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Kathryn's Challenge Possibilities for 2017
Yearly organized challenges1. Annual Aussie Author Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
2. Aussie Author A-Z Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
3. Bingo Challenge (Bound Together Group)
4. My Favourite Things Challenge (2017 Reading Challenge Group)
5. Colour Challenge (2017 Reading Challenge Group)
6. Serial Reader Challenge (2017 Reading Challenge Group)
7. Popsugar Reading Challenge (Ultimate Popsugar Challenge Group)
Personal challenge – to take all year (or longer!)
- new authors and previously read authors to read more of
- owned/borrowed and unread books
- Aussie Readers' Top Books of 2016
- Christian fiction
- non-fiction
- new releases
- possible books for previous challenges that I still want to read
Aussie Readers’ Seasonal Challenges
1. Summer 2016/2017 – January/February
2. Autumn – March/April/May
3. Winter – June/July/August
4. Spring – September/October/November – N/A
5. Summer 2017/2018 – December –
Any Quarterly Challenges I participate in in other groups
BT - First Quarter Challenge
BT - Second Quarter Challenge
TBR Twin Reads (2017 Reading Challenge Group)
Link to series list below
Link to series I'd like to start
Listopia I like
Links to monthly reading lists and challenges below:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Yearly challenge #1 Annual Aussie Author Challenge - Read Around Australia (Aussie Readers’ group)
Duration: 1 January, 2017 - 31 December, 2017
Our 2017 Annual Challenge will once again consist of Australian authors only plus this time each book is to be set in Australia as well
Levels of Achievement:
Book Lover - complete 12 books (maximum 2 per state)
Book Worm - complete 24 books (minimum 2 - maximum 4 per state)
Book Connoisseur - complete 36 books (as many as you like with a minimum of three per state)
There are eight states/territories in Australia - therefore:
Your challenge is to read at least three from each state/territory to equal your minimum of 36 for the year.
The Rules:
#1. Aussie Authors ONLY
#2. Read a minimum of twelve books
#3. Choose your LEVEL; then list (and link) your books in this challenge thread.
Book Connoisseur level
Completed 45/45
QLD
(Extras, if required - Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden
Coal Creek by Alex Miller
Can You Keep a Secret? by Caroline Overington
Daintree by Annie Seaton)
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NSW
(Extras, if required:
Poppy's Dilemma by Karly Lane
Season of Shadow and Light by Jenn J. McLeod
Vodka Doesn't Freeze by Leah Giarratano
Currawong Manor by Josephine Pennicott)
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VIC
(Extras, if required:
The Holiday Murders by Robert Gott
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith
Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable
A Place of Her Own by Deborah O'Brien
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WA
(Extras, if required: In the Company of Strangers by Liz Byrski
Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey)
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SA x 2
TAS
(Extras: Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
To The Sea by Christine Dibley)
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NT
ACT
Yearly challenge #2 Aussie Readers’ A-Z Challenge (Aussie Readers’ group)
Duration: 1 January, 2017 - 31 December, 2017
Completed 26/26
A - Read a book that has won an Award -
B - Read a Best selling novel –
C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover -
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingD - Read a book with a Dog on the cover –
E - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something -
F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up
G- Read a book that was a Gift –
H - Read a Horror book –
I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you –
J - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J –
K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover -
L - Read a book from a friends TBR List –
M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries –
N - Read a book that you have Neglected to read –
O - Read a book with an Orange cover –
P - Read a book with Paranormal aspects –
Q - Read a book with a Question in the title –
R - Read a book with a Goodreads Rating higher than 4 –
S - Read a book which is part of a Series –
T - Read a Time Travel book -
U - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read -
V - Read a book with a Violet cover –
W - Read a book that features a Witch -
X - Read a book with an X in the title –
Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you -
Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story –
Yearly Challenge #3Idiom BINGO (Bound Together Group)
Duration: 1 January, 2017 - 31 December, 2017
Completed 22/25
B1 An arm and a leg -
B2 Once in a blue moon -
B3 Ball is in your court -
B4 Bite off more than you can chew - Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay - it's over 800 pages...!
