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Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level:
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The object of this seasonal challenge is to choose friends from your Goodreads list, and spell out their names. Simple and easy! To make it a little more challenging, choose books that you've had on your TBRs for some time - it'll reduce that TBR and help you out!

Don't forget our Challenge Guidelines here

**Completed Challenges: When you have completed your challenge, please post your entire completed challenge as a new message indicating you have finished. A completed challenge must have the following information: (1) Link to book title, (2) Author's name, (3) Date you finished reading your book, (4) Your rating.
**Once you've posted your completed challenge, your name will be ticked off the list.

Easy - Choose friends for a minimum 6 books - one AA
Medium - Choose friends for a minimum of 9 books - three AAs
Hard - Choose friends for a minimum of 12 books - five AAs

Spell-Out - Spell out by using the following: (1) first letter of the book's title (with or without "a", "an'' or "the"), or (2) first letter of the author's first or last name. Hard letters Q, X, Z the letter can appear anywhere in the title or author's name.

Participants


✅Amanda
Amanda (docmandy)
Amy
Anna
✅Ashleigh
✅Brenda
✅Carol
✅Carolyn
✅Catherine
✅Catsalive
✅Cherie
✅Clare
✅Denise MF
✅Helen
✅Jackmeister
✅Jane
✅Janine
✅Jasmine
✅Jazzy
✅Jenn
✅Jenny
✅Jonquil
✅Jules
✅Kim UK
✅Kylie H
✅Lorraine
✅Mari
✅Meg
Mel
Niamh
✅Phrynne
✅Rachel
✅Sarah
✅Steve
✅Sue S
✅TheMadHatter
✅Trish
✅Trisha
✅Veronica

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
15/15
(📚 from my TBR 7)

#1. Phrynne
P A Woman's Work by Victoria Purman 4★s 3/4/23 AA
H A Midsummer Night's Scheme by Harper Kincaid 3★s 14/3/23
R Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin 4★s 13/3/23
Y You Can't Win by Jack Black 3★s 11/3/23 📚
N Angels Fall by Nora Roberts 5★s 30/3/23 📚
N Nixed in Nimes by Zara Keane 4★s 11/4/23 📚
E The Paris Maid by Ella Carey 4★s 6/4/23



#2. Jan
J The Wonderful Thing About Phoenix Rose by Josephine Moon 5★s 7/4/23
A We'll Meet Again by Cheryl Adnams 4★s 8/3/23 AA
N Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad 5★s 18/3/23 AA 📚



#3. Sarah
S A Stranger in Featherwood Falls by Heather Reyburn 5★s 11/3/23 AA 📚
A Bellevue by Alison Booth 5★s 10/3/23 AA
R Red Jack and the Ragged Thirteen by Greg Barron 5★s 9/4/23 AA 📚
A And Then There Were Bones by Adriana Licio 3★s 5/4/23 📚
H Haunting Pasts by Trevor Wiltzen 4★s 8/4/23

What if you don't have any friends on your Goodreads list?

Catherine wrote: "What if you don't have any friends on your Goodreads list?"

Good point. You’re welcome to use my name. It’s long though. :)

You are following 4 people according to your profile - you can use some or all of them if you like :) Or people you communicate with on GR, within your groups, and you feel like you "know" them :) Good luck with your choices Catherine :)

Veronica ⭐️ wrote: "Catherine wrote: "What if you don't have any friends on your Goodreads list?"

Good point. You’re welcome to use my name. It’s long though. :)"

Yes, Catherine, you're welcome to use mine, or Phrynne's - any of us you "know" ...

Brenda wrote: "Veronica ⭐️ wrote: "Catherine wrote: "What if you don't have any friends on your Goodreads list?"

Good point. You’re welcome to use my name. It’s long though. :)"

Yes, Catherine, you're welcome t..."

Thank you Brenda, as I was going to ask similar question 😊

Catherine wrote: "What if you don't have any friends on your Goodreads list?"

