The 2011 Goodreads Aussie Readers Spring Reading Challenge

The Goodreads Aussie Readers Group (Brenda) is hosting a Spring Reading Challenge 2011. My choices are all crime fiction based and listed below in green. Finding a crime fiction novel with a spring cover is a challenge in itself!


1. Spring clean your bookcases by reading a much loved, but yet unread book..either novel or biography - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler  My Review


2. Choose a book that features a new life - a baby (animal or human) on the cover/in the story - Blood Born by Kathryn Fox  My Review


3. Choose a book for it's cover - a spring image with all it's colour - Death At The Spring Plant Sale by Ann Ripley  My Review


4. The Royal Adelaide show is on 2nd - 10th September so a book about a show/carnival rides/handicrafts/cookery/livestock..anything to tie into the event - Carnies by Martin Livings  Brief Thoughts


5. The Brisbane Writers Festival is on 7th - 11th September so choose a book written by an Aussie author, released somewhere in the 3 months of Spring - The 3rd Victim by Sydney Bauer (Sept 2011 Release)  My Review


6. Seeing as Spring colours are predominantly red and yellow, pick a book with either a red or yellow cover, and post the book cover as well, so everyone can see (and get colourful suggestions) - Davo's Little Something by Robert G. Barrett  Brief Thoughts 

7. Sydney Eisteddfod is running until 20th September and they are searching for the best young Australian talent, so pick a Young Adult book, not necessarily by an Aussie author, for this event - Virals by Kathy Reichs  Brief Thoughts


8. The Spring Racing Carnival culminating with the Melbourne Cup is in November, so a book about horses/horse racing/betting/money won and lost - The 5th Horseman by James Patterson  My Review


9. How about a book with the title beginning with the first letter of your name - D-E-D Dead by Geoffrey McGeachin  My Review


10. For the last one, you have a choice...a book with a garden connection for spring or a non-fiction/biography, again with a spring connection! - Garden of Betrayal by Lee Vance  My Review


The Goodreads Aussie Readers Spring Reading Challenge