Reading Challenges

As is probably obvious from a brief perusal of my blog, I read. A lot. And I like to write about books that I read.

As well as following my general reading interests, I like to challenge myself to read outside the square (for me) by participating in self-imposed or organised reading challenges. When I do these, I think it's good to collect the links here for future reference and so they can be seen as a set.

(Sometimes I sort of cheat, and do one of my Reading Challenge books over at The Shake as part of my fortnightly column, Interleaves. I will link those ones in here too, for the sake of completeness).

Miles Franklin Longlist Challenge: 2013
Mateship with Birds (Carrie Tiffany)
Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser)
Floundering (Romy Ash)
The Light Between Oceans (M.L Stedman)

Aurealis Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels Challenge: 2013
Sea Hearts (Margo Lanagan)
And All the Stars (Andrea K Host) 
Bitter Greens (Kate Forsyth) 
The Last City (Nina D'Aleo) 
A Confusion of Princes (Garth Nix)

Stella Prize Longlist Challenge: 2013
Sea Hearts (Margo Lanagan)
Floundering (Romy Ash)
Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser)
The Burial (Courtney Collins)
An Opening (Stehpanie Radok)
Like a House on Fire (Cate Kennedy)
Mateship with Birds (Carrie Tiffany)
The Sunlit Zone (Lisa Jacobson)

Australian Women Writers Challenge: 2013
Behind the Night Bazaar (Angela Savage, Crime Fiction)
Sea Hearts (Margo Lanagan, Fantasy / Folklore)
The Blessing File (Carolyn Morwood, Crime Fiction)
Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser, Literary fiction)
The Burial (Courtney Collins, Historical fiction) 
An Opening (Stehpanie Radok, Essays)
Like a House on Fire (Cate Kennedy, Short stories)
Mateship with Birds (Carrie Tiffany, Literary fiction)
The Sunlit Zone (Lisa Jacobson)  
And All the Stars (Andrea K Host)  
Bitter Greens (Kate Forsyth)  
The Light Between Oceans (M.L Stedman) 

Booker Prize Longlist Challenge: 2012
The Unlikely Pilgrimmage of Harold Fry (Rachel Joyce) and Communion Town (Sam Thompson)
Swimming Home (Deborah Levy), Phillida (Andre Brink) and Skios (Michael Frayn)
Narcopolis (Jeet Thayil)
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel) and Umbrella (Will Self)
The Lighthouse (Alison Moore)and The Yips (Nicola Barker)
The Teleportation Accident (Ned Beauman)