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Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Hard
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I’m in please Brenda!My favorite book is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
My words are REBECCA and GATES
R The 007 Diaries: Filming Live and Let Die by Roger Moore ✅ 27 Dec 4⭐️
E My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout ✅ 14 Jan 3⭐️
B The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman ✅ 14 Feb 5⭐️
E Exiles by Jane Harper AA ✅ 10 Feb 5⭐️
C Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan ✅ 18 Dec 5⭐️
C The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway AA ✅ 28 Jan 5⭐️
A Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir ✅ 8 Feb 5⭐️
G Deathdeal by Garry Disher AA ✅ 23 Dec 4⭐️
A All the President's Men byCarl Bernstein
T Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer AA ✅ 25 Feb 5 ⭐️
E Day's End by Garry Disher AA ✅ 16 Feb 5⭐️
S Spycatcher by Peter Wright
Summer Reading Challenge - COMPLETEDLevel: Easy = Min 6 books - Spell out title (minimum 2 Aussie authors)
My favourite book is: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
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The Last Ride by Sonia Parin - AA - 01/01/23 - 2★sI -
The Imperfect Psychic: A Dubious Death by Ashley King - 05/12/22 - 4★sT -
The Substitute Bride by Kathleen O'Brien - 16/01/23 - 4★sT -
The Deadly Daiquiri by Tegan Maher - 03/01/23 - 5★sL -
Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin - 02/12/22 - 3★sE -
Escape From The Past by Courtney McFarlin - 01/12/22 - 4★sB -
Be Still My Heart by Sonia Parin - AA - 09/12/22 - 2★sE -
Escape From Hiding by Courtney McFarlin - 07/12/22 - 4★E -
Exposed in Edinburgh: The House Sitters Cozy Mysteries by Scarlett Moss - 11/12/22 - 5★s
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One of my all-time favourite Australian authors is Thea Astley and I particularly love Drylands. So that's the basis for my challenge.AR Seasonal Challenge Summer 2022-23
Duration: 01/12/22 - 28/02/23
EASY Level: i.e. 8 books, including 2 AAs
Progress: 6/8
D: Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas (AA)
R: Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey (AA)
✔ Y: The Yield by Tara June Winch (AA) 4★s (03/12/22)
✔ L: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō 3★s 16/01/23)
✔ A: The Anti-Cool Girl by Rosie Waterland (AA) 3.5★s (07/12/22)
✔ N: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (AA) 4★s (13/01/23)
✔ D: Deception Creek by Fleur McDonald (AA) 5★s (31/12/22)
✔ S: The Son by Jo Nesbø 3★s (18/12/22)
The hardest part of this was choosing a favourite book from the many that I love!! Summer Reading Challenge
Level: HARD 17/17 books (min 4 AA)
✔ T Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (read 17 Dec) 5★
✔ H Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang (read 9 Jan) 4★
✔ E Evil in Emerald by A.M. Stuart AA (read 26 Dec) 4★
✔ B Devil's Way by Robert Bryndza (read 9 Dec) 4.5★
✔ O Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry (read 3 Feb) 4.5★
✔ O One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews (read 8 Feb) 5★
✔ K Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood AA (read 9 Dec) 4.5★
✔ T The Awkward Squad by Sophie Hénaff (read 23 Jan) 4★
✔ H Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni (read 19 Feb) 5★
✔ I In Too Deep by Simon McCleave (read 5 Dec) 4★
✔ E East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman (read 18 Dec) 5★
✔ F Wildflowers by Peggy Frew AA (read 30 Jan) 3★
✔ D Do Not Go Alone by C.A. Larmer AA (read 14 Dec) 4★
✔ E Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano (read 31 Dec) 4★
✔ A The Awkward Squad by Sophie Hénaff (read 23 Jan) 4★
✔ T The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis (read 1 Dec) 4★
✔ H Clarke by Holly Throsby AA (read 26 Dec) 4★
Summer Challenge 2022/2023Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Hard
22/23 (6/4 AA)
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P- The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally AA -Read 06/12
E- Elsie Quail - Shadow Rose (Daughters of Moon and Sun #1) -Read 13/12
R- Rebellious Daughters edited by Maria Katsonis & Lee Kofman AA -Read 06/12
S- Sunyi Dean - The Book Eaters -Read 17/12
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A- Renée Ahdieh - Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist #1) -Read 09/12
S- Neal Shusterman - Gleanings (Arc of a Scythe #3.5) -Read 30/12
