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Doing well Jenny :)

Thanks, Brenda!

Finished this challenge in plenty of time - I settled on Part A colours:

Yellow: Slade House Slade House by David Mitchell


Orange: Old Earth Old Earth by Gary Grossman

Red: The Turning The Turning by Tim Winton AA

Green: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Blue: Out of the Ice Out of the Ice by Ann Turner AA

Purple: Fortune's Son: Fortune's Son Fortune's Son (The Tasmanian Tales, #1) by Jennifer Scoullar AA

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Well done Trish :)

Finished my Summer Challenge.

Summer Challenge 1/12/18 - 28/2/19
Level: Hard
12/12
Part A:

Read a Rainbow - It's the colour on the cover that counts! (Minimum 50% colour coverage essential!)

#1. Yellow - I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore 4.5 stars
#2. Orange - The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore 4 stars
#3. Red - Heat Wave by Richard Castle 4.5 stars
#4. Green - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling 3.5 stars
#5. Blue - Shadow Keeper by Christine Feehan 5 stars
#6. Purple - Demon's Dance by Keri Arthur AA 5 stars



Part B:

#7. Title: Read a book that has any of these summer themed words in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'.
The Sunburnt Country by Fiona Palmer AA 4 stars

#8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 5 stars

#9. New Years Eve: What better way to say goodbye to 2018 than by reading a book that was published this year!
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend AA 4.5 stars

#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover
by Terry Pratchett 5 stars

#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays
Not the One by Toni Aleo 4 stars

#12. Reader's Choice
The Country Girl by Cathryn HeinAA 4 stars

Well done Jennifer :)

Finished my penultimate book.
Orange: The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand 5🌟

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

Finished one more
1. Yellow - John Dies at the End 2 ★

Finished my 4th.
Orange: Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. 5 stars for this true classic.

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

Only one more to go after finishing Graevale by Lynette Noni for my PURPLE cover!



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

So pleased to finally be done with my last book for this challenge!

Orange cover:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Certainly felt like 100 years reading it!

Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


And my COMPLETED challenge:

Challenge Level: Easy
Progress: 6/6

Part A: Read a Rainbow

#1. Yellow
Rubdown by Leigh Redhead (AA) Review Here

#2. Orange
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Review Here

#3. Red
Talon by Julie Kagawa Review Here

#4. Green
Hangman by Jack Heath (AA) Review Here

#5. Blue
The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee Review Here

#6. Purple
Graevale by Lynette Noni (AA) Review Here

Good job Krystal!!

Finished my last book for the challenge - Between the Lines by Sally Malcolm - 4★

#1. Yellow - Pied Piper by Nevil Shute AA 4★
#2. Orange - Low by Hugo Wilcken AA 3★
#3. Red - Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories by Alexander McCall Smith 3★
#4. Green - A Tiny Piece of Something Greater by Jude Sierra 4★
#5. Blue - Between the Lines by Sally Malcolm 4★
#6. Purple - Pisces Hooks Taurus by Anyta Sunday 4★



Thanks to the moderators for another enjoyable reading challenge.

Congrats Trevor!! Glad you're enjoying these :)

Brenda wrote: "Congrats Trevor!! Glad you're enjoying these :)"

They're great for getting me to read books that I've had on the shelf for far too long :-)

Ahh yes, I can understand that. That's what I'm able to do too - very gratifying :)

Finished

12 / 12

Part A:

Read a Rainbow - It's the colour on the cover that counts! (Minimum 50% colour coverage essential!)

#1. Yellow - A Catered Mother's Day by Isis Crawford - 4 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#2. Orange - Liar Liar: by James Patterson - 5 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#3. Red - Quinn by Iris Johansen - 3 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#4. Green - Force of Nature by Jane Harper - 5 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#5. Blue - Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron - 4 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#6. Purple - Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry - 4 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Part B:

#7. Title: Read a book that has any of these summer-themedwords in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'.

A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black - 5★ - 11 / 02 / 2019
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting.

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen: A Year-Round Christmas Mystery by Vicki Delany - 5 ★ - 25 / 12 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#9. New Years Eve: What better way to say goodbye to 2018 than by reading a book that was published this year!

