August saw most of Australia back in lockdown due to the Delta variant of COVID, so it was a great month to get on top of my reading as much as I could. Between books for work and review, I read 29 books, and reviewed most of them. Again, most were by Australian authors, with lots of kids books read as well. I’m still working through many books from my August pile, and hope to be on top of them soon. I’ve almost completed all my challenges – two books to go and one challenge completed post to write!
Total stats so far:
Modern Mrs Darcy – 14/14
Australian Authors Challenge – 24/24 (73)
AWW2021 – 114/150
Dymocks Reading Challenge – 25/26
QBD Reading Challenge – 25/26
Overall goal – 194/170
Total Australian authors read: 145
International: 49
- The Way to Impossible Island by Sophie Kirtley
- The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
- Ella at Eden: Camp Midnight by Laura Sieveking
- Happy Hoppy Home by Tull Suwannakit
- Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
- The Magnificent Hercules Quick by Ursula Dubosarsky
- The Song of Lewis Carmichael by Sofie Laguna
- It’s Not You, It’s Me by Gabrielle Williams
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, edited by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler
- Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter
- Michaela Mason’s Big List of Camp Worries by Alexa Moses
- The Curse of the Vampire Robot by Graeme Base
- Home by Karen Hendriks
- Time Catchers: When Days Tilt by Karen Ginnane
- Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
- Nelson: Eggplants and Dinosaurs by Andrew Levins
- The School of Talking Pets by Kelli Anne Hawkins
- Drover by Neridah McMullin and Sarah Anthony
- Lily by Ellen Miles
- The Super Adventures of Ollie and Bea: It’s Owl Right by Renee Treml
- The What on Earth Institute of Wonder by Lisa Nicol
- Monkey’s Great Adventures: Afloat in Venice by Tina Wilson (words and pictures), Joan Wilson (knitting) and Matt Ottley (music)
- Coco and the Bee by Laura Bunting and Nicky Johnston
- Lola Out Loud: The Recipe for Disaster by Shannan and Tayla Steadman
- School of Fish #2: Frozen Fish by Louis Shea
- Noah Wild and the Floating Zoo by Alexander McCall-Smith
- The Magical Bookshop by Katja Frixe
- The Raven Heir by Stephanie Burgis
- Zoo Crew by Guy Edmonds, Matt Zeremis and Peter Williams Popple
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