B5 In the heat of the moment -
I1 Burn the midnight oil -
I2 Method to my madness -
I3 Best thing since sliced bread -
I4 Straight from the horse's mouth -
I5 Can't judge a book by its cover -
N1 It takes two to tango -
N2 Bite your tongue - lots of secrets and bitten tongues in this one -
N3 Excuse my French -
N4 Blood is thicker than water -
N5 Blessing in disguise -
G1 Jump on the bandwagon -
G2 Long in the tooth -
G3 A bit under the weather -
G4 Make a long story short - it was over 500 pages long, but I read it more quickly than I thought I would -
G5 Curiosity killed the cat
O1 Cock and bull story -
O2 Back to the drawing board -
O3 Heard it on the grapevine -
O4 Cry over spilt milk -
O5 Wear your heart on your sleeve -
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Yearly Challenge #4 My Favourite Things Challenge (2017 Reading Challenge Group)
Duration: 1 January, 2017 - 31 December, 2017
Link to my original post
Completed 19/20
1. My favourite fiction book is: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - so I read
2. My favourite non-fiction is: My Seventh Monsoon: A Himalayan Journey Of Faith And Mission - so I chose
3. My favourite author is: Jojo Moyes , so I read another Jojo Moyes book –
4. My favourite genre is: crime/mystery, so I read
5. My favourite fairy/folk tale is: Thumbelina is the first fairy tale I remember so I read
6. My favourite male book character is: Hercule Poirot - so I read
7. My favourite female book character is: Precious Ramotswe - so I read the next in the series,
8. My favourite song is: River of Dreams by Billy Joel (how to pick just one!!) - so I read
9. My favourite movie is: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (once again - how to pick just one!!) - so I read
10. My favourite television show is: Downton Abbey - So I read
11. My favourite color is: blue - so I read
12. My favourite real animal is: a dog, so I read
13. My favourite talking animal is: Aslan from The Narnia Chronicles, so I will read Leap by Myfanwy Jones (there is a big cat – tiger – on the cover)
14. My favourite number is: I don't really have a favourite number, but one of the main characters in
15. My favourite food is:...I'm going with Italian - reading about arancini balls and limoncello in this book made me want some!
16. My favourite real place to visit is: the beach - so I read
17. My favourite book land to visit is: Sidney Chambers' Grantchester - so I read
18. My favourite month is: June – after about 7 months of summer it’s finally winter by then! So I will read
19. My favourite quote is: “We all know that if the seasons were the same, there would be no growth. We know that without winter there would be no spring. We know that without frosts there would be no bulbs and without the monsoon there would be no rice harvest. In the same way, we also know that without sorrow there would be no joy. Without pain there would be no healing. I think that's precisely where the beauty comes in. It comes in through the fruit of the seasons. He has indeed made everything beautiful in its time.” Naomi Reed, from My Seventh Monsoon: A Himalayan Journey Of Faith And Mission , so I read
20. My favourite non-book hobby is: crocheting
So I read
Yearly Challenge #5Colour Challenge (2017 Reading Challenge Group)
Duration: 1 January, 2017 - 31 December, 2017
Link to my original post
1. Read a book with "White" or any shade of white in the cover (ivory, cream, bone, etc...).
2. Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink in the cover (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...).
Mistake Creek by Rachel Amphlett
3. Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red in the cover (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...).
4. Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange in the cover (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...).
5. Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow in the cover (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...).
6. Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green in the cover (sage, lime, jade, etc...).
7. Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue in the cover (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...).
8. Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue in the cover (indigo, denim, navy, etc...).
9. Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple in the cover (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...).
10. Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown in the cover (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...).
11. Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black in the cover (grey, slate, coal, etc...).
12. Read a book with a Metallic colour in the cover (gold, silver, bronze, etc...).
13. Read a book with at least 5 colours on the cover.
14. Read a book with a colour in the title of the book.
15. Read a book with a word describing colours in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, ect...).
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
Yearly Challenge #6Serial Reader Challenge (2017 Reading Challenge Group)
Duration: 1 January, 2017 - 31 December, 2017
Link to my original post
I will finish 5 series I have started before this year (between 5 and 11 books, depending on which series I work toward finishing).
Possible series to finish:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith
17.
The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer (1 book)
7.
The Anya Crichton series by Kathryn Fox (1 book)
7.
The Chronicles of the Kings series by Lynn Austin (2 books)
4.
5.
The Bill Hodges series by Stephen King (2 books)
2.
3.
The Yada Yada Prayer Group series by Neta Jackson (1 or 2 books)
6.
7.
The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie (2 books)
5.
6.
The Mitchell Parker series by Helen Goltz
3.
The Will Harris series by Alex Hammond (1 book)
2.
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Series by Ransom Riggs
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3.
Finished series - 10/5
I will start __ series this year – I’d like to say none for this one, but given that I started 16 series this year (thankfully not all of which I wish to continue with!), I think “none” is probably unreasonable – so let’s just wait and see!
So far I've started 8 series:
The Frieda Klein series by Nicci French (1 book)
The Dr Dody McLeland series by Felicity Young (1 book)
The Dan Taylor series by Rachel Amphlett (1 book)
The Aaron Falk series by Jane Harper (1 book)
The Caleb Zelic series by Emma Viskic (1 book)
The Charlie Berlin series by Geoffrey McGeachin (1 book)
The Jed Walker series by James Phelan (1 book)
The If I Run series by Terri Blackstock (1 book)
I will read 0 series from start to finish this year.
I will read 8 books that are part of a series – perhaps…!
Possibles:
The Railway Detective series by Edward Marston (3 books)
11.
12.
13. Signal for Vengeance
The Scarecrow series by Matthew Reilly (2 books)
3.5.
4. Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves
The Detective Emmanuel Cooper series by Malla Nunn (2 books)
3.
4. Present Darkness
The Irish Country series by Patrick Taylor
8.
9. An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War
The Detective Ella Marconi series by Katherine Howell
4.
5.
The Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series by Arthur W. Upfield
6.