Hi Catherine, you are welcome to use my name as well :)

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Medium
3/11
(📚 from my TBR 11)

B. The Keepsake Julie Brooks AA

R. Pregnant by Mr. Wrong Rachael Johns AA

E. The Amber Trap Ellen Read AA Done 4* 19/3/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

N. The Secret World of Connie Starr Robbi Neal AA

D. Did Not Finish Nicola Marsh AA

A. Kiss Don’t Tell Avril Tremayne AA




A. The Kissing Contract Amy Andrews AA

N. Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng

I. The Italian Daughter Soraya M. Lane Done 4* 17/5/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

T. The Feathered Nest Ellen Read AA Done 4* 26/4/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A. Taming the Tycoon Amy Andrews AA

Catherine wrote: "What if you don't have any friends on your Goodreads list?"

Feel free to friend me or use my name!

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Easy - Choose friends for a minimum 6 books - one AA

I chose Sharah

S The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane AA read 6th March
H The Hemsworth Effect by James Weir AA read 17th March
A At Night’s End by Nir Baram read 27th April
R Red Queen by Honey Brown AA read 17th May
A A Woman's Work by Victoria Purman AA read 28th April
H Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr read 12th April

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
15/15
All from my TBR

#1 Brianna
B - The Butterfly Collector by Tea Cooper(AA) READ 27/3/23 5*
R - Retribution by Sarah Barrie(AA) READ 23/3/23 4*
I - In the Valley of Blue Gums by J.H. Fletcher(AA) READ 20/3/23 3*
A - A Stone’s Throw Away by Karly Lane(AA) READ 4/3/23 4*
N - Unforgivable by Natalie Barelli(AA) READ 7/4/23 3*
N - The Secrets of Strangers by Charity Norman READ 20/4/23 5*
A - All She Ever Wanted by Barbara Freethy READ 30/3/23 3*



#2 Michelle
M - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult READ 15/4/23 3*
I - In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber READ 12/3/23 5*
C - Do Not Go Gentle by C.A. Larmer(AA) READ 4/4/23 3*
H - Murder at Elm House by Helena Dixon READ 28/3/23 3*
E - Elizabeth & Elizabeth by Sue Williams(AA) READ 21/4/23 3*
L - Legacy Of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie(AA) READ 22/3/23 3*
L - Live and Let Diet by Morgana Best(AA) READ 14/3/23 3*
E - Stalker on the Fens by Joy Ellis READ 6/3/23 4*

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
29/29

#1 Ralph - Completed

R - Title - Runt by Craig Silvey AA 15/3/23
A - Author - Wraith's Revenge by Keri Arthur AA 5 stars 1/3/23
L - Author - Smolder by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars 12/4/23
P - Author - Home Before Night by J.P. Pomare AA 16/3/23
H - Author - Thunder Point by Jack Higgins 5 stars 2/3/23



#2 Sharlene - Completed

S - Author - Outback Hope: The Farmer by Annie Seaton AA 4 stars 10/3/23
H - Title - Harmony of Lies by Brian Feehan 5 stars 28/3/23
A - Author - The Queen’s Price by Anne Bishop 5 stars 12/5/23
R - Author - The Awakening by Nora Roberts 5 stars 9/3/23
L - Title - The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland AA 4 stars 10/3/23
E - Title - Eye of the Storm by Jack Higgins 5 stars 1/3/23
N - Title - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper 4 stars 3/3/23
E - Author - Wings of Fury by Emily R. King 5 stars 12/4/23



#3 Ashleigh - Completed

A - Author - Becoming Beth by Meredith Appleyard AA 4 stars 12/4/23
S - Title - Sooley by John Grisham 4 stars 14/3/23
H - Title - Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas 5 stars 14/4/23
L - Author - A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars 3/3/23
E - Title - The Ex Who Saw a Ghost by Sally Berneathy 3.5 stars 3/5/23
I - Title - Into the Night by Fleur McDonald AA 4 stars 7/5/23
G - Title - Ghostly Game by Christine Feehan 5 stars 4/5/23
H - Title - Hogfather by Terry Pratchett 5 stars 2/3/23



