Aussie Readers discussion

Haha! Valerie it's a good way to reduce our TBRs in more ways than one! I too have deleted a few and have more to get rid of:)

Here are my picks for the 25 challenge:

1. Title A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
3. Average rating All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
5. Random The First Man by Albert Camus

 Here are my sorts:

Taking mine from my Galley book tbr because I already have them all without the need to buy more and this will help with my Galley book challenge also if that's ok?

#1. Sort by Title: Entry Island by Peter May * 4★s
#2. Sort by Author: My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal ... 4★s
#3. Sort by highest Average Rating: Wild Lands by Nicole Alexander *4.05 (AA) 4★s
#4. Sort by Date Added: Cambodia Noir by Nicholas Seeley * (AA) .... 5★s
#5. Sort by Random: A Time to Run by J.M. Peace * (AA)



A few mini chunksters here...but very happy to find three Aussie authors amongst my sort picks :))

Some great reads there Jools!!!

Brenda wrote: "Some great reads there Jools!!!"

Thanks Brenda, this is another great challenge and I didn't even know I had so many options to sort my books until this, so I have learned something too :)

LOL! Neither did I Jools!!! This one was Phrynne's idea:)

Brenda wrote: "LOL! Neither did I Jools!!! This one was Phrynne's idea:)"

Oh well done Phrynne...much more sophisticated than my usual eeney meeney miney mo! :)

My Goodreads TBR shelf contains just books currently in my possession (owned or borrowed). My larger to read list is a handwritten list, of which some items are other lists themselves - this makes going through that list a very slow process... :-)

For me, this is what it turns out:

#1. Sort by Title - 25th - Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
#2. Author - 25th - He Chose the Nails by Max Lucado
#3. Average Rating - 25th - Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games by Stewart Woods
#4. Date Added - 25th - The Evils of Revolution by Edmund Burke
#5. Random - 25th - Dark Digital Sky by Carac Allison

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "LOL! Neither did I Jools!!! This one was Phrynne's idea:)"

Oh well done Phrynne...much more sophisticated than my usual eeney meeney miney mo! :)"

LOL!!!

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "LOL! Neither did I Jools!!! This one was Phrynne's idea:)"

Oh well done Phrynne...much more sophisticated than my usual eeney meeney miney mo! :)"

Thanks but I think we actually pinched the idea from another group;)

Ahh yes but it was your pinch;)

Valerie wrote: "Forever the optimist, I'm putting myself down for this challenge, choosing four books as follows, but can I just comment that this was an interesting exercise in itself, as I landed on books added ..."

I deleted all sorts of rubbish from my list Valerie. I was looking at titles and thinking why on earth did I ever think I wanted to read that!

Our tastes change so much over time don't they...

Brenda wrote: "Ahh yes but it was your pinch;)"

Lol!

Hi all,
About time I finally took part in this group *smiles*
As I will be on a cruise for half of April, I should be able to manage the three books the Challenge came up for me with. They are:

Title: The Innocent by David Baldacci
Author: The Grinning Dog by Ed Halliday
Rating:
Triumph of the Absurd: A reporter's love for the abandoned people of Vietnam by Uwe Siemon-Netto


Certainly gives me some good variety *smiles*

Been a while since I participated in a reading challenge so will give it a go this month.

1. Sort by Title: All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark

2. Sort by Author: The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose

3. Sort by highest Average Rating: Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally

4. Sort by Date Added: The Confession by John Grisham

5. Sort by Random: Katharine, the Virgin Widow by Jean Plaidy

Lots of non-fiction and historic fiction this month.

Great to have you back Melanie:)

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

2. Panic by David Marr

3. Heart of Darfur by Lisa French Blaker

4. Time and Time Againby Ben Elton

5. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Kathryn wrote: "1. Animal, vegetable, mineral - Barbara Kingsolver

2. Panic - David Marr

3. Heart of Darfur - Lisa French Blaker

4. Time - Ben Elton"

Can you please link your books Kathryn? Top right hand side of your comment box "add book/author" and go from there.

Lovely to have you join us for the challenge too:)

I had to edit 2 of my books as I can't get them in print form around here or in ebook form. Changed 1 and 2 to books I can get.

No problems:)

Brenda wrote: "Great to have you back Melanie:)"

Thank you Brenda, been studying however I need to carve some time into my schedule for reading.

Reading time purely for pleasure is something not to be missed Melanie..glad you can manage it...

I love your challenges Brenda, this is another goodie.
I am going to read three out of the five though, I have a busy month ahead.
Here's mine -
1.Title We Were LiarsE. Lockhart
2. Author The NightingaleKristin Hannah
3. Ave Rating Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare

Enjoy Suzanne...not long now until we can start:)

#1. Sort by Title and read the 25th book down on your list.
Vampires in Mythology / Diane Bailey
2. Sort by Author and read the 25th book down on your list.
Eden, Noon / Archer Swift
#3. Sort by highest Average Rating and read the 25th book down on your list
The Girl Who Played with Fire / Stieg Larsson
#4. Sort by Date Added and read the 25th book down on your list.
Black Tide / Peter Temple
#5. Sort by Random and read the 25th book down on your list.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest / Stieg Larsson

Not sure how many I'll get done but have planned the lot!

