- 2020 Australian Women Writer's Challenge
- 2020 Aussie Author Challenge
- 2020 Historical Reading Challenge
- Book Bingo 2020
- 2020 Non Fiction Reader Challenge
2020 Australian Women Writer's Challenge
Aiming for the Franklin level of the 2020 Australian Women Writer's Challenge this year I'll need to read 10 books and review at least 6 of them in order to complete the challenge. The challenge is run by writers and volunteers and encourages readers to discover more books by Australian women.Social media tags: @auswomenwriters #AWW2020
Books read for the challenge:
2. Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
3. And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic
4. The River Home by Hannah Richell
5. The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
6. Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales
7. Gulliver's Wife by Lauren Chater
8. Torched by Kimberley Starr
9. Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
10. The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading & Writing by Debra Adelaide
Additional books read for the challenge:
11. The Silk House by Kayte Nunn
12. My Smoko Break by Hayley Maudsley
13. You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster
14. Find Your Light by Belinda Davidson
2020 Aussie Author Reading Challenge
I'm participating in the newly created Emu level challenge and will need to read and review 24 titles written by Australian Authors of which at least 10 are female, 10 are male, and at least 10 are new-to-me authors. Hosted by Jo from Booklover Book Reviews I'll also need to read from at least 4 different genres.Social media tags: @BLBookReviews #AussieAuthor20
Books read for the challenge:
2. Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
3. And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic
4. The River Home by Hannah Richell
5. Shark Arm by Philip Roope & Kevin Meagher
6. The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
7. Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales
8. Gulliver's Wife by Lauren Chater
9. Mammoth by Chris Flynn
10. Torched by Kimberley Starr
11. Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
12. The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading & Writing by Debra Adelaide
13. The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
14. The Silk House by Kayte Nunn
15. My Smoko Break by Hayley Maudsley
16. Subterranean by B. Michael Radburn
17. You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster
18. Find Your Light by Belinda Davidson
19. Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
20. Reasonable Doubt by Dr Xanthe Mallett
21. Look Evelyn Duck Dynasty Wiper Blades. We Should Get Them by David Thorne
22. The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan
23. The Bushfire Book: How to Be Aware and Prepare by Polly Marsden, illustrated by Chris Nixon
24. The Survivors by Jane Harper
2020 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
I will need to read 10 historical fiction novels to complete the Renaissance Reader level of the 2020 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge this year, hosted by Passages to the Past.Social media tags: @abruno77 #2020HistFicReadingChallenge
Books read for the challenge:
2. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
3. The Foundling by Stacey Halls
4. The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
5. The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi
6. The Austen Girls by Lucy Worsley
7. Gulliver's Wife by Lauren Chater
8. Mammoth by Chris Flynn
9. Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar by Kate Saunders
10. The Silk House by Kayte Nunn
Additional books read for the challenge:
11. Katheryn Howard - The Tainted Queen by Alison Weir
Book Bingo 2020
Hosted by Theresa Smith Writes, Mrs B’s Book Reviews and The Book Muse, this is my first year participating in Book Bingo. To complete the challenge, I need to read and review a book from each of the 12 bingo squares. Check in is every second Saturday of the month and I'll be sharing my progress over on the Facebook page as well as keeping track here.Social media tags: @TessSmithWrites @MrsBBookReviews @TheBookMuse1 #BookBingo2020
1. Themes of culture (And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic)
3. Set in a time of war (To Sleep In A Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini)
4. Themes of inequality (Gulliver's Wife by Lauren Chater)
5. Prize winning book (The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie)
6. Set in a place you dream of visiting (The Midnight Library by Matt Haig)
7. Themes of crime and justice (Reasonable Doubt by Dr Xanthe Mallett)
8. Friendship, family & love (A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski)
9. Set in an era you'd love to travel back in time to (Spirited by Julie Cohen)
10. Themes of politics and power (Katheryn Howard - The Tainted Queen by Alison Weir)
11. Coming of age (The Austen Girls by Lucy Worsley)
12. A classic you've never read before (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)
2020 Non Fiction Reader Challenge
Mid way through the year, I decided to join the 2020 Non Fiction Reader Challenge hosted by Shelleyrae over at Book'd Out. At the time of joining, I had already met the criteria for the Nibbler level and decided to attempt the hardest challenge. In order to complete the Know-It-All level of the challenge, I need to read one book for each of the categories below.Social media tags: @bookdout #2020ReadNonFic
1. Memoir (The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie)
2. Disaster Event (Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales)
3. Social Science (Death Is But A Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End by Christopher Kerr)
4. Related to an Occupation (This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay)
5. History (Our Rainbow Queen by Sali Hughes)
6. Feminism (How to Break Up With Friends by Dr Hannah Korrel)
7. Psychology (Lucid Dreaming Made Easy: A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up in Your Dreams by Charlie Morley)
8. Medical Issue (Sleeping with David Baddiel by Geoff Jein)
9. Nature (Underland by Robert Macfarlane)
10. True Crime (Shark Arm by Phillip Roope & Kevin Meagher)
11. Science (Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty)
12. Published in 2020 (Find Your Light by Belinda Davidson)
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I hope you'll enjoy following my progress as I make my way through these challenges and let me know if you're participating in any reading challenges or have any reading goals for 2020.
Carpe Librum!
