In January of this year, I read 13 books, and got a start on each of my challenges – some have more categories filled in than others, and some will have multiple books for each category, apart from the book bingo challenges, which will only have one each. Below is a table outlining where each… Continue reading January 2020 wrap up
Category: animals
Tiger Heart by Penny Chrimes
Title: Tiger Heart Author: Penny Chrimes Genre: Fantasy/Time slip/Historical Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 14th January 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 260 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: One magical friendship. One roaring adventure. The magical tale of a bold young chimney sweep and a remarkable tiger, a dangerously hypnotic ruby and a mystical land that's found across an ocean… Continue reading Tiger Heart by Penny Chrimes
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
Title: Dragonfly Song Author: Wendy Orr Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: June 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Abandoned by the priestess of the island at birth, Aissa is an outcast, surviving by her wits - until she joins the acrobatic bull dancers who are sent away to compete on… Continue reading Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
Adding two more challenges…
Today whilst making sure I’d set up my challenge document properly, I came across two more challenges. The Dymocks Reading Challenge, and the STUF #AusLit Reading Challenges. Like my other challenges, both these challenges have categories flexible enough to work with what I read, and with the odd category I’ll need to work to find… Continue reading Adding two more challenges…
Pippa’s Island: Puppy Pandemonium by Belinda Murrell
Title: Pippa’s Island: Puppy Pandemonium Author: Belinda Murrell Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 3rd December 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The fifth book in the Pippa's Island series is the most adorable story yet! Life can be hard when you’re crammed into a tiny caravan with your noisy family. Pippa’s… Continue reading Pippa’s Island: Puppy Pandemonium by Belinda Murrell
Pop Sugar Challenge Wrap Up 2019
In 2019 I also participated in the Pop Sugar Challenge. I missed out on completing this by one, mainly because time just ran out and I never got to it. Below is my list of categories that I completed. I am thinking of trying a different one this year, as I feel the categories are… Continue reading Pop Sugar Challenge Wrap Up 2019
2020 Australian Women Writers Sign Up
As in the past few years, I am again signing up for the Australian Women Writers Challenge in 2020. As in the past few years, I have decided to set my own challenge, and aim to read and review twenty-five – though I am sure I will go over this. I’m sticking to this low… Continue reading 2020 Australian Women Writers Sign Up
2019 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Completed,
At the start of the year, I pledged to read fifteen books across the year, and ended up reading one hundred, and reviewing about ninety-seven of those – as some were read for my job as a quiz writer and I didn’t get a chance to review them all. Of the one hundred, it is… Continue reading 2019 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Completed,
Best books of 2010 to 2019
In compiling this list, I had to go back to all my reading log lists – which I began in about 2006, and to date have over 1300 on my combined list. But in doing this, I discovered it was quite difficult to narrow things down to just a handful of ten or fifteen like… Continue reading Best books of 2010 to 2019
November Round up 2019
Nearly at the end of the year – and I am compiling my reads and reviews from November. Between work, reviewing and my own reading, I read eighteen books in November, bringing me to 188 for the year in total, and twelve of those books were by Australian women. In November, I participated in #AusReadingMonth… Continue reading November Round up 2019
