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Our March Challenge is all about YOU!

Answer three questions for the EASY challenge (at least one Aussie author please), six questions for the MEDIUM challenge (at least two Aussie authors) or all nine questions for the HARD challenge (at least three Aussie authors).

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside.

Remember our guidelines. Check them out HERE

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Ardentreeda
Bec
Bella
Brenda
Carolyn
Chyina
Clare
Diana
Dree
Ging
Jane
Janine
Jeanette
Jennifer
Jenny
Kerri
Krystal
Kylie
Li'l Owl
Loren
MaryG2E
Megan
MichelleG
Nicola
Nicole
Phrynne
Rebecca
Renee V
Sally
Sue
Suzie
Tien
Trish
Valerie
Zoey

March Challenge - All About You!
Hard. 3 Aussie authors

9/9

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.
The Edge Chronicles 5: Stormchaser: Second Book of Twig by Paul Stewart 4 stars

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in. Australia.
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth AA 3 stars

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year) October.
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas 4 stars

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour. Blue
Manitou Canyon by William Kent Krueger 4 stars

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre. Fantasy.
Stormlord's Exile by Glenda Larke AA 4 stars

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit. USA.
Murder on Gramercy Park by Victoria Thompson4 stars

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one. Historical.
In the Market for Murder by T E Kinsey 4 stars

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job. Librarian.
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman 4 stars

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside. Countryside.
Dark Country by Catherine Lee AA4 stars

March Challenge - All About You!
Medium (two Aussie authors)
8/8

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.

The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth 4.5★s AA

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)

Mistress to the Crown by Isolde Martyn 5★s AA

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour

Fool's Gold by Fleur McDonald 5★s 10/3/18 AA (purple)

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre

The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester 5★s 14/3/18 AA (Historical Fiction)

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit

Call to Arms by Rachel Amphlett 5★s 6/3/18 (England)

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.

Coming Home to Island House by Erica James 5★s (historical)

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.

The Summer of New Beginnings by Bette Lee Crosby 5★s 10/3/18 (journalist)

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside.

The Secrets We Keep by Shirley Patton 4.5★s 8/3/18 AA

March Challenge - All About You!
Hard. 3 Aussie authors

7/9

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.
Secrets in the Grave (Serenity's Plain Secrets #3) by Karen Ann Hopkins

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.
Dyschronia by Jennifer Mills (AA) -Read 12/03

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)
Marlborough Man by Alan Carter (AA) -Read 13/03

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour
Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands #3) by Alwyn Hamilton -Read 09/03

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty -Read 11/03

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit
Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson (NZ) -Read 06/03

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.
Murder on a Midsummer Night (Phryne Fisher #17) by Kerry Greenwood (AA) (historical) -Read 14/03

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.
De Luxe (Jack Susko #3) by Lenny Bartulin (AA) -Read 28/03

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside.
Someone Like You (Boys of Summer #2) by Victoria Purman (AA)

Our March Challenge is all about YOU!

EASY challenge (at least one Aussie author please)

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in - Australia
At Home With the Templetons by Monica McInerney AA 3.5 ★

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre - Romantic Suspense
The Alibi by Sandra Brown 1★

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? - Historical
A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley 3.5★

Easy challenge

3/3

1. Choose a book set in the country you live in
From the Outer: Footy Like You've Never Heard It by Alicia Sometimes (Australia) (AA) ✔ 5*

2. Choose a book from your favourite genre
Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie (mystery) ✔ 3*

3. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change?
The North Water by Ian McGuire (sea change) ✔ 3.5*

I'm in. Book Titles TBC.

