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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level:
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EASY - Tasks (minimum 1 AA)
MEDIUM - Spell Out (minimum 2 AA)
HARD - Tasks & Spell Out (minimum 4 AA)

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February 2023's Featured Author is Kate Forsyth

This is a two-part challenge, where you are welcome to complete either the task section or the spell section, or both. A book may be used only one time for this challenge.

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TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which is a series #7 OR
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale OR
**Read an Historical novel

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a Fantasy story OR
**Read a book set in Australia

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages) OR
**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)

BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth

SPELL OUT Using either first letter of title (disregarding "A", "An" or "The" if you choose to) or either the first or last initial of the author. For the difficult letters - Q, X and Z, you may use a book in which the letter appears somewhere in the title or author's first or last name.

Kate Forsyth (first, last or both)

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Fairy
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Seven
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✅Jane
✅Janine
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✅Jenn
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✅Kim UK
✅Kylie H
✅Mari
MaryG2E
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✅Rachel
✅Sarah
Sharon
Sue
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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level:
16/16

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which is a series #7 OR
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
Crash Course: Wolf Girl 7 by Anh Do 5★s 1/2/23 AA

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale OR
**Read an Historical novel
Death by a Cornish Cove by Fliss Chester 3★s 7/2/23

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a Fantasy story OR
**Read a book set in Australia
The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie 5★s 17/2/23 AA

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages) OR
**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
We Only Had Each Other by Shari J. Ryan 5★s 11/2/23



BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth - The Crimson Thread 5★s 23/2/23 AA

SPELL OUT

K Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman 3★s 5/2/23
A A Silent Truth by Rachel Amphlett 5★s 18/2/23 AA
T The Last Letter From Paris by Kate Eastham 4.5★s 6/2/23
E Murder at an Irish Castle by Ellie Brannigan 5★s 2/2/23



M Finding Refuge in Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen 5★s 1/2/23 AA
A Outback Sky: The Pilot by Annie Seaton 3★s 7/2/23
S The Wife List by J.A. Schneider 5★s 16/2/23
T The Bootmaker of Berlin by Debbie Terranova 5★s 22/2/23 AA
E Encore in Death by J.D. Robb 5★s 4/2/23
R The War Pianist by Mandy Robotham 5★s 13/2/23
S Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim 5★s 26/2/23 AA

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Hard
16/16

TASKS - Completed

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which is a series #7 OR
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
Outback Dust: The Drifter by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars 2/2/23

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale OR
**Read an Historical novel
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris by Daisy Wood 5 stars 7/2/23

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a Fantasy story OR
**Read a book set in Australia
Broad River Station by Fleur McDonald AA 4 stars 13/2/23

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages) OR
**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 5 stars 8/2/23

BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth
The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth AA 4 stars 10/2/23


SPELL IT OUT!! - Completed

K - Author - Hunter Hunted by Keri Arthur AA 5 stars 3/2/23
A - Author - Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews 5 stars 7/2/23
T - Title - The Opal Miner's Daughter by Fiona McArthur AA 4 stars 1/2/23
E - Title - East of Alice by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars 8/2/23

F - Title - Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb 4 stars 9/2/23
O - Title - Osprey Reef by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars 14/2/23
R - Title - Retribution by Sarah Barrie AA 4 stars 8/2/23
S - Title - Sorrow's Song by Keri Arthur AA 5 stars 7/2/23
Y - Author - The Silver Stag by Yasmine Galenorn 4 stars 6/2/23
T - Title - The Giving Tree by Phillipa Nefri Clark AA 5 stars 2/2/23
H - Title - The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser 4 stars 7/2/23

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: hard (4AA)
15/15

#1. **Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count - 408p
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 4/2 5★

#2. **Read an Historical novel
The Unknown Wife by Mary Brendan 2/2 2★

#3. **Read a Fantasy story OR
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 7/2 2★

#4. **Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay by Ali McNamara 5/2 2.5★

BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth
Dragonclaw by Kate Forsyth 19/2 4★ (AA)


F- On the Straight and Narrow by Faith Martin 2/2 4★
A- Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George 8/2 3★
I- Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb 6/2 4★
R- Virgin River by Robyn Carr 8/2 3★
Y- The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young 1/2 2★


T- Fallout by Paul Thomas 10/2 4★
A- Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 11/2 2★
L- The Shape of Us by Lisa Ireland 13/2 4★ (AA)
E- Bad Habits by Sarah Evans 14/2 3★ (AA)
S- The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett 16/2 4★ (AA)

I was just thinking about reading some Kate Forsyth this morning. Woooowooo!