7. The Mystery of Swordfish Reef
The Theodore Boone series by John Grisham
2. The Abduction
The Joseph O'Loughlin series by Michael Robotham
3. Shatter
The If I Run series by Terri Blackstock
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3. If I Live
Read 9/8 books that are part of series
My total number of books will be at least 20. (Upgraded to 30)
Finished 30/30
Yearly Challenge #72017 Popsugar Reading Challenge List (Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge Group)
Duration: 1 January, 2017 - 31 December, 2017
2017 Popsugar Reading Challenge - Advanced List
Link to my main challenge
Link to my advanced challenge
MAIN
Completed 30/40
1. A book recommended by a librarian -
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long – Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
3. A book of letters –
4. An audiobook -
5. A book by a person of color –
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title –
7. A book that is a story within a story -
8. A book with multiple authors – Griffith Review 32: Wicked Problems, Exquisite Dilemmas – Griffith Review
9. An espionage thriller –
10. A book with a cat on the cover – Leap by Myfanwy Jones
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym –
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read – Sci-fi –
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability –
14. A book involving travel –
15. A book with a subtitle –
16. A book that's published in 2017 -
17. A book involving a mythical creature –
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile - perhaps Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
19. A book about food –
20. A book with career advice - Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness by Chade-Meng Tan or Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job by Jon Acuff
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective –
22. A steampunk novel – perhaps The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman or The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma or Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger or The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley?
23. A book with a red spine -
24. A book set in the wilderness – the Appalachian Trail -
25. A book you loved as a child –
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited – The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard (Denmark)
27. A book with a title that's a character's name – 2 characters -
28. A novel set during wartime -
29. A book with an unreliable narrator -
30. A book with pictures –
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you -
32. A book about an interesting woman –
33. A book set in two different time periods –
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title –
35. A book set in a hotel -
36. A book written by someone you admire – maybe Unashamed by Lecrae Moore?
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 – not sure which books are becoming movies next year?
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before –
40. A book you bought on a trip –
ADVANCED
Completed 9/12
1. A book recommended by an author you love –
2. A bestseller from 2016 –
3. A book with a family member term in the title –
4. A book that takes place over a character's life span -
5. A book about an immigrant or refugee -
6. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of – perhaps Oulipo?? – Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn
7. A book with an eccentric character -
8. A book that's more than 800 pages – Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay
9. A book you got from a used book sale -
10. A book that's been mentioned in another book –
11. A book about a difficult topic –
12. A book based on mythology – American Gods by Neil Gaiman or The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller?
New authors I’d like to readAussies:
Robert Gott - The Holiday Murders
Myfanwy Jones – Leap
Leah Giarratano – Vodka Doesn't Freeze
John Marsden
Caroline Overington - Can You Keep a Secret?
Vicki Tyley
Non-Aussies
Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals
Emily St. John Mandel - Station Eleven
Previously read authors I’d like to read more of (carried over from 2016)
Aussies:
Joanne van Os
Tony Park
Belinda Alexandra
Jo-Anne Berthelsen
Ian Acheson – as available
Colleen McCullough
Non-Aussies:
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Diane Chamberlain
Leah Fleming
Paul Torday
Ariana Franklin
Anne Tyler
Kate Atkinson
Barbara Kingsolver
Elizabeth von Arnim
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Owned/borrowed and unread (carried over from 2016)Physical books:
Kimberley Sun - Di Morrissey
Griffith Review 32: Wicked Problems, Exquisite Dilemmas – Griffith Review
Brother Fish – Bryce Courtenay
Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
iBooks:
Transgression by Randy Ingermanson
Far Horizons by Katharine Swartz
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Kindle:
The Gardener Who Could See by John Jetty
Aussie Readers’ Top Books of 2016End of Year Top 5 - 10 Titles and Aussie End of Year Top 5 - 10 Titles
Mistake Creek by Rachel Amphlett (Zoey)
The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh (Brenda)
Season of Shadow and Light by Jenn J. McLeod (Lily)
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman (Zoey) – I do like the sound of this, but am terribly daunted by the size (800 pages+) so this one is very unlikely to get read!!
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman (Odette) – as above, but slightly shorter…!
Christian FictionAt least 1/month
Completed 9/12
Mark of the Lion Trilogy
The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers – re-read
Non-fictionAt least 6 throughout the year
New ReleasesAt least 6 throughout the year
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4. Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman
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Books that were unread possibilities for challenges in previous yearsLily's Leap by Téa Cooper - no copies MBRL/BCC
This Red Earth by Kim Kelly
The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop by E.E. Dunlop
The Little Shadows by Marina Endicott
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner
Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden
Bye Bye Baby by Fiona McIntosh
The Island House by Posie Graeme-Evans
The Well by Elizabeth Jolley
Kate Atkinson (A God in Ruins)
Barbara Trapido (Brother of the More Famous Jack)
Anne Tyler (A Spool of Blue Thread)
(The Reluctant Hallelujah by Gabrielle Williams
Sex Lies and Bonsai by Lisa Walker
Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Sapphire Skies by Belinda Alexandra
He Died With A Felafel In His Hand by John Birmingham
The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
- all for a bright cover book)
Seasonal Challenge #1Summer Reading Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
Duration: 1 December 2016 - 28 February 2017
Completed 5/5
Books in italics completed in Dec 2016
Part A:
Read a Rainbow
This is very liable to rearrangement - especially since I often find the colour of my library copy is different to what I was expecting it to be!
