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Annual A-Z Authors Challenge 2020
I’ve finished 2 more I and VI - Ilsa Evans with Nefarious Doings AA ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
V - John Verdon with Wolf Lake ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Two more books read....J-
Home to Bindarra Creek / Juanita KeesM-
Bleed for Me / Michael Robotham
I just finished my 'H' Aldous Huxley wrote the amazing classic science fiction novelBrave New World published in 1932, it is as extraordinary for when it was written as for the content. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it again after so long and it exceeded expectations.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#10 for me is N David Nicholls with his novel Sweet Sorrow.
3.5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 15 of 26 finished.L= Lawrence BlockThe Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
.A light hearted thriller 4 stars.
Book 16 of 26 finished.Q=Kate Quinn The Huntress
.Another exceptional read from Kate Quinn 4.5 stars
Now finished J and MJ - Maureen Jennings with Poor Tom Is Cold ⭐️⭐️⭐️
M - Kerry McGinnis with The Heartwood Hotel AA ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Finished H and LH - Mary Higgins Clark with The Second Time Around ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
L - Linwood Barclay with The Accident ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Book 19 of 26 finished.O=Delia Owens Where the Crawdads Sing
.A good, if at times frustrating, read. 4 stars
Challenge Completed with only 1 change to my original list.Annual A-Z Author Challenge
Duration: 1/1/20 - 31/12/20
26/26
A Alli Sinclair - The Cinema at Starlight Creek - AA READ 3/1/20 3*
B Karen Brooks - The Chocolate Maker's Wife - AA READ 29/2/20 3*
C Pamela Cook - Cross My Heart - AA READ 5/1/20 5*
D Daniel Silva - The New Girl READ 6/2/20 3*
E Kendra Elliot - Bridged READ 19/1/20 4*
F J.H. Fletcher - White Sands of Summer - AA READ 14/3/20 3*
G Lisa Gardner - Never Tell READ 11/1/20 4*
H Anstey Harris - The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton READ 14/1/20 3*
I Ilsa Evans - Ill-Gotten Gains - AA READ 12/2/20 3*
J Lisa Jewell - Watching You READ 8/2/20 3*
K Karen Rose - Say You're Sorry READ 2/1/20 4*
L Linda Lael Miller - The Yankee Widow READ 12/1/20 3*
M Mandy Robotham - A Woman of War READ 4/1/20 3*
N Joanna Nell - The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker - AA READ 11/2/20 3*
O Mary-Anne O'Connor - In a Great Southern Land - AA READ 6/3/20 3*
P Fiona Palmer - Matters of the Heart - AA READ 27/1/20 4*
Q Julia Quinn - The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband READ 15/4/20 3*
R J.D. Robb - Golden in Death READ 4/3/20 4*
S Graeme Simsion - The Rosie Result - AA READ 2/3/20 4*
T Trent Dalton - Boy Swallows Universe - AA READ 26/2/20 2*
U Lisa Unger - The Stranger Inside READ 18/1/20 3*
V Victoria Purman - The Land Girls - AA READ 8/1/20 4*
W Susan Wiggs - The Oysterville Sewing Circle READ 31/3/20 4*
X Nicole Alexander - An Uncommon Woman - AA READ 22/1/20 2*
Y Grace York - Evil at Echo Point - AA READ 2/3/20 3*
Z Roxanne Veletzos - The Girl They Left Behind READ 16/4/20 4*
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Book 20 of 26 finished.G = Meg Gardiner The Dark Corners of the Night
.A top quality 5 star thriller
Coming to this one a bit late but, what with the lockdown and everything, thought I might as well have some targeted reading:-Annual A-Z Author Challenge
Duration: 1/1/20 - 31/12/20
26/26 - AA 4/4 - COMPLETED 27/12/20
A - Anna Willett - Vengeance Blind - AA -
- FINISHED 28/11/20 - 5* (9.5/10)
B - Brian Bilston - You Took the Last Bus Home -
- FINISHED 28/02/20 - 5* (10/10)
C - Laura Cumming - On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons -
- FINISHED 05/03/20 - 4* (8/10)
D - Sandrone Dazieri - Kill the Father -
- FINISHED 23/07/20 - 4* (9/10)
E - Ben Elton - Blast from the Past -
- FINISHED 11/06/20 - 4* (9/10)
F - John Fowles - The Magus -
- FINISHED 01/02/20 - 4* (9/10)
G - Mary Gaitskill - Bad Behavior -