I- Isabel Cooper - Legend of the Highland Dragon (Highland Dragons #1) -Read 16/01
O- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey -Read 2/12
N- Neal Shusterman - The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) -Read 21/12
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S- The Surviving Trace (Surviving Time #1) by Calia Read -Read 12/23
H- H.M. Waugh - Mars Awaken -Read 11/12
I- Inkheart (Inkworld #1) by Cornelia Funke -Read 20/01
P- Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1) by Octavia E. Butler -Read 16/12
I- The Illumination of Ursula Flight by Anna-Marie Crowhurst -Read 19/01
N- Nicole Murphy AA - Secret Ones (Dream of Asarlai #1) -Read 03/01
A- C.J. Archer - The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele #1) -Read 08/12
B- Being Indonesian: Life, Strife and the Pursuit of Democracy Indonesia by Desi Anwar -Read 14/12
O- P.A. O'Reilly - The Fine Colour of Rust -Read 15/12
T- They Went Left by Monica Hesse -Read 02/12
T- Traci Harding - The Eternity Gate (The Timekeepers #2) AA -Read 17/12
L- The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green -Read 06/12
E- The Epic Crush of Genie Lo (The Epic Crush of Genie Lo #1) by F.C. Yee -Read 15/12
Brenda wrote: "Don't forget instructions are in the first post on how to enlarge your cover pic :)"Sorry Brenda, despite a couple of attempts, I cannot get the image to enlarge.
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Sorry Brenda, despite a couple of attempts, I cannot get the image to enlarge."
That's OK Mary!
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Level: Easy = Min 6 books - Spell out title (minimum 2 Aussie authors)
My favourite book is: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
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Sorry Sally, I can't see how you get L from the #1 title. Should be A or D (title), or S or P (author)
Summer Challenge 22-23Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Hard
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One favourite book? One?! Anyway, one of my favourites is The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
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Yes please, I'd like to play! Summer Challenge 2022/2023
Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level:
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✅ L : 🦘 The French Photographer (2019) - Natasha Lester AA
✅ E : Vera (1921) - Elizabeth von Arnim 22/1/23 5★
✅ S : Selections from Paroles (1965) - Jacques Prévert 6/1/23 5★
✅ M : Death in Venice (1912) - Thomas Mann 16/1/23 5★
✅ I : 🦘Gumtops (1935) - Rex Ingamells AA 7/1/23 5★
✅ S : The Catcher in the Rye (1951) - J.D. Salinger 15/12/22 4★
✅ É : Max Carrados, Blind Detective - Ernest Brahmah (1868–1942) 9/2/23 5★
✅ R : Holy Island (2015) - L.J. Ross 10/12/22 5★
✅ A : A King and No King (1619) - Francis Beaumont 13/1/23 4★
✅ B : A Little Princess (1905) - Frances Hodgson Burnett 15/1/23 5★
✅ L : At the Mountains of Madness (1937) - H.P. Lovecraft 10/1/23 5★
✅ E : With the Eyes Shut - Original Edition (1898) - Edward Bellamy 9/2/23 4★
✅ S : The Little Prince (1943) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 21/1/23 5★
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✅ C : History of My Life (1789) - Giacomo Casanova 19/1/23 5★
✅ O : Time Is a Mother (2022) - Ocean Vuong 6/1/23 5★
✅ S : Selections from Paroles (1965) - Jacques Prévert 6/1/23 5★
✅ E : Praise of Folly (1511) - Erasmus 22/1/23 4★
✅ T : The Worst Journey in the World: With Scott in Antarctica 1910-1913 (1922) - Apsley Cherry-Garrard 14/1/23 5★
✅ T 🦘 : Dirt Music (2002) - Tim Winton AA 14/12/22 4★
✅ E🦘: The Enchanted April (1922) - Elizabeth von Arnim AA 13/1/23 5★
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Carolyn wrote: "The hardest part of this is choosing a favourite book from the many that I love!! I'll be back when I've done that. I could be some time ;)Summer Reading Challenge
Level: Easy (min 6 books/ 2 AA)"
Same here Carolyn :)
Summer Challenge 2022/2023Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
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I am in, choosing a favourite book is so hard :)Summer Challenge 2022/2023
Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Easy
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Untouched Anna Campbell
U Meet Me in the Middle Jacquie Underdown AA Done 4* 11/12/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