#4 Michelle - Completed

M - Author - When You Are Mine by Michael RobothamAA 3.5 stars 9/5/23
I - Title - Iron Bones by Yasmine Galenorn 4 stars 8/3/23
C - Title - Cannon by Sawyer Bennett 5 stars 1/3/23
H - Title - How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper 4 stars 16/3/23
E - Title - The Ex Who Hid a Deadly Past by Sally Berneathy 3.5 stars 3/5/23
L - Author - Dead Ice by Laurell K. Hamilton 4 stars 25/3/23
L - Author- Crimson Death by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars 11/4/23
E - Title - Ever Shade by Alexia Purdy 3.5 stars /4/23

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
13/13

#1. Brenda
B The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams AA 5 stars 21/3/23
R Look Closer by Rachel Amphlett AA 5 stars
E Family Baggage by Ilsa Evans AA 4 stars 5/3/23
N The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner 2 stars 10/5/23
D A Flicker of a Doubt by Daryl Wood Gerber 4 stars 18/3/23
A Birds in Flight by Anni Taylor AA 5 stars 4/3/23



#2. Dale
D Murder at the Opera by D.M. Quincy 4 stars 7/5/23
A Outback Escape: The Sister by Annie Seaton AA4 srars 13/5/23
L The Last Orphan by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 5 stars 8/4/23
E Death by Iced Coffee by Alex Erickson 2 stars 11/4/23



#3. Pam
P Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams 4 stars 2/4/23
A The Island by Adrian McKinty AA 3 stars 16/3/23
M The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker 5 stars 4/4/23

Welcome everyone, you're linked to here :)

🍂Autumn Challenge - Read your friends! 🍁
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard

12/12 books read (min 5 AA) 📚 All from my tbr

✔ M Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge (6 Apr) 4★
✔ A What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman (read 2 Apr) 3.5★
✔ R The Rush by Michelle Prak AA (read 11 April) 5★
✔ I Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason (read 26 March) 4★
✔ A After the Smoke Clears by Kylie Kaden AA (read 2 April) 4.5★
✔ N The New Mother by Nora Murphy (read 24 May) 3★
✔ N Next Girl Missing by L.A. Larkin AA (read 17 May) 4★
✔ E The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths (read April 9) 4★

✔ D Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith AA (read 26 May) 5★
✔ A A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari (read 2 May) 4★
✔ L The Double Bind by Loraine Peck AA (read 16 March) 4★
✔ E Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (read 29 March) 4★

Easy for me please.
Did not complete challenge.

#1. Kellie
K A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald - 3 Star - Completed 27.03.2023
E
L
L
I The Immortal Rules - 3 star - Completed 27.04.2023
E

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard - 10/12 (5/5 AA 🦘)
All from TBR 📚

#1 Mel
✅M - Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden 🦘 3🌟 - finished 06/04/23
E - Everwild by Neal Shusterman
✅L - If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang 🦘 4🌟 - finished 04/03/23


#2 Clare Snow
✅C - My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand 4🌟 - finished 06/05/23
✅L - Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo 3.5🌟 - finished 18/03/23
✅A - The Application of Pressure by Rachael Mead 🦘 4🌟 - finished 01/03/23
✅R - Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo 3.5🌟 - finished 19/03/23
✅E - Tweet Cute by Emma Lord 4🌟 - finished 24/03/23

✅S - Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales 🦘 4🌟 - finished 17/04/23
✅N - Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood 🦘 4🌟 - finished 11/04/23
✅O - Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout 4🌟 - finished 01/04/23
W - The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

I’d like to give this one a shot please Brenda. Need to clear up that TBR pile 😂. My friend is Rachel.

R Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart
A What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty AA
C Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
H The Horse Thief by Tea Cooper AA
E The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna AA
L Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Medium
9/9
(📚 all from my TBR )

#1 ANDREA
A After You Were Gone by Vikki Wakefield 17/3/23 4★
N An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson 04/04/23/23 3★
D The Midnight Conspiracy by David Leadbeater 30/3/23 4★
R Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood 3/4/23 4★AA
E Eliza by Annie Seaton 19/3/23 4★AA
A A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill 15/4/23 4★ AA


#2 ROB
R Love & Virtue by Diana Reid 9/4/23 4★ AA
O The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary 8/4/23 4★
B Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood 04/03/23 4★ AA

Count me in :)

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Easy (2 AA)
5/8
All from my TBR (3 recent additions) 📚

#1 Niamh
N - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan 22/3/23, 5 ⭐
I - A Shadow on the Glass by Ian Irvine (🦘AA)
A - TBD
M - Critical Role: The Mighty Nein—The Nine Eyes of Lucien by Madeleine Roux 29/4/23, 4 ⭐
H - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 16/3/23, 5 ⭐

#2 Sam
S - Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson 16/4/23, 5 ⭐
A - The Map of All Things by Kevin J. Anderson 28/5/23, 4 ⭐
M - Magician by Raymond E. Feist

1:
D - Speed & Scale: A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now ★ ★ ★ ★
A - All Our Shimmering Skies AA ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
V - Valley of the Dolls ★ ★ ★ ★
E - Memories of Ice ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

2:
E - Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat. ★ ★ ★
M - The Messiah's Bride (AA) ★ ★ ★ ★
I - In My Dreams I Hold a Knife ★ ★ ★
L - Let Her Go (AA) ★ ★
Y - The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations ★ ★ ★ ★

🌸Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!🌸
Duration: 3/1/23 - 5/31/23
Level: Easy
6/6
2/1 AA
I have to choose Jazzy for this challenge - she’s the wonderful friend who introduced me to this group.

🌸J Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, 3/23/23, 3*
🌸A One Last Child, Anni Taylor, 3/6/23, 4*, AA
🌸Z Kitty McKenzie: Victorian saga: Book 1, AnneMarie Brear, 3/13/23, 4*, AA
🌸Z The Golden Rendezvous, Alistair MacLean, 4/7/23, 4*
🌸Y You Let Me In, Lucy Clarke, 4/24/23, 4*
🌸L After the Wedding, Laura Elliot, 4/4/23, 3*

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
20/20 7AA @ 13-MAY-2023

DEBORAH
D: Dead to Rights by J.A. Jance 13-APR-2023 4*
E: East of Alice by Annie Seaton AA 06-APR-2023 4*
B: The What If Guy by Lauren Blakely 06-APR-2023 4*
O: The Grand Tour by Olivia Wearne AA 10-MAR-2023 2*
R: The Art of Deception by Nora Roberts 02-APR-2023 3*
A: The Six by Anni Taylor AA 22-MAR-2023 3*
H: Headcase by Jack Heath AA 09-APR-2023 4*



BRENDA
B: Breaking Storm by Vikki Holstein AA 17-MAR-2023 4*
R: The Pride of Jared MacKade by Nora Roberts 03-MAR-2023 4*
E: High Five by Janet Evanovich 18-MAR-2023 4*
N: No Plan B by Lee Child 04-MAR-2023 3*
D: An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon 22-MAR-2023 5*
A: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 07-MAR-2023 5*



KATHRYN
K: Dead Set by Kel Robertson AA 11-MAR-2023 4*
A: The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean 07-MAR-2023 4*
T: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 31-MAR-2023 5*
H: Hot Six by Janet Evanovich 23-APR-2023 3*
R: Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb 16-APR-2023 5*
Y:The Holiday Homicide by Grace York AA 13-MAY-2023 4*
N: The Choice by Nora Roberts 19-APR-2023 3*

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: easy
6/6 (min 1 AA)

BRENDA
B - Bombproof by Michael Robotham (AA) ✅ 3* (2/3)
R - Life or Death by Michael Robotham (AA) ✅ 5* (13/4)
E - Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich ✅ 4* (8/3)
N - No Plan B by Lee Child ✅ 3* (28/4)
D - The Dispatcher by John Scalzi ✅ 4* (5/3)
A - Namesake by Adrienne Young ✅ 4* (3/3)

✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Welcome everyone! You're all linked to here :)

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Easy
5/7

D - The Library Suicides - Fflur Dafydd - 2.5* - 14/03/2023
E - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson - AA - 4* - 01/03/2023
B - The Vicious Vet - M.C. Beaton - 3* - 01/03/2023
O - My Sister, the Serial Killer - By Oyinkan Braithwaite 3.5* - 05/03/2023
R -
A -
H - The Tilt - Chris Hammer - AA - 4* - 09/03/2023

Oh yes, I'd like to have a go please!

