Aussie Readers discussion

For our Summer Challenge 2020/2021 we're going to try something a little different! Let's do My Favourite Book Challenge

Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/21

Don't forget our Challenge Guidelines here

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.

How to ENLARGE your cover pic here

How It Works - (book title minimum of 6 letters)
1)a. Post an enlarged picture of your favourite book, then spell-out the TITLE
b. Choose an ITEM from the cover and spell-out.

EASY - Min 6 books - Spell out title (minimum 2 Aussie authors)
HARD - Easy PLUS - choose an item from the cover of your book, and spell-out that ITEM. (minimum 4 Aussie authors)

2) If you finish your first title quickly, challenge yourself to choose your second favourite book title and start over! See how many of your favourite book titles you can complete! :)

3) To make it more challenging, try to choose books relating to Summer - title, cover or content...


Example:
If your favourite book is Gone Girl this is how your choices could look:

G – Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
O – One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
N – Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
E – Emergency Response by Nicki Edwards

G – A Gradual Awakening by Stephen Levine
I – Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon
R – Resurrected, Restitution by Fran Shaff
L – Lost Girls by Angela Marsons

Then you might choose WATER for your ITEM spell out
W Weapon by Lynette Noni
A All the Tears in China by Sulari Gentill
T Torched by Kimberley Starr
E Rose Rent by Ellis Peters
R Revenge in Rubies by A.M. Stuart

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level:
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Kick back, relax and enjoy the summer sun whilst reading up a storm!!

Participants


✅Alex
✅Amanda
✅Brenda
✅Carol
✅Carolyn
✅Cherie
✅Deborah
Heather
✅Jane
Janelle
✅Janine
✅Jennifer
✅Jenny
✅Jonquil
✅Kahlia
Kali
✅Kim
Krystal
✅Kylie H
Li'l Owl
Lucinda
✅Mari
✅Mary2E
✅Melissa
Niamh
Niki
✅Phrynne
Pip
✅Sarah
✅Steve
✅#Teresa
✅TheMadHatter
✅Tien
✅Trevor
✅Trish
✅Veronique
WF

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: HARD
29/29

#1. Favourite book - Akarnae by Lynette Noni

A Under the Golden Sun by Jenny Ashcroft 5★s 2/12/20 AA
K The Orphan's Island by Kate Hewitt 5★s 13/12/20
A Lana's War by Anita Abriel 5★s 10/12/20 AA
R The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle 3★s 26/12/20 AA
N We Three Heroes by Lynette Noni 5★s 22/12/20 AA
A The Traitor: Wolf Girl 4 by Anh Do 5★s 2/12/20 AA
E The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson 5★s 28/12/20 AA



#2. Item on cover - VINE

V A Deadly Edition by Victoria Gilbert 4★s 12/12/20
I I Am Justice by Lara Coates 3.5★s 23./12/20 AA
N Settle The Score by Nicki Edwards 5★s 8/12/20 AA
E Beyond Grey by Ella Cook 4★s 14/1/21



#1. Another Favourite Book - Subterranean by B. Michael Radburn


S Something Like This by Karly Lane 5★s 15/12/20 AA
U The Dead of Winter by Nicola Upson 5★s 30/1/21
B Tooting Moon by Brigid George 5★s 5/12/20
T Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush 4★s 11/12/20
E A Girl Called Justice: The Smugglers' Secret by Elly Griffiths 5★s 9/12/20
R The Christmas Forest by Rebecca Boxall 5★s 25/12/20
R Breathe Your Last by Lisa Regan 5★s 12/12/20
A A Murder Between the Pages by Amy Lillard 3★s 12/12/20
N Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder 5★s 17/12/20
E Evil Under The Stars by C.A. Larmer 4★s 20/12/20 AA
A Cherish Me, Cowboy by Alissa Callen 4★s 29/12/20 AA
N The Crowns of Croswald by D.E. Night 2.5★s 13/12/20



