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Your top 5 AWW reads in 2016
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Mine were: The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Spirits of the Ghan by Judy Nunn
The Dry by Jane Harper
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta
Devour by L.A. Larkin
With honourable mentions to:
Out of the Ice by Ann Turner and Leap by Myfanwy Jones
My top 5 in no particular order (then 3 more ;))Scared to Death by Rachel Amphlett
Red Dirt Odyssey by Kath Engebretson
Fearless by Fiona Higgins
The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh
The Art of Keeping Secrets by Rachael Johns
The Wife's Tale by Christine Wells
The Game You Played by Anni Taylor
Shadows Of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie
Oh, this is hard! But these were all great reads even if I change my mind tomorrow about whether they were my top 5:The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
The Dry by Jane Harper
Joe Cinque's Consolation, A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner
The Light on the Water by Olga Lorenzo
The Girl with the Dogs by Anna Funder
At the moment I have only read four (that I know of)Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood
Wildlife by Fiona Wood
(I have the third book coming as a Christmas gift)
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French
My 5 star reads were:
Frontier Defiant by Leonie Rogers – YA Science Fiction
An Ordinary Epidemic by Amanda Hickie – Science Fiction
Ghost Wife: A Memoir of Love and Defiance by Michelle Dicinoski – Non-Fiction
Sleight Malice by Vicki Tyley - Mystery
The Art of Keeping Secrets by Rachael Johns - Romance
Hold On To Me by Victoria Purman - Romance
Darkening Skies by Bronwyn Parry - Romantic Thriller
Some great reads there Sally! I agree wholehearted on a few of them too :)
My top five for 2016:Beyond the Orchard by Anna Romer
The Lake House by Kate Morton
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
The Art of Keeping Secrets by Rachael Johns
The Beast's Garden
Ooh this is so hard but here goesJoe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
Not just black and white by Lesley Williams
Small Acts of Disappearance by Fiona Wright
Everywhere I lookHelen Garner
Lady Helen and the Dark Day's Club by Alison Goodman
My top five:The first two choices were easy for me, they were [imho] outstanding. The other three were difficult because so many qualify, I chose these because they resonated with me in some way.
**The Butterfly Enigma by Lorraine Campbell
**Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong
Of A Boy by Sonya Hartnett
The Soldier's Curse by Meg Keneally
The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
*Honorable mention: A Tattooed Heart by Deborah Challinor which was sadly the last book in what was an excellent 5★s series.
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Mine were:#1: The Dry by Jane Harper The Dry
#2: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Truly Madly Guilty'
#3: Out of the Ice by Ann Turner Out of the Ice
#4: The Fence by Meredith Jaffe The Fence
#5: Darkest Place by Jaye Ford Darkest Place
Top AWWs by rating given at time of reading:#1: Gang of Four by Liz Byrski - 5*
#2: Belly Dancing for Beginners by Liz Byrski - 4.5*
#3: Thicker Than Water by Lindy Cameron - 4.5*
#4: Beams Falling by P.M. Newton - 4.5*
#5: The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee - 4*
#6: Greetings from Somewhere Else by Monica McInerney - 4*
#7: The Woman Next Door by Liz Byrski - 4*
My favourites for 2016, because I had more than 5 books at 5 stars were: Nightsiders by Sue Isle
Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier
An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows
Fake Geek Girl and Unmagical Boy Story by Tansy Rayner Roberts.
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman (and Jay Kristoff).
A difficult choice but my top 5 AWW of the year in no particular order were:The Yearbook Committee
Wish List
Yellow
Saving Francesca
Breathing Under Water
Can't wait to be able to do this for 2017!
You can put your top 5 Aussie women authors here from 2016 Suz if you have any :)
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