Part A:
Read a Rainbow
#1. Yellow –
#2. Orange –
#3. Red –
#4. Green – Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood - AA - 3★
#5. Blue –The Blue Mile by Kim Kelly - AA - 3.5★
#6. Purple –
Part B:
#7. 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot' in the title
#8. Christmas setting
A Gift to Remember by Melissa Hill - 4★
#9. Book published this year
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty - AA - 4★
#10. Snow/beach cover
Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong - AA - 4.5★
#11. Main character on holiday
Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie - Sidney takes a family holiday to Florence in one of the chapters, so that might have to do... - 4★
#12. Reader's Choice
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith - 5★
Seasonal Challenge #2Autumn Reading Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
Duration: 1 March 2017 - 31 May 2017
Completed 25/25
Bestseller Dog Male MC Aus auth Suspense/crime
Award Snow Male auth Red TBR>2yrs
Fem MC >500pgs One Word Pub 2016 Fav Genre
Set Aust HF Novella Set Non-Au Love Cover
Child cover YA Fem au Beach Paranormal
On Bestseller List:
Dog On Cover:
Male Main Character:
Aussie Author:
Suspense/Crime:
Row 2:
Received an Award:
Snow on Cover:
Male Author:
Red Cover:
On TBR longer than 2yrs:
Row 3:
Female Main Character:
Over 500 pages:
One Word Title:
Published 2016:
Favourite Genre: crime/mystery -
Row 4:
Set in Australia:
Historical Fiction:
Novella:
Set in another country:
Love that Cover:
Row 5:
Child on Cover:
Young Adult:
Female Author:
Beach on Cover:
Paranormal:
Intended card
Bestseller Dog Male MC Aus auth Suspense/crime
Award Snow Male auth Red TBR>2yrs
Fem MC >500pgs One Word Pub 2016 Fav Genre
Set Aust HF Novella Set Non-Au Love Cover
Child cover YA Fem au Beach Paranormal
Seasonal Challenge #3Winter Reading Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
Duration: 1 June 2017 - 31 August 2017
Level: Difficult (and 4 Aussie authors)
Completed: 9/16
Date of publication to be the date of the one you have at hand - flexible for library books only. Most of mine will be library books, so I'm using the original publication date except for any library books I currently have on hand. Owned books marked with an *.
Where I have a couple of options, I've listed both and will decide based on availability and how I feel at the time!
1.) 2017 -
2.) 2016 -
3.) 2015 -
4.) 2014 -
5.) 2013 -
6.) 2012 -
7.) 2011 -
8.) 2010 - The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
9.) 2009 -
10.) 2008 - The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
11.) 2007 - Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes
12.) 2006 -
13.) 2005 - The Wing of Night: a novel of love and war by Brenda Walker (AA)
14.) 2004 - The Gardener Who Could See* by John Zanetti (AA) (Or Brother Fish* by Bryce Courtenay (AA), but at over 800 pages, this is an outside chance!)
15.) 2003 - Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable (AA)
16.) 2002 - Territory by Judy Nunn (AA)
Seasonal Challenge #3Spring Reading Challenge (Aussie Readers’ Group)
Duration: 1 September 2017 - 30 November 2017
Seasonal Challenge #4Summer Reading Challenge 2017/2018 (Aussie Readers’ Group)
Duration: 1 December 2017 - 28 February 2018
Bound Together First Quarter Challenge (Bound Together Group)Duration: 1 January 2017 - 31 March 2017
Completed: 12/13
Let's start this new year of 2017 with a
****************** "Baker's Dozen" ******************
This challenge will be pretty specific. Not as much room for personal interpretation. If the criteria gives you a number, it must be that specific number, or if it gives you a list of categories or choices, your choice must be from that list. Of course the books you choose will remain your choice.
This challenge will start Jan 1, 2017 and end March 31, 2017. You can list your choice of books immediately or as you read them, with the option to change them at any time.
Beside the Bakers Dozen number please link the title of the book, then add the date you read it - keeping in mind that the criteria is specific.
1 through 13.....Here we go.....
1. Number one in the book title -
2. Written by 2 authors -
3. 3 separate narrators - not exactly 3 separate narrators, but 3 stories that entwined together -
4. The Forward (Prologue or Introduction) not written by the author -
5. 5 MAJOR characters in the story or a book over 500 pages -
6. One of the following 6 genres: sports, anime, fantasy, self help, sci-fy or a graphic novel -
7. Week day named in the title or story is told in exactly 7 days -
8. (Eight or ATE) Picture of food on cover or 8 items on cover or a cookbook -
9. Set in September or written in 2009, 1909, 1809 -
10. Book with 10 chapters - unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters by David Kinnaman
11. Book title or author's name with 11 letters -
12. Must correlate with the number 12 -
13. Bakers Dozen! "Luck", or a derivative, in the book title or the basic theme -
Bound Together Second Quarter Challenge (Bound Together Group)Duration: 1 April 2017 - 30 June 2017
~~~~~~SPRING FLING - PICK ONE, TWO, or THREE~~~~~
Let's SPRING into action... Pick "your own" sign, stone, flowers
Challenge yourself to any combination of options... Birth Sign and/or Birth Stone and/or Birth Month Flower(s). You can do one or any combination of the a fore mentioned - which can include both monthly flowers, giving you 1, 2, 3 or 4 options.