#2. Item on Cover - PERSON

P Wedding Bells on Victory Street by Pam Howes 5★s 15/12/20
E The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku 5★s 10/1/21
R The Orange Tree by Carol Riggs 5★s 7/12/20
S Hope Echoes by Shannon Curtis 4★s 28/12/20 AA
O Outsider by Linda Castillo 5★s 1/12/20
N The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna Nell 3★s 16/1/21 AA

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: HARD
19/19

1. Favourite Book: City of Miracles, Robert Jackson Bennett



C Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine ★★★★☆ 25/1
I Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks ★★★★☆ 16/1
T That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire ★★★★★ 16/2
Y Flare Up by Felicity Young AA ★★★★☆ 15/12

O Once Taken by Blake Pierce ★★★★★ 16/12
F Forged by Benedict Jacka ★★★★★ 12/12

M Mission of Honor by David Weber ★★★★★ 12/12
I I Am Justice by Lara Coates AA ★★★★☆ 7/1
R Hell to Pay by Rachel Amphlett AA ★★★★★ 12/2
A Cold Valley Nightmare by Anna Willett AA ★★★★★ 8/2
C Sevenfold Sword: Champion by Jonathan Moeller ★★★★★ 13/12
L Legion by Dan Abnett ★★★★★ 6/2
E The Hungry Dragon Cookie Company by L.G. Estrella AA ★★★★☆ 5/1
S Containment by Vanda Symon ★★★★★ 10/2



2. Item on Cover - Tower

T The Collaborator by Diane Armstrong AA ★★★★★ 11/1
O WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us by Tim O'Reilly ★★★★☆ 23/12
W Winter Wolf by R.J. Blain ★★★★☆ 20/12
E The Longest Echo by Eoin Dempsey ★★★★☆ 14/2
R The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski ★★★☆☆ 7/12

Hold on a minute, point of order, Brenda. The rules say to spell it out from the title, but some of your choices use the authors initials.

Steve wrote: "Hold on a minute, point of order, Brenda. The rules say to spell it out from the title, but some of your choices use the authors initials."

It's to spell out the title of your favourite book but how you spell it can be title and/or author's initials :)

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Hard
13/13

W Hope, Faith, and a Corpse by Laura Jensen Walker 4 stars 3/1/21
I The Innocent by David Baldacci 4 stars 18/2/21
L The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix AA5 stars 5/1/21
D Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood AA 5 stars 7/12/20
F Forged by Benedict Jacka 5 stars 9/12/20
I The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin 4 stars 21/12/20
R Raelia by Lynette Noni AA 4 stars 24/12/20
E The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths 5 stars 4/12/20



H A Scone to Die For by H.Y. Hanna AA 4 stars 9/1/21
O Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O'Connor 4 stars 12/1/21
U Under the Cover of Murder by Lauren Elliott 3 stars 12/2/21
S Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine 3 stars 11/12/20
E The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths 4 stars 4/1/21

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: HARD
26 / 26


#1. Favourite book - Secrets Of Whitewater Creek by Sarah Barrie



S -- SOPHIA by Chris Taylor-- AA -- 5★ -- 02/01/2021
E -- Eagle by Janie Crouch -- 5★ -- 15/02/2021
E -- Elisabeth Rose by The House At Flynn's Crossing -- AA -- 5★ -- 05/02/2021
C -- Consolation by Garry Disher -- AA -- 5★ -- 17/01/2021
R -- Count to Ten by Karen Rose -- 5★ -- 25/12/2020
E -- The Evil Inside by Heather Graham -- 4★ -- 28/02/2021
T -- Torn Apart by Peter Corris-- AA -- 4★ -- 28/02/2021
S -- Settle The Score by Nicki Edwards -- AA -- 5★ -- 22/02/2021



O -- On The Right Track by Penelope Janu -- AA -- 5★ -- 05/02/2021
F -- The Farm at Peppertree Crossing by Leonie Kelsall -- AA -- 5★ -- 03/02/2021



