Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018 Completed Post

Welcome to my official wrap up post of #aww2018. In 2018, I continued to support the work of The Australian Women Writers Challenge. I completed my first official year working behind the scenes on the challenge, as the resident romance round-up editor. It is a role I enjoy very much and I am happy to announce I will be continuing on in 2019 in this role. My work on the Australian Women Writers Challenge really is a perfect fit for me as an avid reader and reviewer, it accompanies my own personal blog and it has introduced me to so many great book recommendations. The most valuable part of my work on the challenge has been all the supportive reviewers, readers, bloggers, round-up editors and authors.

I joined up for the challenge in 2018 with a personal goal. I set this goal at 50 books to read and review for the challenge. I am happy to report as at 31/12/2018, I smashed this goal! My final stats reveal that I read and reviewed 154 books that were submitted to the challenge. When I broke down the stats I read general contemporary fiction, romance, historical fiction, crime and mystery, literary, short stories, non-fiction, memoirs and biographies, young adult, speculative fiction, children’s books and a classic. I am impressed with the range of books I read in 2018 and I hope to continue this trend in 2019.

Two of my favourite bloggers and fellow volunteers on the challenge wisely included checkpoints on their personal challenges. I will take this strategy on board in 2019 to help minimise the lengthy wrap up process. Please bear with me for my very long list, along with review links for my completed 2018 Australian Women Writers Challenge results.

