....I think I don't have favourites! I have lots of many likes so I struggled with what's my favourite.
**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Easy (min 2 AAs) = 7 books
7/7
3/2 AA
#1 Your favourite genre - going romance as Goodreads tells me it's one I've read a lot of in 2024
In the Likely Event - finished 20/12/2024
#2 Written by one of your favourite authors
All Downhill From Here: A forced proximity, small town romcom - finished 9/12/2024
#3 Your favourite colour cover - green
- finished 24/1/2025#4 Your favourite place as the main setting - Australia
Wings Above the Mallee - finished 8/1/2025 - AA
#5 Takes place during your favourite time period - dual timeline
Where the Birds Call Her Name - finished 10/2/2025 - AA
#6 Takes place during your favourite season -summer - Christmas holidays!
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store - finished 26/1/2025
#7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
The Fifth Letter - finished 27/1/2025 - AA
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Bring on autumn 🍂. Thanks for another fun challenge.**Summer 2024/2025 Challenge - My Favourite Things**
Duration: 1/12/24 - 28/2/25
Level: Medium
14/14
Completed 16th February
✔️ #1 Your favourite genre - mystery
a. Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie *AA* - 02/12 - 4★
b. Ripper by Shelley Burr *AA* - 01/02 - 4★
✔️ #2 Written by one of your favourite authors
a. Smoke and Whispers by Mick Herron - 28/01 - 4★
b. Dusk by Robbie Arnott *AA* - 02/01 - 5★
✔️ #3 Your favourite colour cover - Blue
a. The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose - 09/02 - 4★
b. Murder by Invitation by Verity Bright - 01/01 - 3.5★
✔️ #4 Your favourite place as the main setting - Remote Outdoors/Outback
a. Opal by Patricia Wolf *AA* - 17/01 - 4★
b. The Wilds by Sarah Pearse - 31/01 - 4★
✔️ #5 Takes place during your favourite time period - post WWI and pre WWII
a. Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee - 05/02 - 4.5★
b. A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear - 14/12 - 5★
✔️ #6 Takes place during your favourite season - Spring
a. The Truth-Seeker's Wife by Ann Granger - 27/12 - 5★
b. Death of a Penniless Poet by Karen Baugh Menuhin - 21/01 - 4★
✔️ #7 Read a favourite of your choice, that has been on your TBR for at least a year
a. Horse by Geraldine Brooks *AA* - 13/01 - 5★
b. Six Motives for Murder by Frances Brody - 16/02 - 4★
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#2 Written by one of your favourite authors:
1. The Women by Kristin Hannah - Read 23 Jan - 5*
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