W -- When the Smoke Clears by Lynette Eason -- 5★ -- 20/02/2021
H -- Holding onto Hope by Nicki Edwards -- AA -- 5★ -- 28/02/2021
I -- Indigo Storm by Fleur McDonald - AA -- 5★ -- 27/02/2021
T -- Two Reasons to Run by Colleen Coble -- 5★ -- 12/02/2021
E -- Extreme Limit by Kendall Talbot -- AA -- 4★ -- 04/12/2020
W -- Where There Is Smoke by Elisabeth Rose -- AA -- 07/12/2020
A -- Absolving Blue (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) by Freya Barker -- 5★ -- 12 / 12 / 2020
T -- Tooting Moon by Brigid George -- AA -- 5★ -- 21/02/2021
E -- Evidence of Love by Elisabeth Rose -- AA -- 5★ -- 25/02/2021
R -- Return To The Outback by Suzanne Brandyn -- AA -- 5★ -- 22/01/2021



C -- Cragside by L.J. Ross -- 5★ -- 26/02/2021
R -- Red Dust Dreaming by Eva Scott -- AA -- 5★ -- 05/02/2020
E -- Evil at Echo Point by Grace York -- AA -- 5★ -- 10/02/2020
E -- Elsa Goody, Bushranger by Darry Fraser -- AA -- 4★ -- 11/02/2020
K -- Thicker than Water by J.D. Kirk -- 5★ -- 08/01/2021



2. Item on Cover - HAT

H Home Sweet Home by Mandy Magro -- AA 4★ -- 26/02/2021
A Gone to Ground by Rachel Amphlett -- 5★ -- 27/02/2021
T To Tempt the Wolf by Terry Spear -- 4★ -- 25/01/2021

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: HARD
17/17 (8/4 min AA)

#1. Favourite book - A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat


A - Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam AA-Read 08/01

W - The Vivisector by Patrick White AA -Read 07/12
I - Incurable (The Ellie Chronicles #2) by John Marsden AA -Read 24/12
S - Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill AA -Read 9/12
H - The Unseen Ones (The Hollis Timewire Series #2) by Danielle Harrington -Read 7/12

I - You Don't Know Me by Imran Mahmood -Read 31/12
N - The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley -Read 10/12

T - The Two Lost Mountains (Jack West Jr #6) by Matthew Reilly AA -Read 5/12
H - Due Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital AA -Read 13/12
E - Evernight (Evernight #1) by Claudia Gray -Read 5/12

D - Elsewhere by Dean Koontz -Read 15/12
A - Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race #4) by Agatha Christie -Read 11/12
R - Release the Bats: Writing Your Way Out Of It by D.B.C. Pierre AA -Read 12/01
K - Lilian's Story (Singer family #1) by Kate Grenville AA -Read 10/12



#2. Item on cover - ORB

O - Outsider (Kate Burkholder #12) by Linda Castillo -Read 1/12
R - New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson -Read 20/12
B - Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4) by Brandon Sanderson -Read 23/12

Steve wrote: "Hold on a minute, point of order, Brenda. The rules say to spell it out from the title, but some of your choices use the authors initials."

Exactly what Tien said Steve :)

The hardest part of this was choosing a favourite book... but I love the idea for a challenge.

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Hard
23/23


R Red Heir by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey AA ★★ (5/12)
E The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo ★★★ (29/12)
D Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade ★★ (11/12)

W Weapon by Lynette Noni AA ★★★★ (30/1)
H Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier AA ★★★★ (10/12)
I It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake by Claire Christian AA ★★ (20/12)
T Legendborn by Tracy Deonn ★★★★ (23/1)
E The Councillor by E.J. Beaton AA ★★★★ (31/1)

&

R Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse ★★★★★ (19/2)
O The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner AA ★★ (23/12)
Y On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu ★★★ (21/1)
A The Angel of Waterloo by Jackie French AA★★★ (15/2)
L The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers by Kerri Turner AA ★★★ (17/1)

B The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen ★★★★ (9/1)
L Persephone Station by Stina Leicht ★★ (18/12)
U Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey ★★ (15/2)
E Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik ★★★★ (9/1)




P Piranesi by Susanna Clarke ★★★★ (4/12)
R Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce ★★★ (2/1)
I The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab ★★★ (28/12)
N The Conductors by Nicole Glover ★★ (22/12)
C Call of the Bone Ships by R.J. Barker ★★★★ (11/1)
E Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger ★★★★ (15/2)

Oh this looks a bit different, and a fun challenge! Sign me up, and I'll work the details out.