Level Hard 9/9 (3 AA)

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.
Night Passage by Robert B. Parker 4 stars

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in. (Australia)
Eden by Candice Fox AA 5 stars

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)
Suddenly One Summer by Fleur McDonald AA (November) 5 stars

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour (Green)
Force of Nature by Jane Harper AA 4.5 stars


5. Choose a book from your favourite genre (Paranormal)
Judgment Road by Christine Feehan 5 stars

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit
From the Ashes by Jamie Garrett AA 4 stars

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Historical) 3.5 stars

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.
St Kilda Blues by Geoffrey McGeachin (AA) (Photographer) 4 stars

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside.
Fighting the Flames by Jamie Garrett (AA) Countryside 5 stars

March Challenge - All About You!
Medium (two Aussie authors)
6/6

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names - Clare.
The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft by Claire Tomalin Read 14/3 4★

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in. Australia
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah AA Read 14/3 3★

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour: Blue
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Read 17/3 4★

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre: Murder mystery
The Killing Doll by Ruth Rendell Read 27/3 4★

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins Historical Read 6/3 4★

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Sea - where I already live because I love it! But there are no mermaids where I live...
Merrow by Ananda Braxton-Smith Sea AA Read 27/3 5★

I am in - I am doing easy:



2. Choose a book set in the country you live in:
Feels Like Home by Lisa Ireland- set in Australia - AA - 4★s

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre:
That Wintry Feeling by Debbie Macomber – romance - 4★s

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit:
The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerney – Ireland - AA

March Challenge - All About You!
Medium -2 Aussie authors
6/6

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in. (Australia)
Redemption Point by Candice Fox(AA) READ 12/3/18 5*

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (February)
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah READ 8/3/18 5*

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour (Yellow)
The Rain Queen by Katherine Scholes(AA) READ 4/3/18 4*

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre (Crime)
Sleight Malice by Vicki Tyley(AA) READ 12/3/18 3*

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit (Germany)
The Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard(AA) READ 15/3/18 3*

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one. (Historical)
A Donation of Murder by Felicity Young(AA) READ 6/3/18 4*

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside.

Some great choices coming through from everyone!

Just going to go with easy for now - might change later on, will see how I go :)

3/3 - finished!

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year): A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - 4 stars

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit (Ireland): Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín - 5 stars

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one: The Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard (AA) - 5 stars

Everyone is linked up to here. Enjoy your choices!!!

YES, please add me in, Phrynne. I'll participate at the EASY level.

AR March 2018 Challenge - All About You
Duration: 01/03/18 - 31/03/18
Easy Level: 3 books including one AA
Progress: 2/3

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in
Without Consent by Kathryn Fox (AA) (Australia) 4★s

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre
Child of Mine by Janita Cunnington (AA) (Historical Fiction) 3.5★s

7. Either a futuristic book or a historical one
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (set in 1970s)

March Challenge - All About You
Easy
2/3
3/3 from TBR pile

Choose a book where the author shares your initials (DB)
Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists by Dan Barker

Choose a book set in the country where you live (Australia)
The Reluctant Hallelujah by Gabrielle Williams AA

Time travel choose a futuristic or historical book (Historical mystery)
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd

Medium for me please!

6/6 books

✔ 2. Choose a book set in the country you live in (Australia): The Portrait of Molly Dean by Katherine Kovacic AA 4★

✔ 5. Book from your favourite genre (thriller): Real Tigers by Mick Herron 5★

✔6. Book set in a country you'd like to visit - Ireland The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan AA 5★

✔ 7. Futuristic book: Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb 5★

✔ 8. Character has your dream job The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell 5★

✔ 9. Sea or Tree change: Redemption Point by Candice Fox AA 5★

Another terrific challenge ladies! I don't know how you keep coming up with such fun and brilliant ideas! :)

I'm in, and will be taking on the Easy level. :)

AR March 2018 Challenge - All About You
Easy Level: 3 books including one AA

Progress: 3/3

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in. Australia.

Daughter Of The Murray by Darry Fraser AA. Completed 18/03 - 3.5 stars.

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre. Historical Fiction

Thornwood House by Anna Romer AA. Completed 11/03 - 5 stars.

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit. England. Completed 30/03 - 4 stars.

A Cornish Affair by Liz Fenwick Completed 30/03 - 4 stars.