N Northern HeatHelene Young AA Done 5* 10/12/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
T Twenty-Six Letters Charlotte Nash AA Done 5* 2/12/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
O Never to Surrender Mary-Anne O'Connor AA Done 5* 28/1/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
UThe Understudy Julie Bennett AA Done 4* 16/1/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
C Snowy Mountains PromiseAlissa Callen AA Done 5* 10/1/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
H Zoe's Muster Barbara Hannay AA Done 5* 9/12/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
E A Half-Baked Murder Emily George AA Done 5* 16/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
D The Doctor’s Homecoming Fiona M. Marsden AA Done 5* 18/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sorry i can't enlarge the photo no matter how hard I try, but I will give it another go soon :)
Finished :)
Summer Challenge 2022/2023Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: hard
D Dearly by Margaret Atwood finished 8/12/22 4⭐
O The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell finished 16/1/23 4.5⭐
O Together We Can by Claire O’Rourke AA finished 24/12/22 3⭐
M The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce finished 19/1/22 3⭐
S The Unpersuadables by Will Storr finished 8/1/23 3.5⭐
D Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto finished 15/12/22 4⭐
A When We Fall by Aoife Clifford AA finished 3/1/23 3.5⭐
Y We by Yevgeny Zamyatin finished 11/2/23 3⭐
B Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth finished 29/12/22 4⭐
O Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell finished 13/2/23 4⭐
O Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver finished 12/12/22 3⭐
K Kindred by Kirli Saunders AA finished 11/12/22 4⭐
B Burn by Patrick Ness finished 11/12/22 5⭐
E Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic AA finished 5/1/23 3⭐
L The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville finished 30/12/22 3.5⭐
L Still Life by Louise Penny finished 25/1/22 3.5⭐
Brenda wrote: "Sorry Sally, I can't see how you get L from the #1 title. Should be A or D (title), or S or P (author) ..."Because I linked it to the boxed set instead of the actual book I’m reading - all fixed now
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Because I linked it to the boxed set instead of the actual book I’m readi..."
Thanks!
I have posted my choices, looking forward to getting stuck into this challenge!
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Summer Reading Challenge
Level: HARD (17 books/ min 4 AA)
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That's a great cover Carolyn!!
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Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Hard
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One favourite book? One?! Anyway, one of my favourites is The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
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What an intriguing cover Steve! And you're welcome to choose a second (or even a third) if you wish :)
Brenda wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "The hardest part of this was choosing a favourite book from the many that I love!! Summer Reading Challenge
Level: HARD (17 books/ min 4 AA)”
I do too :) It’s the one on the version I read and I think it’s the original.
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Good choice Kylie! I nearly picked this one too :)
Summer Challenge 2022/2023Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Easy - Spell out title (minimum 2 Aussie authors)
Was a toss up between The Book Thief and The Snowman, in the end I chose The Snowman because it had less letters 😉 - both books make me cry 😭
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Don't forget to put your cover there please Sharon :) Thanks!
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Brenda wrote: "Sharon Louise wrote: "Was a toss up between The Book Thief and The Snowman, in the end I chose The Snowman because it had less letters 😉 - both books make me cry 😭EASY - Min 6 books - Spell out t..."
I don't seem to have a link that says the same as your instructions and copy and pasting doesn't work :( Sorry. I will have another go later on, in the meantime there is just the tiny one.
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Brenda wrote: "Are you using your laptop Sharon or something else?"Laptop. Actually I will try with the tablet and see if that works..........
