Aussie Readers discussion

I've finished my nineteenth, my first 7. Non Fiction The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, the Fast Lane and Me, with my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

Up next is my second 7. Non Fiction, On the Edge.

I am down to may last two books for this challenge. I have started Zoo and will collect the other one The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes from the library tomorrow.

Everyone is doing well with still a month to go!

ok, so I took out The Bone Bed from my Thriller option and substituted these two.

The Honest Assassin and Gone Tomorrow both of which I thoroughly enjoyed.

My Winter Challenge is finished:)

Congratulations Bette!! Well done:) I only have my two August TBRs to read, as I didn't want to start until August for them.

Have completed another Author born in July
The Complete Tales / Beatrix Potter
and another Mystery Thriller
The Black Dahlia / James Ellroy
Am getting my graphic novels soon so I can get itno them and then my YA novel, things are still moving along, although semester starts on Monday....

Good luck with the juggling act Nicola!

Finished my twentieth, my second 7. Non Fiction, On the Edge, with my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

Up next is my first 8. Suspense, P is for Peril.

Just two to go in my winter challenge -

Radical Gratitude and other life lessons learned in Siberia by Andrew Bienkowski
Hatched: Tim Winton Award Winners 20th Anniversary Collection by Tim Winton and art by Shaun Tan

9. Author born in Winter - 1984 by George Orwell (June 25th, 1903)

I have now finished this challenge
My last was my August TBR Wattle Creek by Fiona Mccallum 3*

Janine wrote: "I have now finished this challenge
My last was my August TBR Wattle Creek by Fiona Mccallum 3*"

Congratulations Janine! Great result:)

Brenda wrote: "Janine wrote: "I have now finished this challenge
My last was my August TBR Wattle Creek by Fiona Mccallum 3*"

Congratulations Janine! Great result:)"
Thanks Brenda, I needed to get all my challenge reads out of the way as we are off to Ireland in 2 weeks

Oh how fantastic!! How long will you be away for? Have a wonderful time :)

Brenda wrote: "Oh how fantastic!! How long will you be away for? Have a wonderful time :)"
Three weeks in Ireland and a few days in KL on the way home

Sounds pretty exciting! Have fun :)

I've finished my first August TBR Deadly Tide by Sandy Curtis

Review to follow

Brenda wrote: "I've finished my first August TBR Deadly Tide by Sandy Curtis

Review to follow"

Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Finished my twenty-first, the first 8. Suspense P is for Peril, with my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

Up next is my second 8. Suspense, Q is for Quarry.

I have FINISHED - My final, the 2nd August TBR Guilty Wives by James Patterson


1. Aussie Winter - Vodka Doesn't Freeze by Leah Giarratano ★★★★★
Black Ice by Leah Giarratano ★★★★

2. Non-Aussie Winter - The Black Ice by Michael Connelly ★★★★
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson ★★★★★
3. Pick a friend (Kim Marie) - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James ★★
(Jess) - Ryders Ridge by Charlotte Nash ★★★★★

4. Literature Map (put in Rosamund Lupton) chose Close My Eyes by Sophie McKenzie ★★★★★
(put in Karin Slaughter) chose Stolen by Tess Gerritsen ★★★★

5. New Release (June, July or Aug) All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld 1/7/13 ★★★
Unseen by Karin Slaughter 1/7/13 ★★★★★

6. Graphic Novel - Skim by Mariko Tamaki ★★★

Gulliver's Travels by Martin Rowson ★★★

7. Non-Fiction - Mother of Ten by JB Rowley ★★★★
When Justice Fails by P.D. Martin ★★★★

8. Suspense/Murder Mystery/Thriller - 12th of Never by James Patterson ★★★★★
Outback Fear by Suzanne Brandyn ★★★★


9. Author Born June, July or August - Mark of the Dragon Queen by Katie W. Stewart born 6th July ★★★★★
44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel born 14th August ★★★

10. YA/Childrens - Song of the Jikhoshi by Katie W. Stewart ★★★★★
Marionette by Anya Allyn ★★★★★

11. TBR June - Evidence Of Life by Barbara Taylor Sissel ★★★★★
Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark ★★★★★
12. TBR July - Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb ★★★★★
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts ★★★★★
13. TBR August - Guilty Wives by James Patterson ★★★★
Deadly Tide by Sandy Curtis ★★★★★

Congratulations Brenda! Especially since you did double.
I still have one book to go but it is my graphic novel and I can't seem to work up any enthusiasm.