Criteria ~~~
List your choice(s) vertically. Each letter can be the first word of a book title; the first or last name of the author; the last name of the MAIN character of the story; or the state or territory that the story takes place in.
Levels~~
If you complete one option you are Simple Susan
If you complete two options you are Average Allison
If you complete three options you are Pushin' it Peggy
All four options completed you are All In Ethel
Aiming to do all four options for "All In Ethel" level.
Completed: 18/24
Using book titles:
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E - Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn
O - One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
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O - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
P - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (a re-read)
P - Poppy's Dilemma by Karly Lane or A Place of Her Own by Deborah O'Brien
Y -
G - Ghost Girls by Cath Ferla
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A -
D -
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O -
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U -
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TBR Twin ReadsJanuary
February
March
N/A
April
N/A
May
June
N/A
July
N/A
August
N/A
September
N/A
October
N/A
November
December
Series I am currently readingMaisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
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4. Messenger of Truth
5. An Incomplete Revenge
6. Among the Mad
7. The Mapping of Love and Death
8. A Lesson in Secrets
9. Elegy for Eddie
10. Leaving Everything Most Loved
11. A Dangerous Place
12. Journey to Munich
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith
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18. The House of Unexpected Sisters
The Isabel Dalhousie series by Alexander McCall Smith
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3. The Right Attitude to Rain
4. The Careful Use of Compliments
5. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude
7. The Charming Quirks of Others.
8. The Forgotten Affairs Of Youth
9. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
10. The Novel Habits of Happiness
The Irish Country series by Patrick Taylor
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9. An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War
10. An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea: An Irish Country Novel
11. An Irish Country Love Story
The Railway Detective - Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck series by Edward Marston
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13. Signal for Vengeance
The Detective Ella Marconi series by Katherine Howell
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6. Web of Deceit
7. Deserving Death
8. Tell the Truth
The Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series by Arthur W. Upfield
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6.
7. The Mystery of Swordfish Reef
8. No Footprints in the Bush
9. Death of a Swagman
10. The Devil's Steps
There are actually 29 in this series, but this will do for the moment!!
The Joseph O'Loughlin series by Michael Robotham
1.
2.
3. Shatter
4. Bleed for Me
5. The Wreckage
6. Say You're Sorry
7. Watching You
8. Close Your Eyes
The Scarecrow series by Matthew Reilly
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2.
3.
4.
5. Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves
The Theodore Boone series by John Grisham
1.
2. The Abduction
3. The Accused
4. The Activist
5. The Fugitive
The Convict Girls series by Deborah Challinor
1.
2. Girl of Shadows
3. The Silk Thief
4. A Tattooed Heart
The Detective Emmanuel Cooper series by Malla Nunn
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2.
3.
4. Present Darkness
The Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith
1.
2.
3.
4. ??
The Wishes series by G.J. Walker-Smith
1.
2. Second Hearts
3. Storm Shells
+ 3 others
The Max Tudor series by G.M. Malliet
1.
2. A Fatal Winter
3. Pagan Spring
4. The Haunted Season
5. Devil's Breath
The Darian Richards series by Tony Cavanaugh
1.
2.
3.
4. Kingdom of the Strong
The Frieda Klein series by Nicci French
1.
2. Tuesday's Gone
3. Waiting for Wednesday
4. Thursday's Child
5. Friday on My Mind
The Dr Dody McLeland series by Felicity Young
1.
2. Antidote to Murder
3. The Scent of Murder
4. The Insanity of Murder
5. A Donation of Murder
Series I like the sound ofThe Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny - Still Life
The Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series by Julia Spencer-Fleming - In the Bleak Midwinter
The Darko Dawson series by Kwei Quartey - Wife of the Gods
Love and Inheritance Trilogy by Fay Weldon - Habits of the House
The Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo - Sworn to Silence
The Chief Inspector Barnaby series by Caroline Graham - The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Crochet Mystery series by Betty Hechtman - Hooked on Murder
The Harris Stuyvesant series by Laurie R. King - Touchstone
The Commissario Brunetti series by Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice
The Mobile Library Mystery series by Ian Sansom - The Case of the Missing Books
The Detective Jill Jackson series by Leah Giarratano – Vodka Doesn't Freeze
Completed Series
The Mitchell Parker series by Helen Goltz - COMPLETED
1.
2.
3.
The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie - COMPLETED
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The Yada Yada Prayer Group series by Neta Jackson - COMPLETED
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Chronicles of the Kings series by Lynn Austin - COMPLETED
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Bill Hodges series by Stephen King - COMPLETED
1.
2.
3.
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Series by Ransom Riggs - COMPLETED
1.
2.
3.
The Dr Anya Crichton series by Kathryn Fox - COMPLETED
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke - COMPLETED
1.
