Aussie Readers discussion

For September we are challenging you to put your thinking caps on and write part of the challenge yourselves.

Levels
Easy - read three books, (one Australian author)
Medium - read six books (two Australian authors)
Hard - read nine books (minimum three Australian authors.)

Study our selected book and find ways to link it to other books you would like to read. Make sure you justify your reason for the link
The book is Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Here are some examples of possible links - use these if you like and/or create your own.
1. The book appears to be set in Paris. (for example The Paris Wife by Paula McLain)
2. The title starts with A.(for example All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven)
3. the book was published in 2010:(for example Truly, Madly by Heather Webber)

Ace
Brad
Brenda
Carolyn
Diana
Dree
Frances
Jane
Janine
Jennifer
Jo
Kerri
Kylie
Li'l Owl
Loren
Lyndall
MaryG2E
MichelleG
Mima
Nicola
PattyMacDotComma
Phrynne
Richard
Sally906
Sue
Tien
Tricia
Valerie
Zoey

Level - Hard
9/9

1. Set in Paris
The Paris Wedding by Charlotte Nash AA 4 stars

2. Couple on cover
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews 5 stars

3. Author's first name starts with S
Body Work by Sara Paretsky 3 stars

4. Author's surname starts with P
Murder at the Rocks by Jill Paterson AA 3 stars

5. Genre is YA
Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab 3 stars

6. Female author
Forgotten by Nicole Trope AA 4 stars

7. First in a series
Silent Scream by Angela Marsons 4 stars

8. Published in 2010
Stormlord Rising by Glenda Larke 5 stars

9. Five words in the title
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie4 stars

September Challenge 2017- Book Match

LEVEL - Hard

10/10

#1. Blue Cover - Winter Signs by Sarah Gai 4.5★s AA
#2. Friendships - The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green 5★s AA
#3. Female author - Willow Tree Bend by Kaye Dobbie 5★s AA
#4. Girl on Cover - The Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard 5★s AA
#5. 1st in Series - Live and Let Diet by Morgana Best 3★s
#6. Author's first name starts with "S" - Deadly Intent by Sheryl Browne 3★s
#7. Author's last name starts with "P" - Secrets Between Friends by Fiona Palmer 5★s AA
#8. Author initials in book title - See Jane Die by Erica Spindler 5★s
#9. Set in Paris - The Betrayal by Kate Furnivall 4.5★s
#10. American Author - The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman 5★s

Level - Easy

3/3

1. Female Author - Sacrifice by Sharon Bolton 5★
2. Genre Romance - A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson 3★
3. 1st in Series - Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith AA 2★

You are linked Zoey. Enjoy the challenge:)

Wondering why you selected this book? Just curious...

Because I had just come back from Paris and had been up the Eiffel Tower a couple of weeks before I prepared the challenge. Brenda asked me the same question.
As it turns out it also supplies a huge number of possible links.

Errr I've just started a bunch of books that'll probably take me all of September to get through so I'm gonna give this one a miss too I think! Best of luck to all!

I'm finding I can't resist a challenge! Count me in!

I rather like the idea of being a little creative with this one, so thanks mods! We've been spoilt with the latest challenges on offer!

Level - Easy

3/3

1. First in a series: Sinister Intent by Karen M. Davis. AA. Completed 09/09, 5 stars.
2. Female Author: In Her Wake by Amanda Jennings. Completed 16/09, 4 stars.
3. Five words in title (also fits the "starts with A" category): At Home with the Templetons by Monica McInerney AA. Completed 25/09, 4 stars.

Level - Easy

0/3

1. Young Adult fiction The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
2. Author initials S P Here be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Changed to American Author The Secret History by Donna Tartt
3. Female Author Moonborn by Marina Finlayson AA

Level Medium
6 /6

✔1.The word kiss in the title
The First Last Kiss

✔2. Female Author
The Six AA

✔3. Seat on the cover
The Woman Next Door AA

✔4.Starts with the letter A
Atonement

✔5.Two people on the cover
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

✔6.Set in France
The Mouse-Proof Kitchen

Level - Medium

1. Published in December: The Time Trap by Peter Corris 2* AA
2. Authors name begins with "S" - A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride 4*
3. A Romance - Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb 5*
4. Young Adult - The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan 4*
5. Read by a Stephanie - Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood AA 3*
6. Set in Paris - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 5*

September Challenge
Level - Easy 3/3
Authors have worked together Teen Spirit by Francesca Lia Block
Set in France - The French Perfumer by Amanda Hampson AA
Author's first name starts with Ste - The Marmalade Files by Steve Lewis and
Chris Uhlmann AAs

Zoey wrote: "Level - Easy

0/3

1. Female Author - Sacrifice by Sharon Bolton
2. Genre Romance - A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson
3. 1st in Series - ..."

