Hosted by: Passages to the Past.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2020
Sign up: anytime during the year
All the details are available on the sign-up page.
There are six different reading levels: 20th Century Reader (2 books), Victorian Reader (5 books), Renaissance Reader (10 books), Medieval (15 books), Ancient History (25 books) and Prehistoric (50+ books).
Hosted by: Ariel and Kriti @ Armed With A Book
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2020
Sign Up: Open until 15th March, 2020
Aim: To complete all 25 squares on the bingo card (reviews not required, but questions will be asked about the books read).
More information and how to sign up can be found here.
To mark off 25 squares on a bingo card with a year to do it sounds a pretty simple task, but
Hosted by: Becky's Book Reviews
Challenge period: December 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
Aim: To read a minimum of four books, from or set during the Georgian era, fiction or non-fiction (no review required).
More information and how to sign up can be found here.
Looking back over my reading trends, I realised that a large part of my reading material falls
Hosted by: Brandee and Lexie at (un)Conventional Bookworms
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2020
Sign Up: By 1st September, 2020
Aim: To read and review books released in 2020.
All the information can be found here on the sign-up page.
As I didn't reach my target of 61 books to read and
Hosted by: Jo at Book Lover Reviews
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2020
Sign Up: Anytime during the year
Aim: To showcase the quality and diversity of the books being produced by Australian authors.
All the information and how to join is here on the sign-up page.
This year I'm participating at the same level as last year
Hosted by: Australian Women Writers.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2020.
Sign Up: Throughout the year until 30th November, 2020.
Aim: To help overcome gender bias in the reviewing of books by Australian women.
Further information about the challenge and how to join can be found here.
Hosted by: Brandee and Lexie at (un)Conventional Bookworms
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2019
Sign Up: By 1st September, 2019
Aim: To read books released in 2019.
All the information can be found here on the sign-up page.
Hosted by: Passages to the Past.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2019
Sign up: anytime during the year
All the details are available on the sign-up page.
There are six different reading levels: 20th Century Reader (2 books), Victorian Reader (5 books), Renaissance Reader (10 books), Medieval (15 books), Ancient History (25 books) and Prehistoric (50+ books).
Hosted by: Australian Women Writers.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2019.
Sign Up: Throughout the year until 30th November, 2019.
Aim: To help overcome gender bias in the reviewing of books by Australian women.
Further information about the challenge and how to join can be found here.
Hosted by: Jo at Book Lover Reviews
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2019
Sign Up: Anytime during the year
Aim: To showcase the quality and diversity of the books being produced by Australian authors.
All the information and how to join is here on the sign-up page.
This year I'm participating at the Wallaroo level:
Here is my wrap up post for the challenges I signed up for in 2018. Once again, I have mixed results. Okay, I'll be honest - I failed miserably. On the bright side, I did read some wonderful
Hosted by: Passages to the Past.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2018
Sign up: anytime during the year
All the details are available on the sign-up page.
There are six different reading levels: 20th Century Reader (2 books), Victorian Reader (5 books), Renaissance Reader (10 books), Medieval (15 books), Ancient History (25 books) and Prehistoric (50+ books).
Hosted by: Karen at Books and Chocolates.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2018
Sign up: by 1st March, 2018
Aim: To encourage bloggers (and others) to read more classics.
More information and how to sign up can be found here.
The challenge is to read and review at least 6 books from 12 categories. As usual I had fun searching out the titles, most of
Hosted by: Australian Women Writers.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2018.
Sign Up: Throughout the year until 30th November, 2018.
Aim: To help overcome gender bias in the reviewing of books by Australian women.
Further information about the challenge and how to join can be found here.
Hosted by: Jo at Book Lover Reviews
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2018
Sign Up: Anytime during the year
Aim: To showcase the quality and diversity of the books being produced by Australian authors.
All the information and how to join is here on the sign-up page.
I've yet to successfully complete this challenge though I read many novels by Australian authors. This year I'm participating at the Kangaroo level:
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2017
Sign-up: no official sign up, just download the checklist
I did this challenge last year and checked off 17 books from a list of 41. This year the list is similar in length (40 books), plus there is an Advanced section which will add another 12 books. If you check off both lists, you will have read a total of 52 books, which averages out to a book a week! I hope to improve on last year's result.
So visit the page, download the printable check list and get started. The details are HERE.
Hosted by: Passages to the Past.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2017
Sign up: anytime during the year
All the details are available on the sign-up page.
There are six different reading levels: 20th Century Reader (2 books), Victorian Reader (5 books), Renaissance Reader (10 books), Medieval (15 books), Ancient History (25 books) and Prehistoric (50+ books).
