2019 will be the third year I undertake the challenge, and each year I have given conservative estimates of how many I will read and review because I had tried to plan the books I would read and review and didn't account for extras that came by. The first year, I did the Miles level,… Continue reading Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Sign Up Post For 2019
Category: Young Adult
2018 Reading Wrap Up Post
In 2018, I had the aim of reading 120 books throughout the year. This was my general reading goal from the first of January to the end of December, and included review books, books I had to read for work as a quiz writer with Scholastic Australia, and my other challenges - The Australian Women… Continue reading 2018 Reading Wrap Up Post
Pop Sugar Challenge Round Up
One of the challenges I did during 2019 was the PopSugar Challenge. It had forty categories, plus an additional ten advanced ones - a couple of which I managed to check off, and I filled most of the main categories, some with multiple books. It was a good challenge, but one thing I think lets… Continue reading Pop Sugar Challenge Round Up
Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018 Completed Post
This year I pledged to read fifteen books - which I had completed by at least March, if not earlier. I read a total of seventy-nine books and reviewed seventy-eight - one review is due to go live in January and as a result, also counts towards my 2019 challenge. One book from this year… Continue reading Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018 Completed Post
Check in #5: Australian Women #60 to #78
In what is likely my final Check in for 2018 for the Australian Women Writers Challenge, I'm making my list a little longer as it did not make sense to make another post for one or two books, given I did this in blocks of fifteen - and am debating whether to do monthly, or… Continue reading Check in #5: Australian Women #60 to #78
Book Bingo Twenty-Four – the PENULTIMATE BINGO POST! Featuring A Book with A Number in the Title and A Non-Fiction Book.
That time has come around again, and I am ticking off two in this post, with the final three to come in a fortnight! I again have a few bingos - Row Two Across gains the bingo with the non-fiction square finally being ticked off, as well as row three and row five down. I… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Four – the PENULTIMATE BINGO POST! Featuring A Book with A Number in the Title and A Non-Fiction Book.
Book Bingo Twenty-Three: A Book Everyone is Talking About, and A Book with a One Word Title, and a Book That Became a Movie
Wow, another fortnight, and another book bingo - my 23rd of the year. As this is my second round, Theresa, and Amanda and I have allowed some flexibility and I have used previously read books to fit into categories I may not make by the end of the year but making sure they did not… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Three: A Book Everyone is Talking About, and A Book with a One Word Title, and a Book That Became a Movie
Book Bingo Twenty-two – a prize winning book, a book by someone over sixty, and a book with a yellow cover.
With 2018 rushing towards its busy, and warm conclusion, and in consultation with my fellow book bingo players, I have assigned some previously read books to the following categories, and have assigned my prize-winning category is taken up this time by 2007 Aurealis Best Children's Book winning series, The Chain of Charms by Kate Forsyth,… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-two – a prize winning book, a book by someone over sixty, and a book with a yellow cover.
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Nevermoor #2)
Title: Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow Author: Jessica Townsend Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Hachette Australia/Lothian Published: 30th October 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 475 Price: $16.99 (PB), $24.99 (HB) Synopsis: Wunder is gathering in Nevermoor ... Morrigan Crow may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her… Continue reading Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Nevermoor #2)
Have Sword, Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Title: Have Sword, Will Travel Author: Garth Nix and Sean Williams Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th October 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: From New York Times bestselling authors Garth Nix and Sean Williams, comes this hilarious, action-packed adventure featuring a very unlikely knight, an admirably stubborn girl and a… Continue reading Have Sword, Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
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