2.
3.
The Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood - UP TO DATE
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
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18.
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20.
The Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin - COMPLETED
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2.
3.
4.
The Will Harris series by Alex Hammond - COMPLETED as at 30/6/17
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2.
The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer - COMPLETED
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Listopias I likeBest Books Set In Australia
Great Australian Novels
Queensland Fiction
Australian Christian Authors
Best Christian Inspirational Fiction
Family Saga
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
Favourite Christmas Books
Beach Reads
Oh, Royalty
Modern Medical Science Non-Fiction
You Read A Book About What?
The Best of Jeffrey Archer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
Best Books About Loving Books
Books About Books
Best Traveling Vicariously
Have Passport Will Travel
London Calling
Books About Paris
Paris, Je T'aime
French Allure
Paris Tales: Memoirs About The City of Lights
Best Novels Set In Paris
Becoming Culturally Literate
Most Charming Novels
A Place of Her Own by Deborah O'Brien – AA VIC b/uBrother Fish by Bryce Courtenay – Adv POP, PC
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido – Adv POP
Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable – AA VIC b/u
Can You Keep a Secret? - Caroline Overington (AA) – Aussie A-Z, AA QLD b/u, PC
Coal Creek by Alex Miller – AA QLD b/u
Currawong Manor by Josephine Pennicott – AA NSW b/u
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – POP
Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn? – Adv POP (#6)
Far Horizons by Katharine Swartz - PC
Griffith Review 32: Wicked Problems, Exquisite Dilemmas – Griffith Review – POP, PC
In the Company of Strangers by Liz Byrski – AA WA b/u
Leap by Myfanwy Jones – AA VIC, FAV, POP, PC
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens – POP, PC
Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden – AA QLD
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis - PC
Mistake Creek by Rachel Amphlett – Colour, PC
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell – PC
My Last Continent by Midge Raymond – Colour
Poppy's Dilemma by Karly Lane – AA NSW b/u
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – POP
Season of Shadow and Light by Jenn J. McLeod (AA) – Aussie A-Z, AA NSW b/u
Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner - perhaps – Aussie A-Z
Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes – FAV
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel – PC
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - PC
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - PC
The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh – PC
The Gardener Who Could See by John Jetty - PC
The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates – Adv POP
The Holiday Murders by Robert Gott – AA VIC b/u, PC
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais – POP
The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard – Colour, POP
The Little Shadows by Marina Endicott – POP
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith – AA VIC b/u
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman - PC
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells – POP (#17 – mythical creature), PC
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey – Colour
Transgression by Randy Ingermanson - PC
Unashamed by Lecrae Moore? – POP
Vodka Doesn't Freeze by Leah Giarratano – AA NSW b/u, PC
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman - PC
Either American Gods by Neil Gaiman or The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller? – Adv POP
Either April Fool's Day by Bryce Courtenay or The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton – POP (#34)
Either Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman or The Little Shadows by Marina Endicott – FAV (#20)
Either Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness by Chade-Meng Tan or Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job by Jon Acuff – POP (#21)
Either The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman or The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma or Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger? – POP (#22)
Either Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch or The Things We Never Said by Susan Elliot Wright – POP (#33)
John Marsden – PC
Vicki Tyley – PC
Completed
A Dissection of Murder by Felicity Young – PC
Blue Monday by Nicci French? – POP
Fatal Impact by Kathryn Fox – AA TAS
Finders Keepers by Stephen King – Aussie A-Z
Fly Away - Kristin Hannah – Aussie A-Z, Colour
Grace in the Maybe: Instructions on Not Knowing Everything About God by Katie Savage – Colour
Hollow City - Ransom Riggs – Aussie A-Z, POP
Lord of the Flies by William Golding – Adv POP
Maralinga by Judy Nunn – AA SA
Mr Wigg - Inga Simpson (AA) – Aussie A-Z, AA NSW b/u, Colour, PC
Palace of Tears by Julian Leatherdale – AA NSW, PC, Colour
Remember Me?
Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie – FAV, Colour
The Great Zoo of China – Matthew Reilly (AA) – Aussie A-Z, Colour, POP
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos – Dominic Smith (AA) – Aussie A-Z, Adv POP, PC
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple – POP
The Past and Other Lies by Maggie Joel - PC
The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville – AA NSW b/u
Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued by Anna Elliott – POP (#15) and PC
Once Confronted by Lynne Stringer – AA NSW b/u, PC
The Silent Country by Di Morrissey – AA NT b/u
Faith of My Fathers - Lynn Austin – Aussie A-Z, – FAV
Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall – AA ACT b/u
Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey by Ann Rinaldi – POP
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri – POP
The Amber Trail by M.J. Kelly – POP, PC
Autumn Manor by Helen Goltz – FAV, POP, PC
The Call of the Wild by Jack London – FAV, POP, PC
The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner – POP
The Woman Next Door by Liz Byrski – AA WA, PC
The Racketeer by John Grisham – Colour, PC
White Gold by Rachel Amphlett (AA) – Aussie A-Z, PC
Heritage by Judy Nunn (AA) – Aussie A-Z, AA NSW, Adv POP
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling: a Novel by Neta Jackson – Colour
Mercy Street by Tess Evans – AA VIC b/u, PC
The Eye of the Sheep - Sofie Laguna (AA) – Aussie A-Z, AA VIC b/u, PC
Freedom Fighter: One Man's Fight for One Free World by Majed El Shafie - BT Q1, PC
Violent Exposure - Katherine Howell (AA) – Aussie A-Z, AA NSW b/u
The Landing by Susan Johnson – AA QLD
Joy Dettman – PC
The Dry by Jane Harper – POP, PC
Paper Daisies by Kim Kelly - PC
Tiger Men by Judy Nunn – AA TAS b/u
The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGeachin – AA VIC, PC, POP
The Spy by James Phelan – POP
The Gauguin Connection by Estelle Ryan – POP, PC
Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes – FAV
Winter in Full Bloom by Anita Higman
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella – Colour
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar – AA SA b/u
An Ordinary Epidemic by Amanda Hickie – AA NSW b/u
Blessed Are the Dead by Malla Nunn – POP
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble – FAV
The Grass Castle by Karen Viggers – AA ACT, PC
Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith – from Katrina’s TBR list – Aussie A-Z, FAV
A Woman's War by Jacqueline Dinan – Colour
My Life as a Doormat – Rene Gutteridge – PC
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt – Adv POP, PC
The Good Dream by Donna VanLiere – FAV, PC
Bernese Adventure by Jane Shaw – POP (#27)
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption by Katie J. Davis – Aussie A-Z, PC
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards – Aussie A-Z
Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson – AA ACT b/u
The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots by Loretta Hill – AA WA
The Unbroken Line by Alex Hammond – AA VIC b/u
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes – FAV (#10)
Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman – POP, PC
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr – Aussie A-Z, POP
Territory by Judy Nunn – AA NT
JANUARYMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ – Our challenge this month is themed around things that are “new” since it’s the start of a New Year!
1). New to me author -
2). Debut novel -
3). New Release (within the past 6 months) - N/A
4). First book in a series -
5). Reader’s Choice -
Bound Together - January:
1. Member's Choice - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
2. Off the Shelf - "Color in the Title
Find a book from your actual or virtual TBR shelf with a color as part of the title name. Example: The White Queen, The Red Tent"
3. Author read - Pat Conroy
January Reads
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith Grace in the Maybe: Instructions on Not Knowing Everything About God by Katie Savage Palace of Tears by Julian Leatherdale Blue Monday by Nicci French Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Finders Keepers by Stephen King Knitting by Anne Bartlett Fly Away by Kristin Hannah Maralinga by Judy Nunn
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett Fatal Impact by Kathryn Fox
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
FEBRUARYMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ – Spell Out challenge - N/A
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - "Landscape" -
The Silent Country by Di Morrissey3. Author read - Anna Quindlen -
February Reads
Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
End of Watch by Stephen King The Hot Zone: The Chilling True Story of an Ebola Outbreak by Richard Preston A Dissection of Murder by Felicity Young
The Past and Other Lies by Maggie Joel The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville The Perfumer's Secret by Fiona McIntosh Once Confronted by Lynne Stringer Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued by Anna Elliott
MARCHMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ – Reduce That TBR!!
#1. Long time TBR –
#2. A season in the title –
#3. Animal on the cover – Mercy Street by Tess Evans (AA)
#4. Author who uses a pseudonym -
#5. Bestseller from a genre you don't normally read -
#6. Involving travel –
#7. Published in 2017
#8. By an author from a country you've never visited –
#9. First of a new series –
#10. Wartime novel -
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - ""
3. Author read -
March Reads
The Silent Country by Di Morrissey Faith of My Fathers by Lynn Austin
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey by Ann Rinaldi Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall The Amber Trail by M.J. Kelly
The Call of the Wild by Jack London Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett Autumn Manor by Helen Goltz
Freedom Fighter: One Man's Fight for One Free World by Majed El Shafie The Racketeer by John Grisham Touch & Go by Peter O'Sullivan The Woman Next Door by Liz Byrski
Who's Picking Me Up from the Airport?: And Other Questions Single Girls Ask
Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella White Gold by Rachel Amphlett
APRILMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
#1. April:
Read a book published in April (of any year)
#2. Fourth Month:
April is the fourth month of the year. Read the fourth book of a series.
#3. Daisy or Sweet Pea:
April's flower/s is/are the Daisy and the Sweet Pea. Read a book with the name of a flower in the title.
Paper Daisies by Kim Kelly
#4. Zodiac:
April signs are Aries and Taurus. Read a book in which the author's first or last name that begins with 'A' or 'T'.