✅ Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
27/27
🦘= 5/5





✅ TRISHA
✅ T : The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) - Patricia Highsmith 17/3/23 5 ★
✅ R : Ripley Under Ground 17/3/23 5 ★
✅ I : The Idiot (1869) - Fyodor Dostoevsky 11/3/23 5 ★
✅ S : The Driver's Seat (1970) - Muriel Spark 26/4/23 4 ★
✅ H : 🦘The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) - Fergus Hume AA
✅ A : At the Villa Rose (1910) - A.E.W. Mason 29/4/23 5★



PHRYNNE
✅ P : 🦘Pink (2012) - Lili Wilkinson AA 4/6/23 3★
✅ H : 🦘Deadhead and Buried (2019) - H.Y. Hanna AA 31/5/23 5 ★
✅ R : Ripley's Game (1974) - Patricia Highsmith 17/3/23 5 ★
✅ Y : Deceit (1930) - Yuri Felsen 4/6/23 4★
✅ N : The Cruel Sea (1972) - Nicholas Monsarrat 16/5/23 5 ★
✅ N : 🦘Never to Surrender (2022) - Mary-Anne O'Connor AA 4/6/23 4★
✅ E : Sophocles: Electra (Electra by Sophocles 411) - Sophocles 15/3/23 4 ★



BRENDA
✅ B : The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980) - Patricia Highsmith 18/3/23 5 ★
✅ R : Ripley Under Water (1991) - Patricia Highsmith 22/3/23 5 ★
✅ E : Summer (1917) - Edith Wharton 7/4/23 5 ★
✅ N : The Vendor of Sweets (1967) - R.K. Narayan 28/5/23 5 ★
✅ D : Death of My Aunt (1929) - C.H.B. Kitchin 13/5/23 4★
✅ A : The Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil - Machado de Assis (1839-1908)10/4/23 5★



✅ VERONICA
✅ V : Volpone, or The Fox (1606) - Ben Jonson 19/3/23 5 ★
✅ E : The English Patient (1992) - Michael Ondaatje i>6/5/23 5 ★
✅ R : Heavenfield (2016) - L.J. Ross 20/3/23 5 ★
✅ O : The Torture Garden (1899) - Octave Mirbeau 27/3/23 4 ★
✅ N : Fire in the Blood - Irène Némirovsky (1903-1942) 30/4/23 5 ★
✅ I : The Incantations of Daniel Johnston (2016) - Scott McClanahan 2/4/23 5★
✅ C : 🦘Capricornia (1937) - Xavier Herbert AA 12/3/23 5★
✅ A : My Dog Tulip (1956) - J.R. Ackerley 27/3/23 5★

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!7
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level:Hard - Choose friends for a minimum of 12 books - five AAs
13/13 AA 7/7

Also start with our challenge setting moderators -:)
Most books are from my TBR ( though not from the GR list)

✔️B - Bloodtree River by Sarah Barrie AA....4* 30/03/23
✔️R - The Spiral by Iain Ryan AA..,.2* 20/05/23
✔️E - Magpie by Elizabeth Day....3.5* 25/04/23
✔N - Twenty-Six Letters by Charlotte Nash AA....4* 14/03/23
✔D - Death of a Nag by M.C. Beaton....3.5* 08/03/23
✔A - The Long Call by Ann Cleeves....4* 11/03/23



✔️P - The Toymaker by Liam PieperAA....3.5* 27/04/23
✔H - The Darkest Hour by Katherine Howell AA....3.5* 21/03/23
✔️R - Runt by Craig Silvey AA....4.5* 30/05/23
✔️Y - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion....3.5* 13/05/23
✔️N - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon....4* 23/05/23
✔N - Nell by Annie Seaton AA....3.5* 10/03/23
✔️E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng....4* 30/04/23