Summer Challenge 2022/2023Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Hard (4AA)
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I’m having trouble enlarging my cover pic. Has anyone managed to do it using an iPad?
Jackmeister wrote: "I’m having trouble enlarging my cover pic. Has anyone managed to do it using an iPad?"I can't do it with either the laptop or the tablet. I can enlarge it but there is no option other than copy and copy link, neither of which will post the cover enlarged :(
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< img src="your pasted link" > where you want the image
(close the gaps between < and img PLUS "and > and it'll enlarge.)
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Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Hard (4AA)
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Fabulous cover Jenn! You're linked :)
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Sharon Louise wrote: "Jackmeister wrote: "I’m having trouble enlarging my cover pic. Has anyone managed to do it using an iPad?"
I can't do it with either the laptop or the tablet. I can enlarge it but there is no optio..."
Try what I've posted in #42 above girls :)
Brenda wrote: "Are you right clicking on the cover and clicking on "copy image address"? Then you do thewhere you want the image
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Sadly my post won't let me copy and paste anything at all I have tried that a couple of times it doesn't work for me :(
It worked! And it was only my 8th or 9th attempt! 😬 🥳Summer Challenge 2022/2023
Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Easy
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where you want the image
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Well done! He's a happy, smiling snowman isn't he :)
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I’ve decided to choose one my favourite Aussie reads of 2022.Summer Challenge 2022/2023
Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
Level: Hard
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Completed 21st February.
✅ D - The Dead of Winter by Nicola Upson 11/12 ★★★★☆
✅ I - Improbable Cause by J.A. Jance 30/01 ★★★☆
✅ R - The Retreat by Sarah Pearse 22/12 ★★★★
✅ T - Tracking North by Kerry McGinnis *AA* 02/12 ★★★★☆
✅ T- Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer *AA* 10/12 ★★★★★
✅ O - Someone Else's Child by Kylie Orr *AA* 03/01 ★★★★
✅ W - The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright *AA* 21/02 ★★★☆
✅ N - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson 16/02 ★★★
✅ G - Watching Out by Ann Granger 23/01 ★★★★☆
✅ E - Exiles by Jane Harper *AA* 08/12 ★★★★★
✅ N - Nipped in the Bud by Sheila Connolly 06/02 ★★★
✅ E - The Eighth Wonder by Tania Farrelly *AA* 13/02 ★★★★
✅ R - Born in Death by J.D. Robb 08/02 ★★★★★
✅ A - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz 04/12 ★★★★★
✅ L - Limberlost by Robbie Arnott *AA* 03/01 ★★★★★
✅ S - The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth *AA* 26/12 ★★★★
✅ T - The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 06/12 ★★★★
✅ O - Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout 01/01 ★★★★★
✅ R - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams 16/12 ★★★★
✅ E - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe 05/01 ★★★★★
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Books mentioned in this topic
Rebecca (other topics)My Name Is Lucy Barton (other topics)
Exiles (other topics)
Rebecca (other topics)
The Bullet That Missed (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Daphne du Maurier (other topics)Richard Osman (other topics)
Jane Harper (other topics)
Claire Keegan (other topics)
Roger Moore (other topics)
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Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/23
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**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.
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 Retribution this is how your choices could look:
R Rose Rent by Ellis Peters
E Emergency Response by Nicki Edwards AA
T Torched by Kimberley Starr AA
R Revenge in Rubies by A.M. Stuart AA
I Scarlet Carnation by Laila Ibrahim
B Meet Me in Venice BY Barbara Hannay AA
U Under Her Skin by Sue Williams AA
T Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
I Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon
O One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
N Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Then you might choose TRACKS for your ITEM spell out
T Trouble on the Doorstep by Elaine Orr
R The Timber Girls by Rosie Archer
A Hidden Scars by Angela Marsons
C Confluence by Gemma Chilton AA
K Treachery on Tenth Street by Kate Belli
S East of Alice by Annie Seaton AA
Summer Challenge 2022/2023
Duration: 1/12/22 - 28/2/2023
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Kick back, relax and enjoy the summer sun whilst reading up a storm!!