Wonderful Brenda. :)

Nice work Brenda :)

4 to go for me

1. Aussie Author Winter - Obernewtyn Isobelle Carmody 4★
2. Non Aussie Author Winter - Bone Cold Erica Spindler
3. Friends List - (Bronwyn) Farewell to LancashireAnna Jacobs 4★
4. Literature Map (Jilly Cooper) The Power TripJackie Collins 3★
5. New Release - The White Princess Philippa Gregory 5★
6. Graphic Novel - The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye Robert Kirkman 3★

7. Non Fiction - The Complete Superfoods Cookbook: Dishes and Drinks for Energy, Detoxing and HealingMichael van Straten 3★
8. Suspense/Mystery - Bay of Fires Poppy Gee 3★
9. Author Birthday - (D.O.B 30-07-1818) Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë 4★
10. YA - Mice Gordon Reece
11. June TBR - Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing Gabrielle Lord - currently reading
12. July TBR - Déjà Dead Kathy Reichs 3★
13. August TBR - The Promise Lesley Pearse

Thanks guys:)

Great job Brenda! This weekend I finished The Looking Glass War. Man, it was BLEAK but really excellent, I was very close to giving it 5 stars but settled on 4. Only a couple more to go and I'll be done as well.

1. In the Winter Dark by Tim Winton ★★★
2. The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan ★★★★
3. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (from my dad Trevor) ★★★★
4. The Looking Glass War by John le Carré (via Elmore Leonard) ★★★★
5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman ★★★★
6. Maus by Art Spiegelman
7. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge ★★★★★
8. Be Cool by Elmore Leonard ★★★★
9. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (b. 6/8/72) ★★★
10. The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
11. Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds ★★★
12. Ringworld by Larry Niven ★★
13. TBC

Thanks Ben:) You're doing well too!

1. The Persian Blanket: The Life of Janina Milek ★★★★
2. Cold Mountain ★★★★
3. from Cathie, Neverwhere ★★★★★
4. thanks to Iain Banks, Perdido Street Station ★★★★★
5. Hatched: Tim Winton Award Winners 20th Anniversary Collection
6. The Plain Janes ★★★
7. The Gate ★★
8. The Second Objective ★★★
9. Snow ★★, Orhan's birthday 07/06/1952
10 The Secret Garden ★★★★
11 Radical Gratitude and other life lessons learned in Siberia ★★★★
The Frozen Thames ★★★★
Winter in Madrid ★★★★

One to go!

A couple more finished over the weekend...
Literature Map The Meaning of Liff / Douglas Adams
Mystery/Thriller (plus doubles as a another July author) The Last Coyote / Michael Connelly
Not far off finishing now - just the graphic novels and YA to do!

Doing well Nicola!

Finished my sixth,pick a friend. That friend was Alyson and her book was Autumn Laing , which I thoroughly enjoyed and gave 3 stars.

I have finally done my last review for this challenge - Guilty Wives by James Patterson

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

8b. Mystery - Headhunters by Jo Nesbø

I have finished my twenty-second book, my second 8. Suspense, Q is for Quarry, with my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

Up next is my first 9. Authors born in Winter, Inferno.

And congratulations to all who have already finished, it's turning into a photo finish for me, with four books and 24 days to go.

Steve wrote: "I have finished my twenty-second book, my second 8. Suspense, Q is for Quarry, with my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

Up next is my first 9. Authors born in Winter, Infern..."

You'll do it Steve! You're doing well:)

I am half way through my last book The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. It is a graphic novel and it is not a format I enjoy at all. I will be very happy when I finish it.

Phrynne wrote: "I am half way through my last book The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. It is a graphic novel and it is not a format I enjoy at all. I will be very happy when I finish it."

