As we head into the pointy end of the year, I’ve had to make the decision to change the way I tackle challenges, doubling up where I can, and even thinking about reducing the challenges I take on next year, due to the overly prescriptive nature of the reading challenges that are available, and at times, their American-centric focus and inclusion of categories that at times, do not have easily available options in Australia. There’s only so many ways I can twist a category!
With that in mind:
The Modern Mrs Darcy 11/12
AWW2020 – 120/25
Book Bingo – 12/12
The Nerd Daily Challenge 49/52
Dymocks Reading Challenge 25/25
Books and Bites Bingo 21/25
STFU Reading Challenge: 10/12
General Goal –203 /165
I have a few that I’ve chosen, and a book bingo post to write. I’d like to complete as many of these as I can and I know there are some books that will work for several challenges and categories, which helps in completing them. Others, I have the books and need to read them. I read 27 books in October, 15 by Australian women, and many were for younger readers, an area I’m getting into lately because its often these books that are pivotal in our reading journeys. I’ve also been reviewing for Scholastic, so when I get back into quiz writing, it will be interesting to see if there will be any cross-over with the books I am sent to review, and the books I am asked to write a quiz for. Watch this space for more…
October -28
| Book | Author | Challenge |
| The Boy, the Wolf and the Stars | Shivaun Plozza | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Aster’s Good, Right Things | Kate Gordon | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| The Ultimate Animal Alphabet Book | Jennifer Cossins | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Death Sets Sail | Robin Stevens | Reading Challenge |
| I Stole My Genius Sister’s Brain | Jo Simmons | Reading Challenge |
| Christmas Tales | William McInnes | Reading Challenge |
| Transit of Angels | Desney King | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Disgusting McGrossface on Holiday | Rove McManus | Reading Challenge |
| Glassheart | Katharine Orton | Reading Challenge |
| The Incredible Runaway Snot | Josh Pyke | Reading Challenge |
| Tashi and the Stolen Forest | Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| We Are Wolves | Katrina Nannestad | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Fire Wombat | Jackie French and Danny Snell | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| The Tree | Graeme Base | Reading Challenge, |
| Pierre’s Not There | Ursula Dubosarsky | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Jumbo: The Most Famous Elephant Who Ever Lived | Alexandra Stewart | Reading Challenge, |
| The Grinny, Granny Donkey | Craig Smith and Katz Cowley | Reading Challenge |
| We’re All in This Together | Skye Hughes and Alice Coates | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| We Are All Kind | P. Crumble and Jonathon Bentley | Reading Challenge |
| Macca and Al, Super Pals | Matt Cosgrove | Reading Challenge |
| Pandemic | Jackie French and Bruce Whateley | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| The Champagne War | Fiona McIntosh | Reading Challenge, AWW2020, The Nerd Daily |
| Fossil Frenzy | Sandra Bennett | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher #21) | Kerry Greenwood | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Little Lion: A Long Way Home | Saroo Brierly, illustrated by Bruce Whateley | Reading Challenge |
| Kensy and Max: Spy Games | Jacqueline Harvey | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| The Werewolves Who Weren’t | T.C. Shelley | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
| Whitney and Britney, Chicken Detectives | Lucinda Gifford | Reading Challenge, AWW2020 |
With that, I am onto November and more reading!
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