Lost in a Good Book

It is the end of the year which means it’s time for a wrap up of my Australian Women Writers Challenge. After a brilliant start then a dry spell, I’ve come good just in time. One of these years I am going to sustain my streak of reading Aussie authors because even if I get a really good roll going until August, I then drop off again. I also keep forgetting to update my progress which is also why I start to fall behind because I don’t remind myself to do it and the numbers aren’t staring at me in the face telling me I’m behind.

But despite that happening, this year by some miracle I have managed to surpass my goal both in reading and reviewing! Some reviews are only on Goodreads right now because of my blog schedule and literally running out of days to post reviews this year, but I might do a sneaky work around and publish them early next year on the blog too.

This year I’ve read a great variety of books by amazing Aussie women including picture books, junior fiction, historical fiction, romance, short stories, and suspense. I tried a few new authors like Karly Lane who has always been on my list, and continued the back catalogue of others like Liane Moriarty and Zoe Foster. Another achievement was a lot of these books were published this year or last year. There’s a lot of satisfaction having actually read current books and not getting to them years after everyone else.

I’m thinking perhaps of upping my goal slightly for 2019, maybe sitting around the 30 mark. I think I can inspire/guilt myself into hitting the goal again.

If you are interested in signing up again or for the first time, the 2019 sign up page is live.

AWW18 BOOKS

The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green – Review

Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth – Review

Heart Beat by Belinda Williams

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty – Review

Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty – Review

Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah – Review

Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody – Review

A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G Drews – Review

Chasing Odysseus by S. D. Gentill – Review

A Walk in the Bush by Gwyn Perkins – Review

The Great Rabbit Chase by Freya Blackwood

The Women in Black by Madeleine St John – Review

It’s Hard to Love a Tiger by Anna Pignataro – Review

I Don’t Believe in Dragons by Anna Walker – Review

I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon – Review

Blood Secret by Jaye Ford

Heartstrings by Belinda Williams

If Wishes Were Horses by Karly Lane

Vera: A Tale of Pelythia – Review

The Younger Man by Zoe Foster – Review

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – Review

The Internet is Like A Puddle by Shona Innes – Review

P is for Pearl by Eliza Henry-Jones – Review

Nose to Tail by Louise Harding – Review

Meet Alice by Davina Bell – Review

Alice and the Apple Blossom Fair by Davina Bell

Alice of Peppermint Grove by Davina Bell

Peacetime for Alice by Davina Bell

Truly Tan by Jen Storer

The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty – Review

Meet Rose by Sherryl Clark

Rose’s Challenge by Sherryl Clark

Rose in Bloom by Sherryl Clark

Rose on Wheels by Sherryl Clark

Force of Nature by Jane Harper – Review

That Feeling When by S. M. James – Review

The Great Garden Mystery by Renee Treml – Review

AWW18 TOTAL

Read: 37/25

Reviewed: 24/15