1. The Secret Vineyard by Loretta Hill
2. Paris Dreaming by Katrina Lawrence
3. The Naturalist’s Daughter by Tea Cooper
4. Enemies within these Shores by Debbie Terranova
5. See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
6. The Country Girl by Cathryn Hein
7. Redemption Point by Candice Fox
8. Four Respectable Ladies Seek Part-time Husband by Barbara Toner
9. Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
10. We That are Left by Lisa Bigelow
11. Danny Best: Me First! by Jen Storer
12. The Country Wedding by Barbara Hannay
13. The Prodigal Daughter by Jane Carter
14. The Memories That Make Us by Vanessa Carnevale
15. The Passengers by Eleanor Limprecht
16. The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth
17. The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen
18. The Rules of Backyard Croquet by Sunni Overend
19. The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty
20. The Cowgirl by Anthea Hodgson
21. The Whole Bright Year by Debra Oswald
22. The Country Wife by Anne Gorman
23. Paris Syndrome by Lisa Walker
24. The Lily and the Rose by Jackie French
25. Three Gold Coins by Josephine Moon
26. Water Under the Bridge by Lily Malone
27. You Wish by Lia Weston
28. A Certain Light by Cynthia Banham
29. Mothers’ Day by Fiona McArthur
30. Mine by Susi Fox
31. Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman
32. The Right Girl by Ellie O’Neill
33. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
34. The Three of Us by Kim Lock
35. April’s Rainbow by Cathryn Hein
36. Into the World by Stephanie Parkyn
37. Birthright by Fiona Lowe
38. Lady Bird & The Fox by Kim Kelly
39. Lost Girl by J.C. Grey
40. A Perfect Marriage by Alison Booth
41. The Art of Friendship by Lisa Ireland
42. The Kookaburra Creek Cafe by Sandie Docker
43. The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater
44. Melt by Lisa Walker
45. The Yellow Villa by Amanda Hampson
46. Head Over Heels by Evie Snow
47. California Dreaming by Evie Snow
48. Someone Like You by Karly Lane
49. The Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning
50. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
51. The Last of the Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman
52. The Juliet Code by Christine Wells
53. Burning Fields by Alli Sinclair
54. Breaking the Drought by Lisa Ireland
55. Force of Nature by Jane Harper
56. A Country Mile by Mandy Magro
57. Lovesome by Sally Seltmann
58. The Road to Hope by Rachael Johns
59. Eleanor’s Secret by Caroline Beecham
60. True Blue by Sasha Wasley
61. Ghost Girls by Cath Ferla
62. Sanctuary by Judy Nunn
63. A Place to Remember by Jenn J. McLeod
64. Bluebottle by Belinda Castles
65. Black Diamonds by Kim Kelly
66. The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
67. Unexpected Delivery by Leanne Lovegrove
68. Into the Night by Sarah Bailey
69. Hive by A.J. Betts
70. Lonely Girl by Lynne Vincent McCarthy
71. Not So Scary Bear by Ruth Waters
72. A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski
73. The Sweet Hills of Florence by Jan Wallace Dickinson
74. Secrets of the Tides by Hannah Richell
75. Return to Roseglen by Helene Young
76. April in Paris 1921 by Tessa Lunney
77. Every Family is Different by Maureen Eppen
78. A Sunburnt Childhood by Toni Tapp Coutts
79. Paris Lights by C.J. Duggan
80. Mercy Point by Anna Snoekstra
81. The Legacy of Beauregarde by Rosa Fedele
82. Come Rain or Shine by Tricia Stringer
83. Birthday Baby by Jane Godwin and Davina Bell
84. The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell
85. The Heartwood Hotel by Kerry McGinnis
86. The Far-Back Country by Kate Lyons
87. The Botanist’s Daughter by Kayte Nunn
88. The Woolgrower’s Companion by Joy Rhoades
89. The Honourable Thief by Meghan Wilson Anastasios
90. Liar Liar by Candice Fox
91. Fifty Fifty by Candice Fox
92. The Concubine’s Child by Carol Jones
93. Worth Fighting For by Susannah Turner
94. The Paris Wedding by Charlotte Nash
95. Whitsunday Dawn by Annie Seaton
96. The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
97. Under Southern Skies by Anne McCullagh Rennie
98. His Walter Was Walter by Emily Rodda
99. Table for Eight by Tricia Stringer
100. Southern Ruby by Belinda Alexandra
101. We See the Stars by Kate van Hooft
102. Trace by Rachael Brown
103. A Letter from Italy by Pamela Hart
104. The Art of Preserving Love by Ada Langton
105. The Summer of Secrets by Barbara Hannay
106. The Saddler Boys by Fiona Palmer
107. The Sunday Girl by Pip Drysdale
108. Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
109. The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden
110. The Suitcase Baby by Tanya Bretherton
111. Reece Give Me Some Peace by Sonia Bestulic
112. The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
113. The Dangers of Truffle Hunting by Sunni Overend
114. Sisters and Brothers by Fiona Palmer
115. Letters to my Yesterday by Karyn Sepulveda
116. The Ones You Trust by Caroline Overington
117. The Helpline by Katherine Collette
118. The Right Place by Carla Caruso
119. Charlie’s Adventures in South Africa by Jacqueline de-Rose Ahern
120. Just a Girl by Jackie French
121. Echo Springs by Leisl Leighton, Daniel De Lorne, TJ Hamilton & Shannon Curtis
122. Dressing the Dearloves by Kelly Doust
123. The Forever Kid by Elizabeth Mary Cummings
124. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
125. Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer
126. Half Wild by Pip Smith
127. The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
128. The Lost Valley by Jennifer Scoullar
129. Treasure Hunt at Pirate’s Paradise by Mahima Kalla
130. The Secrets We Keep by Shirley Patton
131. Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner
132. Arcadia by Di Morrissey
133. Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby
134. Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
135. Destination Romance by Serenity Press
136. The Children’s House by Alice Nelson
137. The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin
138. Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey
139. The Football Whisperer by Mel A. Rowe
140. The Cry by Helen FitzGerald
141. On the Same Page by Penelope Janu
142. The Killing of Louisa by Janet Lee
143. The Wolf Hour by Sarah Myles
144. Fortune’s Son by Jennifer Scoullar
145. The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady
146. Isobel’s Promise by Maggie Christensen
147. The Wrong Callahan by Karly Lane
148. Bruno the Boisterous Blue Dog From the Bush by Robyn Osborne
149. A Gingerbread Cafe Christmas by Rebecca Raisin
150. Where the River Runs by Fleur McDonald
151. The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh
152. Behind Closed Doors by Katherine X and Sue Smethurst
153. Our Country Christmas by Darry Fraser, Penelope Janu, Fiona Lowe, Eva Scott and Jacquie Underdown
154. Kathleen O’Connor of Paris by Amanda Curtain

I hope you enjoyed celebrating my journey through the books I read penned by Australian women writers in 2018. I have signed up for #aww2019, so stay tuned for my sign up post!