A Year of Orenda – The Third Quarter Review

So here we are – quarter three. By the summer, Mandie and I were well into the Orenda bookathon and loving every minute of it. It was a little quieter over the summer – covid derailing even the best laid plans, and to allow us a little flexibility we did do a reshuffle for a few posts and features in the second half of the year. But there was no let up and our vow to feature every single Orenda title this year to celebrate their 5th anniversary continued with gusto. So how did we do? Well, here are a few stats;

Total books featured – 107
(105 paperback and 2 ebooks)
Total Reviews – 127
Feature Posts – 19

Total Orenda Books Read
Jen – 111
Mandie – 65 (from just 4 at the start of the year!!!)

I know – we did well. And how did the third quarter pan out? Well here you go …

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July

The Man Who Loved Islands by David F. Ross
Good Samaritans by Will Carver
Blood Red City by Rod Reynolds
We Were The Salt of the Sea by Roxanne Bouchard
Hinton Hollow Death Trip by Will Carver

August

A Dark Matter. by Doug Johnstone
The Big Chill by Doug Johnstone
Sealskin. by Su Bristow
Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald
Deadly Harvest by Michael Stanley
Wicked Game by Matt Johnson
Jihadi: A Love Story by Yusuf Toropov

September

Deadly Game by Matt Johnson
The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto
The Exiled By Kati Hiekkapelto
End Game by Matt Johnson
A Song of Isolation by Michael J. Malone
The Mountain in my Shoe by Louise Beech
Maria in The Moon by Louise Beech
The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech
How To Be Brave by Louise Beech
Call Me Star Girl by Louise Beech
I Am Dust by Louise Beech
The Last Stage by Louise Voss
The Seven Doors by Agnes Ravatn
The Other Twin by L.V. Hay
International Translators Day – Celebrating the Orenda Translators

Eek. Getting closer to the end now. We had fun in this second half of the year, pulling together a few more feature author weeks than we’d originally planned and combining them with lovely giveaways. Hopefully we’ve created a few more Orenda author fans this year along the way. Tomorrow we will be rounding up and rounding off. Do pop back.

Jen and Mandie