Perfect timing Kylie!

I am in

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
5/5

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.

**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)

Family Baggage Ilsa Evans AA
400 pages Done 5* 20/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.

**Read an Historical novel

The Light We Left Behind Tessa Harris Done 4* 18/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.

**Read a book set in Australia

Finding Refuge in Bellbird Bay Maggie Christensen AA Done 5* 10/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'

**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)

So Long, Chester Wheeler Catherine Ryan Hyde Done 5* 22/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth
The Crimson Thread Kate Forsyth AA Done 4* 11/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Finsihed :)

I'm in.

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
Books: 4/4 AA: 2

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which is a series #7 OR
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
The Shape of Us by Lisa Ireland AA reading e-book, page count 400 - read 02/02/2023 - 4 ⭐

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale OR
**Read an Historical novel
The Last of the Seven by Steven Hartov - read 05/02/2023 - 4⭐

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a Fantasy story OR
**Read a book set in Australia
The Butterfly Collector by Tea Cooper AA - read 01/02/2023 - 5⭐

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages) OR
**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
The Secret of The Old Clock by Carolyn Keene - read 13/02/2023 - 5 ⭐

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Level: Easy
5/5 books (min 1 AA)

TASKS
✔ #1. Read a book which is a series #7
Dark Justice by Catherine Lee AA (read 15 Feb) 4★

✔ #2. Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (read 23 Feb) 5★

✔ #3. Read a Fantasy story
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews (read 8 Feb) 4★

✔ #4. Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy AA (read 19 Feb) 5★

✔ BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth Searching for Charlotte (read 28 Feb) 4★

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Hard
11/11

TASKS

#1. Read a book which is a series #7
Rough Time in Nuala by Harriet Steel 4 stars

#2. Read an Historical novel
A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari 4 stars

#3. Read a fantasy
Witch Summer Night's Cream by H.Y. Hanna AA 4 stars 22/2/23

#4. Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages)
The Hotel Witch by Jessica Miller 4 stars



SPELL OUT
F Death by a Cornish Cove by Fliss Chester 4 stars
O Outback Sky: The Pilot by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars
R Rainbows Over Puddleduck Farm by Della Galton 4 stars
S Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews 5 stars
Y You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle 3 stars
T Trowel and Error by H.Y. Hanna AA
H The Artist's Missing Muse by Helen Goltz AA 5 stars

Love Kate Forsyth so please sign me up for an easy Feb

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I'm in for this one!

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy (Tasks)
4/4 (AA 1/1) - COMPLETED 21/2/23

#1. Read a book which is #7 in a series:
Come A Little Closer by Rachel Abbott -
- FINISHED 5/2/23 - 4* (9/10)

#2. Read an Historical novel:
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley -
- FINISHED 20/2/23 - 4* (8/10)

#3. Read a book set in Australia:
The White Girl by Tony Birch - AA -
- FINISHED 21/2/23 - 4* (9/10)

#4. Read a book where you can spell 'CROWN' in the title:
One, Two ... He Is Coming For You by Willow Rose -
- FINISHED 18/2/23 - 3* (7/10)

Welcome Kim, you're linked :)

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Medium (Spell Out)
8/8 as of 26/2/23

F Frantic by Katherine Howell AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 4/2/23
A Amanda Bouchet's Heart on Fire
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 Stars) - 26/2/23
N Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 11/2/22
T Trying War by S.D. Gentill AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 17/2/23
A Amanda Bouchet's Of Fate and Fire
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2.5 Stars) - 26/2/23
S Sanctum by Sarah Fine
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 18/2/23
Y Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 25/2/23

Bonus (If I get time): Escape From Wolfhaven Castle by Kate Forsyth
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 10/2/22

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Medium
0/7

F - Feels Like Home by Lisa Ireland AA
O - On The Right Track by Penelope Janu AA
R - The Registrar by Neela Janakiramanan AA
S - Since We Last Met by Bronwyn Sell AA
Y - You'll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse
T - Twenty-Six Letters by Charlotte Nash AA
H - Hermit by S.R. White AA

Joining in for a Spell Out this month.

