Ashleigh’s Comments (group member since Dec 31, 2012)

Ashleigh’s comments from the Aussie Readers group.

A Six Month Challenge - Autumn to Spring
Duration: 1/4/25 - 30/9/25
Medium - 12+ books (min 3 AAs)
7/12 - (AA 1/3)

✔️ B - The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada (27.April - 4✪'s)
✔️ R - The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang (24.July - 3✪'s)
I -
G - Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio
H - Here Be Leviathans by Chris Flynn *AA*
✔️ T - The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (21.May - 4✪'s)



✔️ C - A Cat, a Man, and Two Women by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (14.Aug - 2.5✪'s)
✔️ O - The Only One Left by Riley Sager (28.Aug - 3✪'s)
✔️ L - The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August (24.April - 4✪'s)
✔️ D - Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates *AA* (14.April - 3✪'s)
E - The End and Everything Before It by Finegan Kruckemeyer *AA*
R -

March Featured Author - Terry Pratchett
Duration: 1/03/25 - 31/03/25
Level: EASY (minimum 1 AA)
2/4 - (AA 0/1)

TASKS

✔️ #1. Read a book by an English author - Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes (18.March - 4 ✪'s)

#2. Read a book from a series - Sourcery by Terry Pratchett

#3. Read a book which starts with a letter in GOOD OMENS - Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

✔️ #4. Read a book which was originally published in another language - If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura - (18.March - 4 ✪'s)



BONUS
• Read a book by Terry Pratchett - Sourcery by Terry Pratchett

Spring Challenge: Opposites Attract!
Duration: 1/9/24 - 30/11/24
Level: Easy - 3 pairs (6 Books - ONE Aussie Author)
Progress: 1/6

#1 - Cat / Dog
✔️ a) We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (8.Oct - 4 ✪'s)
b) Dog by Rob Perry


#2 - Non Fiction / Fiction
a) The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke
#2.b


Opposite Pair title
#3.a
#3.b

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Autumn 2024 Challenge
Duration: 1/3/24 - 31/5/24
Level: Easy
6/6 - AA 2/2

✔️ 1. A colour: All Systems Red by Martha Wells (9.May - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 2. A number: Mickey7 by Edward Ashton (18.Apr - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 3. A first name: Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne 🇦🇺
(21.Mar - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 4. A place: The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor 🇦🇺 (23.May - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ 5. A form of water: The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin (20.Apr - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ 6. A day, month or season: The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (15.Mar - 4 ✪'s)

Brenda wrote: "Well done Ashleigh :)"

Hi Brenda,
Can I please get my named linked into the participants list (message 2)?

Autumn 2024 Challenge
Duration: 1/3/24 - 31/5/24
Level: Easy
6/6 - AA 2/2

✔️ 1. A colour: All Systems Red by Martha Wells (9.May - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 2. A number: Mickey7 by Edward Ashton (18.Apr - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 3. A first name: Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne 🇦🇺
(21.Mar - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 4. A place: The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor 🇦🇺 (23.May - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ 5. A form of water: The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin (20.Apr - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ 6. A day, month or season: The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (15.Mar - 4 ✪'s)

Count me in please 😊

Friday 1st March: n/a
Saturday 2nd March: 155p
Sunday 3rd March: 43p

Running total: 198p

Books Read: 1
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

Annual United in Reading Calendar 2024
Duration: 1/1/24 - 31/12/24
Level: EASY
9/12 - (AA 1/3)

✔️ January - Australia Day, Jan 26:
The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis *AA* (10.Jan - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ February - Day of Women & Girls, Feb 11:
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (5.Feb - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ March - Easter weekend: family, including children.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (12.Mar - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ April - ANZAC Day, April 25:
The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe (24.Apr - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ May - WWII, May 8: Nat Cassidy, Nestlings (9.May - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ June - Asteroid Day, June 30:
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (10.June - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ July - World Youth Skills Day, July 15: Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff (12.Jul - ✪'s)
✔️ August - International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Aug 30: Woodworm by Layla Martínez (2.Aug - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ September: Father's Day (in Au), Sept 1: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
(10.Sep - 3 ✪'s)

October: Halloween, Oct 31: The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke

November: The Strays

December: The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan

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A - Z Challenge - Follow the Clues!
Duration: 1/1/2023 – 31/12/2023
Progress: 26/26 (AA - 6/4)

✔️ A - AUTHOR new to you: The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson *AA* (16.Feb - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ B - BOUGHT: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (16.Aug - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ C - CLOUDS on the cover: The Bay of Shadows by Samantha Wood *AA* (4.April - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ D - DARK themes: Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates *AA* (10.April - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ E - EAGER to read: Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill (30.May - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ F - FIRST in a series: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend *AA* (19.May - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ G - GIFT (GOT): What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall (11.Dec- 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ H - HISTORICAL book (can be fiction or non-fiction): Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All by Candace Fleming (6.June - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ I - INTERESTING woman: The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (15.March - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ J - JAIL: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (5.March - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ K - KNIFE on the cover: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry (7.Aug - 3.75 ✪'s)

✔️ L - LOWER case: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (16.June - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ M - MOON on the cover: The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke (11.Jan - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ N - NUMBER in the title: Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson (3.Jan - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ O - ONE word title: Pog by Pádraig Kenny (7.Jan - 3 ✪'s)
✔️P - PARAMEDIC in the text (quote text and page/% number): The Passengers by John Marrs (13.June - 4 ✪'s)
tearfully hugging the paramedic who saved the child’s life. @37%
✔️ Q - QUICK read - under 200 pages: And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin (28.Fen - 3.75 ✪'s)
✔️ R - RECOMMEND to your friends: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (21.Aug - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ S - four S's in the title: The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (26.Sept - 4.5 ✪'s)
✔️ T - TEACHER in the text: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy *AA* (6.Feb - 4 ✪'s)
He took it more seriously than any teacher we'd ever had. @19%
✔️ U - UGLY cover (in your opinion): The Taking by Dean Koontz
(21.March - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ V - VETERINARIAN character: The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients byLucy H. Spelman (6.Dec - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ W - WINDOW on the cover: Slade House by David Mitchell (24.May - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ X - X anywhere on the cover: Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee *AA* (28.July - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ Y - YELLOW title: Dweller by Jeff Strand (6.March - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ Z - ZANY characters: The Hike: A Novel by Drew Magary (7.June - 3 ✪'s)

Brenda wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I have one book left to read for this challenge.

I am struggling to find a book to read for G- Read a book which was a GIFT. I have not had a book ever gifted to me, any ideas fo..."

Thanks Brenda, that would work perfectly. 🤗

I have one book left to read for this challenge.

I am struggling to find a book to read for G- Read a book which was a GIFT. I have not had a book ever gifted to me, any ideas for a way around this?

Summer Challenge
Duration - 1/12/23 - 29/2/24
Level: One = Two Lines - 10 books
6/10 - 1/2 *AA*

Row #3
Ride the Waves: A Large Measure of Snow: A Tale from Kinloch by Denzil Meyrick
✔️ Explore a Museum: Author - Maria Lewis, The Graveyard Shift *AA*
(10.Jan - 3.5 ✪'s)
Happy Summer:
✔️ Take a Hike: Author - T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone (6.Feb - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ At the Fair: Author - Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
(16.Feb - 4 ✪'s)



Row #4
Sandcastles: Title - They Stalk the Night by Brian Moreland
✔️ A Day at the Zoo: The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients by Lucy H. Spelman (6.Dec - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ Nature Trail: What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall (11.Dec - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ Go Fishing: Author - Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind (19.Dec - 4 ✪'s)
Road Trip: Author - Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

