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Books read in 2018 January 1. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella (re-read) 2/5 As stated above, this was a re-read. I really really liked the novel when I first read it, but this time I found it somewhat boring. Maybe I wasn't in the mood or maybe I should've gone for something new and not a re-read. Or maybe some books are not worth re-reads? February 2. Dumplin' by Julie Murphy 3/5 From Amazon: Dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all. I picked this up on a whim and I guess I skim read the blurb because I didn't realize that this was a YA novel and about teenagers My reading has been awful this year, I can't even read the blurbs right... The novel was easy to read and it was entertaining. My main niggles are that it was cut kind of short: I was hoping to know more of what 'became' of everyone involved. How things progressed after the main event. I also didn't like the main character... And I think I was supposed to like her. 3. Lukot by Pauliina Susi 3/5 A Finnish novel which seemed very promising in the beginning and I really enjoyed reading it, but it came to a very rushed conclusion, unfortunately. March No books finished! April 4. Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi 4/5 This was a re-read for me. As you may know, Charles Manson died last year and this prompted Kylie to pick up this book, and me to join her in the reading! It took me ages to finish.... Whenever I was reading the book, I was engrossed, but I didn't feel an urgent need to pick it up again once I put it down... I'm sure if it had been my first read I wouldn't have put it down! In any case, a recommended reading for true crime buffs. When I went on GR to set this book as read for this month, I noticed that the last (and first) time I read the book was in 2010. I was reading the book in March even back then March means Manson, murder & mayhem... Only back then it took me 9 days to read the book! This time it took me probably two months... Kylie, if you read this... here's my favorite quote! Re: Polanski:

He is a gamer and he hadn't been gaming for a long time when we started seeing each other. The gaming comes and goes in his life He's gone back to gaming now and he's finding it fun again, and that enables me to spend more quality time with books I'm dreading the whole process. I wish I had more confidence in myself! Maybe it's just a matter of sticking with it! And maybe trying an English copy. I'm not done with it, though, I'll be giving the novel further tries I hope you do! That is true And like I told Athena, I have more time now for reading since he's gone back to gaming Thanks Alexander! It's like there's one change after another, and it has been that way since I moved to south... I feel like I've not had time to settle in yet! Thanks Little Pixie! Don't worry Athena, I understood exactly what you meant by your comment! There's not a single soul on here who would've thought you meant it in the different way than you actually did! I've already managed to do some reading while he's been playing or watching TV. So I know it's doable! And in case anyone's wondering, no, he's not a reader. He has read some books (LotR for example), but it's not a hobby of his. He did say his NY's resolution would be to read one book and I happened to find a good one for him at a charity shop: Arnold Schwarzenegger's autobiography! He likes (auto)bios and he likes Arnold

I'm listening to Paperi T.

Elling was as good as I remembered it to be!

Oh wow! Are you scared?

My brain can't get itself around this!! I've been watching The League of Gentlemen, it's been a very odd ride!

Hello and welcome to the forum! What kind of books do you like to read?

I'm still reading Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi. I'm maybe 440 pages in, I still have about 220 pages to go! I'm now confident that I will finish it because I'm so far in the book.

^ I ate three Easter eggs at work on Thursday and felt awful. Then they'd gotten me a Bebe and I was of course obliged to eat it and that was a whole lot of sugar After 2 PM I noticed I hadn't eaten my lunch at 1 PM which is my usual time... Didn't feel hungry after all the chocolate and sugar Yuck!! I was going to buy some Easter eggs for me and J yesterday, a particular kind with white chocolate type of stuffing inside (they are really yummy!) but the shop had run out Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it, and a Happy Weekend to everyone else! Remember, don't be fooled.....!!

I can't believe it's April already! I hope you have the most amazing time in Ireland and the UK! Have fun at the shows! Do you think you will have time to pop into secondhand bookshops?

