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Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
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Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard
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Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 24/24
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Great may I join please.Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books.
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 0/12
TITLES
January - Jacob's Room by Virginia [bookcover:56 DaysWoolf|6765]
February - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
March - Malicroix by Henri Bosco
April - Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
May - The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
June - The Joy of High Placesby Patti Miller
July - Journeys in Scotland: Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland / Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands / The Clyde: River and Firth by Samuel Johnson
August - Another Country by James Baldwin
September - The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
October - Our Magic Hour by Jennifer Down
November - Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland by Sarah Moss
December - Dark as Last Night by Tony Birch
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy
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Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard
20/24
TITLES:
January - Julia Morris Makes it EASY by Julia Morris AA finished 19/1/23 3⭐
February - A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill AA finished 19/2/23 3⭐
March - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell finished 6/3/23 5⭐
April - Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe finished 18/4/23 5⭐
May - The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan AA finished 10/5/23 4⭐
June - Jingo by Terry Pratchett finished 5/6/23 3⭐
July - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan finished 10/7/23 5⭐
August - Atalanta by Jennifer Saint finished 12/8/23 3⭐
September - A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier finished 30/9/23 3⭐
October - Or What You Will by Jo Walton finished 19/10/23 3.5⭐
November - Notes on Her Colour finished 5/11/23 2⭐
December -
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January - The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult finished 10/1/23 3⭐
February - Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney finished 26/2/23 3⭐
March - Lexicon by Max Barry AA finished 12/3/23 4⭐
April - Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed AA finished 16/4/23 4⭐
May - Providence by Max Barry AA finished 11/5/23 5⭐
June - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen finished 15/6/23 4⭐
July - A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor finished 31/7/23 3.5⭐
August - Limberlost by Robbie Arnott AA finished 16/8/23 5⭐
September - This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham AA finished 29/9/23 4⭐
October - Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman finished 7/10/23 5⭐
November - The Book of Dreams by Nina George finished 9/11/23 3⭐
December -
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Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Booksuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 0/12
January - On the Java Ridge by Jock Serong
February - [b..."
Penelope, you have to do either titles or authors. Your January one is an author, your February is a title. You can either choose one or the other, or do both :)
Can I do easy, but with authors instead of titles?Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy - Author Names 12/12 AA 3/3
✅ Jan J.D. Robb - Abandoned in Death - 21/01/2023 - ★★★★
✅ Feb Jackie French - A Waltz for Matilda - A.A - 15/02/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ Mar Malla Nunn - Silent Valley A.A - 12/03/2023 - ★★★★
✅ Apr Alexander McCall Smith - Love Over Scotland - - 15/04/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ May Maureen Jennings - No Known Grave - 19/05/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ Jun J.D. Robb - Desperation in Death - 10/06/2023 - ★★★★
✅ Jul J.D. Robb - Encore in Death - 24/07/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ Aug Alexander McCall Smith - The World According to Bertie - - 15/09/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ Sep Sarah Barrie - Unforgiven - A.A - 17/09/2023 - ★★★★
✅ Oct Oliver Darkshire - Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller - 21/10/2023 - ★★★☆
✅ Nov Malla Nunn - Present Darkness - A.A - 11/11/2023 - ★★★★
✅ Dec Donna Leon - The Golden Egg - 7/12/2023 - ★★★★
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I missed this year so very happy we are doing it again in ‘23.Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard
24/24
Completed - 16th December.