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Easy
9/9

1. Favourite book - Still Life by Louise Penny


S - The Stonecutter by Camilla Läckberg
T - White Throat by Sarah Thornton 3★AA
I -I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty 4★AA
L - The Lost Man by Jane Harper 4★
L - Lethal White by Robert Galbraith 4★

L - Daughter of Mine by Fiona Lowe 4★AA
I - I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll 4★
F - Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell 4★
E - The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver 4★

Summer Challenge 2020/2021....Let's do My Favourite Book Challenge

Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/21
Hard level 16/16 AA 9/9

1.A tricky one with a few to choose from...decided I will go with one of my old Aussie favourites

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak



T-The Boy Behind the Curtain by Tim Winton AA....read 4* 6/12/20
H-Honeybee by Craig Silvey AA....read 4.5* 17/01/21
E- An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire AA....read 3.5* 25/01/21

B-Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo....read 4* 07/01/21
O-Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
O-Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens....read 4.5* 20/12/20
K-Audrey Hepburn: A Charmed Life by Robyn Karney....read 3.5* 09/01/21

T-The Family Inheritance by Tricia Stringer AA....read 4* 19/01/21
H- The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku AA....read 4.5* 12/01/21
I-Where the Story Starts by Imogen Clark....read 3.5* 26/01/21
E-Heart of the Cross by Emily Madden AA....read 4* 06/02/21
F-Birthright by Fiona Lowe AA....read 4* 29/01/21



2. Item on cover...SNOW

S-A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow....read 3.5* 09/02/21
N-No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani....read 4* (not feeling very comfortable rating this book) 11/01/21
O-One Last Child by Anni Taylor AA....read 4* 31/01/21
W-Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson AA....read 3.5* 03/02/21



Sorry mods. but after trying several times I have had no luck in enlarging the bookcover (;

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Hard
26/26
Completed 26th February



🌊 T - True Places by Sonja Yoerg 21/02 ★★★★
🌊 H - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 05/12 ★★★★★
🌊 E - The Essence of Malice by Ashley Weaver 18/02 ★★★★

🌊 L - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 09/12 ★★★★
🌊 I - In The Clearing by J.P. Pomare *AA* 26/02 ★★★★☆
🌊 G - The Good Dream by Donna VanLiere 30/01 ★★★★☆
🌊 H - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes 11/01 ★★★★★
🌊 T - #taken by Tony Parsons 01/01 ★★★★

🌊 B - Banjo by Grantlee Kieza *AA* 21/01 ★★★★
🌊 E - All About Us by Tom Ellen 19/12 ★★★★☆
🌊 T - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas 10/02 ★★★☆
🌊 W - A Most Novel Revenge by Ashley Weaver 13/12 ★★★★
🌊 E - Their Lost Daughters by Joy Ellis 06/12 ★★★★
🌊 E - The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths 16/12 ★★★★
🌊 N - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin *AA* 10/12 ★★☆

🌊 O - Our Own Country by Jodi Daynard 24/02 ★★☆
🌊 C - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie 16/01 ★★★★☆
🌊 E - Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen 19/12 ★★★☆
🌊 A - Kinglake-350 by Adrian Hyland *AA* 05/02 ★★★★★
🌊 N - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 30/12 ★★★★☆
🌊 S - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 09/02 ★★★★



On the cover - STARS

✨ S - Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb 28/12 ★★★★☆
✨ T - The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware 27/01 ★★★★☆
✨ A - Afterlife by Julia Alvarez 27/12 ★★★★
✨ R - Jane In Love by Rachel Givney *AA* 23/01 ★★★★☆
✨ S - Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James 15/01 ★★★★

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Hard
16/17

Naked in Death by J.D. Robb



N Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts 4*
A Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb 5*
K Elsewhere by Dean Koontz 4*
E Without Restraint by Nicole Edwards 4*
D Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 2*

I In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 5*
N The Witness by Nora Roberts 4*

D Dead Point by Peter Temple AA 2*
E Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb 5*
A The Last Brother by Andrew Gross 4*
T Tamsin by Annie Seaton AA 3*
H The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 4*



On the cover - ALLEY

A All Good Deeds by Stacy Green 3*
L Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci 4*
L Lazybones by Mark Billingham 4*
E Evie by Annie Seaton AA 4*
Y The Body in the Beach House by Grace York AA 3*

Hmm way too many Es in The Three Musketeers for my liking lol so I will give this challenge a miss I think!