Glad you gave it a go though Phrynne:)

I have finished a few more, I have 3 more to go,

Read,
2 - Non Aussie, winter - Snowbound by Blake Crouch - 4 stars
3 - Friends book, Josh - True Detective by Max Allan Collins - 4 stars
4 - Literature map, entered Michael Connelly got Lee Child - A Wanted Man - 4 stars
5 - New release - Let it Burn by Steve Hamilton, released July 2nd - 5 stars
6 - Graphic Novel - Simon's Cat: Beyond the Fence by Simon Tofield - 4 stars
7 - Non fiction - Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván - 5 stars
8 - Suspense/mystery/thriller - Last Car To Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke - 4 stars

Still To Read
1 - Aussie author, winter - Winter by John Marsden
9 - Author born in winter - Hell Island by Matthew Reilly, born July 2nd
10 - Young adult - The Dead of Night by John Marsden

Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I am half way through my last book The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. It is a graphic novel and it is not a format I enjoy at all. I will be very happy when I finish it."
..."

Me too but really the format is just a comic book like we used to read as children (only with adult themes).

Jackmeister wrote: "I have finished a few more, I have 3 more to go,

Read,
2 - Non Aussie, winter - Snowbound by Blake Crouch - 4 stars
3 - Friends book, Josh - True Detective by Max Allan Collins - 4 stars
4 - Liter..."

Well done Jackie...you'll make it:)

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I am half way through my last book The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. It is a graphic novel and it is not a format I enjoy at all. I will be very happy when..."

I agree. I have only really LOVED one graphic novel and that was Maus .. that was amazing!

Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I am half way through my last book The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. It is a graphic novel and it is not a format I enjoy at all. I will be..."

Okay. As long as I can get it from the library I will read one more graphic novel Maus.

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I am half way through my last book The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. It is a graphic novel and it is not a format I enjoy at..."

OK:) Make sure it's the complete maus, which is 1 & 2 together:) It's non-fiction too, which I think makes it better...

Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I am half way through my last book The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. It is a graphic novel and it is not a f..."

Will do. Thanks. Oh and enjoy your holiday!

Thanks Phrynne..will do:)

Elaine wrote: "Finished my sixth,pick a friend. That friend was Alyson and her book was Autumn Laing, which I thoroughly enjoyed and gave 3 stars."

Ooops!!! Should be, finished my 7th Autumn Laing. So only 3 to go:

1. Aussie winter reference Ice Station
2. Non-Aussie winter reference A Breath of Snow and Ashes
5: Aussie New release Burial Rites .

And if by some miracle of miracles I can fit them in my 3 TBR's
1: God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
2: The Rosie Project
3: American Rust

You're doing a fantastic job Elaine :)

Brenda wrote: "You're doing a fantastic job Elaine :)"

Thanks Brenda. I think this may be the closest I've ever gotten to completing a challenge!!! We'll see how it goes.

Finished the challenge!!!
1. Winter Aussie author Winter Be My Shield by Jo Spurrier 3 stars
2. Winter non aussie author Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin 3stars
3. From a friend's TBR (Arily)A Nomadic Witch by Debora Geary 4 stars
4. Literature map Xenocide by Orson Scott Card 4stars
5. A new release in June The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 5 stars
6. Graphic novel The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman 3 stars
7. Non fiction Back Story by David Mitchell 3 stars
8. Mystery Body Count by P.D. Martin 3 stars
9. Author born 24/8/1951 Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card 4 stars
10. YA book The Giver by Lois Lowry 5 stars
11. TBR The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom 3 stars
12. TBR The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 2 stars
13. TBR Zoo by James Patterson 4 stars

Phrynne wrote: "Finished the challenge!!!
1. Winter Aussie author Winter Be My Shield by Jo Spurrier 3 stars
2. Winter non aussie author Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin 3stars
3. From a friend's TBR (Arily)A N..."

Well done Phrynne. You guys who finish way ahead of time are amazing.

Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "You're doing a fantastic job Elaine :)"

Thanks Brenda. I think this may be the closest I've ever gotten to completing a challenge!!! We'll see how it goes."

I'm sure you'll do it!