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Medium 8/8 AA 4/4

✔C - Consolation by Garry Disher AA....4* 07/02/23
✔H - Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald AA....3.5* 09/02/23
✔I - Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall....3.5* 12/02/23
✔L - The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor AA....4* 21/02/23
✔D - Death of a Charming Man by M.C. Beaton....3.5* 06/02/23
✔R - Wolf to the Slaughter by Ruth Rendell....3* 21/02/23
✔E - Baby Proof by Emily Giffin....3* 06/02/23
✔N - The Scandal by Nicola Marsh AA....3.5* 11/02/23

OK let’s go!
February Aussie Authors Challenge-Kate Forsythe
Level: Hard
9/9 4/4AA
TASKS

✅1. Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland* 12 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review AA

✅2. Read an Historical novel: The Proxy Bride by Zoe Boccabella (Italy) 11 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review

✅3. Read a book set in Australia: The Bark Cutters by Nicole Alexander (Australia) 5 Jan 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ my review

✅4. Read a children's/YA book Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (Nigeria) 7 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


SPELL OUT
✅T-Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi* (Japan) 18 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅A-The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (Japan) 14 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅L-The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People by Meik Wiking* 6 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅E-The Islands by Emily Brugman 16 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅S-The Switch by Beth O'Leary 21 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review

I'm in, ta!

February Aussie Authors Challenge-Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: EASY - Tasks (minimum 1 AA)
4/4



✅ #1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
The Bigamist - F.E. Mills Young 18/2/23 4 star

✅ #2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read an Historical novel
🦘The French Photographer (2019) - Natasha Lester AA 19/2/23 5 star

✅ #3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a Fantasy story
The 13 Clocks (1950) - James Thurber 20/2/23 5 star

✅ #4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'.
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages)
Just William (1922) - Richmal Crompton 256 pp 18/2/23 5 star

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
5/5

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
Desert Star Michael Connelly 5* 01/02/23


#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale OR
Bitter Greens Kate Forsyth 17/02/23 5* AA

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a book set in Australia
Scrublands Chris Hammer AA 5* 04/02/23

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages) OR
The Final Gambit Jennifer Lynn Barnes 5* 19/02/23

BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth
The Wild Girl Kate Forsyth AA 5* 11/02/23

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Hard 12/12 7/4 AA

TASKS
✔︎#1. Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count - Out of the Forest by Gregory P. Smith AA (304pp) 21/2 5★
✔︎#2. Read an Historical novel - Fortune by Lenny Bartulin AA 24/2 3★
✔︎#3. Read a book set in Australia - The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane AA 9/2 5★
✔︎#4. Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order) - Capability Brown: The Story Of A Master Gardener by Thomas Hinde 15/2 3★

BONUS: Read a book by Kate Forsyth
SPELL OUT
✔︎B - The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop AA 18/2 3★
✔︎A - A Case Of Two Cities by Qiu Xiaolong 3/2 3★
✔︎C - Zoli by Colum McCann 12/2 5★
✔︎H - The Spare Room by Helen Garner AA 2/2 5★
✔︎E - Whole Notes by Eddie Ayres 25/2 4★
✔︎L - The Shelly Bay Writers' Group by June Loves AA 6/2 3★
✔︎O - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman 13/2 4★
✔︎R - Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees by Ann Ralph 22/2 5★

Add me to the list of participants please.

AR Challenge February 2023 - Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 01/02/23 - 28/02/23
Level: Easy, TASKS, 4 books including at least 1 AA
Progress: 0/4

#1. Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
Exiles by Jane Harper AA (Pub Sep 20, 2022 - this paperback edition has 407 pages)

#2. Read an Historical novel
A Different World by Mary Nichols

#3. Read a book set in Australia
The Road to Ironbark by Kaye Dobbie AA

#4. Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women by Kaz Cooke AA

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
5/5

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
Silent Fear by Katherine Howell(AA) 402 pages READ 3/2/23 4*

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read an Historical novel
The Orphans by Fiona McIntosh(AA) READ 5/2/23 4*

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a book set in Australia
Wish You Were Here by Karly Lane(AA) READ 4/2/23 5*

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
A New York Secret by Ella Carey(AA) READ 2/2/23 3*



BONUS
**Read a book by Kate Forsyth
The Crimson Thread READ 8/2/23 4*

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy 3/4 1AA

TASKS
#1. Book with 4 AND a 0 in the page count - Into the Fire by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
(hardcopy 470pp) 15/2 4★
#2. Historical novel - Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart AA 5/2 4★
#3. Set in Australia - The Night Ship by Jess Kidd 10/2 3.5★
#4. C_R_O_W_N in title - Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn

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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
0/5

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is ..."

