2 Aussie Reading Challenge Wrap Ups for 2020

The final two reading challenge wrap ups for 2020 are the 2020 Australian Women Writer's Challenge and the 2020 Aussie Author Challenge. I successfully completed both challenges, as you'll see below.

2020 Australian Women Writer's Challenge

In 2020, I was attempting the Franklin level of the 2020 Australian Women Writer's Challenge and needed to read 10 books and review at least 6 of them in order to complete the challenge. Here's what I read:

1.  A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski
2.  Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
3.  And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic
4.  The River Home by Hannah Richell
5.  The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
6.  Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales
7.  Gulliver's Wife by Lauren Chater
8.  Torched by Kimberley Starr
9.  Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
10. The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading & Writing by Debra Adelaide
11. The Silk House by Kayte Nunn
12. My Smoko Break by Hayley Maudsley
13. You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster
14. Find Your Light by Belinda Davidson

15. Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

16. Reasonable Doubt by Dr Xanthe Mallett

17. The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan

18. The Bushfire Book: How to Be Aware and Prepare by Polly Marsden, illustrated by Chris Nixon

19. The Survivors by Jane Harper

20. How To Break Up With Friends by Dr Hannah Korrel

21. Rebel Without a Clause by Sue Butler

2020 Aussie Author Reading Challenge

I chose to attempt the newly created Emu level of the 2020 Aussie Author Reading challenge and had to read and review 24 titles written by Australian Authors. At least 10 of the books had to have female authors, 10 had to be written by male authors and at least 10 had to be authors I've never read before. I also needed to read from at least 4 different genres.

Here's what I read:

1.  A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski
2.  Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
3.  And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic
4.  The River Home by Hannah Richell
5.  Shark Arm by Philip Roope & Kevin Meagher
6.  The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
7.  Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales
8.  Gulliver's Wife by Lauren Chater
9.  Mammoth by Chris Flynn
10. Torched by Kimberley Starr
11. Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
12. The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading & Writing by Debra Adelaide
13. The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
14. The Silk House by Kayte Nunn
15. My Smoko Break by Hayley Maudsley
16. Subterranean by B. Michael Radburn
17. You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster
18. Find Your Light by Belinda Davidson
19. Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
20. Reasonable Doubt by Dr Xanthe Mallett
21. Look Evelyn Duck Dynasty Wiper Blades. We Should Get Them by David Thorne
22. The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan
23. The Bushfire Book: How to Be Aware and Prepare by Polly Marsden, illustrated by Chris Nixon
24. The Survivors by Jane Harper

25. How To Break Up With Friends by Dr Hannah Korrel

26. Trust by Chris Hammer

27. Rebel Without a Clause by Sue Butler

28. Honeybee by Craig Silvey

29. Northside by Warren Kirk

30. Hideout by Jack Heath

31. Death of a Typographer by Nick Gadd

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It was a close call on completing the Aussie Author Reading challenge, but I was pleased to meet all of the criteria for both challenges by year's end.

Sign ups for the 2021 challenges are already underway, so I'm looking forward to joining in again this year. Do you find reading challenges spur you on to read more widely? Or do they add extra pressure to your reading choices? I'd love to know.

Carpe Librum!