2024 Challenges

 I'm sticking with the same three challenges I did in 2023.

 

NON-FICTION READERS CHALLENGE 

Shelleyrae @bookdout

 

 

Nonfiction Nipper: Read & review 3 books, from any 3 listed categories

Nonfiction Nibbler: Read & review 6 books, from any 6 listed categories

Nonfiction Nosher: Read & review 12 books, one for each category

Nonfiction Grazer: Read & review any nonfiction book. Set your own goal

Categories:

History
Memoir/Biography
Crime & Punishment
Science
Health
Travel
Food
Social Media
Sport
Relationships
The Arts
Published in 2024

 I am joining nonfiction grazer level and hope to read 6 books and will try and fit them into some of the categories listed.

 

1. InstaKnits for Baby (reviewed on Goodreads) 3⭐'s (The Arts)

2. Mawson in Antarctica (History)

3. Dream Horse (reviewed on Goodreads) 3⭐'s (Memoir)

4. Father of the Lost Boys - Yuot A. Alaak (Memoir)

5. The Dragon's Treasure - Mark Greenwood (History)

6. The Vanishing - Mark Greenwood (History)

7. Stories my Grandmothers' Didn't Tell Me - Andra Putnis (Biography)

8. A Single Lifeline - Heidi Coupland (Memoir)

9. No Autographs, Please! - Katherine Wiles (Memoir)

10. Three ways With Stale Bread - Ross Dobson (Food)

 

 

MOUNT TBR CHALLENGE

 

My Reader's Block

 

Challenge levels:

Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancounver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro*: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s (*aka Cerro El Toro in South America)
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s

 

For this challenge I am aiming to read a minimum of 12 books (hopefully 20) from my TBR. The books must have been on my shelf from 2021 or earlier.

 

1. A is for Alibi - on my shelf since July 2016 (reviewed on Goodreads)

2. Devil's Lair - on my shelf since May 2019

3. Into the Night - on my shelf since April 2018

4. Where the Dead Go - on my shelf since July 2019

5. Tiddas - on my shelf since March 2014 (reviewed on Goodreads 3⭐'s)

     (⭐extra star for a character named Veronica 💖)

6. Dream Horse - on my shelf since June 2021 (reviewed on Goodreads 3⭐'s

7. Can't Buy Me Love - on my shelf since December 2017

8. Before I Go to Sleep - on my self since September 2014

9. Look at Me - on my shelf since March 2018

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  MALE AUSSIE AUTHOR CHALLENGE

I'm aiming to increase my male Aussie author books from 16 in 2023 to 20.

1. The Roadmap of Loss - Liam Murphy

2. Smoke & Mirrors - Barry Jonsberg

3. Team Trouble - Eddie Woo & Dave Hartley

4. The Most Amazing Thing - Ian Hayward Robinson

5. Cargo's Furry Friends - Paul Dekmetzian

6. The Beacon - P. A. Thomas

7. Kaikoura Rendezvous - Stephen Johnson

8. Footprint - Phil Cummings

9. The Beacon - P.A. Thomas

10. Family Trust - Peter Wilson

11. All the Colours of the Dark - Chris Whitaker

12. Smarty Pup #4 - Anh Do

13. Ghost Cities - Siang Lu

14. Cargo and His Little Brother Elvis - Paul Dekmetzian

15. Outrider - Mark Wales

16. Father of the Lost Boys - Yuot A. Alaak

17. The Dragon's Treasure - Mark Greenwood

18. Oblivion - Patrick Holland

19. The Fists of the Father - Daniel Tamone

20. The Vanishing - Mark Greenwood

21. The Youngest Son - John Byrnes

22. Liars - James O'Loghlin

23. Prize Catch - Alan Carter

24. Shadow Lives - Neil A White

25. A Cold Season - Matthew Hooper

26. Three Ways With Stale Bread - Ross Dobson

27. Mural - Stephen Downes