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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Hard (4AA)
8/9 Completed 17-FEB-2023

TASKS

#1. Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count : Tombstone Courage by J.A. Jance (408 pages) 10-FEB-2023 4*

#2. Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale : Cinder by Marissa Meyer 11-FEB-2023 5*

#3. Read a book set in Australia : Lost to the Lake by Anna Willett AA 05-FEB-2023 3*

#4. Read a children's/YA book : The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 08-FEB-2023 4*



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F : Flame Tree Hill by Mandy Magro AA 09-FEB-2023 4*
A : The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams 17-FEB-2023 5*
I : Isla by Annie Seaton AA 15-FEB-2023 4*
R : Song of the West by Nora Roberts 07-FEB-2023 2*
Y : You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women by Kaz Cooke AA 05-FEB-2023 3*

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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Medium (min 2 AA)
Progress: 9/9 AA: 2/2

TASKS

#1. **Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
Freeze by Kate Simants (20/1) 3.5* (Kindle edition: 400 pages)

#2. **Read an Historical novel
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott AA (22/2) 5*

#3. **Read a book set in Australia
Out of Breath by Anna Snoekstra AA (16/2) 4*

#4. **Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages)
Midsummer Meltdown by Cathy Hopkins (27/2) 3.5*

SPELL-IT-OUT

C: A Cornish Recipe for Murder by Fiona Leitch (11/2) 4.5*
H: Kill Joy by Holly Jackson (25/2) 3*
I: In the Dark by Loreth Anne White (18/2) 4*
L: Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay (6/2) 4*
D: The Medici Murders by David Hewson (9/2) 4.5*

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy (Tasks, min 1 AA)
Progress: 4/4

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which is a series #7 OR
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)

Reluctant Dungeon by J.D. Astra - 140 pages 3 stars 7/2/23

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale OR
**Read an Historical novel

Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth AA 2.5 stars 15/2/23

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a Fantasy story OR
**Read a book set in Australia

Reborn Yesterday by Tessa Bailey 2 stars 19/2/23

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages) OR
**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)

The Girl and the Witch's Garden by Erin Bowman 3 stars 8/2/23

February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
4/4
Completed 20th February

TASKS

✅ #1. Read a book which is a series #7
The Saltwater Murder by L.B. Hathaway (Posie Parker Mysteries) 14/02 - 5★

✅ #2. Read an Historical novel
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith *AA* 05/02 - 4★

✅ #3. Read a book set in Australia
The Keepers of the Lighthouse by Kaye Dobbie *AA* 05/02 - 3.5★

✅ #4. Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 07/02 - 5★

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🌸February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth🌸
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy

4/4
1/1 AA

TASKS

🌸#1. Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, 2/20/23, 3* (401 pages)

🌸#2. Read an Historical novel
A Woman Made of Snow, Elisabeth Gifford, 2/13/23, 4*

🌸#3. Read a book set in Australia
The Feather and the Stone, Patricia Shaw, 2/6/23, 5*, AA

🌸#4. Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald, 2/19/23, 3*

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Medium
10/10

F A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill AA finished 17/2/23 3.5⭐
A False Value by Ben Aaronovitch finished 1/3/23 3.5⭐
I Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell finished 13/2/23 4⭐
R Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier finished 28/2/23 5⭐
Y Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young finished 27/2/23 4⭐
T Hogfather by Terry Pratchett finished 7/2/23 4⭐
A Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney finished 27/2/23 3⭐
L The Sentence by Louise Erdrich finished 6/2/23 5⭐
E P is for Pearl by Eliza Henry-Jones AA finished 17/2/23 4⭐
S Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire finished 11/2/23 4⭐

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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
4/4

