It took me six months to complete this challenge – I found nearly all of the categories easy to fill. The only one I had to search for on lists was the BookTok one, as I found many of the ones on the list were not always what I wanted to read, a genre I read, or that I had, So it gave me the chance to re-read Circe, though I had hoped that I could fill as many or all of the categories with Australian authors that I enjoy and had. I find that when I read something I don’t like, I am less likely to finish it or I will drag myself through it so I can finish it – and to me that takes the enjoyment out of my reading. But I made it in the end, and had fun doing it.
- Bought it for the cover: Pages and Co: Tilly and the Map of Stories by Anna James
- Trending on #BookTok: Circe by Madeline Miller
- Illustrated Cover: The Bird Singers by Eve Wersocki Morris
- A friend’s favourite: Kill Your Brother by Jack Heath (Dani Vee)
- Otherworldly: The World Between Blinks: Rebellion of the Lost by Amie Kaufman and Ryan Graudin
- Inspiring change: You’re Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad and Bonkers Advice to Women by Kaz Cooke
- Love story: The Midsummer Garden by Kirsty Manning
- Start of a series: Hexenhaus by Nikki McWatters
- A classic: Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
- Australian author #ReadAustralian: Social Queue by Kay Kerr
- A book you keep seeing: Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat
- Number in the title: 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
- Re-read a favourite: The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
- From where you’d rather be: The Puzzle Ring by Kate Forsyth (Scotland)
- An adventure: A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
- Feel good: Little Wombat’s Easter Surprise by Charles Fuge
- Released this year: When You’re Older by Sofie Laguna and Judy Watson
- Award winner: 45 +47 Stella Street and Everything that Happened by Elizabeth Honey (CBCA Honour Book)
- First Nations Author: Tangki Tjuta/Donkeys by Tjanpi Desert Weavers
- Dymocks Book of the Month:The Girls Who Changed the World: Ming and Flo Fight for the Future by Jackie French
Extra Challenging
- 450+ pages: Orphan Rock by Dominique Wilson
- A book older than you: Storm Boy and Other Stories by Colin Thiele
- Bottom of your TBR pile: What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume
- Finished in a day: Mertales: The Great Treasure Hunt by Rebecca Timmis
- Read entirely outside: Ouch: Tales of Gravity by Kate Simpson and Andy Hardiman
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