#1. Sort by Title - 25th:
After Darkness by Christine Piper
#2. Author - 25th:
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
#3. Average Rating - 25th:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
#4. Date Added - 25th:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
#5. Random - 25th:
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

interesting list...

Today's roll of the dice. I'll try these three for April.

#1 title (Z-A) - (didn't feel like the A-Z option)
The Silk Thief by Aussie author Deborah Challinor 4.5★

#3 rating: (4.23★)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 5★

#4 Date added
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. 5★

I've read so much about Silent Spring that I feel as if I must have read it . . . but I'm pretty sure I never have so I recently added it to my growing list.

All but one of my selections ended up as fellow Hunter Romance Writers! This will give me a good chance to catch up on their writing :)

#1. Title Out of Sight Out of Mind by Evonne Wareham
#2. Author The CEO Mechanic by Sandie James
#3. Average Rating Outback Gold by Ann B Harrison
#4. Date Added Tempting Fate by Erin Moira O'Hara
#5. Random The Protea Boys by Tea Cooper

☼♄Jülie wrote: " Here are my sorts:

Taking mine from my Galley book tbr because I already have them all without the need to buy more and this will help with my Galley book challenge also if that's ok?

#1. Sort ..."

I loved Tricia Stringer's Heart of the Country!

Wow what a great list Kerrie!

*edit* I had to change my book shelf on goodreads to my shelf of 'books I own by haven't read' as I am unable to get all my original books from the library in time to finish them in April! So this way I am able to participate and select books I already own but have yet to read! (Hope this is ok!)

So here is my new list...

1. Title Tapestry by Fiona McIntosh
2. Author The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
3. Average rating The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. Date added The Queen's Choice by Cayla Kluver
5. Random The Princess Bride by William Goldman

My sorts for the challenge. Love the randomness of this one.
#1 Title The Reconstructionist by Nick Arvin 3★
#2 Author Us by David Nicholls
#3 Ave rating The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
#4 Date added Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
#5 Random Accidents of Providence by Stacia M. Brown

That's what made me like it Cindy, the randomness and the fact that it makes a few holes in my TBR list:)

Phrynne wrote: "That's what made me like it Cindy, the randomness and the fact that it makes a few holes in my TBR list:)"

Anything to get that TBR list down is a good thing, right? :-)

Ernest wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "That's what made me like it Cindy, the randomness and the fact that it makes a few holes in my TBR list:)"

Anything to get that TBR list down is a good thing, right? :-)"

Absolutely

#1: by title - The Barker Street Regulars by Susan Conant - 3*

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

Catsalive, this challenge doesn't start until April 1st - it's the April challenge...you'll need to choose another one for this one I'm sorry! :)

Brenda wrote: "Catsalive, this challenge doesn't start until April 1st - it's the April challenge...you'll need to choose another one for this one I'm sorry! :)"
Isn't it April yet?

Catsalive wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Catsalive, this challenge doesn't start until April 1st - it's the April challenge...you'll need to choose another one for this one I'm sorry! :)"
Isn't it April yet?"

Lol!

Catsalive wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Catsalive, this challenge doesn't start until April 1st - it's the April challenge...you'll need to choose another one for this one I'm sorry! :)"
Isn't it April yet?"

Haha! Not in this country! Not even on this planet!!

Had to add a few more books to my 'To Read' list first - mainly the ones I got from the last Life Line Bookfest!

1. Title - The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman 3*
2. Author - Natural Causes by Michael Palmer 3.5*
3. Average Rating - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
4. Date added - The 6th Extinction by James Rollins
5. Random - Moon Music by Faye Kellerman 2.5*



Did a little juggling with ascending and descending when the choices turned out to be unavailable through my bookshelf or the library.

Juggling is good - you'll still reduce your TBR Jane:)

A good way to stop the procrastination of "I really must read that!"

1 Title Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
2 Author The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey
3 Average Rating The Turin Shroud Secret by Sam Christer
4 Date Added Beneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck
5 Random The Amber Trail by M.J. Kelly

MikeR wrote: "A good way to stop the procrastination of "I really must read that!"

1 Title Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
2 Author The Chicago Way by [author:Michael Harvey..."

Exactly Mike. Gets a few of them done and dusted:)

I am going to read three out of the five books for this challenge:

2. Sort by Author - Blood Trail by C.J. Box - 3.5★
4. Sort by Date Added -When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman - 5★
5. Sort by Random - Bereft by Chris Womersley - 4★

I just love this challenge! The second I saw it I was in. Great idea.

I'm erring on the side of optimism too with 5 books:

1. Title The Arabian Nights by ANONYMOUS
2. AuthorThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
3.Average Rating Landline by Rainbow Rowell
4. Date Added Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
5. Random Looking for Alaska by John Green

Nice list Rebecca!

Only one day to go before we can start!! What's everyone's first book going to be?

I think I might pick up A Tattooed Heart by Deborah Challinor

Oh the joy of choosing, it's the best part :)

I think I'm going to be boring and start with the first on my list - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho