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A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25

A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Over the Top
21/21 AA 11/6
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A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Over the top! - 20+ books (min 6 AAs)
22/22 ( 6 AAs)
C - Scrublands by Chris Hammer AA ✅ 4* (11/4)
O - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn ✅ 4* (20/6)
L - Her Dying Secret by Lisa Regan ✅ 4* (16/5)
D - The Fireground by Dervla McTiernan AA ✅ 4* (24/5)
E - The Echo Man by Sam Holland ✅ 2* (9/5)
R - The Wedding Party by Rebecca Heath AA ✅ 3* (21/5)






J - The Ex-Wife by Jess Ryder ✅ 3* (18/4)
A - Alien vs. Predator: Armageddon by Tim Lebbon ✅ 2* (26/4)
C - Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger ✅ 2* (3/4)
A - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie ✅ 3* (2/4)
R - Blaze by Richard Bachman ✅ 3* (11/4)
A - Hidden Creed by Alex Kava ✅ 4* (5/4)
N - Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben ✅ 5* (7/5)
D - Down the Track by Stella Quinn AA ✅ 2* (23/4)
A - A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo ✅ 5* (28/4)









V - The Valley of Lost Children by David Barbur ✅ 4* (21/4)
I - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy ✅ 4* (20/5)
B - The Boat House by Keri Beevis ✅ 2* (11/5)
R - The Only One Left by Riley Sager ✅ 4* (3/5)
A - The Haunting of Winslow Manor by Ambrose Ibsen ✅ 3* (10/5)
N - Every Last Suspect by Nicola Moriarty AA ✅ 4* (14/6)
T - Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie AA ✅ 3* (11/5)








'A' from 'MARCH' - book title:
A Dark Matter by Doug Johnstone

Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
'R' from 'MARCH' - author surname:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Over the Top
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'C' from 'JACARANDA' - book title:
City of Dark Hearts by James Conan

Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Easy
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A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Over the top! - 20+ books (min 6 AAs)
23/23
✔︎B - By Her Hand by Marion Taffe AA 30/5 5★
✔︎R - Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmania Salmon Industry by Richard Flanagan AA 10/4 4★
✔︎I - The Thinning by Inga Simpson AA 5/4 5★
✔︎G - The Divine Wind by Garry Disher AA 7/5 4★
✔︎H - The Hidden Hand by Stella Rimington 12/6 4★
✔︎T - A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey 13/4 4★






✔︎W - Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood AA 30/4 4★
✔︎I - The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier 23/5 4★
✔︎L - Lyrebird by Jane Caro AA 10/4 4★
✔︎D - The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas 22/4 4★
✔︎F - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 2/7 4★
✔︎L - The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 12/4 4★
✔︎O - Orbital by Samantha Harvey 25/4 5★
✔︎W - Where the Birds Call Her Name by Claire van Ryn AA 22/5 4★
✔︎E - Rapture by Emily Maguire AA 18/4 4★
✔︎R - The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves 20/6 4★
✔︎S - Slow Horses by Mick Herron 5/5 3★











✔︎C - The Lovers' Room by Steven Carroll AA 24/6 5★
✔︎H - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 25/6 4★
✔︎I - Sail Away by Celia Imrie 2/8 4★
✔︎L - Wandering through Life: A Memoir by Donna Leon 12/7 4★
✔︎L - The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang AA 22/6 4★
✔︎Y - Frog by Mo Yan 3/6 4★







A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Over the top! - 20+ books (min 6 AAs)
23/23
✔︎B - By Her Hand by [author:Marion Taffe|5182906..."
WOW! Great work, Sue!

(Changed to Over the Top on 28 May)
🌼A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring🌼
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Over the Top!
(Author name or title, nothing else. Q, X, Z anywhere)
24/24
6/6 AA
🌼A The Woman Behind Her, Anna Willett, 4/17/25, 4*, AA
🌼P The Liar's Bones, Morag Pringle, 4/14/25, 3*
🌼R Ratking, Michael Dibdin, 4/4/25, 3*
🌼I The Intruders, Louise Jensen, 5/21/25, 2*
🌼L The Lamplighter’s Bookshop, Sophie Austin, 5/4/25, 4*
🌼D Donkey Work, Doreen Tovey, 4/15/24, 4*
🌼A Aspire to Die, M.S. Morris, 5/25/25, 4*
🌼I The Mountains Between Us, Imogen Martin, 4/11/25, 4*
🌼S White Ash Ridge, S.R. White, 4/29/25, 3*, AA
🌼I The Highgate Cemetery Murder, Irina Shapiro, 6/9/25, 4*
🌼E White Mulberry, Rosa Kwon Easton, 4/21/25, 5*
🌼S Summer in Provence, Lucy Coleman, 5/27/25, 3*
🌼S Outback Roads: The Nanny, Annie Seaton, 6/6/25, 4*, AA
🌼U Unnatural Death, Dorothy L. Sayers, 6/21/25, 2*
🌼N The Codebreaker Girl, Gosia Nealon, 5/28/25, 4*
🌼N The New Marriage, L.G. Davis, 7/4/25, 3*
🌼Y A Murder of Crows, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, 6/25/25, 4*
🌼V The Wives, Valerie Keogh, 6/1/25, 4*
🌼 I Mustard Seed, Laila Ibrahim, 8/7/25, 4*
🌼 B Antiques, Artifacts & Alibis, Sally Bayless, 7/31/25, 4*
🌼 R The Ruin, Dervla McTiernan, 6/7/25, 3*, AA
🌼 A Towards Zero, Agatha Christie, 5/30/25, 4*
🌼 N Welcome to West Street, Nicole Trope, 8/3/25, 3*, AA
🌼 T Her Hidden Bones, Fiona Tarr, 6/3/25, 4*, AA

2nd 'A' from 'JACARANDA' - book title:
At the End of the Matinee by Keiichirō Hirano

Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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✅A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: MEDIUM- 12+ books (min 3 AAs)
12/12
✅ C The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker 2025-05-09 4★
✅ O Oscar and Lucinda by Peter ✅Carey AA 2025-07-14 3.5★
✅ L Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 2025-06-27 5★
✅ D Dusk by Robbie Arnott AA 2025-06-04 4★
✅E Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout 2025-06-14 3.5★
✅R Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham AA 2025-07-07 5★
✅W Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 2025-06-09 4.5★
✅A A History of Loneliness by John Boyne 2025-06-29 5★
✅R Empire Falls by Richard Russo 2925-08-09 5★
✅ M March by Geraldine Brooks AA 2025-05-15 5★
✅E The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak 2025-07-01 3.5★
✅R A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean 2025-08-16 5★













4/1 - 9/30/25
Hard - 16+ books (min 4 AAs)
17/16
7/4 AA
W When the Iris Is Pink: A Dystopian Story Oscar O'Rourke 5/16 ★★★
I Into Dust Kim Teilio 4/15 ★★
L Landing by Moonlight: A Novel of WW II Ciji Ware 8/13 ★★★
D Delivering Secrets Fiona McArthur 6/3 ★★★ AA
F Fiona McArthur Christmas with Her Ex 6/4 ★★★ AA
L Lakehouse Promises Jodi Allen Brice 8/6 ★★★
O Ordeal by Fire Sarah Hawkswood 5/1 ★★★★
W Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers Eat Apples! John Martin 6/5 ★★★★ AA
E Evergreen Academy Heather Schneider 5/2 ★★★★
R Revenge in Rubies A.M. Stuart 6/5 ★★★★ AA
S Styling Wellywood Kate O'Keeffe 4/14 ★★★★











S Signal Loss Garry Disher 4/13 ★★★★ AA
P Pig Park Claudia Guadalupe Martinez 4/12 ★★★
R Raven Marked Morgan Quaid 8/10 ★★★★ AA
I Inside Cut Tom Fowler 4/16 ★★★★
N Never Fall For Your Brother's Best Friend Abby Greyson 3/26 ★★★★
G The Mystery Writer Sulari Gentill 6/10 ★★ AA