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
15/15

C The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton ★★★★☆ 18/3
H The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth AA ★★★★★ 22/3
I Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks ★★★★☆ 2/4
H Headcase by Jack Heath AA ★★★★★ 17/4
I The Light of All That Falls by James Islington AA ★★★★☆ 4/5
R Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb ★★★★★ 8/3
O A Promised Land by Barack Obama ★★★★★ 12/3



M Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire ★★★★★ 4/3
A The Ashes of Tomorrow by James Swallow ★★★★★ 10/3
R Bridge to Burn by Rachel Amphlett AA ★★★★☆ 21/3
I The Bell Between Worlds by Ian Johnstone ★★☆☆☆ 26/4
A The Trouble with Paradise by Annie Seaton AA ★★★☆☆ 4/4
N The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix AA ★★★★★ 7/5
N Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ★★★★☆ 28/3
E Knight Shift by E.A. Copen ★★★★☆ 16/3

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Easy
15/15 6/6 AA
(📚 from my TBR 13 )

J John Adams: Independence Forever Janet Benge 4* 05/03/23
O The One John Marrs 17/04/23 5*
N The Night Tiger Yangsze Choo 4* 20/04/23
A Abraham Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom Janet Benge 3* 18/03/23
T The Wreckage Michael Robotham 4* 04/04/23 AA
H Hidden Bodies Caroline Kepnes 4* 13/04/23
A Angel's Share Kayte Nunn 13/05/23 4* AA
N The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri 4* 24/04/23



L Lying Beside You Michael Robotham AA 5* 18/04/23
I The It Girl Ruth Ware 5* 06/04/23
N Namesake Adrienne Young 4* 09/03/23
D Dear Parents: Letters from the Teacher—your children, their education, and how you can help Gabbie Stroud 5* 02/04/23 AA
S The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village Joanna Nell AA 3* 17/04/23
A All That is Lost Between Us Sara Foster AA 4* 22/05/23
Y You Think It, I'll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld 4* 21/05/23

Count me in for this challenge. Thanks to all those who said I could use their names. I am an extremely introverted person who is happiest flying solo, but love doing these challenges.

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: hard (5AA)
39/39
(📚 from TBR)

B- Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery 13/3 1.5★ 📚
R- The Unquiet by J.D. Robb 2/3 3★ 📚
E- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 1/3 4★
N- Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton 15/3 3.5★
D- The Doctor's Gift by Fiona McArthur 6/3 3.5★ (AA)
A- The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre 29/3 3.5★


S- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 12/3 4★
A- A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman 3/3 2★ 📚
R- The Orchard Murders by Robert Gott 3/4 3★ (AA)
A- Memory Zero by Keri Arthur 19/3 3.5★ (AA) 📚
H- Out of the Dark by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 7/3 3.5★ 📚


L- Just an Ordinary Family by Fiona Lowe 2/4 4★ (AA) 📚
I- The Art of Friendship by Lisa Ireland 20/3 4★ (AA) 📚
S- The Sign Of The Book by John Dunning 28/3 3★ 📚
A- A Gift in December by Jenny Gladwell 1/4 3.5★


P- Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine 23/3 2.5★
H- The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore 26/3 3.5★
R- Right to Kill by John Barlow 4/3 3.5★ 📚
Y- Obedience by Jacqueline Yallop 13/3 2★
N- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 6/4 4★
N- Nerilka's Story & The Coelura by Anne McCaffrey 11/4 3★
E- Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings 10/3/23 4★


J- The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett 25/3 2★ 📚
E- Double Shot Death by Emmeline Duncan 22/3 2.5★
N- Tell Me About It by Sacha Naspini 2/5 2★
I- Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine 22/3 3★
W- The Final Hour by Tom Wood 5/4 3.5★ 📚
R- The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 21/3 3.5★ 📚
E- An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten 8/4 3.5★
N- Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 28/5 3.5★


A- A Kiss For Lucy by Mona Prevel 31/3 2★ 📚
N- Nothing to Lose by Lee Child 11/5 3.5★
D- The Inland Sea by Donald Richie 9/4 3.5★
R- Red Dust by Fleur McDonald 24/3 2.5★ (AA) 📚
E- Maggie Finds Her Muse by Dee Ernst 20/4 4★
W- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 7/4 4★


J- One Dance in Paris by Julia Holden 27/3 2.5★ 📚
A- The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 10/4 3.5★
N- No Place for Death by Sherry Lewis 23/5 3★ 📚

I am in.

