January 2024 Reading Round Up

Well, one month of the year down, and I spent a lot of time reading – for reviewing, to catch up on my backlog of review books, as well as working on the Stella Prize Summer Challenge, and a few other things. Whilst the Stella Prize Summer Challenge is officially over – it only ran from mid-December to mid-January; I am hoping to complete the prompts by the end of the year – hopefully by the end of summer. I only have four prompts left there.

Overall, in January, I read 26 books and reviewed half, with some reviews to come. So far this year, I have focused on reviewing the books I am asked to review, but that may change throughout the year. This month, I had lots going on and had to shift my priorities a little bit to get on top of everything. Only one book was by an author who wasn’t Australian – which fits with my main focus of Australian authors and primarily women or those who don’t get as much attention as other authors do – to give those stories some sort of attention.

Reading Goal: 26/150  

Dymocks: 7/8

            Entrée: 7/8

            Main: 

            Dessert:

Stella Prize Summer Reading Challenge:  12/16

The Nerd Daily: 20/52

KT Book Bingo: 14/25

QBD: 9/24

Australian: 25

Australian Men: 5

Australian Women: 20

Indigenous: 2

LGTBQIA: 2

Non-Australian: 1

Men:

Women: 1

Total Men: 4

Total Women: 20

Co-written/Anthologies:  3

1. Wild Love by Kiera Lindsey
2. Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters: The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast by Karen Foxlee
3. Hannah and the Bugbear Prince by Tom Steephen
4. Riz Chester: The Fingerprint Code by R.A. Stephens
5. Lani and the Universe by Victoria Carless
6. The Secret Science Society in Space by Kathy Hoopmann and Josie Montano
7. Simon Sees by Jenny Woolsey
8. The Hidden Book by Kirsty Manning
9. Lemons in the Chicken Wire by Alison Whittaker
10. The Fish Girl by Miranda Riwoe
11. The Wonder of Little Things by Vince Copley with Lea McInerny
12. Our Australian Heart by Just Write for Kids and Friends
13. PD McPem’s Agency for Mysterious Mysteries: The Puzzling Pet Parade by Anna Batteste
14. Tight Lines by Louise Lambeth
15. Andromache Between Worlds by Gabrielle Bergmoser
16. The Beehive by Megan Daley and Max Hamilton
17. The Big Book of Australian Nursery Rhymes by Frané Lessac
18. Smoke and Mirrors by Barry Jonsberg
19. Millie, the Cutest Puppy in the World: New Home by Cate Whittle
20. Love, Just In by Natalie Murray
21. Decadence by Thuy On
22. Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie
23. Call of the Titanic by Lindsay Galvin
24. Late Bloomer: How An Autism Diagnosis Changed my Life by Clem Bastow
25. Voice of the Sea by John Williamson, illustrated by Andrea Innocent and Jonathon Chong
26. The Rewilding by Donna M Cameron