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Anna - aiming for 50 again
And we're off! Book 1 for 2017: Sleeping Like A Baby: Simple Sleep Solutions for Infants and Toddlers by Pinky McKay. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Good Luck for the challenge this year Anna. I see you've already got the ball rolling.
Book 3: On the Blue Train by Kristel Thornell. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 5: The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope by Catherine Hamlin. An inspiring story of a remarkable woman. 4 stars.
Book 7: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox. My short review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 9: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty. Interesting twists and turns but it was just too long. My short review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 10: Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen. One of my favourite picture books. 5 stars.(Edited to add: I hesitated to include this as Pamela Allen was born and is currently living in New Zealand. However, she lived in Australia for around 30 years including when this book was published, so I thought that that would be sufficiently Australian to count for the challenge! Feel free to comment and let me know if you disagree.)
Book 12: Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 13: There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake by Hazel Edwards. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 14: All You Need is Love: Fifteen Journeys to Motherhood by Suzy Zail. My short review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 16: Possum Magic by Mem Fox - 4 stars.Book 17: We of the Never Never by Jeannie Gunn. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... This is the first book I've read for the 'Classics' part of my challenge.
Book 18: The Fence by Meredith Jaffe. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy this one, as I found almost all the characters unlikeable and the ending unsatisfying.
Book 19: Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox. A very interesting read. 4 stars.
Book 20: Rosetta: A Scandalous True Story by Alexandra Joel. I wasn't a big fan of this one. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 21: After The Carnage by Tara June Winch. My short review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 22: Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta. It took me a while to get into this one but in the end I was impressed. 4 stars.
Book 24: Searching For The Secret River by Kate Grenville. A really fascinating read. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 25: The Women In Black by Madeleine St. John. I really enjoyed this one. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... I'm also counting this towards my Classics challenge. I'm now halfway towards my goal of reading 50 books by Australian women writers. I aimed to review half of these, and this is my 18th review so I'm doing better than I planned.
Book 27: Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 29: Vigil by Angela Slatter. Not my usual genre but I really enjoyed it. My short review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
It's been a while, but I'm back with book 30: Still Lucky: Why You Should feel Optimistic about Australia and its People by Rebecca Huntley. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 31: Barking Dogs by Rebekah Clarkson. Mixed feelings about this one. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 32: Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 33: Silly Galah! by Janeen Brian. Great fun! My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 36 (which I actually read before some of my recent additions but which I've only just added to Goodreads): Who Am I? by Susan Hall. My short review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 37: This House of Grief by Helen Garner. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 38: Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 40: Rebellious Daughters, edited by Maria Katsonis and Lee Kofman. I liked the concept of this book but some of the stories weren't as successful as others. 3 stars.
Book 42: The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke. A powerful read. My review is a https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 44: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Women of Letters, curated by Michaela McGuire and Marieke Hardy. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
Book 46: A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... I'll also be counting this one towards my Classics challenge.
Book 48: Time for Bed by Mem Fox.And book 49: Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea by Marie Munkara. My review is at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
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Things That Helped: Essays (other topics)This House of Grief (other topics)
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I surpassed my goal of reading 50 and reviewing 25 books by Australian women writers last year, but my reading time is more limited now I have a baby so I'm sticking with the same goal. I'll also include children's books towards my total.
I'll aim to include at least five 'classics' and might review this goal upwards depending on what books pique my interest during the year.