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard
17/17
(📚 from my TBR - 8)
Completed 26th May

✅ #1 - Karren
K - The Mystery of Montague Morgan by Karen Baugh Menuhin 📚 - 19/03 - 4.5★
A - Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie - 14/03 - 3★
R - Red Dirt Country by Fleur McDonald *AA* - 03/04 - 3★
R - Rupture by Ragnar Jónasson 📚 - 11/05 - 4★
E - Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons - 18/04 - 4★
N - The Only Child by Kayte Nunn *AA* 📚 - 09/05 - 4★



✅ #2 - Libby
L - Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout - 26/05 - 5★
I - In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber - 06/05 - 4.5★
B - Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black - 31/03 - 4★
B - The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell *AA* 📚 - 16/04 - 4★
Y - The Yellow Villa by Amanda Hampson *AA* - 07/03 - 3.5★



✅ #3 - Laurie
L - The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs - 20/04 - 4.5★
A - None So Blind by Alis Hawkins 📚 - 18/04 - 3.5★
U - Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie *AA* - 13/03 - 4★
R - Blackout by Ragnar Jónasson 📚 - 10/04 - 3.5★
I - If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais 📚 - 27/04 - 4.5★
E - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 📚 - 20/03 - 5★

Welcome to the challenge everyone! Linked to here :)

I've posted my choices, looking forward to it!

Thanks Steve :)

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Medium
9/9 (3/3 AA)
(📚 from my TBR = 4)

#1 - Josie
✔️ J - Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle {TBR} (9.March - 4 ✪'s) ♡
✔️ O - The One and Only Dolly Jamieson by Lisa Ireland *AA* (6.May - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ S - Jeff Strand, Dweller {TBR} (6.March - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ I - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (30.April - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ E - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea {TBR} (19. April - 3.75 ✪'s)

#2 - Beth
✔️ B - Mikhail Bulgakov, The Heart of a Dog (30.March - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ E - Emily Spurr, A Million Things *AA* (25.March - 3.5 ✪'s)
✔️ T - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend *AA* (19.May - 4 ✪'s)
✔️ H - The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood {TBR} (5.March - 3 ✪'s)

Welcome to the fun Ashleigh :) You're linked.

Catherine wrote: "Count me in for this challenge. Thanks to all those who said I could use their names. I am an extremely introverted person who is happiest flying solo, but love doing these challenges."

If you're a stickler for punishment you can always use my name too - but it has TWO Zeds!

And a dreaded Y Jazzy ;)

Autumn 2023 Challenge - Read your friends!
Medium 9 books
TBR
Mar - May 2023

10/10
3/3 AAs

A Arrow's Flight Joel Scott 3/11 ★★★★
S Slow Burn Julie Garwood 4/1 ★★★
H A Half-Baked Murder Emily George 3/14 ★★★★ AA
L Lethal Letters Ellery Adams 3/2 ★★★
E Empty Places Graham Wilson 3/2 ★★★ AA
Y Yards and Stripes: A Funny Book About Work, Business and Gardening. Michael Francis 5/12 ★★★ AA
L Layover in Dubai Dan Fesperman 4/13 ★★
Y Your Love Is Mine Bella Andre 5/8 ★★★★
N Nerve: A Personal Journey Through the Science of Fear Eva Holland 3/9 ★★★
N Nothing Stays Buried P.J. Tracy 3/4 ★★★★

I would like to join

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Easy
6/6
3 AA

Meagan

M ✔ What We All Saw by Mike Lucas Read 8/3. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA

E ✔ Burden Falls aka Wicked Little Deeds by Kat Ellis Read 11/3. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A ✔ The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow Read 22/4. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

G ✔ The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill Read 24/3. 2★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA

A ✔ That Thing I Did by Allayne L. Webster Read 28/5. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA

N ✔ A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Substances and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury Read 24/3. 4★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Welcome Jonquil and Clare, you're both linked :)

Catherine wrote: "Count me in for this challenge. Thanks to all those who said I could use their names. I am an extremely introverted person who is happiest flying solo, but love doing these challenges."

