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The Aussie Author Challenge 2017 is hosted by Booklover Book Reviews and I signed up for their Kangaroo level this year. To complete the challenge, I had to: read and review 12 titles written by Australian authors; read at least 4 female and 4 male authors; read at least 4 new authors (to me); and read a minimum of 3 genres.
I exceeded the challenge and read the following 16 books:
1. Into the Darkness: The Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk | Robin Bowles
2. Badge, Book, Button - The Story of Australian Uniforms | Craig Wilcox
3. Past the Shallows: A Novel | Favel Parrett
4. Julie Goodwin's Essential Cookbook | Julie Goodwin
5. Clues From Beyond | Debbie Malone
6. Forgotten | Nicole Trope
7. Never Alone: A Medium’s Journey | Debbie Malone
8. The Dry | Jane Harper
9. Wrap It In A Bit Of Cheese Like You're Tricking The Dog | David Thorne
10. City of Crows | Chris Womersley
11. The Seventh Circle | Rob Langdon
12. Upside-Down Dogs | Serena Hodson
13. Force of Nature | Jane Harper
14. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Jessica Townsend
15. The Trauma Cleaner | Sarah Krasnostein
16. She Be Damned | M.J. Tjia
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I also signed up for the Franklin level of the 2017 Australian Women Writers Challenge and needed to read 10 books by Australian women and review at least 6 of them to successfully complete the challenge.
1. Into the Darkness: The Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk | Robin Bowles
2. Badge, Book, Button - The Story of Australian Uniforms | Craig Wilcox
3. Past the Shallows: A Novel | Favel Parrett
4. Julie Goodwin's Essential Cookbook | Julie Goodwin
5. Clues From Beyond | Debbie Malone
6. Forgotten | Nicole Trope
7. Never Alone: A Medium’s Journey | Debbie Malone
8. The Dry | Jane Harper
9. Wrap It In A Bit Of Cheese Like You're Tricking The Dog | David Thorne
10. City of Crows | Chris Womersley
11. The Seventh Circle | Rob Langdon
12. Upside-Down Dogs | Serena Hodson
13. Force of Nature | Jane Harper
14. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Jessica Townsend
15. The Trauma Cleaner | Sarah Krasnostein
16. She Be Damned | M.J. Tjia
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I also signed up for the Franklin level of the 2017 Australian Women Writers Challenge and needed to read 10 books by Australian women and review at least 6 of them to successfully complete the challenge.
I exceeded the challenge by reading the following 12 books:
1. Into the Darkness: The Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk | Robin Bowles
2. Past the Shallows: A Novel | Favel Parrett
3. Julie Goodwin's Essential Cookbook | Julie Goodwin
4. Clues From Beyond | Debbie Malone
5. Forgotten | Nicole Trope
6. Never Alone: A Medium’s Journey | Debbie Malone
7. The Dry | Jane Harper
8. Upside-Down Dogs | Serena Hodson
9. Force of Nature | Jane Harper
10. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Jessica Townsend
11. The Trauma Cleaner | Sarah Krasnostein
12. She Be Damned | M.J. Tjia
1. Into the Darkness: The Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk | Robin Bowles
2. Past the Shallows: A Novel | Favel Parrett
3. Julie Goodwin's Essential Cookbook | Julie Goodwin
4. Clues From Beyond | Debbie Malone
5. Forgotten | Nicole Trope
6. Never Alone: A Medium’s Journey | Debbie Malone
7. The Dry | Jane Harper
8. Upside-Down Dogs | Serena Hodson
9. Force of Nature | Jane Harper
10. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Jessica Townsend
11. The Trauma Cleaner | Sarah Krasnostein
12. She Be Damned | M.J. Tjia
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I discovered some great titles during these reading challenges and will definitely be signing up to participate again in 2018.
Carpe Librum!
I discovered some great titles during these reading challenges and will definitely be signing up to participate again in 2018.
Carpe Librum!