Finished!
A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Over the top!
42/42
CDeath in an English Village by Fliss Chester 4★s 1/4/25
OOne Summer in Tuscany by Annie Seaton 3★s 7/4/25 AA
LA Lethal Cocktail by Ciar Byrne 4★s 16/5/25
DThe Seaside Murders by Helena Dixon 4★s 20/4/25
EThe Eleventh Grave by Rachel Amphlett 5★s 28/5/25 AA
RPeninsula Promises by Heather Reyburn 5★s 8/5/25 AA
LThe Lost Girl of Seahaven by Phillipa Nefri Clark 5★s 11/7/25 AA
EFlashpoint by Tara Ellis 5★s 5/7/25
AAlex Cross Must Die by James Patterson 5★s 4/4/25
VThe Venice Murders by Merryn Allingham 4★s 2/5/25
EShifting and Shenanigans by Elizabeth Pantley 5★s 17/7/25
SThree Boys Gone by Mark Smith 4★s 11/4/25 AA
NShadow Lives by Neil A. White 4★s 20/4/25 AA
EEvan's Gate by Rhys Bowen 4★s 28/6/25
WThe Banned Books of Berlin by Daisy Wood 4★s 4/4/25
LGrave Words by Gerri Lewis 3★s 7/6/25
II Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay 4★s 17/4/25
FF is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton 4★s 8/4/25
EDeath at an Irish Village by Ellie Brannigan 5★s 15/8/25
JThe Texas Murders by James Patterson 5★s 17/4/25
AThe Dying Season by Rachel Amphlett 5★s 21/6/25 AA
CBurn After Reading by Catherine Ryan Howard 3★s 2/4/25
AAll the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad 5★s 8/4/25 AA
RA Deadly Promise by Rachel Amphlett 5★s 4/7/25 AA
ADolphin Melody by Tui Allen 5★s 9/6/25
NThe Norfolk Theatre Murders by Judi Daykin 5★s 1/4/25
DThe Greek House by Dinah Jefferies 4★s 16/4/25
AWhat You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama 4★s 10/7/25
VDeath and the Librarian by Victoria Gilbert 3★s 2/7/25
II is for Innocent by Sue Grafton 3.5★s 3/7/25
BBlood Pact by Fiona McIntosh 5★s 23/4/25 AA
RThe Lupin Fields by Heather Reyburn 5★s 29/6/25 AA
ACarnival by Jack Adams 5★s 22/6/25 AA
NThe Devil You Know by Neil Lancaster 5★s 25/5/25
TThree Wild Dogs by Markus Zusak 5★s 21/4/25 AA
PThe Penford Manor Murders by Fiona Veitch Smith 5★s 9/4/25
OThe Book of Lost Children by Jenny O'Brien 5★s 1/4/25
PBoney Creek by Paula Gleeson 5★s 2/6/25 AA
PThe Prospect by Fleur McDonald 4★s 22/5/25 AA
IIt Might Be You by Juanita Kees 5★s 26/6/25 AA
ESmolder by Tara Ellis 5★s 11/8/25
SAn Unquiet Peace by Shaina Steinberg 5★s 18/4/25
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Level: Over the top!
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Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Medium 12+
12/12
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A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Medium
14/14
5/3 AA
POPPIES
✅P Paradise by Patricia Wolf AA - 18/05, 5⭐
✅O On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - 14/05, 4⭐
✅P Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher - 01/08, 5⭐
✅P Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - 16/07, 5⭐
✅I Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard AA - 04/08, 5⭐
✅E Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - 20/08, 5⭐
✅S Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb - 03/06, 5⭐







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✅M Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - 20/05, 3⭐
✅A All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham - 15/08, 5⭐
✅Y You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster AA - 28/07, 4⭐



FALL
✅F Four Dogs Missing by Rhys Gard AA - 20/07, 4⭐
✅A A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen - 19/07, 5⭐
✅L Love on the Air by Ash London AA - 10/05, 5⭐
✅L Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera - 07/05, 5⭐





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Level: Easy
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O - Outback Roads: The Nanny by Annie Seaton AA🇦🇺 - 3⭐️ - 26/8/25
R - Blood Silence by Roger Stelljes - 4⭐️ - 31/7/25



A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Medium 12+ book (min 3 AAs)
B - The Book Ninja - Ali Berg (AA)
R - Lying Beside You - Michael Robotham (AA)
I - I Know You're There - Sarah Simpson
G - All Hallows - Christopher Golden
H - The Treatment - Mo Hayder
T - Three Wild Dogs - Markus Zusak (AA)






C - The Boy on the Bridge - M. R. Carey
R - The Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice
I - I Hunt Killers - Barry Lyga
S - Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks - Annie Spence
P - Kill Alex Cross - James Patterson





M - Mr Wigg - Inga Simpson (AA)
A - The Sixth Window - Rachel Abbott
Y - You're Next - Gregg Hurwitz




Six Month Challenge - 🍁 Autumn to Spring 🪻
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Level: Medium
15/15 books (min 3 AA)
✔ F Fatal Pursuit by Martin Walker (read 13 May) 4★
✔ A All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (read 23 April) 5★
✔ L The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman AA (10 Aug) 3.5★
✔ L The Ledge by Christian White AA (read 24 Aug) 4.5★




✔ W When She Was Gone by Sara Foster AA (read 10 April) 5★
✔ I Invisible byJames Patterson (read 30 July) 4.5★
✔ L Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne AA (23 May) 4★
✔ D The Death of Us by Abigail Dean (read 17 April) 5★
✔ F Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill AA (read 17 Aug) 4★
✔ L The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (12 July) 12★
✔ O Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey (read 15 April) 5★
✔ W With Winter Comes Darkness by Robbi Neal AA (read 16 May & 1 Sept) 5★
✔ E Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen (read 13 June) 4★
✔ R The Rewilding by Donna M Cameron AA (read 6 April) 5★
✔ S Shot Through the Book by Eva Gates (read 5 May) 4★











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Fourth 'A' from 'JACARANDA' - author first name:
Out of the Ice by Ann Turner
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...