One of the reading challenges I undertook this year was the Dymocks Reading Challenge, which I like because the categories are fairly open, yet still challenging – sometimes it can be hard to find the book you want without doubling up, and for some, there are lots of books that work here. I started in January and filled many of the categories fairly quickly – the ones that took longer had more to do with fitting the books in between everything else, and sometimes, it was a matter of having a book or working out if it would fit.
But I managed it, completing the challenge today, meaning nearly all of my 2021 challenges are complete. A couple are ongoing until the end of the year, so will be wrapped up around the first week of January 2022.
Dymocks Reading Challenge 2021
A book with a blue cover: The Forest of Moon and Sword by Amy Raphael, The Right Way to Rock by Nat Amoore
A book with nature on the cover: Elizabeth and Elizabeth by Sue Williams
An armchair travel book: Cry of the Firebird by T.M. Clark
A book with a mystery: Friday Barnes: The Plot Thickens by R.A. Spratt
A book based on truth: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
A classic novel: The Quicksand Pony by Alison Lester
A book in translation: Talking to Alaska by Anna Woltz
A book of short stories: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman and Jonathon Plackett
A book adapted for screen: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
A book by a celebrity: Princess Benjamina has a Very Cheeky Bum by Claire Hooper
A book published this year: Friday Barnes: No Escape by R.A. Spratt, Shiver by Allie Reynolds
A book you’ve always meant to read: Firewatcher: Vigil by Kelly Gardiner
A book that makes you nostalgic: The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird
A book that helps you relax: Introducing D’Lila La Rue by Nette Hilton and A. Yi
A book that makes you laugh: Bedtime is Boring by David Campbell and Daron Parton
Ask a friend for a recommendation: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn – recommended by Belinda Murrell
Ask a Dymocks bookseller: Can’t Say it Went to Plan by Gabrielle Tozer
A book with ‘girl’ in the title: Carly Mills, Pioneer Girl: Superstar by Jane Smith
A book with 5+ words in the title: Monty’s Island: Elvis Eager and the Golden Egg by Emily Rodda and Lucinda Gifford
A book with more than 400 pages: Shiver by Allie Reynolds
A book by an Australian author: The Plastic Throne by Amani Uduman and Kera Bruton
A book by a First Nations author: Common Wealth by Gregg Dreise
An award-winning book: The Quicksand Pony by Alison Lester, (Winner Highest Ranked Book, WA Young Readers Book Awards 1999 AU; Shortlisted National Children’s Award, Festival Awards for Literature 1998 AU; Shortlisted Book Data/Australian Booksellers’ Association Book of the Year 1998 AU), The History of Mischief by Rebecca Higgie (The Fogerty Literary Award Winner)
A book from our Top 101: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, edited by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler
A book from our Kids’ Top 51: Real Pigeons Fight Crime by Andrew McDonald and Ben
A Dymocks ‘Book of the Month’: The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
Looking forward to seeing what they come up with next year.
The Book Muse 
Congratulations!
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Thank you. It’s been a good challenge year this year.
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