9/9

✔1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials. Deserving Death by Katherine Howell initials KH (maiden name) AA

✔2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.
The Lucy Family Alphabet by Judith LucyAA


✔3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)
Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's by Andrea Gillies

✔4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour
Sanctuary by Judy NunnAA

✔5. Choose a book from your favourite genre
Look For Me by Lisa Gardner

✔6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok


✔7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.
The Secret River by Kate Grenville AA


✔8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.
Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger

✔9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside.
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

6/6

I’ve decided to adjust my challenge and go for medium

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.
The Queen's Rising

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.
Cocaine Blues

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)
Hunting Prince Dracula
September and not just my birth month but actually on my birthday! DNF

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour
The Fire Queen
Purple purple purple

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre
Bitter Greens
Fantasy/historical

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.
Cleopatra's Daughter

Another great challenge - 9 in one month might be a bit of a stretch though, so not sure of my level quite yet. Medium at this stage.
18/03/18 - Upgraded to Hard - should just be able to squeeze in an extra 3 books!

9/9

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials. Half Past Dead by Jane Clifton AA 2*

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in. Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood AA 4*

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (December) - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett 4*

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (blue) 5*

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre (mystery) - The Book of Souls by James Oswald 4*

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit Back Spin by Harlan Coben
America - would love to go back to New York! 4*
7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one. Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb 4*

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job - Policeman - I was too short to join! Missing in Death by J.D. Robb 4*

9. Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside. Whipbird by Robert Drewe AA 1*

Thanks Phrynne, I'm in for MEDIUM to try to get Autumn off to a good start!

0/6

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.
Par Amour by Valérie Tong Cuong

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.
Australia
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss AA

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)
(February 2013)
Fractured by Dawn Barker AA

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit
England
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.
Historical
14-14 by Silène Edgar

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.
Concert pianist
Music And Freedom by Zoë Morrison AA

Answer six questions for the MEDIUM challenge (at least two Aussie authors)

Progress: 6/6

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (KM) Review Here

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.
The Richmond Conspiracy by Andrew Grimes (AA) (Australia) Review Here

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (June) Review Here

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre
The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli (Fantasy) Review Here

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit
French Kissing by Catherine Sanderson (France) Review Here

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth (AA) (Historical) Review Here

I will go for easy, books to be added soon!

Answer three questions for the EASY challenge (at least one Aussie author)


5. Choose a book from your favourite genre HISTORICAL FICTION
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit ICELAND
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent AA
7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Futuristic book
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

Tien I didn't know Kylie Chan had a new book out! How exciting!

EASY: Answer three questions (one Aussie author)

3/3

Q #2. Choose a book set in the country you live in. ~ A: Australia
A Fortunate Life (AA)

Q #3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year). ~ A: February
The Shadow Queen

Q #6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit. ~ A: Russia
The Bear and the Nightingale

Great choices everyone:)
Names are all linked to here.

Ging wrote: "Answer three questions for the EASY challenge (at least one Aussie author please), six questions for the MEDIUM challenge (at least two Aussie authors) or all nine questions for the HARD challenge ..."

Ging can you link your titles, authors and book covers please? Thanks :)

Click on "add book/author" in your comment box after you've clicked "edit" (bottom right) and follow the prompts :)

Also I've just noticed your last choice - Where the Wild Things Are - has only 37 pages. The minimum requirement is 125 pages per read. I'm not sure if I can see any Aussie authors there either....

Count me in on EASY

0/3

1. Country I live in - The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna (AA)

✔️ 2. Published in my birth month (July) - Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski ★★★

✔️ 3. My favourite colour (red) - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett ★★★

I'm in will add my books here once I'm on a computer.

I had set my response to maybe - although I would like to try the challenge - I may fail spectacularly due to other commitments! But putting my choices out there in an attempt to motivate myself!

I will definitely being going for Easy! Choices listed below will clearly illustrate my love of historical fiction. Sorry, I can't help it :)

3/3 Yay me!

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (AA)
5 ☆!