- FINISHED 01/04/20 - 4* (8/10)
H - Chris Hammer - Silver - AA-
- FINISHED 29/05/20 - 4* (8.5/10)
I - Jane Isaac - An Unfamiliar Murder -
- FINISHED 23/12/20 - 4* (8.5/10)
J - Jonathan Coe - Middle England -
- FINISHED 18/01/20 - 4* (9/10)
K - Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -
- FINISHED 08/02/20 - 4* (9/10)
L - Liane Moriarty - Three Wishes - AA -
- FINISHED 27/12/20 - 3* (6/10)
M - Stuart MacBride - Flesh House -
- FINISHED 20/11/20 - 3* (6.5/10)
N - Nick Cave - The Death of Bunny Munro - AA
- FINISHED 28/9/20 - 4* (8.5/10)
O - Tawni O'Dell - Back Roads -
- FINISHED 11/8/20 - 4* (8.5/10)
P - Patrick Gale - The Facts of Life -
- FINISHED 16/07/20 - 4* (9/10)
Q - Jenny Quintana - The Missing Girl -
- FINISHED 18/10/20 - 4* (8/10)
R - Richard Reed - If I Could Tell You Just One Thing...: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice -
- FINISHED 13/02/20 - 4* (8.5/10)
S - C.J. Skuse - Sweetpea -
-FINISHED 23/05/20 - 4* (8.5/10)
T - Harriet Tyce - Blood Orange -
- FINISHED 10/02/20 - 4* (8.5/10)
U - Beth Underdown - The Witchfinder's Sister -
- FINISHED 21/11/20 - 4* (9/10)
V - Valeria Luiselli - Lost Children Archive -
- FINISHED 09/04/20 - 2* (4/10)
W - Lucie Whitehouse - Critical Incidents -
- FINISHED 04/01/20 - 4* (9/10)
X - Tim Gautreaux - The Missing -
- FINISHED 18/06/20 - 4* (9/10)
Y - Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave -
- FINISHED 21/12/20 - 4* (8/10)
Z - Vincent Zandri - The Remains -
-FINISHED 28/10/20 - 4* (9/10)
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J Even for Jeanette Winterson this is an unusual, funny, thought-provoking, historical fiction/sci-fi/sex-romp/love story. I’m not surprised Frankissstein: A Love Story was long-listed for the 2019 Booker. Hilarious and scary!
4.5★Link to my ‘Frankissstein’ review
E Roger Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, but before that, he was a classmate and friend of mine, so of course I've always enjoyed his reminiscences. I wrote some comments about his memoir, Life Itself, but I didn't 'rate' it.
My thoughts about "Life Itself"
YColombiano is about the terrifying situation of kidnappings, guerrillas, and drug wars in Colombia.
Aussie-born author Rusty Young spent a lot of time there and wrote this compelling, fictionalised, first-hand account of a child soldier.
4.5★ Link to my "Colombiano" review
Rob wrote: "Book 21 of 26 finished.X = Max Barry Lexicon
.A great 4 star from another Aussie author."
Max Barry, is a great author, nowhere near as well known as he deserves to be.
Book 23 of 26 finished.T=Taylor Brown Gods of Howl Mountain
.An enjoyable, if a bit different read for me. 4 stars
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Annual A-Z Author Challenge
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Brenda wrote: "Finished!!Annual A-Z Author Challenge
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You might have enough time for a second A-Z ;-)
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Only eight more to go for me! It has been a year of much reading.
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Brenda wrote: "I think it has been for a lot of us Deborah - makes us nice and quick with our challenges :)"And right there is our silver lining!
Finished my 11th of this Challenge with:-Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse
My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished 2 more, C and N.C - Peter Corris with Deal Me Out AA ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N - Leigh Nichols with Shadow Fires ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Finished my 12th of this Challenge, first Aussie author:-Silver by Chris Hammer
4* (8.5/10) - my review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
All done and dusted. No bad reads and lots of really good ones.
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You know Brenda I didn't even realise I had done that. Might have been a case of drunk in charge of word processor. :-)But thanks.
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