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June 2020 - Reducing our TBRs
Participants
✅Alex
Amy
✅Brenda
Bron
✅Carolyn
Casey
✅Cherie
✅Christian
Clare
✅Deborah
Dominika
✅Erin
NEW Erin
✅Jane
Janelle
✅Janine
✅Jeanette
Jen
✅Jennifer
K.
✅Kahlia
✅Kali
✅Kerree
✅Kerri_M
✅Kim
Krystal
Kylie D
✅Kylie H
Kylie (kyliemaree)
Leonie
✅Li'l Owl
✅Lynxie
✅Mari
MaryG2E
✅Mel
✅Michelle_Mck
✅Nicola
✅Phrynne
✅Sarah
Susan
✅#Teresa
✅TheMadHatter
✅Tien
✅Trish
Valerie
✅Zoey
✅Alex
Amy
✅Brenda
Bron
✅Carolyn
Casey
✅Cherie
✅Christian
Clare
✅Deborah
Dominika
✅Erin
NEW Erin
✅Jane
Janelle
✅Janine
✅Jeanette
Jen
✅Jennifer
K.
✅Kahlia
✅Kali
✅Kerree
✅Kerri_M
✅Kim
Krystal
Kylie D
✅Kylie H
Kylie (kyliemaree)
Leonie
✅Li'l Owl
✅Lynxie
✅Mari
MaryG2E
✅Mel
✅Michelle_Mck
✅Nicola
✅Phrynne
✅Sarah
Susan
✅#Teresa
✅TheMadHatter
✅Tien
✅Trish
Valerie
✅Zoey
June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard
10/10
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :Savage Bay Nightmare by Anna Willett 5★s 7/6/20 AA
#2. A new to you author :Beware the Past by Joy Ellis 5★s 17/6/20
#3. Favourite author:A Million Little Lies by Bette Lee Crosby 4★s 9/6/20
#4. Favourite genre: HF -Stars Over the Southern Ocean by J.H. Fletcher 5★s 13/6/20 AA
SPELL-IT-OUT
OOne Lost Soul by J.M. Dalgliesh 5★s 7/6/20
LRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren 4★s 22/6/20
DMurder at the Playhouse by Helena Dixon 5★s 18/6/20
EOut of the Silence: After the Crash by Eduardo Strauch Urioste 4★s 6/6/20
SA Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison 4★s 5/6/20
TThe Life She Finds by Maggie Christensen 5★s 5/6/20 AA
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard
10/10
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre: HF -
SPELL-IT-OUT
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June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard
10/10
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest : The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett 5 stars
#2. A new to you author : The Safe Place by Anna Downes AA4 stars
#3. Favourite author: The Choir by Joanna Trollope 4 stars
#4. Favourite genre: HF The Goldminer's Sister by Alison Stuart AA 5 stars
SPELL-IT-OUT
R When She Was Good by Michael Robotham AA 5 stars
EExit by Belinda Bauer5 stars
D Murder on a Mississippi Steamboat by Leighann Dobbs 4 stars
UTwo for Sorrow by Nicola Upson 4 stars
C Competence by Gail Carriger 5 stars
EThe Golden One by Elizabeth Peters 5 stars
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard
10/10
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre: HF
SPELL-IT-OUT
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June TBR challengeLevel: Hard
11/11
Attempting a reading challenge for the first time in 3 years!! 0_o Be gentle with me!June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
4/4
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest:
#2. A new to you author:
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre:
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
3/4 read, 1 DNF
#1. On your TBR the longest :
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre: (Espionage)
Thank you, I'm in (I love clearing the oldest on the TBR!)June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
0/4
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest : The Children Act by Ian McEwan
#2. A new to you author : Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart AA
#3. Favourite author: Le parfum du bonheur est plus fort sous la pluie by Virginie Grimaldi
#4. Favourite genre: (contemporary fiction) A Spare Life by Lidija Dimkovska
I was going to do all classics but I have no Aussie authors there! So a mix of classics and Aussies for my medium attempt:O The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969 by Jorge Luis Borges fin Jun19
L The Long Shadow Anne Buist AA finished Jun4
D The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams fin Jun8
E Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
S Scared to Death by Rachel Amphlett AA fin Jun7
T Thief's Magic Trudi Canavan AA
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Medium
7/7
SPELL-IT-OUT
S - Pippa by Annie Seaton(AA) READ 8/6/20 3*
P - Married in Montana by Jane Porter READ 9/6/20 4*
E - The Last Sister by Kendra Elliot READ 13/6/20 3*
C - Come Back For Me by Heidi Perks READ 10/6/20 3*
I - The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan by Lisa Ireland(AA) READ 11/6/20 4*
A - Desperate Creed by Alex Kava READ 16/6/20 4*
L - Just an Ordinary Family by Fiona Lowe(AA) READ 5/6/20 5*
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: HARD
18/18 (7/3 AA)
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest : The Persimmon Tree (The Persimmon Tree #1) by Bryce Courtenay AA -Read 11/06
#2. A new to you author : Sticks and Stones by Katherine Firkin AA -Read 02/06
#3. Favourite author: Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey -Read 20/06
#4. Favourite genre: Lintang and the Forbidden Island (Lintang #2) by Tamara Moss AA (fantasy) -Read 17/06
SPELL-IT-OUT
P -Quantum (Captain Chase #1) by Patricia Cornwell -Read 03/06
U -Unholy Ground (Serenity's Plain Secrets #7) by Karen Ann Hopkins -Read 21/06
R -Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay -Read 22/06
G -Going Off Script by Jen Wilde AA -Read 05/06
