Aussie Readers discussion

Count me in please! I'll add authors as I go :)

✅A - Kimberley Allsopp - Love and Other Puzzles (AA) June 17th 2★
✅B - Ben Aaronovitch - Moon Over Soho May 27th 5★
✅C - Cate Kennedy - Like a House on Fire (AA) July 27th 4★
✅D - Trent Dalton - Love Stories (AA) May 21st 5★
✅E - Elizabeth Acevedo - Clap When You Land Sept 19th 4★
✅F - Jennifer Fallon - Medalon (AA) April 24th 4★
✅G - Gareth Russell - Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII March 18th 3.5★
✅H - Sally Hepworth - The Younger Wife (AA) April 29th 2★
✅I - Ian McEwan - Lessons November 7th 2★
✅J - Josephine Tey - The Daughter of Time Feb 1st 4★
✅K - Kim Lock - The Other Side of Beautiful (AA) March 27th 4★
✅L - Liane Moriarty - Apples Never Fall (AA) April 27th 4★
✅M - Sarah J Maas - Kingdom of Ash March 13th 3★
✅N - Nicola Moriarty - Paper Chains Sept 27th 3.5★
✅O - Richard Osman - The Man Who Died Twice 26th Jan 5★
✅P - Jodi Picoult - Wish You Were Here 11th Aug 3★
✅Q -Matthew Quick - The Silver Linings Playbook 7th Oct 3.5★
✅R - J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 13th June 5★
✅S - Sara J Maas - Tower of Dawn 18th Jan 3★
✅T - Terry Pratchett - Small Gods 6th Jan 2.5★
✅U - Una McCormack - Carnival 18th Dec 3★
✅V - V. E. Schwab - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 15th Feb 4★
✅W - Natalie Zina Walschots - Hench 1st Feb 3.5★
✅X - Garth Nix - The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (AA) 12th July 3★
✅Y - Ashley Goldberg - Abomination (AA) 3rd July 5★
✅Z - Behrouz Boochani - No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison 29th Sept 4★

Welcome Jacm :) Phrynne will add you when she's next online.

📚📚📚Welcome to the challenge Jacm! You are linked.📚📚📚

#2 completed
T -✔ Tricia Stringer - The Family Inheritance AA 5⭐ 5/1/21
loved this, first book I've read of this author, definitely not the last

Finished my 5th

I - Ilsa Evans The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer 4*

Please count me in. (fill in as I go)

A-Z Authors
1/1/22 - 31/12/22
26/26 12AA

A Richard Anderson Small Mercies read 1/1/22 5★s AA
B Alafair Burke The Better Sister read 2/1/22 4.5★s
C Caroline Finnerty A Mother's Secret read 19/1/22 4.5★s
D Robert Dugoni The Last Agent read 23/1/22 5★s
E Elly Griffiths Now You See Them read 17/1/22 5★s
F Melissa Ferguson Meet Me in the Margins read 5/1/22 4★s
G Robert Gott The Orchard Murders read 1/1/22 4.5★s AA
H Hugh McGinlay Bodysurfing read 20/1/22 5★s AA
I Isobel Beech Sunbathing rread13/6/22 4★s AA
J Joanna Buckley Lily Harford's Last Request read 10/1/22 4★s AA
K Michelle Kalus Fancy Meeting You Here read 5/1/22 5★s AA
L Fiona Lowe A Family of Strangers read 4/2/22 5★s AA
M Monica McInerney Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat read 2/1/22 5★s AA
N Robbi Neal The Secret World of Connie Starr read 22/5/22 5★s AA
O Bella Osborne The Girls read 28/4/22 5★s
P Stine Pilgaard The Land of Short Sentences read 16/1/22 4★s
Q M.Q. Webb How to Spot a Psychopath read 14/4/22 4★s AA
R Michael Robotham The Secrets She Keeps read 10/1/22 5★s AA
S Peter Swanson Nine Lives read 5/3/22 5★s
T Topher Allen Geo read 3/1/22 3★s
U Arthur W. Upfield The Widows of Broome read 30/1/22 5★s AA
V P.D. Viner The Call read 1/1/22 5★s
W Stacy Willingham A Flicker in the Dark read 14/1/22 4★s
X Alexander McCall Smith Love in the Time of Bertie read 2/4/22 5★s
Y Sarah Yarwood-Lovett A Murder of Crows read 20/6/22 4★s
Z Robert Bryndza Fatal Witness read 24/6/22 4★s