The Cafe by the Bridge by Lily Malone - 5 ★ - 27 / 01 / 2019
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny - 5 ★ - 21 / 12 / 2018
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays

Driving Home for Christmas by Lexy Timms - 5 ★ - 17 / 02 / 2019
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice -

Where the River Runs by Fleur McDonald - 5 ★ - 16 / 02 / 2019
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Well done all you finishers!!! I still have one to go.

Well done everyone else finishing up!

Congrats Jenny!

I'm halfway through my last two books for part A! But they're slow going, ack!
Part B is going to be a bust though, could only read 2 of the 6 :)

I just finished my green book - Vital Science by Karl Kruszelnicki AA 4🌟, and with that I have finished the summer challenge 😀 now to have some fun reading while waiting for autumn to come.

Part A: Read a Rainbow - It's the colour on the cover that counts!

✔#1. Yellow - Best Foot Forward by Adam Hills AA 5🌟
✔#2. Orange - The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand 5🌟
✔#3. Red - All of This Is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor 2🌟
✔#4. Green - Vital Science by Karl Kruszelnicki AA 4🌟
✔#5. Blue - Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli 5🌟
✔#6. Purple - Geekerella by Ashley Poston 5🌟



Part B:

✔#7. Title - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 4🌟
✔#8. 25th December - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan 4🌟
✔#9. New Years Eve - Save the Date by Morgan Matson 4🌟
✔#10. Cover - The Siren by Kiera Cass 4.5🌟
✔#11. Holiday - What If It's Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli 5🌟
✔#12. Reader's Choice - Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta AA 4🌟

Finished

Level: Easy

6/6

#1. Yellow Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarty AA 3 stars

#2. Orange Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie 3 stars 8/1/19

#3. Red The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister 4 stars 16/12/18

#4. Green Days Without End by Sebastian Barry 3 stars 28/12/18

#5. Blue The Doll's House by M.J. Arlidge 5 stars 17/2/19

#6. Purple Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn 3 stars 4/1/19

Well done Niamh!

Looks like there have been some good reads over the summer!

I finished my challenge the other day, with a 5 star read for my final book - Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey.

Congratulations Niamh! Some excellent - and colourful - reads there :)

Congratulations Phrynne and Kathryn!

Brenda wrote: "Congratulations Niamh! Some excellent - and colourful - reads there :)"

Phrynne wrote: "Well done Niamh!"

Thank you both 😊
It was a very successful summer of reading, and there's still a week or so left of it!! And you're right Brenda, I apparently went with the brightest books I own of each colour

Well we know where to go when we need some colour Niamh :)

Finished the challenge


3. Red :- The Devil of Nanking 5 ★


Most disturbing

Well done Heather!

Many congratulations to everyone who has completed this challenge.

I've got one to go, and I'm also more than 75% through it so I *should* be able to mark this one as complete before Friday. :)

Cannot speak highly enough of my second last read for the summer challenge! It was AMAZING! :)

#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays -Secrets Between Friends by Fiona Palmer. AA. Completed 17/02 - 5 stars.

Doing well Kylie! I agree, that was a great read :)

Congratulations to all who have finished...I have finished reading the books on Part one...colours...and have one to complete for Part 2..fingers crossed I get to finish it...so far so good though a little harrowing Leigh Sales 'An Ordinary Day' but I have been caught up doing other reading including for bookclub.

You still have a few days Trish :)

Brenda wrote: "You still have a few days Trish :)"

Yes Brenda, feeling hopeful 😊

Just enjoy what you're reading :)

Brenda wrote: "Just enjoy what you're reading :)"

Thank you...I am loving my reading and finding the challenges motivating though I don't often post my updates. Enjoy your reading too Brenda..am in awe of how much you get through.

Thanks Trish, I am mostly :) And thanks!