TITLES:
✅ January - Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic *AA* - 11/01 - 3.5★
✅ February - The Flower Show Murder by Faith Martin - 10/02 - 3★
✅ March - The Measure by Nikki Erlick - 03/03 - 4★
✅ April - The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell *AA* - 16/04 - 4★
✅ May - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult - 13/05 - 4★
✅ June - Jewel Sea by Kim Kelly *AA* - 23/06 - 4★
✅ July - The Jam Queens by Josephine Moon *AA* - 02/07 - 2.5★
✅ August - About Face by Donna Leon - 07/08 - 4★
✅ September - A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier - 11/09 - 5★
✅ October - The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock *AA* - 13/10 - 2.5★
✅ November - None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell - 09/11 - 4★
✅ December - Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth *AA* - 05/12 - 4★
AUTHORS:
✅ January - Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson - 14/01 - 3.5★
✅ February - Death and the Brewery Queen by Frances Brody - 17/02 - 5★
✅ March - Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham *AA* - 25/03 - 4.5★
✅ April - The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz - 02/04 - 4★
✅ May - Murder on the Oxford Canal by Faith Martin - 27/05 - 2.5★
✅ June - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - 16/06 - 5★
✅ July - Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz *AA* - 20/07 - 4★
✅ August - A Line To Kill by Anthony Horowitz - 24/08 - 4★
✅ September - Murder at the Mansion by Sheila Connolly - 24/09 2.5★
✅ October - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 14/10 - 5★
✅ November - Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson - 25/11 -5★
✅ December - Kickback by Garry Disher *AA* - 16/12 - 3★
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 22/24
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December: The Dinner Party by Rebecca Heath
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I would like to join.Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 12/12
5 AA
January
✔ Just Our Luck by Julia Walton Read 13/1. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
February
✔ A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge Read 27/2. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
March
✔ Marple: Twelve New Stories Anthology Read 23/3. 2★
April
✔ The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow Read 22/4. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔ All Four Quarters of the Moon by Shirley Marr Read 30/4. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
May
✔ Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters Read 17/5. 2★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
June
✔ Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Read 19/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July
✔ Joyous & Moonbeam by Richard Yaxley Read 23/7. 4★ AA
August
✔ The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group by Catherine Jinks Read 5/9. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
September
✔ Stagefright by Carole Wilkinson Read 21/9. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
October
✔ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Read 23/10. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
November
✔ Night Lights by Sarah Epstein Read 25/11. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
December
✔ Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie Read 16/12. 2★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Yes that's fine Kerri - just stipulate which you're choosing at the top :)
I'm in again. This is one is fun.Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 24/24 9/6 AA
January
Title
The Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse 6/1/23 3 stars
Author
John Grisham--The Testament 5/1/23 4 stars
February
Title
Fatherland by Robert Harris 3/2/23 4 stars
Author
Miles Franklin--My Brilliant Career AA 5/2/23 4 stars
March
Title
The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie 8/3/23 4 stars
Author
Petronella McGovern--The Liars AA 3/3/23 3 stars
April
Title
Arcadia by Di Morrissey AA 5/4/23 3 Stars
Author
Aoife Clifford --Second Sight AA 17/4/23 4 stars
May
Title
More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh 3/5/23 4 stars
Author
Matthew Reilly-- Area 7 AA 5/5/23 3 stars
June
Title
Julius by Daphne du Maurier 19/6/23 3 stars
Author
James Joyce--A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 5/6/23 2 stars
July
Title
Judge's Girls by Sharina Harris 10/7/23 4 stars
Author
Jeffrey Smart--Not quite straight: a memoir AA 3/7/23 3 stars
August
Title
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 10/8/23 4 stars
Author
Mitch Albom-- The Five People You Meet in Heaven 19/8/23 3 stars
September
Title
Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart AA 7/9/23 5 stars
Author
Shayne Collier--Return to Desiree Bay AA 4/9/23 4 stars
October
Title
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng 14/10/23 3 stars
Author
Richard Osman--The Bullet That Missed 11/10/23 4 stars
November
Title
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 13/11/23 4 stars
Author
Barbara Nadel--River of the Dead 20/11/23 3 stars
December
Title
Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942 by Richard Brautigan 2/12/23 4 stars
Author
Garry Disher -- The Way It Is Now AA 20/12/23
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Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level:Hard
24/24
6/6 AA
Titles
January
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta fin Jan8 4*
February
Force of Nature by Jane Harper AA fin Feb7 3*
March
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor fin Mar8 4*
April
The Antiquity Affair by Lee Kelly fin Apr18 4*
May
The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck fin May11 3*
June
Jewel Box: Stories by E. Lily Yu fin Jun21 4*
July
Julia by Sandra Newman fin Jun21 4*
August
Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty fin Aug 12 3*
September
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan fin Sep9 5*
October
Our House by Louise Candlish fin Oct14 4*
November
The Nancys by R.W.R. McDonaldAA fin Nov4 4*
December
Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. CoetzeeAA fin Dec2 5*
Authors
January
Jarvis Cocker Good Pop, Bad Pop fin Jan6 5*
February
Michel Faber AA The Book of Strange New Things fin Feb14 4*
March
A Winter Grave by Peter May fin Mar4 3*
April
A Brief Affair by Alex Miller AA fin Apr5 4*
May
What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson fin May4 1*
June
We Who Are About To... by Joanna Russ fin Jun28 3*
July
The Well of Saint Nobody by Neil Jordan fin Jul9 4*
August
The List by Yomi Adegoke fin Aug4 3*
September
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez fin Sep11 4*
October
The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe fin Oct11 3*
November
Did I Ever Tell You This? by Sam NeillAA fin Nov10 3*
December
The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow fin Dec10 3*
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Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Can I do easy, but with authors instead of titles?"Yes that's fine Kerri - just stipulate which you're choosing at the top :)"
Thanks Brenda, I will jump in then, and list my books at Message 9
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level - Easy Challenge (12 books - minimum 3 🐨)
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Question please - are we allowed to utilise books that fit more than one challenge and use them in both or is that a bit naughty 😈, lol
I’m in! 😬Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 0/12 - Easy
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I am in, I enjoyed this one in 2022Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Titles
Level: Easy 12/12
January
Jillaroo from Jacaranda Mandy Magro AA Done 4* 7/1/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
February
Five Bush Weddings Clare Fletcher AA Done 4* 6/2/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
March
Catherine Johns Maggie Done 4* 5/3/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
April
An Honest Lie Tarryn Fisher
Done 4*6/4/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
May
The Money Club Fiona Lowe AA Done 5* 19/5/23
June
Jacaranda Mandy Magro AA Done 4* 24/8/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July
Jardine Leesa Bow AA Done 4* 23/7/2023 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
August
As the River Rises Fiona McArthur AA Done 5* 23/8/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
September
Stay Awake Megan Goldin AA Done 5* 13/9/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
October
One of Us Kylie Kaden AA Done 4* 26/10/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
November
The Night Ship Jess Kidd Done 3* 6/11/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
December
Dear Banjo Sasha Wasley AA Done 5* 10/12/23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Maggie, Catherine Johns
Woohoo, i have finished :)
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard 24/24 8/6 AA
Titles:
✔︎January - Just Kids by Patti Smith 3/1 4★
✔︎February - Fortune by Lenny Bartulin AA 24/2 3★
✔︎March - Murder On The Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood AA 3/2 3★
✔︎April - A Brief Affair by Alex Miller AA 24/4 4★
✔︎May - Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope 19/5 4★
✔︎June - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende 29/6 5★
✔︎July - Joan and Peter by H.G. Wells 26/7 5★