Any sub-genre is acceptable: Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, Family Sagas, Historical Fantasy, Young Adult Historical Fiction, Military and Nautical Historical Fiction etc.
I'm signing up for the Prehistoric level (50+ books) and these are some of the books I intend to read for this challenge.
*Read but not reviewed.
01.Coachman by Sue Millard
02. Late Harvest by Fiona Buckley*
03. The Hourglass by Tracy Rees*
04. The Vanishing by Sophia Tobin*
05. The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor*
06. The Morning Gift by Diana Norman*
07. Secrets in Time by Alison Stuart*
08. Theft of Life by Imogen Robertson*
09. Circle of Shadows by Imogen Robertson*
10. The Infidel Stain by M.J.Carter*
11. The Strangler Vine by M.J.Carter*
12. Daughter of the Murray by Darry Fraser*
13. The Testimony of th Hanged Man by Ann Granger*
14. The Dead Woman of Deptford by Ann Granger*
15. A Particular Eye for Viillainy by Ann Granger*
16. My Father's Moon by Elizabeth Jolley
17. And Then Mine Enemy by Alison Stuart
18. The Currency Lass by Tea Cooper*
19. The Crown Spire by Catherine Curzon and Willow Winsham
20. My Love Must Wait by Ernestine Hill
21. Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
22. Armistice by Nick Stafford*
23. Ambulance Girls by Deborah Burrows*
24. Whispers in the Wind by Janet Woods*
25. The Bishop's Girl by Rebecca Burns
26. The Keeper of Secrets by Judith Cutler*
27. The Duke's Agent by Rebecca Jenkins*
28. In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen*
29. Spindrift by Tamara McKinley*
30. The Unmourned by Meg and Tom Keneally
31. Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye
32. Land of Golden Wattle by J.H. Fletcher
33. From This Valley by Murray Harvey
34. Map of Stars by Catherine Law*
35. For Two Cents I'll Go With You by Marcia Maxwell
36. Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
37. Perseverance by L.F. McDermott
38. Indiscretion by Jude Morgan
39. Season of Light by Katherine McMahon*
40. Shoes for Anthony by Emma Kennedy*
41. Nor the Years Condemn by Justin Sheedy*
42. The Lighthorseman's Daughter by David Crookes*
43. Secrets of Nanreath Hall by Alix Rickloff*
44. The Woolgrower's Companion by Joy Rhoades*
45. We That Are Left by Clare Clark*
46. Golden HIll by Francis Spufford*
47. The Convict and The Soldier by John P.F. Lynch*
48. Soot by Andrew Martin*
49. Eureka Run by Bruce Venables*
50. The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley*
51. Mackenzie Crossing by Kaye Dobbie (Re-read)*
52. Troubadour by Isolde Martyn* 53. Bluebirds by Margaret Mayhew*
54. The Shadow Hour by Kate Riordan*
55. The Unseen by Katherine Webb*
56. House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne*
57. Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman*
58. The Silk Weaver by Liz Trenow*
59. Cast No Shadows by E.V. Thompson*
60. A Time of Secrets by Deborah Burrows*
61. Cassie by E.V. Thompson*
62. We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow*
63. A Stranger In My Street by Deborah Burrows*
64. Illusion by Stephanie Elmas
65. Remember Remember the 6th of November by Tony Morgan
66. In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard (Re-read)*
67. Slipstream by Alan Judd*
68. The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go*
69. The Sixteen Trees at the Somme by Lars Mytting
70. The Girl with the Make Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
71. Brown on Resolution by C.S. Forester
72. A Person of No Consequence by Allison Stuart
73. Woman in the Mirror by Winston Graham
74. The Distant Summer by Sarah Patterson
75. The Ugly Sister by Winston Graham
76. Coming Home to Island House by Erica James
77. Island in the East by Jenny Ashcroft
78. The Rose in Winter by Sarah Harrison
79. A Humble Companion by Laurie Graham
Hosted by: Chelley at Tales of Yesterday.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2017
Sign Up: Anytime during the year
Aim: To read and review at least 12 books by British authors throughout the year (a book a month)
For this challenge you can read any genre, for any age group, old and new titles, out of print books; whatever you fancy as long as they are by British authors. There are prizes too!
All the details are here on the sign-up page.
These are the 12 books I'd like to read for this challenge, all in my favourite genre of historical fiction. I've tried to mix them up a bit by selecting some old and new titles, some yet to be released, some by male authors and some by female authors. I'm not going to read them in any particular order and my list may change during the year.
