January 2023 Wrap Up Post

2023 got off to a good start – I found a few reading challenges that won’t be too stressful, and I am almost finished the Dymocks Summer Reading Challenge, and am half way through the Book Bestie’s Bingo. The QBD challenge will take a little longer – partially due to finding some books and partially due to getting to the ones I want to read for the prompts. I may add or change books for some prompts, as any double ups are placeholders for now as something else may come along. I am hoping to do a post about each month as I go through the year. My current stats are below for January – I won’t be able to update the Dymocks stats until I have the prompts for each season, but I only have two more prompts for Summer to fill in and one book I am part of the way through, so I will be able to update that challenge either next month or in December, when I complete it.

Another thing I am aiming to do this year is to read mostly Australian authors. So far, I have managed to do this, and I am aiming to stick to authors that might not get as much attention as others – and give them attention that they might not otherwise get. Onto another month of reading!

Goal: 16/200

Dymocks

• Summer: 6
• Autumn:
• Winter:
• Spring:

Book Bestie’s Bingo 9/16

QBD Reading Challenge: 9/24

 Australian: 16 Australian Women: 12 Australian Men: 4

Non-Australian:  Women:  Men:

Total women: 12 Total Men: 4

Co-written: 1

1. Finders, Keepers by Emily Rodda
2. Blueback by Tim Winton
3. Cold Iron by Sophie Masson
4. 100 Tales from Australia’s Most Haunted Places by Ben Pobjie
5. Dusty in the Outwilds by Rhiannon Williams
6. Taken by Dinuka McKenzie
7. The Bookseller’s Apprentice by Amelia Mellor
8. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
9. Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
10. Hope is the Thing by Johanna Bell and Erica Wagner
11. Ollie and Bea: Bunny Ideas by Renee Treml
12. Ollie and Bea: Otterly Ridiculous by Renee Treml
13. Friday Barnes: Last Chance by R.A. Spratt
14. The Lorikeet Tree by Paul Jennings
15. Tumbleglass by Kate Constable
16. Zoo Crew: Sickest Camp Ever by Guy Edwards and Matt Zeremes