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Hard
11/13

I have picked one of my favourite reads of 2020.

Stone Girl by Eleni Hale AA


#1 Title

S - Swing Time by Zadie Smith 25/12/2020 3.5*
T - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes 31/12/2020 5*
O - Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim by Gabrielle Carey AA 07/02/2021 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
N - The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley 12/02/2021 3*
E - Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue 15/12/2021 5++++* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

G - When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson AA 28/01/2021 4*
I - The Imitator by Rebecca Starford AA
R - St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
L - Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett AA 31/12/2020 4*



#2 Item on cover

F - A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge 24/01/2021 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A - A Life in Frocks: A Memoir by Kelly Doust AA 22/02/2021 3*
C - The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell 14/01/2021 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E - Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery AA 23/12/2020

AR Summer Challenge 2020/2021
My Favourite Book Challenge
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: EASY - 8 books - Spell out title (min 2 AAs)
Progress: 8/8

Drylands by Thea Astley is a great favourite of mine, by one of Australia's greatest female authors. (I don't seem able to place the magnified image.)

✔ D: Dancing on Knives by Kate Forsyth(AA) 2.5★s
✔ R: Water Under Water by Peter Rix (AA) 4.5★s
✔ Y: The Murrumbidgee Kid by Peter Yeldham (AA) 4★s
✔ L: The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers by Kerri Turner (AA) 3★s
✔ A: Arthur & George by Julian Barnes 4.5★s
✔ N: The French Photographer by Natasha Lester (AA) 4.5★s
✔ D: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (AA) 5★s
✔ S: Everless by Sara Holland 3★s

Krystal wrote: "Hmm way too many Es in The Three Musketeers for my liking lol so I will give this challenge a miss I think!"

My true favourite book is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy but that was way too many letters! But I have other favourites - don't you have others you could pick?

Jane wrote: "Krystal wrote: "Hmm way too many Es in The Three Musketeers for my liking lol so I will give this challenge a miss I think!"

My true favourite book is [book:The Hitchhiker's Guide to t..."

I'm not sure, it feels disloyal lol

Brenda wrote: "

#1. Favourite book - Akarnae by Lynette Noni"

This makes me very happy, Brenda! :D

Krystal wrote: "Brenda wrote: "

#1. Favourite book - Akarnae by Lynette Noni"

This makes me very happy, Brenda! :D"

LOL!!!

Welcome all - you're linked to here :)

I feel your pain Krystal. My favourite is Finnikin of the Rock - but there is no way I could read 17 books in three months (especially with so many books still to finish in December for 2020 challenges) :-P.

But to choose another book, that just feel unfaithful :-P. I will sleep on it and I guess if no one tells Finnikin, I should be able to make it work by saying "My favourite book with less than 10 letters in the title" :-P

I'm thinking too as you know mine is Ready Player One - just don't know if I could choose another lol

TheMadHatter wrote: "I feel your pain Krystal. My favourite is Finnikin of the Rock - but there is no way I could read 17 books in three months (especially with so many books still to finish in December for 2020 challe..."

Cherie wrote: "I'm thinking too as you know mine is Ready Player One - just don't know if I could choose another lol

TheMadHatter wrote: "I feel your pain Krystal. My favourite is Finnikin of the Rock - but ther..."