01. Coachman by Sue Millard
02. Late Harvest by Fiona Buckley
03. The Hourglass by Tracy Rees
04. The Vanishing by Sophia Tobins
05. Crimson and Bone by Marina Fiorato
06. Beyond the Wild River by Sarah Maine
07. The Witchfinders' Sister by Beth Underdown
08. May 1812 by M.M. Bennetts
09. A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
10. The Devil's Feast by M.J. Carter
11. The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor
12. Set in Stone by Robert Goddard
13. The Bishop's Girl by Rebecca Burns
14. The Crown Spire by Catherine Curzon and Willow Winsham
15. Parthena's Promise by Valerie Holmes
16. Illusion by Stephanie Elmas
17. Remember, Remember the 6th of November by Tony Morgan
Hosted by: Karen at Books and Chocolates.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2017
Sign up: by 1st March, 2017
Aim: To encourage bloggers (and others) to read more classics.
More information and how to sign up can be found here.
As last year, reading and posting a review for a minimum of six books will get you an entry into the prize draw for a $30.00 gift from Amazon or The Book Depository. Reading and reviewing more books will get you additional entries into the prize draw.
There are 12 categories, but you don't have to do them all. You can select which ones appeal to you and still qualify for the draw. If you complete six categories, you get one entry; complete nine categories, you get two entries and if you complete all twelve categories, you get three entries!
Here are the categories and the books I hope to read for each one. I'm not sure if I will manage to complete all 12 categories, but I had fun searching out the titles. I'm aiming for at least six, to be read in no particular order.
01. A 19th Century Classic: BARNABY RUDGE by Charles Dickens (first published 1841)
02. A 20th Century Classic: THE NEBULY COAT by John Meade Falkner (first published 1903)
03. A classic by a woman author: DEERBROOK by Harriet Martineau (first published 1838)
04. A classic in translation: WITH FIRE AND SWORD: AN HISTORICAL NOVEL OF POLAND AND RUSSIA by Henryk Sienkiewicz (first published in 1884)
05. A Classic originally published before 1800: THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith (first published 1766)
06. A Romance Classic: MARY BARTON by Elizabeth Gaskell (first published 1848)
07. A Gothic or horror classic: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE USHER by Edgar Allan Poe (first published 1839)
08. A Classic with a number in the title: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES by Nathaniel Hawthorne (first published 1851)
09. A Classic about an animal or which includes an animal in the title: THE NEST OF THE SPARROWHAWK by Emmuska Orczy (first published 1909)
10. A Classic Set in A Place You'd like to visit: THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR by Sir Walter Scott (first published 1819). The story is set in Scotland.
11 . An Award-winning Classic: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE BY EDITH WHARTON (first published 1920, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1921)
12. A Russian Classic: HOME OF THE GENTRY by Ivan Turgenev (first published 1858)
Hosted by: Australian Women Writers.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2017.
Sign Up: Throughout the year until 30th November, 2017.
Aim: To help overcome gender bias in the reviewing of books by Australian women.
All the information about the challenge and how to join can be found here.
This year the challenge has changed slightly by encouraging participants to also read and review one or two classic novels as well as contemporary ones.
Again there are four levels:
Stella: read 4 – if reviewing, review at least 3
Miles: read 6 – if reviewing, review at least 4
Franklin: read 10 – if reviewing, review at least 6
Create your own challenge: nominate your own goal
Last year I opted for Miles and easily read six books, but didn't manage as many reviews as I would've liked. This year I'm being a little more daring choosing Franklin.
Here are the ten books I hope to read and review (in no particular order) for this challenge. I've selected a mixture of old and new releases and some yet to be released in 2017.
01. My Father's Moon by Elizabeth Jolley (not read)
02. And Then Mine Enemy by Alison Stuart (not read)
03. The Currency Lass by Tea Cooper
04. Daughter of Mine by Fiona Lowe
05. My Love Must Wait by Ernestine Hill (not read)
06. Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
07. Mayfield by Joy Chambers (not read)
08. Ambulance Girls by Deborah Burrows
09. Whispers in the Wind by Janet Woods
10. Tiger Men by Judy Nunn (not read)
11. Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
12. Perseverance by L.F. McDermott
13. The Unmourned by Meg Kenneally, Tom Keneally
14. Poppy's Dilemma by Karly Lane
15. If Wishes Were Horses by Karly Lane
16. Troubadour by Isolde Martyn
17. The Woolgrower's Companion by Joy Rhoades
18. May's Rose by Kaye Dobbie
19. The Paris Time Capsule by Ella Carey
20. Daughter of the Murray by Darry Fraser
21. The Country Wedding by Barbara Hannay
22. Willow Tree Bend by Kaye Dobbie
23. Home Before Sundown by Barbara Hannay
24. We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow
25. A Time of Secrets by Deborah Burrows
26. A Stranger in My Street by Deborah Burrows
27. Lighthouse Bay by Kimberly Freeman