Finished! 12/12 A.A 4/3

✅ #1. Yellow - The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey 21/12/18 ★★★★★
✅ #2. Orange - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley 1/1/19 ★★★★
✅ #3. Red - The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett 9 Dec 18 ★★★★
✅ #4. Green - Dark in Death - J.D. Robb 24/2/19 ★★★★
✅ #5. Blue - The Power Game by Meg Keneally A.A 7 Dec 18 ★★★★
✅ #6. Purple - Circle of Flight by John Marsden A.A 2 Dec 18 ★★★

✅ #7. Title: 'Sun' - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 15/2/19 ★★★☆
✅ #8. Christmas setting - Little Exiles by Robert Dinsdale 30/12/18 ★★★☆
✅ #9. Published in 2018 - The Nowhere Child by Christian White A.A 16/12/18 ★★★☆
✅ #10. Cover - snow scene - His First His Second by A.D. Davies 29/12/18 ★
✅ #11. Holiday - The Shop at Hoopers Bend by Emily Rodda A.A 16/2/19 ★★★★
✅ #12. Reader's Choice: Dead Simple by Peter James 15/12/18 ★★★☆

Everything from a 1star to a 5 star with The Girl With All the Gifts as the highlight. Very enjoyable challenge, thanks Mods!

Well done Kerri! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Finished 11/12. I changed several of my original titles, but am finding it hard to find for a replacement for title #7 of which I couldn't get a copy...
Part A:
Read a Rainbow
#1. Yellow The Rosie Result AA
#2. Orange The Betel Nut Tree Mystery
#3. Red Ginny Moon
#4. Green The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man
#5. Blue The Rosie Effect AA
#6. Purple Inheritance AA

Part B:
#7. Title: Book that has any of these summer themed words in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'. The Summer Wives
#8. 25th December: Novel with a Christmas setting. Skipping Christmas
#9. New Years Eve: What better way to say goodbye to 2018 than by reading a book that was published this year! Milkman
#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover Girl in Snow
#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays Festive in Death
#12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice Good Muslim Boy AA

READ 4★ READ 4★ READ 4★
READ 3★ READ 4★ READ 4★
READ 4★ READ 4★
READ 4★ READ 3★ READ 4★

Check others' lists WF - perhaps you might see something there which will help :) Good luck!

I’ve read #2 Orange - Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung ⭐️⭐️⭐️
That finishes part A, one more to go then challenge complete.

Congratulations Kerri, and it looks like many others are very close to finishing! I'm sure you'll do it! :)

I have officially completed my first challenge for the year! :)

AR 2018/19 Summer Challenge
Duration: 01/12/18 - 28/02/19
Easy level: 6 books (at least 1 Aussie author).

Progress: 6/6 - COMPLETED!! :)

#7. Title: Read a book that has any of these summer themed words in the title; 'Sun', 'Summer', 'Heat' or 'Hot'. - A Hopscotch Summer by Annie Murray. Completed 24/02 - 5 stars.

#8. 25th December: Read a novel with a Christmas setting. - Nightingales Under the Mistletoe by Donna Douglas. Completed 11/01 - 5 stars.

#9. New Years Eve: What better way to say goodbye to 2018 than by reading a book that was published this year! – The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden AA. Completed 17/12 - 4.75 stars.

#10. Cover - Read a book with EITHER a snow scene OR a beach scene on the cover - The Frozen Lake by Elizabeth Edmondson. Completed 25/12 - 4 stars.

#11. Holiday - Read a book where the MC (main character) is on holidays - Secrets Between Friends by Fiona Palmer AA. Completed 17/02 - 5 stars.

#12. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice - The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Completed 08/01 - 5 stars.

Jackmeister wrote: "I’ve read #2 Orange - Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung ⭐️⭐️⭐️
That finishes part A, one more to go then challenge complete."

Go Jackie!!

Kylie wrote: "Congratulations Kerri, and it looks like many others are very close to finishing! I'm sure you'll do it! :)

I have officially completed my first challenge for the year! :)

AR 2018/19 Summer Cha..."

Well done Kylie!

Just scraped in with my last one. My favourite was definitely Gone with the Wind!

Title 'Sun, Summer, Heat or Hot'

✔️The Hot Rock by Donald E Westlake ★★★

Christmas setting
✔️Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ★★1/2

Published this year
✔️The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan (AA) ★★★★

Cover - Beach OR snow scene
✔️ The Beach by Alex Garland ★★★★

MC is on holidays
✔️The Ruins by Scott B Smith ★★★★

Reader's Choice -
✔️Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell ★★★★★

Summer challenge complete, yay!

Part B #11 - main character on holidays - Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford AA ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Well done Dree and Jackie 😊