September snuck up on me in a weird way, but as I started writing this I was thinking thankfully my Aussie YA Challenge had been chugging along consistently; at least I felt like I’d been having a good run. Comparing my first update to my second I am not as pleased, but I am still pleased…I think. Two were July and one was an August read which is failing my one a month plan, but I have now read eight so I am technically on track. Given the hard task of finding Aussie YA in audio form, and how hard it is to find time to read a physical book it is a good addition at any rate. The problem is other, non Aussie, books are also around and they are shiny and intriguing and terribly distracting. How weird it is to say you’ve read 99 books but only 8 have been Aussie YA. That’s some kind of fail, right?
Once again I am boldly taking chances on books simply because they fill the challenge which is giving me some great reads that I have never heard of and may never have tired. It is also making me finally read books I’ve had on my TBR list for literal years which can’t be a bad thing.
I will endeavour to hit my goal by my final update and I am excited to see what other great stories I find.
Latest Additions:
Take A Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden
Surface Tension by Meg McKinlay
Impossible Music by Sean Williams
Take A Bow, Noah Mitchell was a nice story about online friends, the truth, and realising a few things about your family.
Surface Tension was a fascinating story that I find myself thinking of a lot. A town that gets intentionally flooded and the power of a single voice in righting wrongs of the past.
Impossible Music was fascinating in how the newly deaf learn to adjust and the impact it has on your dreams and identify.
The total list so far:
All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield
Wrong Answers Only by Tobias Madden
100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze by Clayton Zane Comber
Take A Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden
Surface Tension by Meg McKinlay
Impossible Music by Sean Williams
I hope your own Aussie YA Challenge goals are going well and you have discovered some amazing reads yourself. Feel free to shout out in the comments some you have read so far, or even those you are looking forward to reading. If you’re interested in signing up it’s not to late, head over to my info page and declare your goal on social media, your website, or in the comments of this years post.
