2015 Reading Challenges Completed

I have done a lot of reading over the past seven years, and it has kicked my love into overdrive. I have always loved to read but life sometimes gets in the way and I wasn’t reading nearly enough until I started reading for Beauty and Lace.

2014 saw me sign up for the Goodreads Reading Challenge and enjoy watching my challenge tally creep up. This year I went one step further and signed up for both Goodreads and the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge for 2015.

My Goodreads Challenge for the year was 65 books, about what I read last year, and I was pretty confident that I could get there. I did more than get there, I smashed it. As I write this, on December 29, I am at 102 books and that will grow because I’m in the middle of a short story series.

The Australian Women Writer’s Challenge was a hard one to pick a number for and I decided on 50, I figured it would be a great challenge. I smashed that one too and am at 77 books by Australian Women Writers. There will be a couple more because of the short stories but possibly not all will be reviewed this year.

I know I read a lot of Australian writers, and many of them are women but about 75% was a surprise even to me. It will be interesting to see how it goes next year.

So here it is, my list of books that qualify for the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge and their review links, where available.

1  Meant to Be – Fiona McCallum
2  It Started With A Kiss – Lisa Heidke
3  Runaway Lies – Shannon Curtis
4  Stone Castles – Trish Morey
5  Riverboat Point – Tricia Stringer
6  The Millionaire – Victoria Purman
7  Intensive Care – Nicki Edwards
8  Waiting for April  – Jaime Loren
9  Unconditional  – Cherie M Hudson
10 Claiming Noah – Amanda Ortlepp
11 The Road To Hope – Rachael Johns
12 What Goes on Tour – Claire Boston
13 Bad Romeo – Leisa Rayven
14 Leap of Faith – Fiona McCallum
15 Confessions of a Once Fashionable Mum – Georgia Madden
16 Burnt – Karly Lane
17 Captive Prince – C.S. Pascat
18 Broken Juliet – Leisa Rayven
19 All That Sparkles – Claire Boston
20 Secrets of the Midwives – Sally Hepworth
21 A Time of Secrets – Deborah Burrows
22 Season of Shadow and Light – Jenn J McLeod
23 Only We Know – Victoria Purman
24 Once Lost – Ber Carroll
25 Heart of the Country – Tricia Stringer
26 Blood Queen – Rhiannon Hart
27 The Pitch: City Love 2 – Belinda Williams
28 Set in Stone – Ros Baxter
29 Kiss the Bride – Rachael Johns
30 The Lord and The Mermaid – Bernadette Rowley
31 Paradise City–  CJ Duggan
32 The Lost Swimmer – Ann Turner
33 The Homestead Girls – Fiona McArthur
34 The CEO – Victoria Purman
35 Sight – Juliet Madison
36 Love at First Flight – Tess Woods
37 In the Quiet – Eliza Henry Jones
38 30 Lays in 30 days – Kate J Squires
39 Callahan Split – Lisa Heidke
40 Hush, Little Bird – Nicole Trope
41 Fire Me Up – Rachael Johns
42 Prince’s Gambit – C.S. Pacat
43 The Arrangement – Nicolette Hugo
44 Under The Covers – Claire Boston
45 The Landing – Susan Johnson
46 The Patterson Girls – Rachael Johns
47 The Rebel – Victoria Purman
48 Double Take – Kendall Talbot
49 Buying Thyme – TJ Hamilton
50 32 Lays Later – Kate J Squires
51 Sweet Wattle Creek – Kaye Dobbie
52 Exhibition – Nicolette Hugo
53 Swimming Home – Mary-Rose MacColl
54 Unforgettable – Cherie M Hudson
55 Into The Fire – Claire Boston
56 Sound – Juliet Madison
57 The Crushing Season – Peta Jo
58 Emergency Response – Nicki Edwards
59 Dogs of India – Polly McGee
60 Modern Heart – Belinda Williams
61 The Wildwood Sisters – Mandy Magro
62 Second Time Sweeter -Ros Baxter
63 The Enchanted Island – Ellie O’Neill
64 Cherry Season – Trish Morey
65 The Saddler Boys – Fiona Palmer
66 Tallowood Bound – Karly Lane
67 Operation White Christmas – Nicki Edwards
68 The Butterfly Enigma – Lorraine Campbell
69 Between The Vines – Tricia Stringer
70 Summers with Juliette – Emily Madden
71 Hold On to Me – Victoria Purman
72 Tears of the Cheetah – T.M. Clark
73 Kakadu Sunset – Annie Seaton
74 Paradise Road – CJ Duggan
75 Numbered – Amy Andrews & Ros Baxter
76 Down and Dusty: Casey – Rachael Johns
77 Down and Dusty: Lucky – Cate Ellink
78 Down and Dusty: Kelly – Fiona Lowe

Look out early next year for some of the outstanding reviews and I look forward to keeping you updated on my progress during #AWW2016.

If you want to find out more about the challenge and it’s background the best place to get that information is the Australian Women Writers website.

Michelle

I devour books, vampires and supernatural creatures are my genre of choice but over the past couple of years, I have broadened my horizons considerably. In a nutshell – I love to write! I love interacting with a diverse range of artists to bring you interviews. Perhaps we were perfect before – I LOVE WORDS!