Aussie Readers discussion

All of us dream of being able to travel - well, for October we are going to travel far and wide; through our books!



Rules:

#1. You need to complete a minimum of three of the five categories listed below to finish this challenge. One read - one book for each category.
#2. List (and LINK ) all the books you plan to read for this challenge.
#3. Upon completion of a book, rate it and update your progress!
#4. Don't forget our new guidelines HERE



The Categories:

1). Geographical Setting: Read a book set in a different country than your own.

2). Travel to a Different Genre: Read a book from a genre you haven't explored before/for a long time.

3). Cover Hunt: Read a book with a picture of a mode of transport on the cover.

4). Title: Read a book with a PLACE NAME in the title, such as the name of a country, state, city, town, etc. Titles with words like ‘woods’, ‘beach’, ‘mountain’, ‘river’, ‘garden’, ‘park’, etc, in the title would count as places too.

5).Reader’s Choice: Read any book of your choice.

A couple of links to help you choose

Different Countries
Place Names in Title



Lay back, relax and let the magic in the pages take you away!

Brenda is this challenge Fiction only or can we read Non-fiction books too?

Non fiction as well as fiction Elaine:) Any and all;)

Thanks guys. I will respond now. :)

OK, this sounds fun. I'm traveling now and have been away from NZ for nearly 4 mths, but will be back mid October and glad to be home and reading about travel!

Excellent Jenni:) You're very welcome to join us...sounds like a fantastic time you've been having! I bet you're looking forward to being home again though:)

I will give this a go. Don't know if I can finish 3 books with Deadly Messengers coming out in September and a load of interviews and stuff, but lets see. Interestingly enough I've decided to read a romance by an Aussie author Patterson Girls|25193726] and I don't read romances, so I've got one qualifier.

Fun idea, Brenda, love it! I'm also going away today for 5 days on a holiday, so does that give me one book qualification for free. lol

Glad you can join us Susan:) Just do your best:)

Can I count a cover with a horse on it as 'a mode of transport' since horses were the primary mode of transport basically until the 1930s?

I'm in. Even if I don't finish this in October, I can count it towards my overall reading challenge.

Michael wrote: "Kiera wrote: "Can I count a cover with a horse on it as 'a mode of transport' since horses were the primary mode of transport basically until the 1930s?"

Yes that would be fine Kiera. :)"

Awesome, thanks! I have loads of horse covers and nothing of any other modes of transport! Lol.

Michael wrote: "Great challenge Brenda.

Here is my list.

1: Safe With Me by Amy Hatvany
2: The Scandalous Duchess by Anne O'Brien (Historical Fictio..."

Excellent list Michael! I finished The Natural Way of Things on Friday night - it was amazing! I'm still thinking about it...yet to write my review. She has such a way with words...

My List


1. Geographical Setting:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 3★
3. Cover Hunt:(Bicycle)Safe Haven 5★
4. Title:Whiskey Beach

1. Set in Norway Phantom by Jo Nesbø 4 stars
2. True crime Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt 2 stars
3. Car on the cover. The Final Detail by Harlan Coben 4 stars
4. The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams 4 stars
5. A Dangerous Witch by Debora Geary 5 stars

My list:

1a. Geographical (Different Country) Germany - The Children's Train: Escape on the Kindertransport by Jana Zinser 5★s
1b. Russia - Three Lives Down by Rachel Amphlett 5★s

2a. Different genre - Dystopia - Nirvana by J.R. Stewart 3★s
2b. Memoir - Born for Life: A Midwife's Story by Julie Watson 5★s

3a. Cover - Mode of Transport Police Car- NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson 5★s
3b. Train Spirits of the Ghan by Judy Nunn 5★s

4a. Title - Place Name - Back to Blue Gum Flat: An Australian Rural Romance by Téa Cooper 4.5★s
4b. Australia's Most Murderous Prison: Behind the Walls of Goulburn Jail by James Phelps 4★s

5a. Readers Choice - The Heat by Garry Disher 5★s
5b. Back Again by Susan May 3.5★s



Subject to change:)

Some great choices coming through already!

Nice challenge mods!

Here's my list so far:
1. Geographical - England: Lost Girls by Angela Marsons
2. Different Genre - Country Romance (take note Brenda!): The Saddler Boys by Fiona Palmer
3. Mode of transport: The Highway by C.J. Box
4. Place name: Mistake Creek by Rachel Amphlett
5. Readers choice: Plague Land: A Novel by S.D. Sykes

LOL Carolyn! I couldn't make myself pick erotica though;)

I probably will not finish (as usual), here are my choices:
1. CHECK
2. (NB: I read pretty much all genres, so I chose a random one for this one.)
3.
4.
5.

Ive never done a book challenge before and I've been so bad with reading lately I think this will be a good motivation! I'll have a think about my choices:)

Kiera wrote: "I probably will not finish (as usual), here are my choices:
1.
2. (NB: I read pretty much all genres, so I c..."

You know you could pick 3 if you're not sure you can finish and then add the extras later Kiera:)

1.The King of Kahel by Tierno Monénembo Country of Guinea,
2.Aquinas by Thomas Aquinas - philosophy
3.Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (A ship on the cover)
4. On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family by Lisa See
5.The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

Brenda wrote: "You know you could pick 3 if you're not sure you can finish and then add the extras later Kiera:)"

It's okay, I will still read them regardless. Lol.