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit:
POLAND! Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin
5 ☆!

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.
I would definitely go back! This has been a TBR for quite a while Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
3.5 ☆

Nice choices Megan! Your post has been linked:)

Ooh, what a good challenge! Unfortunately I have just made myself promise not to sign up for any month long challenges for a while as I am not getting through them at the moment.
Good luck to everyone - I look forward to seeing people's answers & choices.









Our March Challenge is all about YOU!



Answer three questions for the EASY challenge (at least one Aussie author please), six questions for the MEDIU..."

No worries Jacm. I always make sure some of my monthly choices come from my quarterly challenge lists. That makes life easier:)

I'm going to try for the EASY challenge.
1. Author shares my initials - SG Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
2. Book set in my country - Australia No Limits by Ellie Marney AA
6. Book set in a country I want to visit - Italy Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman

March Challenge -All About You.
Level Easy
☘ 3/3

3. Choose a book set in the country you live in. (USA)
The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour
(blue-green)
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre (Mystery Crime Thriller)
Beneath the Shadows by Sara Foster ~ AA 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Good choices Owl and Suzie. Your names are linked.

March Challenge -All About You. Medium

6 / 6

1. Choose a book where the author shares one of your names OR both of your initials.

The Other Side of the Season by Jenn J. McLeod - AA - 5 ★ - 10 / 03 / 2018

2. Choose a book set in the country you live in.

Water Under the Bridge by Lily Malone - AA - 4 ★ - 16 / 03 / 2018

3. Choose a book published in the month of your birth (any year)

4. Choose a book where at least 50% of the cover is your favourite colour

5. Choose a book from your favourite genre

Missing by Melanie Casey - AA - 5 ★ - 04 / 03 / 2018

6. Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit

The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert - 4 ★ - 15 / 03 / 2018

7. If you could time travel would you go forwards or back? Choose either a futuristic book or an historical one.

The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville - AA - 3 ★ - 10 / 03 / 2018

8. What is your dream job? Choose a book where a character has this job.

9. If you could do this right now would you prefer a sea change or a tree change? Choose a book set near the sea or one set in the countryside.

One More Song by Nicki Edwards - AA - 5 ★ - 12 / 03 / 2018

Thanks, Phrynne! Looking forward to them!

Hi Phrynne, can you please add me in to this challenge.
Books will be advised later
Thanks

Extinctions (set in Australia)
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre (Australian Author)
June Rain (Favourite genre)

These are my choices "Easy Challenge"
Sorry about the muck up.

Welcome to the challenge Jenny. Trish and Jeanette. Your names are linked:)

I will have to change my favourite genre as I have already read it...will update soon Thanks Phrynne

June Rain favourite genre, although I think I am going to have the tissues ready.

Hello everyone ...
Starting off easy and, depending what life throws at me in March, I may adjust to medium as we progress.

Choose a book set in the country you live in: I live in Australia and so do the characters of The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty (who is also my AA).


Choose a book from your favourite genre: A favourite genre of mine is contemporary, so I will be reading Turtles All the Way Down by John Green


Choose a book set in a country you would like to visit: I would LOVE to explore the Tuscany region in Italy, as did Miss Honeychurch who stars in the book A Room with a View by E.M. Forster


Thanks for organising another great challenge ... I am really looking forward to reading these books.

Hhappy reading all!

Nice choices Nicole. Your name is linked.

Phrynne wrote: "Nice choices Nicole. Your name is linked."

Thanks Phrynne.

Jeanette wrote: "June Rain favourite genre, although I think I am going to have the tissues ready."

Had to add June Rain to my TBR. sounds interesting and tear inducing.

It's March already!!! Which book are you starting with? Mine is going to be The Lost Plot. I have been waiting to read it for ages.

Phrynne wrote: "It's March already!!! Which book are you starting with? Mine is going to be The Lost Plot. I have been waiting to read it for ages."

FINALLY! Keen to get started on Siege and Storm and I'm thinking it should be a quick one to start with! All other books on hold lol