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September Featured Author - C.J. Sansom
Duration: 1/9/23 - 30/9/23
Level: Easy
5/5 (AA: 1/1)

TASKS
✔️ #1 - Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (6.Sept - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ #2 - When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (6.Sept - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ #3 - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (8.Sept - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ #4 - On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (21.Sept - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ Bonus: Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom (13.Sept - 3 ✪'s)

Good As Gold by Justin Smith

Published August 22, 2023 - Historical Fiction

Not sure if this has been added:
100 Weirdest Tales from Across Australia by Ben Pobjie

Published July 25, 2023 - Non-ficion

September Featured Author - C.J. Sansom
Duration: 1/9/23 - 30/9/23
Level: Easy
5/5 (AA: 1/1)

TASKS
✔️ #1 - Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (6.Sept - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ #2 - When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (6.Sept - 3 ✪'s)
✔️ #3 - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (8.Sept - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ #4 - On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (21.Sept - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ Bonus: Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom (13.Sept - 3 ✪'s)

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Winter Challenge
Duration: 1/6/21 - 31/8/21
Level: Easy - 6/6 (AA 2/2)

✔️ 1b. ● Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee *AA* (28.July - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 2b. ● The Passengers by John Marrs (13.June - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 3b. ● Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII by Gareth Russell (18.Aug - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ 4b. ● Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (26.July - 2 ✪'s)

✔️ 5b. ● What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (12.July - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 6b. ● Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy *AA* (11.July - 3 ✪'s)

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Colour Challenge 1/1/23 -31/12/23
Level: Easy
12/12 (3/3 AA)

✔️ RED
a. The Elementals by Michael McDowell (9.Feb - 3 ✪'s)


✔️ ORANGE
a. The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (5.March - 3 ✪'s)


YELLOW
✔️ a. The King's Confidante by Jean Plaidy (21.July - 4 ✪'s)


✔️ BROWN
a. Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy *AA* (6.Feb - 4 ✪'s)


✔️ BLACK
a. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (9.March - 4✪'s) ♡


✔️ GREEN
a. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater (8.July - 3 ✪'s)


✔️ GREY
a. Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook byChristina Henry (7.Aug - 3.75 ✪'s)


✔️ BLUE
a. The Bay of Shadows by Samantha Wood *AA* (4.April - 4 ✪'s)


✔️ TURQUOISE
a. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh (12.Jan - 4 ✪'s)


✔️ PINK
a. And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin (28.Feb - 3.75 ✪'s)


✔️ WHITE
a. The Last Woman in the World Inga Simpson *AA* (16.Feb - 3.5✪'s)


✔️ PURPLE
a. The Taking by Dean Koontz (21.March - 3✪'s)

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Level: Medium
9/9 (3/3 AA)
(📚 from my TBR = 4)

#1 - Josie
✔️ J - Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle {TBR} (9.March - 4 ✪'s) ♡
✔️ O - The One and Only Dolly Jamieson by Lisa Ireland *AA* (6.May - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ S - Jeff Strand, Dweller {TBR} (6.March - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ I - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (30.April - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ E - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea {TBR} (19. April - 3.75 ✪'s)

#2 - Beth
✔️ B - Mikhail Bulgakov, The Heart of a Dog (30.March - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ E - Emily Spurr, A Million Things *AA* (25.March - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ T - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend *AA* (19.May - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ H - The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood {TBR} (5.March - 3 ✪'s)

Winter Challenge
Duration: 1/6/21 - 31/8/21
Level: Easy - 6/6 (AA 2/2)

✔️ 1b. ● Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee *AA* (28.July - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 2b. ● The Passengers by John Marrs (13.June - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 3b. ● Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII by Gareth Russell (18.Aug - 3 ✪'s)

✔️ 4b. ● Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (26.July - 2 ✪'s)

✔️ 5b. ● What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (12.July - 4 ✪'s)

✔️ 6b. ● Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy *AA* (11.July - 3 ✪'s)