Round 1:

The Sweet Hills Of Florence by Jan Wallace Dickinson – written by an Australian woman
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – themes of inequality

Round 2:

Matryoshka by Katherine Johnson – set in the Australian mountains
The Cottage at Rosella Cove by Sandie Docker – set on the Australian coast

Round 3:

Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon – 500 pages or more
How to be Second Best by Jessica Dettman – Comedy

Round 4:

The Promised Land by Barry Maitland – Crime
The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley – set in an exotic location

Round 5:

Sunshine by Kim Kelly – set in the Australian outback

Round 6:

A River in the Trees by Jacqueline O’Mahony – Themes of Culture

Round 7:

Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander – Themes of Justice

Round 8:

The Familiars by Stacey Halls – Themes of Fantasy

Round 9:

The Hollow Bones by Leah Kaminsky – written by an author I’ve never read

Round 10:

The Chocolate Maker’s Wife by Karen Brooks – Historical

Round 11:

Heroines: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry edited by Sarah Nicholson and Caitlin White – book with a red cover

Round 12:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon – an author under the age of 35

Round 13:

The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer – fictional biography about a woman from history

Round 14:

The Rip by Mark Brandi – written by an Australian man

Round 15:

The French Photographer by Natasha Lester – a book with a place in the title

Round 16:

The Fragments by Toni Jordan – Literary

Round 17:

Diving Into Glass by Caro Llewellyn – memoir about a non-famous person

Round 18:

The Duchess’s Tattoo by Daisy Goodwin – novella no more than 150 pages

Round 19:

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton – Prize winning book

Round 20:

The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair – Romance

Round 21:

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne – Beloved Classic

Round 22:
Rogue by A. J. Betts – Themes of Science Fiction

Round 23:

I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty – written by an Australian woman more than 10 years ago

Round 24:

Rosa – Memories with Licence by Ros Collins – written by an author over the age of 65

Mutiny on the Bounty by Peter Fitzsimons – non-fiction book about an event

Round 25:

Bitter Leaves by Tabatha Stirling – a book by an author with the same initials as you

CHALLENGE COMPLETED!

Thanks to Mrs B’s Book Reviews and The Book Muse for another successful year of bingo.

Stay tuned for our 2020 card…