✔︎August - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 23/8 5★
✔︎September - A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall Smith 6/9 4★
✔︎October - The Office of Innocence by Thomas Keneally AA 18/10 4★
✔︎November - The Noticeably Stouter Book of General Ignoranceby John Lloyd 29/11 4★
✔︎December - Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje 16/12 4★
Authors:
✔︎January - Rachel Joyce - Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North 1/1 3★
✔︎February - Fiona McFarlane - The Sun Walks Down AA 9/2 5★
✔March - David Malouf - Child's Play, with Eustace and The ProwlerAA 5/3 3★
✔April - Thea Astley - The Well-dressed Explorer AA 10/4 4★
✔May - Peter May - Blacklight Blue 10/5 4★
✔June - Julie Janson - The Crocodile Hotel AA 10/6 2★
✔July - John Haughton - Follow The Acorn: A Very Unofficial Guide to the South West Coast Path 6/7 4★
✔August - Ann Cleeves - Red Bones 7/8 4★
✔September - Katharine Stewart - A Croft in the Hills 3/9 4★
✔October - Manal M. Omar - Barefoot in Baghdad: A Story of Identity—My Own and What It Means to Be a Woman in Chaos 7/10 3★
✔November - Miriam E. Nelson - Strong Women Stay Young 7/11 4★
✔December - Douglas Stuart - Shuggie Bain 12/12 5★
🌸Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books🌸Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: easy (book titles)
12/12
3/3 AA
🌸January Journey by Moonlight, Antal Szerb, 1/14/23, 2*
🌸February The Feather and the Stone, Patricia Shaw, 2/6/23, 5*, AA
🌸March Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, 3/23/23, 3*
🌸April After the Wedding, Laura Elliot, 4/4/23, 3*
🌸May Margaret, C.J. Bessell, 5/4/23, 4*, AA
🌸June Joe Country, Mick Herron, 6/4/23, 3*
🌸July Jigs & Reels, Joanne Harris, 7/10/23, 3*
🌸August All The Lies, Nicola Sanders, 8/6/23, 4*
🌸September Sing, Wild Bird, Sing, Jacqueline O'Mahony 9/2/23, 5*
🌸October One Last Summer, Victoria Connelly, 10/3/23, 5*
🌸November Nicola's Virtue, AnneMarie Brear, 11/5/23, 4*, AA
🌸December The Dinner Guest, B.P. Walter, 12/2/23, 3*
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard (6AA)
24/24
January
Johnno by David Malouf 6/1 4★ (AA)
The Lily and the Rose by Jackie French 16/1 4★ (AA)
February
Fallout by Paul Thomas 10/2 4★
On the Straight and Narrow by Faith Martin 2/2 4★
March
Memory Zero by Keri Arthur 19/3 3.5★ (AA)
The Doctor's Gift by Fiona McArthur 6/3 3.5★ (AA)
April
A Gift in December by Jenny Gladwell 1/4 3.5★
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 10/4 3.5★
May
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey 4/5 3★
The Waterfall by Margaret Drabble 7/5 2★
June
Jemima J by Jane Green 18/6 3★
Salonika Burning by Gail Jones 12/6 3★ (AA)
July
The Jilting of Baron Pelham by June Calvin 9/7 2★
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson 5/7 3.5★
August
All Systems Red by Martha Wells 11/8 5★
The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson 13/8 4.5★ (AA)
September
Sun, Surf and Murder by D.C. Pitt 3/9 3.5★ (AA)
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh 2/9 3.5★
October
Outback by Patricia Wolf 1/10 4★ (AA)
Bad Timing by Nick Oldham 22/10 4★
November
Nation by Terry Pratchett 7/11 4★
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh 17/11 3★
December
Devil's Lady by Dawn Lindsey 9/12 1★
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 6/12 5★
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 12/12 (Easy)
We did it!
✔️January: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne | Jan 02 ★★★★
✔️February: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson | Feb 24 ★★★
✔️March: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl | Mar 02 ★★★★★
✔️April: Amnesty by Aravind Adiga AA | Apr 26 ★★★
✔️May: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway | May 13 ★★★★
✔️June: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | Jun 18 ★★★
✔️July: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach | Jul 22 ★★
✔️August: Agostino by Alberto Moravia | Aug 26 ★★★★★
✔️September: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams | Sep 30 ★★★★
✔️October: One Hundred Days by Alice Pung AA | Oct 31 ★★
✔️November: No One by John Hughes AA | Nov 06 ★★★
✔️December: The Dark Side of the Earth by Alfred Bester | Dec 17 ★★★
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Most definitely Sharon! That's what most of us do I think. Sometimes I have the same book in 5 or 6 different challenges :) Work smarter not harder is the saying - so true it is!
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Brenda wrote: "Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard
0/24
Titles
January - Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic AA
February - [book:A..."
Brenda I'll be interested to read your review of Still Life by Sarah Winman. It was one of my favourite reads for 2022.