Lol! I think your suggestion of making Stephen King's "IT" our new fave book has merit :-P

Will see how I go with...spelling out my favourite book title using the first letter of authors' first or last name. (Except for one - I couldn't think of an Aussie author whose name started with "I", so I went with the title)

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Easy
2/11 books



Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison

T: Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
R: The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
A: Tiddas by Anita Heiss AA
V: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
E: The Well by Elizabeth Jolley AA
L: White Fang by Jack London

L: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
I: Island Home by Tim Winton AA ★★★★☆
G: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
H: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ★★★☆☆
T: The Turning by Tim Winton AA

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: HARD
0/21

Society of the Mind by Eric L. Harry

S - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
O - Oliver Cromwell by C.V. Wedgwood
C - The Colours of all the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith
I - The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
E - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Y - The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd

O - Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide by Richard Dawkins
F - A Fortunate Life by Albert B. Facey AA

T - Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith
H - Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
E - The Ex by Nicola Moriarty AA

M - The Midnight Dress by Karen Foxlee AA
I - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
N - Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver
D - The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey AA



M - The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
O - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
U - The Wreath by Sigrid Undset
T - Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
H - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

TheMadHatter wrote: "I feel your pain Krystal. My favourite is Finnikin of the ...
Lol! I think your suggestion of making Stephen King's "IT" our new fave book has merit :-P"

Except that there is a minimum of six letters required for the book title!!! And I am sure that with reading as much as we all do, we all have more than one favourite book to choose from:)

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: Hard
20/20
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (I can't get the enlarged version)

T - The Champagne War by Fiona McIntosh(AA) READ 3/12/20 4*
H - The Survivors by Jane Harper(AA) READ 22/12/20 4*
E - Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman READ 19/1/21 3*

G - A Life Worth Living by Louise Guy(AA) READ 23/12/20 3*
I - In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren READ 9/12/20 3*
V - Desire Lines by Felicity Volk(AA) READ 28/12/20 4*
E - Emma by Kelly Hunter(AA) READ 5/12/20 3*
R - The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland(AA) READ 31/12/20 4*

O - One More for Christmas by Sarah Morgan READ 4/12/20 4*
F - Already Dead by Jaye Ford(AA) READ 5/1/21 4*

S - The Family Inheritance by Tricia Stringer(AA) READ 16/12/20 4*
T - Together by Christmas by Karen Swan READ 25/12/20 4*
A - Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sara Ackerman READ 3/1/21 5*
R - Riptides by Kirsten Alexander(AA) READ 14/1/21 3*
S - The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali READ 15/1/21 4*



B - Deadman's Track by Sarah Barrie(AA) READ 21/1/21 4*
O - Where Fortune Lies by Mary-Anne O'Connor(AA) READ 4/1/21 4*
O - The Orphan Sisters by Shirley Dickson READ 31/12/20 4*
K - Rebel Without a Claus by Zara Keane READ 12/12/20 3*
S - Christmas in Silver Bell Falls by Samantha Chase READ 26/12/20 4*

I’ve got 155 books on my favourite book shelf and I love them all. It’s like trying to pick your favourite child, so I think I’ll go with a favourite timeless classic.



12/ 12 books (4AA)

✔ J The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner 4★
✔ A Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff AA 5★
✔ N The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths 4.5★
✔ E Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 4★

✔ E Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge 4★
✔ Y Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha 4.5★
✔ R Rippling Red by Brigid George AA 4★
✔ E My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante 4★




Item from cover:

✔ G The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré 5★
✔ I Icefall by Stephanie Gunn AA 4★
✔ R Return to Tamarlin by K.M. Steele AA 3.5★
✔ L Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend AA 4★

I'm with Phrynne - I don't understand why you only have one favourite. My hardest job was to find one (or two) of the many, many favourites I have!! Turn your thoughts around and think about how you're offending the second and third favs you have when you don't choose them ;) Lol

Everyone is linked to here :)

Brenda wrote: "I'm with Phrynne - I don't understand why you only have one favourite. My hardest job was to find one (or two) of the many, many favourites I have!! Turn your thoughts around and think about how yo..."

Even picking a favourite classic wasn’t easy. Wuthering Heights, My Cousin Rachel, Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina were all jumping up and down saying pick me!

Maybe we should do it as an annual one day and choose all our favourites! lol Make that a decade....