TASKS

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich (304 pages)3/2/23 4★

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read an Historical novel
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood 17/2/23 4★AA

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a book set in Australia
Rippling Red by Brigid George 3/2/23 4★AA

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages)
Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull 26/2/23 4★

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February Challenge 2023
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
3/4 (3 Aussie Authors)

TASKS
#1. Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count: (Kindle Edition: 304 pages)
✅ The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan (AA) (16/02) 3.5★

#2. Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale:
✅ Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent (16/02) 3★

#3. Read a book set in Australia:
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird (AA)

#4. Read a children's/YA book:
✅ Risk by Fleur Ferris (AA) (19/02) 3.5★

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February 2023 Featured Author - Kate Forsyth

5/5 DONE

#1. **Read a book which is a series #7 AND (Poppy Fields Adventures #7)
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count 204 pp Fields' Guide to Smuggling Julie Mulhern 2/2 ★★★★★

#2. **Read an Historical novel A Conspiracy in Belgravia Sherry Thomas 2/6 ★★★

#3. **Read a Fantasy story Her First Taste of Fire Kristen Painter 2/5 ★★★★★

#4. **Read a children's/YA book Archimancy J.A. White 2/1 ★★★★

BONUS Read a book by Kate Forsyth The Witches of Eileanan Kate Forsyth AA 2/3 ★★★

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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: Easy
4/4

TASKS

#1. Read a book which is a series #7

Merrick by Anne Rice (Vampire Chronicles #7) 3* 14 Feb

#2. Read an Historical novel

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (AA) 4* 16 Feb

#3. Read a book set in Australia

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton (AA) 4* 26 Feb

#4. Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages)

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 4* 28 Feb

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February Featured Author - Kate Forsyth
Duration: 1/2/23 - 28/2/23
Level: HARD - Tasks & Spell Out (minimum 4 AA)
10/12

#1. Born in Sydney, Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling author of 40 books for both adults and children.
**Read a book which is a series #7 OR
**Read a book which has a 4 AND a 0 in the page count (show page count)
The Witch Who Courted Death (Supernatural Sisters #4) by Maria Lewis AA (420p) -Read 15/02

#2. Kate's books for adults include 'Beauty in Thorns', the true love story behind a famous painting of 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Beast's Garden', a retelling of the Grimm version of 'Beauty & the Beast', set in the German underground resistance to Hitler in WWII; 'The Wild Girl', the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the world's most famous fairy tales; 'Bitter Greens', a retelling of the Rapunzel fairytale; and the bestselling fantasy series 'The Witches of Eileanan'.
**Read a book that's a retelling of a fairytale OR
**Read an Historical novel
Assassin's Heart (Assassin's Heart #1) by Sarah Ahiers -Read 06/02

#3. Kate has a doctorate in fairytale studies, a Masters of Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, and is an accredited master storyteller.
**Read a Fantasy story OR
**Read a book set in Australia
Dream of Death City (Red Kingdom #1) by P.J. Nwosu AA -Read 28/02

#4. Kate's popular children's books include 'The Impossible Quest', 'The Gypsy Crown', 'The Puzzle Ring', and 'The Starkin Crown'
**Read a children's/YA book (min 125 pages) OR
**Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title (in any order)
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

BONUS: Read a book by Kate Forsyth: The Shining City (Rhiannon's Ride #2)



SPELL OUT

F- Nicci French - Blue Monday (Frieda Klein #1) -Read 07/02
A- Angel Puss by Colleen McCullough AA -Read 07/02
N- New Amsterdam (New Amsterdam #1) by Elizabeth Bear
T- This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald -Read 05/02
A- The Abduction by Mark Gimenez -Read 14/02
S- Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe AA -Read 03/02
Y- A Yuletide Kiss (Duke Dynasty #4.5) -Read 20/02

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Finished my first 2 for this challenge

1. Read a book that has a 4 and 0 in the page count (402)
Silent Fear by Katherine Howell(AA) 4*

4. Read a book where you can spell CROWN in the title
A New York Secret by Ella Carey(AA) 3*

Finished 3. Read a Book set in Australia

Wish You Were Here by Karly Lane(AA) 5*

Finished Task #2 - Read a Historical Novel

The Orphans by Fiona McIntosh(AA) 4*