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Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy
0/12 (AA 0/3)
January
February
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April
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August
Septemb..."
Welcome Kim, you're linked :)
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Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard
0/24
Titles
January - Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic AA
Feb..."
That's good to know Mary. I bought it recently - one of those half price sales I love so much! I dare say you'll see it when I read and review :)
Brenda wrote: "Sharon Louise wrote: "Question please - are we allowed to utilise books that fit more than one challenge and use them in both or is that a bit naughty 😈, lol"Most definitely Sharon! That's what m..."
I haven't as yet with the few challenges I have been in but I'm thinking I'm gonna get a bit overwhelmed unless I can "cross-list" so that's good news, thank you :)
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I absolutely love all these challenges - Thank you Brenda (and Phrynne!) The calendar images are so pretty too! xRules
1. Easy Challenge (12 books - minimum 3AAs) Choose a book for each month of the year with a title that starts with the same letter as the month.
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: 12/12 (Easy)
✅ January : 🦘Just Murdered: Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2021) - Katherine Kovacic AA 22/1/23 5★
✅ February : 🦘The French Photographer (2019) - Natasha Lester AA 19/2/23 5★
✅ March : 🦘The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) - Fergus Hume AA 31/3/23 5★
✅ April : The Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil - Machado de Assis 8/4/23 5★
✅ May : Memoirs of Hadrian (1951) - Marguerite Yourcenar 23/5/23 4★
✅ June : Just Patty (1911) - Jean Webster 25/6/23 5★
✅ July : The Jazz Files (2015) - Fiona Veitch Smith 17/6/23 5★
✅ August : The Awkward Age (1899) - Henry James 1/8//23 5★
✅ September : Sorry for the Dead (2019) - Nicola Upson 4/10/23 5★
✅ October : The Odyssey (701) - Homer 11/10/23 5★
✅ November : Night (1956) - Elie Wiesel 12/5/23 5★
✅ December : Death of an Author (1935) - E.C.R. Lorac 14/12/23 5★
Hi,If we do the Easy Challenge, can we choose Author OR Title or does it have to be title?
I struggled with the 3Js this year for titles, so wondering if I might have more luck next year with authors :-) :-) :-)
Thanks
I would like try it I am doing authorsJanuary >The a list
J.A Janice
finished march 23 5*
FEBURARY THE PACKAGE
SEBASTIAN FITZEK
finished 25th feb 4*
MARCH BEAUTIFUL DEATH
FIONA MCINTOSH
finished 13th march 5*
APRIL THE BROTHERS OF AUSHWITZ
MALKA ADLER
Finished April 12 5*
MAY THE DEAD OF WINTER
STUART MACBRIDE
Finished may 4th 4*
JUNE Denizen
James McKenzie Watson
FINISHED JUNE 3 4* AA
JULY the grip it
Jac jemg
finished July 8 1*
AUGUST
ripper
isabel Allende 5* finished december 1oth
SEPTEMBER THE ONLY ONE LEFT
RILEY SAGER FINISHED SEPTEMBER 10TH 4*
OCTOBER the captive Deborah O'Connor
finished 4*
the women who knew too little
Olivia Wearne AA
NOVEMBER
jo nesbo cockroaches finished november 15th 4*
DECEMBER garry disher consolation dec 4th 5* AA
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Hard - 6AA
Progress : 24/24 Completed 19-DEC-2023
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TheMadHatter wrote: "Hi,If we do the Easy Challenge, can we choose Author OR Title or does it have to be title?
I struggled with the 3Js this year for titles, so wondering if I might have more luck next year with au..."
