As the year comes to a close, so are my reading challenges, and I’m getting very close to being able to tick all of them off. With one left to complete – The Australian Women Writer’s Challenge – I’ve managed to wrap every other challenge. My one hurdle with this challenge was a coffee table book – not something I would usually read, so I had to do some research and hunting to find one, and eventually did so I could complete this challenge, because with such broad and easy to fill categories, I didn’t want to leave the challenge unfinished. So, below is my completed list, with links to the books I have reviewed.
- A QBD ‘Book of the Month’ Book: The Golden Tower by Belinda Murrell (March)
- A QBD Channel 7 Book Club book: The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer
- 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 classic novel: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- A book adapted for screen: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- A book published this year: The Forest of Moon and Sword by Amy Raphael
- A book you’ve always wanted to read: Firewatcher: Vigil by Kelly Gardiner
- A book recommended to you: The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird
- A book with a red cover: The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kerry Greenwood
- A book you received as a gift: The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
- A biography/Autobiography: Kate Kelly: The True Story of Ned Kelly’s Sister by Rebecca Wilson
- A book that made you laugh out loud: The Nerd Herd by Nathan Luff and Chris Kennett
- A book by an Australian author: Friday Barnes: No Escape by R.A. Spratt
- A book by a female author: Monty’s Island: Elvis Eager and the Golden Egg by Emily Rodda and Lucinda Gifford
- A Fantasy book: The Dragon and her Boy by Penny Chrimes
- A book you bought on sale: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, edited by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler
- A book that made you cry: The Zookeeper of Belfast by S, Kirk Walsh
- A poetry book: Common Wealth by Gregg Dreise
- A book that you couldn’t put down: The Golden Tower by Belinda Murrell
- A book that inspired you: PAWS by Kate Gordon
- A book with more than 500 pages: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
- A Coffee Table book: Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History by Lauren Marino
- A Favourite Children’s book: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- A book that took you back in time: The Flying Angel by Vikki Bennett and Tull Suwannakit
- A book that took you to far-off lands: The World Between Blinks by Amie Kaufman and Ryan Graudin
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The Book Muse 
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