E -Pinion (Jacob's Ladder #1) by Elizabeth Bear -Read 06/12
C -Chasing the Shadows (Sentinels of the Galaxy #2) by Maria V. Snyder -Read 06/07
H -My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store by Ben Ryder Howe -Read 08/06
A -When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald -Read 03/06
L -Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls #1) by Martha Hall Kelly -Read 11/06
L -The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket -Read 04/06
E -The True Story of Butterfish by Nick Earls AA -Read 12/06
N -Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe #2) by Neal Shusterman -Read 08/06
G -The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser AA -Read 14/06
E -The Pea Pickers by Eve Langley AA -Read 17/06
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Medium
SPELL-IT-OUT
O - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
L - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee
D - Rogue by Gina Damico
E - The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
S - Reckoning by Magda Subanski (AA)
T - The Buisness of Death by Trent Jamieson (AA)
Casey wrote: "June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Medium
SPELL-IT-OUT
O - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
L - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee
D - Rogue by Gina Damico
E -..."
Casey, your last choice - The Business of Death - is the trilogy (books 1-3) Did you mean to put that one there, or did you mean The Business of Death which is #3? (confusing because of both the same titles!)
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Medium
SPELL-IT-OUT
O - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
L - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee
D - Rogue by Gina Damico
E -..."
Casey, your last choice - The Business of Death - is the trilogy (books 1-3) Did you mean to put that one there, or did you mean The Business of Death which is #3? (confusing because of both the same titles!)
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Medium
3/7
SPELL-IT-OUT
S - The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
P - The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
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C - Crossings by Alex Landragin
I - I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty (AA)
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Tien wrote: "June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: HARD
0/18
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest : Due Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital AA
#2...."
WOW Tien! Goodluck!!
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard
11/11
8/8 AA
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest:
#2. A new to you author:
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre (Historical Fiction):
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Yes, please add me to the list of participants for this challenge. I keep trying to reduce my TBRs all the time, not always successfully! My choice of books for the tasks will be taken from owned books sitting on my shelves, since there is no library service in my region for the foreseeable future.AR June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy - TASKS, 4 books, including one Aussie author
Progress: 1/4
TASKS
✔ 1. On my TBR the longest: The Boat by Nam Le (AA) (since December 2014!) 3.5★s
2. An author new to me: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
3. One of my favourite authors: The Rich Man's House by Andrew McGahan (AA)
4. Favourite genre: Historical Fiction - Little People by Jane Sullivan (AA)
I'm starting with Easy: 4 books (1 AA)#1. On your TBR the longest : The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
#2. A new to you author : The Safe Place by Anna Downes AA
#3. A Favourite author: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
#4. Favourite genre: The Deepest Grave by Harry Bingham
Hi everyone, this is my first challenge and I’m a bit confused on what the tasks are 😫 where do I find them? Or what’s the criteria of spell-it-out? Thanks 😊
Amanda wrote: "Hi everyone, this is my first challenge and I’m a bit confused on what the tasks are 😫 where do I find them? Or what’s the criteria of spell-it-out? Thanks 😊"Brenda's first post has the details of what to do. Pick your level, and then pick books to fit the required criteria. There's also a link to the guidelines for all group challenges in her post.
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard (Min 3 AA)
15/15
7/7 AA
TASKS
SPELL-IT-OUT
Amanda wrote: "Hi everyone, this is my first challenge and I’m a bit confused on what the tasks are 😫 where do I find them? Or what’s the criteria of spell-it-out? Thanks 😊"Hi Amanda, the way to select your spell-it-out books is to choose your word, and then choose a book for each letter of the word in which (a) the author's first or last name or (b) the first word of the title, normally excluding 'The' and 'A', begins with the corresponding letter. One of the best ways to understand the way the spell-it-out works is to look at the posts made by experienced Aussie Readers, like our moderators, to see how they do it. I hope this helps. If in doubt, don't hesitate to ask Brenda or Phrynne or Sally for help.