Finished my first book for this challenge
L: Lynette Noni - The Gilded Cage AA 5🌟
Can't wait for the next book in the series to be released, I've listed it as the N for this challenge. June can't come soon enough!!

Denise MF wrote: "#2 completed
T -✔ Tricia Stringer - The Family Inheritance AA 5⭐ 5/1/21
loved this, first book I've read of this author, definitely not the last"

Love her work Denise!! Good find :)

Niamh wrote: "Finished my first book for this challenge
L: Lynette Noni - The Gilded Cage AA 5🌟
Can't wait for the next book in the series to be released, I've listed it as the N..."

I'm looking forward to it as well Niamh!!

📚📚📚Welcome to the challenge Marianne. You are linked 📚📚📚

Finished my 6th

W - Christian White(AA) Wild Place 3*

Finished my first two.

D - Dick Francis with Even Money - 4⭐️ - 10/1/22

J - J.D. Robb with Born in Death - 4⭐️ - 11/1/22

Finished my 7th

E - Eva Scott(AA) Meet Me in Bendigo 3*

Finished my 1st of this Challenge with:-

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

Rated this one as 4* (9/10) - good debut but have preferred her later books, two of which I have read (The Corset and The Shape of Darkness) and rated as 5*. My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished 2 more

K - Kerry McGinnis(AA) The Missing Girl 3*

Z - Robert Bryndza Nine Elms 3*

Finished another 2

M - Matthew Reilly (AA) with The One Impossible Labyrinth - 4⭐️ - 13/1/22

R - J.D. Robb with Innocent in Death - 4⭐️ - 15/1/22

Finished #10

P - James Patterson Never Never 3*

Finished my 2nd of this Challenge with:-

Perfect Prey by Helen Sarah Fields

Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished #11

M - Fiona McIntosh The Spy's Wife(AA) 4*

Moderators, I need clarification.

For this challenge would an author name like Pauline Baer de Perignon be listed under 'B' or 'P'?

I assumed it was 'B' but I did see a reference somewhere* where she was listed as Perignon, Pauline Baer de.

* Of course, now I cannot find the web page.

Thanks!

What a great question Em_Jay!. Under our usual rules she would be filed under P because the names are not hyphenated. However de Perignon is her actual surname. I checked a few library lists and they file her under D!!!!!
Wait for Brenda to give a ruling:)

I would give a D for that name as well. Sorry to be AWOL for so long - my beautiful twin granddaughters turned 12 today :)

Brenda wrote: "I would give a D for that name as well. Sorry to be AWOL for so long - my beautiful twin granddaughters turned 12 today :)"

Happy birthday to them Brenda :)

Thanks Helen!! They're big readers too and love when we give them books (which is always!)

Brenda wrote: "Thanks Helen!! They're big readers too and love when we give them books (which is always!)"

Fabulous

Brenda wrote: "Thanks Helen!! They're big readers too and love when we give them books (which is always!)"

Excellent.....following in the family tradition??
Cheers to them!

Definitely - my son is a reader and his 3 kids have all read since youngsters. Their mum reads too so...

Brenda wrote: "I would give a D for that name as well. Sorry to be AWOL for so long - my beautiful twin granddaughters turned 12 today :)"

Thank you!

Happy Birthday to your grand daughters.

I was 12 when I read my first Mills & Boon. 🤣

Thanks Em...and no they're not ready for that yet 😁

At twelve I was raiding my mother's bookshelves for Agatha Christie and Alexander McLean. I guess my predilection for crime was showing up already!