Feel free to add me if you like 🙂

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard (5 AA)
13/13 as of 31/5/23

Going with best friend and husband for this one......

C A Curse of Queens by Amanda Bouchet
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 19/3/23
H Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 29/3/23
EThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 23/4/23
R The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 10/5/23
I It Ain't Me, Babe by Tillie Cole
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 12/4/23
E Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 19/5/23



B The Protector by Allison Butler AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 7/4/23
E Red Dust Dancer by Eva Scott AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2 Stars) - 16/5/23
N Never Fool a Duke by Claudia Stone
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 26/4/23
N It Started with a Click by Nicola May
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (1 star) - 21/5/23
E We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 31/5/23
T The Hating Game by Sally Thorne AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 Stars) - 7/4/23
T The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper AA
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 16/4/23

Ooooh... yes please! Sign me up, Brenda! I'm going to try to concentrate on reducing my NetGalley backlog.
Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Hard (Minimum 12 & 5 AA)
Progress: 35/35 AA: 9/9 TBR: 32/32

K: Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly AA (31/3) 4.5* (Author's Name)
Y: A Cast of Falcons by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett (22/3) 3.5* (Author's Name)
L: Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell by Louise Milligan AA (13/3) 5* (Author's Name)
I: Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin (5/3) 4* (Author's Name)
E: Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel (28/3) 4*



B: The Pier by Matt Brolly (30/5) 4*
R: A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths (7/4) 5*
E: The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths (19/3) 4.5*
N: The Bat by Jo Nesbø (12/4) 4*
D: With love from Wish & Co. by Minnie Darke AA (16/3) 4.5*
A: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (31/3) 5*



P: Outback by Patricia Wolf AA (29/3) 4.5*
H: The Hush by Sara Foster AA (26/3) 4*
R: The Railway Murders by J.R. Ellis (31/5) 4*
Y: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi (31/5) 5*
N: The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson (12/3) 4.5*
N: The Angel Maker by Alex North (11/5) 4*
E: Evil Has a Name: the Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation by Paul Holes (27/4) 4*



C: The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray (21/3) 4.5*
A: The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell AA (25/4) 4*
T: The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon AA (3/4) 5*
S: The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles #3) by Tess Gerritsen (27/4) 4.5*
A: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (21/4) 4*
L: Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger (27/3) 4*
I: Death and Croissants by Ian Moore (27/5) 4*
V: The Frankston Murders: 25 Years On by Vikki Petraitis AA (16/4) 5*
E: The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths (10/4) 5*



P: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (18/4) 4*
H: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (29/4) 4.5*
O: One Summer in Tuscany by Domenica De Rosa (30/4) 4.5*
E: Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths (18/5) 4.5*
B: The Manuscript by Lucy Bloom AA (28/5) 4*
E: The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths (8/5) 4*



L: The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray (22/5) 4.5*
E: Ukulele of Death by E.J. Copperman (14/5) 4*
O: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (18/3) 4.5*

Welcome MH and Sarah, you're both linked :)

I’m in!

Autumn Challenge - Read your friends!
Duration: 1/3/23 - 31/5/23
Level: Easy
0/8
0/1 AA

Mysticpt

M - Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan - 5⭐️ - 11/5/23
Y - A Dissection of Murder by Felicity Young - 4⭐️ - 18/4/23
S - Summer Knight by Jim Butcher - 4⭐️ - 17/3/23
T - The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark - 4⭐️ - 4/4/23
I - Dastardly Deeds by Ilsa Evans - AA 🦘🇦🇺 - 5⭐️ - 24/4/23
C - Crows Nest by Nikki Mottram - AA 🦘🇦🇺 - 4⭐️ - 17/3/23
P - Beware of the Dog by Peter Corris - AA 🦘🇦🇺 - 4⭐️ - 6/4/23
T - The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell - 3⭐️ - 10/4/23