2011 Aussie YA Reading Challenge

I'm so excited to be officially joining the 2011 Aussie YA Reading Challenge, hosted by the fabulous Nic at Irresistible Reads.  Far better late than never, right?

The challenge for Aussie bloggers is to read 12 Aussie YA books, and international readers (like me, here in Hickville ;) are challenged to read 6.  The challenge is open to anyone (even those who, like me, were incredibly slow on the draw to sign up!), though re-reads aren't allowed.  You can check out the challenge post HERE.

Here are a few of the books by Aussie authors which I'm planning to read for this latest challenge: 

 There's a lot of Melina Marchetta there, but I'll doubtless be adding more as I go along.  Anyway, this post will be going on my CHALLENGES page, and this super-cute koala challenge button is for my side-bar.  Aww.  You know, on a completely unrelated note, I've never seen a  koala in 'real life' before.