Easy:



T - Thunderhead by Douglas Preston 28/12 4.5★
H - Hard Way by J.B. Turner 17/12 5★
E - Exit Music by Ian Rankin



W - The Wreckage by AA Michael Robotham 13/12 5★
R - Reconstruction by Mick Herron 2/1 4.5★
E - Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin 9/1 5★
C - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly 5/2 4.5★
K - Killing Jane by Stacy Green 4/12 4★
A - The Long Call by Ann Cleeves 31/1 3★
G - Give the Devil His Due by AA Sulari Gentill 7/12 3.5★
E - Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn 11/2 3.5★

Mine says copy image link Alex. I think what they call it may depend which browser you are using .

Yes it does - thanks Phrynne. Mine is Chrome...

Alex wrote: "Easy:

COULD NOT COPY THE ENLARGED IMAGE - no 'COPY IMAGE ADDRESS' -



T The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
H Fool's Gold by [author:Mic..."

If you can't do it Alex, put the normal sized cover there please :)

You are linked Alex :)

Okay FINE but please let the record show that Three Musketeers is my all time favourite. Everything else is a tie for second XD

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: EASY
5/7



C - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer Review Here
O - The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman (AA) Review Here
N- Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
T- Shelter for the Damned by Mike Thorn
E - Elevation by Stephen King Review Here
S - Together by Christmas by Karen Swan Review Here
T - The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku (AA) Review Here

Phrynne wrote: "Mine says copy image link Alex. I think what they call it may depend which browser you are using ."

It may also depend on the device. I couldn’t find how to copy the image address on my iPad. I’m sure it can be done (and my son will no doubt figure it out for me) but I had to go onto the laptop to get that option.

Carolyn wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Mine says copy image link Alex. I think what they call it may depend which browser you are using ."

It may also depend on the device. I couldn’t find how to copy the image address ..."

That would be right Carolyn - I think the laptop shows the options best :)

You are linked Krystal - and we won't forget ;)

Yay! Thanks everybody. Me thinks this Lenovo laptop is about to s*it itself. Or perhaps it's the owner.

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: EASY
14/14 (3 AA- 3/3)
FINISHED! on 25/02/21

I have quite a few favourite books so decided to go for one that's also a classic - and an awesome movie too: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. 14 Letters! Sounds like a lot but there's 3 months and it's Summer.




I now have all my books however might tweak a title here or there during the challenge if I have a change of heart.

A - Ayiti by Roxane Gay

R - Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
O - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
O - Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs by Andrew CotterIndemnity Only
M - Les Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir

W -Wyatt by Garry Disher
I - Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
T - Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
H -Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

A - And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

V - Victor, de la Brigade mondaine by Maurice Leblanc
I - I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir by Brian Wilson
E - En attendant Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut
W - Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey

Alex wrote: "Yay! Thanks everybody. Me thinks this Lenovo laptop is about to s*it itself. Or perhaps it's the owner."

Lol!

Summer Challenge 2020/2021
Duration: 1/12/20 - 28/2/2021
Level: HARD
Progress: 18/18 AA: 5/5



S: Shiver by Allie Reynolds AA (22/1) 5*
U: Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger (17/2) 4*
M: My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman (10/1) 3*
M: Out for Blood by Deborah Masson (12/12) 5*
E: Exit Wounds by Paul Kane (ed.) (31/12) 3.5*
R': Reasonable Doubt by Xanthé Mallett AA (7/12) 3*
S: Silent Ridge (a.k.a. Dark Falls) (Megan Carpenter #3) by Gregg Olsen (4/12) 3.5*

L: The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke AA (21/12) 5*
E: The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths (12/3) 5*
A: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (4/1) 5*
S: The Open House by Sam Carrington (11/12) 4*
E: The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths (30/1) 5*

L: You Can Change the World by Lucy Bell AA (31/12) 5*
I: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez (6/12) 5*
Z: Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak AA (20/3) 5*
A: Rome Reframed by Amy Bearce (30/1) 4.5*
R: One by One by Ruth Ware (26/12) 3.5*
D: Hold Your Tongue by Deborah Masson (11/12) 5*

Veronique and Sarah, you're both linked. Veronique don't forget to use the "A" to start with....