The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Happy reading in 2023, Penny!

Thanks Rosemarie. I’m still framing the wording for the challenge. It will be what we all want. Reduce that TBR!!
My Personal Challenge will be to reduce, read or eliminate, those books marked Want to Read. Currently 218.

1.February - Lessons by Ian McEwan
2. March - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka March Kingscliff book club choice 5 stars on TBR since August 2022
3. April - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
4. May - The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
5. June - Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
6. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Second Book Club just rejoined after a break last year:
May - The Conductor by Sarah Quigley
June - Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
July - on vacation so missed meeting
August - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
September -




I have 14 physical non fiction books not counting the ones I have on my e-reader. I am listing them to keep myself on track and will mark when finished.
1. The Book of Roads and Kingdoms by Richard Fidler
2. Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise by Niki Savva
3. Curlews on Vulture Street by Darryl Jones
4. Death in Persia by Annemarie Schwarzenbach
5. The Farm in the Green Mountains by Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer
6. From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting by Judith Brett
7. The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison by Sean Kelly
8. It All Tastes of Farewell: Diaries, 1964–1970 by Brigitte Reimann
9. Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future by Danielle Clode
10. Power Without Glory by Frank J. Hardy
11. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard - Currently reading
12. Why Do Birds Do That? by Gráinne Cleary
13. Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies by Catherine McCormack
14. The Zookeepers' War: An Incredible True Story from the Cold War by J.W. Mohnhaupt