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice - N/A
2. Off the Shelf - "Something Square - Find a book from your actual or virtual TBR shelf with something square on the cover" -
Skin Deep by Gary Kemble3. Author read - A Country Other Than Your Own - Choose any book to read by an author from a country other than the one you live in -
April Reads
Pre-Easter - unowned
The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna One Sunday by Joy DettmanPre-Easter - owned - some will roll over into the rest of April and May
Heritage by Judy Nunn Skin Deep by Gary Kemble The Whistler by John Grisham The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson Mercy Street by Tess Evans Ida by Alison Evans Almost French: A New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
The Gauguin Connection by Estelle RyanPost-Easter - unowned - some will roll over into May
Violent Exposure by Katherine Howell
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson Silent Fear by Katherine Howell
MAYMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
1. A Historical Fiction novel by an Aussie author
2. Read a book about family/mothers/relationships OR with MOTHER in the title OR with a strong female protagonist
3. A book that makes you laugh OR has laughing/smiling character/s on the cover
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption by Katie J. Davis
4. A book with flowers on the cover OR in the title
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - "Headless - Find a book from your actual or virtual TBR shelf with a person on the cover, but not showing their head" -
Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes3. Author read - Jacqueline Woodson - N/A
May Reads
The Landing by Susan Johnson The Dry by Jane Harper Paper Daisies by Kim Kelly
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic Winter in Full Bloom by Anita Higman Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella Tiger Men by Judy Nunn
The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGeachin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
JUNEMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
Minimum of 3 books chosen from the list below.
Read a book with:-
1. A beautiful cover.
2. A cover you don't like.
3. A colourful cover.
4. A really appropriate cover.
5. A cover that you love. Tell us why!
6. A boring cover - Timetable of Death by Edward Marston
7. A flowery cover.
8. A scenic cover -
9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:)
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - "Container
Find a book from your actual or virtual TBR shelf with any kind of container on the cover. It could be a box, a purse, a cage - something that contains things!"
An Ordinary Epidemic by Amanda Hickie3. Author read - Ron Rash - N/A
June Reads
Leave Me by Gayle Forman
The Spy by James Phelan Currawong Creek by Jennifer Scoullar
Hell Island by Matthew Reilly
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar An Ordinary Epidemic by Amanda Hickie
If I Run by Terri Blackstock
Blessed Are the Dead by Malla Nunn
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Unbroken Line by Alex Hammond
JULYMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
#1. On your TBR the longest : Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
#2. A new to you author : Donna VanLiere – The Good Dream
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre: Can You Keep a Secret? by Caroline Overington
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
2. Off the Shelf - ""
3. Author read - N/A
July Reads
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer The Grass Castle by Karen Viggers The Beekeeper's Secret by Josephine Moon
The Lake House by Kate Morton
Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
AUGUSTMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - ""
3. Author read -
August Reads
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt My Life as a Doormat by Rene Gutteridge My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson A Woman's War by Jacqueline Dinan
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth about Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker
That Part Was True by Deborah McKinlay
SEPTEMBERMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - ""
3. Author read -
September Reads
The Olive Branch by Jo Thomas Timetable of Death by Edward Marston
The Good Dream by Donna VanLiere
The Good People by Hannah Kent Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko
Once Lost by Ber Carroll The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption by Katie J. Davis
Bernese Adventure by Jane Shaw
OCTOBERMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - ""
3. Author read -
October Reads
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith After the Darkness by Honey Brown Those Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney
The Shack by William Paul Young
Among the Gods by Lynn Austin
Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love by James Runcie The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots by Loretta Hill Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson Ghost Girls by Cath Ferla
If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen Sanctuary by Judy Nunn
The Fourth Reich by Helen Goltz
NOVEMBERMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - ""
3. Author read -
November Reads
Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Bone is Pointed, The by Arthur W. Upfield
DECEMBERMonthly Challenges
Aussie Readers’ –
Bound Together:
1. Member's Choice -
2. Off the Shelf - ""
3. Author read -
December Reads
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Territory by Judy Nunn
Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor by Patrick Taylor
Leap by Myfanwy Jones
The Gift: A Novel by Cecelia Ahern
The Christmas Mouse and Village Christmas by Miss Read Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by Abby Clements
Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir by Andrew Gant
A Wayne in a Manger by Gervase Phinn
The Women of the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
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Brenda wrote: "Oh My Goodness Kathryn!!! You have 45 posts there in just over 20 minutes!! You are seriously going to do some reading next year!!!! Good luck with it all :)"I've been fiddling around with this for the last month (or two??), so I had most things ready to just be copied and pasted from a Word doc. Not everything though - I still need to go through and tidy up some things at some point! And it wouldn't have even taken me 20 minutes if a friend hadn't knocked at the door in the middle of it!
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Wow Kathryn, you are so organised I'm envious! Good luck with all your reading plans for 2017.
Brenda wrote: "I couldn't believe there were 45 new posts on your new challenge - thought it must have been wrong! Like.... how did I miss that??? lol"Just starting to get organised for next year...! Trying to be efficient ;-)
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I’m hoping to participate in 7 yearly organized challenges, a personal challenge that will take all year (and probably longer!), some 3 month seasonal challenges in the Aussie Readers’ Group, a TBR twin read most months (2017 Reading Challenge group), and monthly reads in various groups as time permits and as the inclination strikes!
Books for some challenges will overlap with other challenges. All lists are subject to change throughout the course of the year, dependent on availability and mood ☺
I will aim to keep track of my progress in this thread as well as in the relevant challenge threads.