Oh I have loads of them, if you need any help? Also look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy
12/12
January -- Just Kate by Linda Lael Miller -- 5★ -- 21/01/2023
February -- Falling by Calle J. Brookes -- 5★ -- 11/02/2023
March -- Murder on a Melbourne Tram by Brigid George -- AA -- 5★ --10/03/2023
April -- Amulet of Death by Suzanne Gilchrist -- AA -- 5★ -- 16/04/2023
May -- Muster in the Dust by Mel A. Rowe -- AA -- 4★ - 15/05/2023
June -- Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic -- AA -- 4★-- 18/06/2023
July -- Justice for Mickie by Susan Stoker -- 4★ -- 30/07/2023
August -- Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason-- 4★ -- 28/08/2023
September -- [bok:Second Chances|17969295] by Calle J. Brookes -- 5★ -- 20/09/2023
October -- One Last Child by Anni Taylor -- AA -- 3★ -- 25/10/2023
November -- Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride -- 5★ -- 20/11/2023
December -- Death on Cromer Beach by Ross Greenwood -- 4★ -- 17/12/2023
Would love to join this one. This will be my first time attempting a challenge.Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy 0/12
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March - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
April - The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
May - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
June - Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic AA
July
August - All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent DaltonAA
September - The Silent Town by Anni Taylor AA
October - Outback by Patricia Wolf AA
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December - The Dry by Jane Harper AA
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
12/12
January: Just an Ordinary Family by Fiona Lowe AA Read 11th January 5 stars
February Fool's Gold by Fleur McDonald AA Read 24th February 2 stars
March The Midnight News by Jo Baker Read 9th March 4 stars
April Apartment 303 by Kelli Hawkins AA Read 12th April 4 stars
May My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Read 11th May 3 1/2 stars
June Julia Morris Makes it EASY by Julia Morris AA Read 16th June 2 stars
July The Jump by Ghis Gallo AA Read 25th July 3 1/2 stars
August All She Wants by Kelli Hawkins AA Read 11th August 3 1/2 stars
September The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Read 12th September 5 stars
October The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock AA Read 8th October 5 out of 5
November The Night Swim by Megan Goldin AA Read 5th November 3 out of 5
December The Devil Inside by D.L. Hicks AA Read 9th December 5 out of 5
Jazzy wrote: "TheMadHatter wrote: "Hi,If we do the Easy Challenge, can we choose Author OR Title or does it have to be title?
I struggled with the 3Js this year for titles, so wondering if I might have more l..."
Thanks Jazzy!
Finished 02/12/23Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy
12/12 (AA 5/5)
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Caroline Overington
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Kerri_M wrote: "Can I do easy, but with authors instead of titles?Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy - Author Names 0/12 AA 0/3
Jan J.D. Robb - [book..."
Good idea Kerri, if we do this again next year I will switch to authors, finding titles starting with J is not easy!
I'd love to join please Brenda. Last year I just did the one annual challenge, which took me the year to finish. Time to up the ante in 2023 - this will be annual challenge number 3 - let's do this!Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Level: Easy
Books: 12/12 AAs: 5/5
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Just wanted to get an adjudication on my January choice - YA or Children's??? Don't want to fail in the first month!January: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
I'm going to try and have a go at using the month in the title of the book as well - not sure I will find books that I want to read with the month in them but will see how I go :)
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If we do the Easy Challenge, can we choose Author OR Title or does it have to be title?
I struggled with the 3Js this year for titles, so wondering if I might have more luck next year with au..."
You can choose titles or authors MH :)
Mod
January: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl"
It's children's - but it's over the 125 page limit so you're fine with this one Jane :)
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Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
Rules
1. Easy Challenge (12 books - minimum 3AAs) Choose a book for each month of the year with a title that starts with the same letter as the month. OR choose to do Authors, one per month. You can only do Titles OR Authors, not a combination of both.
e.g. January. Justice for Sara
February. Forty Words for Sorrow
March. Mistake Creek
2. Hard Challenge. (24 books - minimum 6AAs) Do both Titles PLUS Authors, choosing a book for each month where the first letter of the author's christian or surname is the same as the month.
e.g. January. James Patterson
February. Nicci French
March. Michael Connelly
3. All books should be read in their appropriate month, so this challenge will take all of us the full twelve months.
4. You can choose to count 'a' 'an' and 'the' or you can ignore them when picking your titles.
5. Choose your level, choose your books and then list and link your choices in this thread.
6. Our 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.
Annual Challenge 2023 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/23 - 31/12/23
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