Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Check-in One – books one to fifteen

All year I have been meaning to write progress posts for every month, or every ten books. Until now, I have woefully neglected this activity, and having read 61 books already, am breaking it up into posts of fifteen – and will continue to do this until the end of the year/early 2019, making the collation of posts for my final wrap up of this challenge easier than last year’s attempt. Each list will be varied, with review books and ones I chose to purchase making up my count – they will be diverse in terms of story, genre, fiction or non-fiction, readership, age and as many other aspects of diversity as I have stumbled across on my reading journey – greatly depending on what I have been able to find, have been sent and what I have access to, but also, I choose books based on what I enjoy as well, and in doing so, I feel like I hit as much diversity in my reading as possible without too much trouble.

These lists – to date so far by today, are a little less than half of my total books logged for the year, which on the 11th of August, stands at 115, and counting. I have well surpassed my goal of fifteen for the challenge – a conservative estimate as I often have a list in mind of upcoming releases and books I own, yet also don’t always know what else will come my way. I find it best to underestimate – and then anything extra becomes bonus points.

So below is my first batch of fifteen out of sixty one, with links to each review.

First fifteen

1. The Sister’s Song by Louise Allan
2. The Tides Between by Elizabeth Jane Corbett –
3. Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Hounds and Hauntings by Janine Beacham
4. Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-Time Husband by Barbara Toner
5. The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge by Kali Napier
6. The Endsister by Penni Russon
7. Graevale by Lynette Noni  
8. Eventual Poppy Day by Libby Hathorn 
9. Olmec Obituary by LJM Owen
10. The Passengers by Eleanor Limprecht and Interview
11. Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies by Jackie French 
12. Surf Rider’s Club #2: Bronte’s Big Sister Problem by Mary van Reyk
13. Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer
14. Skin in the Game: The Pleasure and Pain of Telling True Stories by Sonya Voumard 
15. Mayan Mendacity by L.J.M. Owen 

Coming up next, posts sixteen to thirty of the Australian Women Writer’s challenge and at some stage, a Book Bingo wrap up post for both of my rounds of the challenge with Mrs B’s Book Reviews and Theresa Smith Writes.