Don't forget to mark your AA Zoey :)

I am going for Easy


1. Eiffel Tower on Cover
To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin

2. Female Author
The Country Wedding by Barbara Hannay(AA)

3. Author's First Name begins with S
Murder, Lies and Chocolate by Sally Berneathy

Lovely choices already everyone!

I'll be in - but on my app only today so will post a linking acceptance tomorrow.

Kylie wrote: "I'm finding I can't resist a challenge! Count me in!

I rather like the idea of being a little creative with this one, so thanks mods! We've been spoilt with the latest challenges on offer!

You are linked Kylie. Did you discover that you can work nearly any book you want to read into this as long as you use your imagination:) Great for reducing TBRs!

Brenda wrote: "Zoey wrote: "Level - Easy

0/3

1. Female Author - Sacrifice by Sharon Bolton
2. Genre Romance - A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson
3. 1st..."

Whoops 😊 Fixed

Ace, Kerri, Jane, Diana and Janine - all linked. Good choices of books!!!!

Medium for me!

Set in France - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Author with the same initials - Fallout by Sara Paretsky
Romance - Amber and Alice by Janette Paul AA
Female author - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra AA
Girl's Name in title - Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh
YA - The Gulf by Anna Spargo-Ryan AA

Phrynne wrote: "Ace, Kerri, Jane, Diana and Janine - all linked. Good choices of books!!!!"

Thanks Phrynne!

All linked up Carolyn!
You are way ahead of me in the Paretsky books!

Love any opportunity to be creative! Will return tomorrow with my choices.

Looking forward to seeing your choices Valerie:)

Easy - read three books, (one Australian author)

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

My picks are


Female Author - Katherine Howell Cold Justice AA

Set in Paris - The Lying-Down RoomAnna Jaquiery

Published in 2010 - Beautiful Malice Rebecca James AA

Please link me in

Just an EASY for me this month. All female authors, as it happens.
3/3
1. Female author – Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny READ 4★

2. Takes place in Europe – The Girl from Munich by AA Tania Blanchard READ no rating (dnf)

3. Cover, sky with clouds –Together by Julie Cohen READ 5★

September Challenge 2017- Book Match

LEVEL - Hard

Progress: 14/14

✔ 1. MC first name - 4 letters (Anna & Isla)
Isla's Oath by Cassandra Page (AA). Read: 19 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 2. Location set in Europe
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Read: 9 Sept, Rated: 5 stars

✔ 3. Author is French, Book is set in France
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Read: 30 Sept, Rated: 2 stars

✔ 4. Book is a 4 letter title
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. Read: 17 Sept, Rated: 3 stars

✔ 5. Book published in 2010
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. Read: 12 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 6. Title starts with "A"
Awakened by Brenda K. Davies. Read: 16 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 7. Couple on the cover
Destined by Brenda K. Davies. Read: 16 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 8. Grass on the cover
Three Slices by Kevin Hearne. Read: 12 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 9. MC Hand on the cover
Enraptured by Brenda K. Davies. Read: 18 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 10. Author's Name starts with "A"
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens. Read: 15 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 11. MC's name is Anna
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (AA). Read: 1 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 12. Book is tagged Romance - Same Genre
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (AA). Read: 1 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 13. Book is YA - Same Genre
Disruption by Jessica Shirvington (AA). Read: 25 Sept, Rated: 4 stars

✔ 14. Family attraction - The Eiffel Tower is a popular tourist destination for families. Book has a mother and child on the cover
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Read: 30 Sept, Rated: 3 stars

Lyndall, Patty and Michelle G all linked. Enjoy your books:)

Sign me up please ت

September Challenge 2017- Book Match
Level Easy - 3/3

Woman Author
-The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe 3★'s

Genre is Young Adult
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 5★'s

Woman on the Cover
-Black & Blue by Candice Fox AA 4★'s



Thanks to mods for another nice challenge!