Karen wrote: "1.The King of Kahel by Tierno Monénembo
2.Aquinas by Thomas Aquinas
3.
4. [book:On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chi..."

Great you're joining us Karen, and your first challenge too! Good luck and have fun!

Merryn wrote: "Ive never done a book challenge before and I've been so bad with reading lately I think this will be a good motivation! I'll have a think about my choices:)"

Great you can join us Merryn...choosing is fun too;)

I have an exercise book with book challenges written in it and some of my books arranged into specific piles for them. I like challenges, they're fun. I am just better off completing them in my own time. If I compete at least 3 in October, even better! Lol.

Brenda wrote: "LOL Carolyn! I couldn't make myself pick erotica though;)"

Lol Brenda! I just meant I was picking one of your favourite genres!

My picks

1) Geographical Setting:
The Kingdom of the Sun and Moon by Lowell H. Press 4★s (Set in Austria)


4) Title: Read a book with a PLACE NAME in the title:
bratwurst and bicycles: a cycling adventure from Basel to Budapest by Steven Herrick (Two place names in the title) 3★s

5)Reader’s Choice:
Palace of Tears by Julian Leatherdale 5★s (free choice but my challenge to myself was to pick an Australian author AND the story had to be set in Australia)

This is a fantastic challenge, Brenda.

1). Geographical Setting: Read a book set in a different country than your own.
Just Good Friends by Rosalind James New Zealand

2). Travel to a Different Genre: Read a book from a genre you haven't explored before/for a long time.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins YA, Dystopian

3). Cover Hunt: Read a book with a picture of a mode of transport on the cover.
Forever Fredless by Suzy Turner Airplane

4). Title: Read a book with a PLACE NAME in the title, such as the name of a country, state, city, town, etc. Titles with words like ‘woods’, ‘beach’, ‘mountain’, ‘river’, ‘garden’, ‘park’, etc, in the title would count as places too.
An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor Country

5).Reader’s Choice: Read any book of your choice.
The Lake House by Kate Morton

Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "LOL Carolyn! I couldn't make myself pick erotica though;)"

Lol Brenda! I just meant I was picking one of your favourite genres!"

Hahaha!!!

Melissa wrote: "This is a fantastic challenge, Brenda."

Glad you like it Melissa - our challenge is picking different and variable challenges that you will all/mostly like;)

How do you link the books you have chosen?

Sharon wrote: "How do you link the books you have chosen?"

Sharon, you go to "add book/author" and type in the book's title. Select the book and it will insert a link into your comment. Switch to the author tab to add an author link.

Sharon wrote: "How do you link the books you have chosen?"

Click on "add book/author" in your comment box and follow the prompts Sharon :) Good luck!

Melissa wrote: "Sharon wrote: "How do you link the books you have chosen?"

Sharon, you go to "add book/author" and type in the book's title. Select the book and it will insert a link into your comment. Switch to ..."

Oh snap! Thanks Melissa :)

Brenda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Sharon wrote: "How do you link the books you have chosen?"

Sharon, you go to "add book/author" and type in the book's title. Select the book and it will insert a link into your co..."

Haha, no problem! happy to help.

My list is:
1. Geographical - South Africa
An Empty Coast by Tony Park

2.Different genre - autobiographical

Bloodhound: Searching for My Father by Romona Koval 4 STARS

3. Cover with mode of transport - helicopter
Nirvana by J R Stewart 3 STARS

4. Place Name - Lake

The Lake House Kate Morton 5 STARS

5. Reader choice
Travel Glasses by Chess Desalls

Hope the links work!!

Sharon wrote: "My list is:
1. Geographical - biblical time and locations
The Secret Chord
2. Different gentre - autobiographical
Bloodhound: Searching for My Father
3. Cover with m..."

Well done Sharon! They do, and you have some great picks there! I've just started your #1, am also reading your #3 for this challenge and loved your #4!

Michael wrote: "Great challenge Brenda.

Here is my list.

1: Safe With Me by Amy Hatvany
2: The Scandalous Duchess by Anne O'Brien (Historical Fictio..."

Ohhh!! I like your choices Michael, especially the last one. Maybe I'll do that one too. It is supposed to be really good.

I've just written my review for that one Elaine (not posted yet) and it was brilliant! An amazing book. I'm sure you would enjoy it:)

My choices for this challenge are:

1. Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads set in the Southern states of the USA.

4. Deep South: Stories from Tasmania .

5. The Natural Way of Things

Brenda wrote: "I've just written my review for that one Elaine (not posted yet) and it was brilliant! An amazing book. I'm sure you would enjoy it:)"

Thanks Brenda. Nat at work has also recommended it to me. She just finished it and also really liked it.

Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I've just written my review for that one Elaine (not posted yet) and it was brilliant! An amazing book. I'm sure you would enjoy it:)"

Thanks Brenda. Nat at work has also recommende..."

That's good! I'll be posting my review in a few days:)

Brenda wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I've just written my review for that one Elaine (not posted yet) and it was brilliant! An amazing book. I'm sure you would enjoy it:)"

Thanks Brenda. Nat at work has ..."

I'll be looking forward to reading it as always. :)

Thanks:)

how do I link?

Nicky wrote: "how do I link?"

In your comment box Nicky, you will see "add book/author" - click on that and follow the prompts. Good luck:)

**snap** Michael;)

Brenda wrote: "**snap** Michael;)"

Lol, Brenda, we are all just beating you to it.