I would like to join.June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
0/4
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest:
Becoming Kirrali Lewis by Jane Harrison AA
#2. A new to you author:
Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley AA
#3. Favourite author:
Burn by Patrick Ness
#4. Favourite genre: Mystery
Deep Water by Sarah Epstein AA
Amanda wrote: "Hi everyone, this is my first challenge and I’m a bit confused on what the tasks are 😫 where do I find them? Or what’s the criteria of spell-it-out? Thanks 😊"
Thanks to Lynxie and Mary - Amanda, if you have further questions, you can PM me if you like :)
Thanks to Lynxie and Mary - Amanda, if you have further questions, you can PM me if you like :)
Yes please :) June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
3/4
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest : The Boys in the Boat: An Epic True-life Journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin by Daniel James Brown
When He Vanished by T.J. Brearton
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
4/4
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre:
June TBR Challenge - CompletedDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
4/4 books - 1/1 Aussie Authors
TASKS
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- finished 9/6/20 - 3.5 stars
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- finished 4/6/20 - 3 stars
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- read 14/6/20 - 3 stars
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- finished 2/6/20 - 4 stars
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard - 3 AA
10/10 - FINISHED 23/06/2020
TASKS
#1. On your (physical book) TBR the longest :
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre:
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Another timely challenge, just what I needed!June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
2/4 (AA-1/1)
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
Three For A Girl by Sarah A. Denzil
#4. Favourite genre:
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard
Progress: 18/18 AA: 5/5
PART 1: TASKS
1. On your TBR the longest:
2. A new to you author:
3. A favourite author:
4. Favourite genre (Crime/Mystery):
PART 2: SPELL-IT-OUT
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Always looking to reduce my TBR!June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
4/4
Completed 26/06
TASKS
✅ #1. On your TBR the longest :
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning 26/06 ★★★☆
✅ #2. A new to you author :
Recursion by Blake Crouch 20/06 ★★★★☆
✅ #3. Favourite author:
Under the Midnight Sky by Anna Romer *AA* 14/06 ★★★★☆
✅ #4. Favourite genre: (Mystery)
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves 10/06 ★★★
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Medium
7/7 COMPLETED
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June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Easy
4/4
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest: Animal Farm by George Orwell (FINISHED)
#2. A new to you author: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (FINISHED)
#3. Favourite author (so many): Misery by Stephen King (FINISHED)
#4. Favourite genre: Out of the Silent Planet by C.S.Lewis (FINISHED)
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: EASY
0/4
TASKS
#1. Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five
#2. Sleep State Interrupt
#3. The Practice of English Language Teaching
#4. Children of Fire (second edition): Elemental #1
#4 is an Australian Author.
Sarah wrote: "June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level: Hard
Progress: 0/12 AA: 0/3
PART 1: TASKS
1. On your TBR the longest: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2. A new to you ..."
Thanks for your info - I didn't realise that Angelica Banks was a pseudonym for two other much respected Aussie Authors.
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level:
0/4
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest: Fledgling
#2. A new to you author: Every Breath (Aussie author)
#3. Favourite author: The Return of the King
#4. Favourite genre: Elijah in Jerusalem
June TBR ChallengeDuration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
Level:Easy
4/4
TASKS
I'll be easy but not cheap ;) as they are all actual books I have purchased:TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre, Marine:
Jen wrote: "Im going to purge my Kindle TBR for this challenge : Easy (1 AA)
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest : The One Hundred Year old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
#2..."
Jen, would you please link your titles and authors? Thanks :)
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest : The One Hundred Year old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
#2..."
Jen, would you please link your titles and authors? Thanks :)
Deborah wrote: "I'll be easy but not cheap ;) as they are all actual books I have purchased:
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :Kill the Dead Tanith Lee
#2. A new to you author : Tour..."
Would you mind giving me the ISBN or ASIN (if a kindle/ebook) and I'll find and add it to the database for you? Thanks Deborah :)
TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :Kill the Dead Tanith Lee
#2. A new to you author : Tour..."
Would you mind giving me the ISBN or ASIN (if a kindle/ebook) and I'll find and add it to the database for you? Thanks Deborah :)
JUNE TBR Challenge 1/6/20 to 30/6/20Getting around to joining this June Challenge...so many of you are so quick :-)
Medium level Spell-It-Out min 6books with at least 2AA
7/7 3/3 AA
S The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell AA....read 4*
P Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern AA....read 4*
E Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John....read 4.5*
C A Commonplace Killing by Siân Busby....read 3.5*
I The Thing About Clare by Imogen Clark....read 3.5*
A Life after Life by Kate Atkinson....read 4*
L The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty AA....read 3.5*
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June TBR Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 30/6/20
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TASKS
#1. On your TBR the longest :
#2. A new to you author :
#3. Favourite author:
#4. Favourite genre:
SPELL-IT-OUT
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