2016 Challenges

It was great to complete all five of my reading challenges in 2015 (a personal record) and you can see my success here. To keep it a little simpler this year, I plan to participate in just three reading challenges as follows:

• 2016 Australian Women Writers Challenge - completed
• Aussie Author Challenge 2016 - completed
• Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2016 - finished but didn't complete

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I've signed up for the Franklin level (highest level) of the 2016 Australian Women Writers Challenge and will need to read 10 books by Australian women and review at least 6 of them to be successful. 

Social media tags: #aww2016 @auswomenwriters

Books read for the challenge:
1.  Missing | Melanie Casey
2.  All These Perfect Strangers | Aoife Clifford
3.  The Golden Day | Ursula Dubosarsky
4.  Precious Things | Kelly Doust
5.  The Twisted Knot | J.M. Peace
6.  Out of the Ice | Ann Turner
7.  The Good People | Hannah Kent
8.  The Troubles Keeper | Susan May
9.  Beyond the Orchard | Anna Romer
10. Southern Ruby | Belinda Alexandra
11. The Better Son | Katherine Johnson

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The Aussie Author Challenge 2016 is hosted by Booklover Book Reviews and I've signed up for their Kangaroo level; the highest level in the challenge.

Here are the challenge requirements:
- Read and review 12 titles written by Australian authors;
- At least 4 female and 4 male authors;
- At least 4 new authors (to me);
- A minimum of 3 genres.

Social media tags: #aussieauthor @BLBookReviews 

Books read for the challenge:
1.  Missing | Melanie Casey
2.  I'll Go Home Then; It's Warm and Has Chairs - The Unpublished Emails | David Thorne
3.  All These Perfect Strangers | Aoife Clifford
4.  The Secret Heiress | Luke Devenish
5.  The Golden Day | Ursula Dubosarsky
6.  Precious Things | Kelly Doust
7.  The Twisted Knot | J.M. Peace
8.  Out of the Ice | Ann Turner
9.  The Falls | B. Michael Radburn
10. The Good People | Hannah Kent
11. The Troubles Keeper | Susan May
12. Beyond the Orchard | Anna Romer
13. The Tao Deception | John M. Green
14. Southern Ruby | Belinda Alexandra
15. Roger Rogerson | Duncan McNab
16. The Better Son | Katherine Johnson
17. Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else | Eamon Evans
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I've signed up for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2016 hosted by Passages to the Past and committed to the Medieval level, and will need to read a minimum of 15 historical fiction novels by 31 December 2016.

Social media tags: #2016HFReadingChallenge @abruno77

Books read for the challenge:
1.  The Secret Heiress | Luke Devenish
2.  The Golden Day | Ursula Dubosarsky
3.  Precious Things | Kelly Doust
4.  Falling Angels | Tracy Chevalier
5.  The House Between Tides | Sarah Maine
6.  Dark Aemilia | Sally O'Reilly
7.  Three Sisters, Three Queens | Philippa Gregory

8.  The Good People | Hannah Kent
9.  The Wonder | Emma Donoghue 
10. Beyond the Orchard | Anna Romer
11. Southern Ruby | Belinda Alexandra
12. The Better Son | Katherine Johnson
13. The Kingmaker's Daughter | Philippa Gregory
14. The Countess: A Novel of Elizabeth Bathory | Rebecca Johns
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