Sounds like they were Phrynne!

That's a lovely tradition of gifting books Brenda..happy birthday to your granddaughters.

Thank you Trish :)

Phrynne wrote: "At twelve I was raiding my mother's bookshelves for Agatha Christie and Alexander McLean. I guess my predilection for crime was showing up already!"

I discovered Agatha Christie when I was 12. Then Murder in Mesopotamia gave me nightmares so I proceeded to read them all 😆

Finished O - Debra Oswald(AA) The Family Doctor 3*

S
I loved Geographies of the Heart by Caitlin Hamilton Summie. She writes wonderful short stories, but this is her first novel.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of Geographies of the Heart

(For NetGalley reviewers, it's still available.)

Finished my 3rd of this Challenge with:-

Trio by William Boyd

Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished my Q book. 3 weeks into the year, I'm calling this as the best book of the year! too soon?

✔ Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz Read 20/1. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Sounds great Clare! Not too soon ;)

Finished J - Rachael Johns(AA) How to Mend a Broken Heart 4*

Finished L - Leanne Lovegrove(AA) Keeper of the Light 4*

Finished my 4th of this Challenge with:-

Another Country by James Baldwin

Rated this one as 3* (6.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

W
I loved Aussie author Christian White's latest novel Wild Place. The local Neighbourhood Watch group gets a little too active during the 1989 Christmas holidays when a teen disappears.
5★ Link to my Wild Place review

Please count me in.

A-Z Authors
1/1/22 - 31/12/22
5/26
1/6AA

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K Stephen King Billy Summers 1/1/22 3*
L Lisa Lueddecke A Shiver of Snow and Sky 3/1/22 3*
M Megha Majumdar A Burning 7/1/22 3*
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T Jodi TaylorDoing Time 24/1/22 3*
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W Pip WilliamsThe Dictionary of Lost Words12/1/22 5* AA
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Welcome to the challenge Leanne:)

Finished R - J.D. Robb Forgotten In Death 4*

Finished my 5th of this Challenge with:-

The Magician by Colm Tóibín

Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hi, I would like to join this challenge :)
Can I add the book I've started and read in January?

A-Z Authors
1/1/22 - 31/12/22

A -
B - Charlotte Brontë with Villette - 3⭐️ - 04/08/2022
C - Peter Carey with True History of the Kelly Gang - 5⭐️ - 19/02/2022
D - Di Morrissey with A Distant Journey - 3⭐️ - 31/01/2022
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F - Ken Follett with Fall of Giants - 4⭐️ - 11/07/2022
G - George Saunders with Lincoln in the Bardo - 4⭐️ - 02/04/2022
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J - Janet Skeslien Charles with The Paris Library - 4⭐️ - 15/01/2022
K - Kate Quinn with The Huntress - 4⭐️ - 21/05/2022
L - Stephanie Land with Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive - 3⭐️ - 12/03/2022
M - Madeline Miller with The Song of Achilles - 5⭐️ - 23/01/2022
N - Natasha Solomons with I Goldbaum - 3⭐️ - 29/08/2022
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P -
Q - Julia Quinn with The Viscount Who Loved Me - 3⭐️ - 29/04/2022
R - Romain Gary with La vita davanti a sé - 5⭐️ - 29/06/2022
S - Sally Rooney with Normal People - 5⭐️ - 09/08/2022
T - Trent Dalton with Boy Swallows Universe - 4⭐️ - 25/04/2022
U -
V - V.E. Schwab with The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - 4⭐️ - 14/05/2022
W - Alison Weir with Queens of the Conquest - 5⭐️ - 30/05/2022
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Y -
Z -

Yes that's fine Alda - welcome!

Finished another 2

C - Peter Corris with O'Fear: Cliff Hardy 12 AA - 3⭐️ - 1/2/22

G - Garry Disher with The Way it is Now AA - 4⭐️ - 19/1/22