You are in Owl and welcome:)

September Challenge 2017 - Book Match
Level: Easy

0/3

Book to Match:
Anna and the French Kiss

TASKS
1). Female MC from the US travels to Europe
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman | 2017-Sep-05

2). MC is a teenage girl who must leave home and travel across the sea to another country, to attend school and live with people other than her family.
The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

3). Plot involves a love triangle
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton AA
Still trying to get "The House at Riverton" read :) I had it listed for August's challenge, but will be swapping it out for a different title because I know I can't get it read before end of August. So, trying now to read it in September :)

Thanks for coming up with a fun challenge, Phrynne!

You are linked Sue!
You came up with some lovely original ideas :)

Phrynne wrote: "Lyndall, Patty and Michelle G all linked. Enjoy your books:)"

Thanks Phrynne, my books are now updated :)

OK - I am now Officially in - I am doing 3.

Match books to Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins


1. Streets on a Map: Journey Through Changes by Dale Harcombe - Aussie Author
How it matches: Both published in 2010 - 3★s

2. A Knight to Remember by Cynthia Luhrs
How it matches: Both titles start with A – 3★s

Author: Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead by Christiana Miller
How it matches: Both authors are woman – 3★s

HARD
9/9 books (min 3AAs)

1. 16 letters in author's name: The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader -Read 07/09

2. Author's initial, SP: Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough -Read 23/09

3. 20 letters in title: The Messenger of Athens (The Greek Detective #1) by Anne Zouroudi -Read 26/09

4. Word in title can be found in 'Anna and the French Kiss' (ie. 'THREE' found in THE fREnch): Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell, & Fiona Wood (AA) -Read 22/09

5. Average rating of 4+ stars: Wreck by Fleur Ferris (AA) -Read 25/09

6. "And The" in title: Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1) by James Runcie -Read 20/09

7. Debut novel: The Next Together (The Next Together #1) by Lauren James -Read 06/09

8. MC in senior/final year: Black by Fleur Ferris (AA) -Read 26/09

9. Completed trilogy: Saving Grace (The Button Jar #1) by Fiona McCallum (AA) -Read 18/09

Tien and Sally you are now linked:)
And I think you put two thinking caps on at least Tien! Amazing:)

I'm in. My list so far.
Hard
9/9 Books (Min 3 Aussie Authors)

1. Female Author
Red Phoenix by Kylie Chan AA 5 stars

2. Genre: Romance
Bluegrass Bend by Mandy Magro AA 4 stars

3. Girl on Cover
Isla's Oath by Cassandra Page AA 4 stars

4. Author's last name starts with a "P"
Melpomene's Daughter by Cassandra Page AA 4 stars

5. Author's first name starts with a "S"
Brewing Love by Sara Bourgeois 3 stars

6. Published in 2010
Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan AA 5 stars

7. Published in December
Emily by Jamie Garrett 5 stars

8. Starts with the letter "A"
Accidental SEAL by Sharon Hamilton 4 stars

9. Has two people on the cover
Keila by Jamie Garrett4 stars

You are linked Jennifer. You have your Aussie books covered - the rest should be easy:)

Easy for me please!


Woman wearing scarf on cover
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

Vertically cropped picture of woman on cover
The Return by Silvia Kwon

Young adult novel, set in France, female MC, woman wearing scarf on cover
In Mortal Danger by Lorraine Campbell AA

Level - Easy


✔ Female author
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ★★★★★

✔ Book cover is set outside
For the Term of His Natural Life (AA) by Marcus Clarke ★★★★

✔ Plot involves a love triangle
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★

Welcome to the challenge Valerie and Dree. You are both linked:)

Phrynne wrote: "Tien and Sally you are now linked:)
And I think you put two thinking caps on at least Tien! Amazing:)"

Thanks! I try ;D

Fascinating! The imagination of you all is just brilliant! Such great ideas!

Tien wrote: "HARD
0/9 books (min 3AAs)

1. 16 letters in author's name: Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy (AA)

2. Author's initial, SP: Frankie by [author:Shivaun Plozza|..."

Tien, your creativity is outstanding! Excellent thinking, and it's got me pondering whether to change one or two of mine... lol! :)

Easy

Female author
Air Kisses by Zoe Foster

Author's first name starts with S
Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann

First book in a series
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

I'm on my phone, I'll add links when I'm back on my PC.

Well done Frances - don't forget to add your AAs while you're at it :)

You are linked Frances:)

Jennifer I'll be hanging out to hear your thoughts on Red Phoenix and Blue Dragon - love Kylie Chan's work!!