I saw the picture and thought, what book is this, and why did I not know about it!! So the DVD(s) is out already, awesome! I have to buy it at some point! I'm really late in saying this (I'm still going around visiting people's logs for the first time this year), but I hope you have an amazing reading year!! I see you've read a huge pile of books already

You're in for an amazing ride!! I've now started the fourth season of The Office. I'm loving it!

I've started reading it maybe 4 times but it has never stuck I don't know why! Maybe I've not been in the right mood or maybe I shouldn't try and read it in Finnish. I don't know! I've read My Cousin Rachel by the same author and that book I loved! Thanks everyone for your wishes, I hope we all have an amazing reading year! I'm sorry that I've been missing in action... The thing is, I have found someone and I'm now in a relationship and he's been taking up a lot of my time! My reading's non-existent most of the time and it's ... it's nice in a way but it's also annoying that I don't get to read as much as I used to I've also come to the conclusion that I need to find a new job and that's going to be tricky and time consuming. Lots of changes in my life, I'm still getting adjusted to things!

Yep, that was hilarious!! I've recommended the movie to my boss, I think she'll be watching it next week! I haven't watched any more movies recently, but I'm hoping to watch Elling today!

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Hello Bob and welcome to the forum!

Hello Sam and welcome to the forum! I hope you have a great reading year!

Oooh, I'm glad to hear that! I've got the book on my TBR pile! I'm still plowing through Helter Skelter which is taking me a long time but I'm enjoying it!

Without having planned to, I've started re-watching The Office, right from the start. It's been a lot of fun!

A pressure-free reading year sounds great, I'm up for that! Your categories make sense! I wonder, as we are talking about it, why are you guys thinking about these categories more than I am? I mean technically. Is it because you have different genres on GR and you like to make the distinctions there, when adding read books? I think you Athena probably like to keep statistics about the genres you read, so it would make sense for you to think about it more than I do I don't keep those kinds of statistics so I've not really had to think about the whole thing. I'm so bad at genres in any case, unless they are clear-cut stuff. Yep, one of the 1/5's is definitely from me I hope you'll find it more enjoyable!! I don't think anyone in my family has read Grisham so I've never been 'exposed' to him As for my bookish activity, I finished Dumplin' last night. I finished my second read of the year!! Wohoo!

But that's how bullet journals are supposed to be used: in a way that works for you! Everyone's different so everyone needs different things from their bullet journal. You use it in ways that you see fit and that's what it's all about Oh I'm sorry to hear that! But he did show his appreciation so obviously he was really touched by what you did, and the idea and effort that went into it! It's probably about what you said, maybe he had a very different idea of what the monkey would look like? And as it's going on his blog, he'd like it to be a certain way. And you probably didn't know what it was supposed to look like in particular, or maybe he was unable to convey his vision of it to you. You did a great monkey but maybe not the kind of monkey he wanted. I'm sure you could make the exact kind of monkey he wants, with you talent!

I watched a Swedish movie called Brothers Karlsson, I liked it! Apparently this year is about movie watching instead of book reading...

It's going to be a lot of work! I'm glad you have a tank and so you have your water supplies. I hope you get your main water back soon!! There's nothing else to it but to do it! If anything, it brings people closer? You are all welcome, we have room If you can stand the cold Maybe we could live here in the summer and come live in NZ in the (Finnish) winter? That might be optimal, temperature-wise!! Siberia is all about tough love I hope it doesn't get too cold over there!

I am watching Germany kick Canada's ass in hockey! And I'm loving it!!! Edit: I already loved them for beating Sweden. This is the cream and cherry on top!!

Aww thanks! I enjoy talking to you, too, and all you lot! Being in a reading slump made me grumpy and I guess it made me envy all you others who kept reading away and I got tired of being grumpy and I didn't want to come on here because I felt I had nothing to give to them forum. Well it was partly that and partly me being busy with a thing. However, I feel like I've gotten out of a real-life slump and it's been so much fun being on here for the past few days! I feel rejuvenated! I still have a lot of threads to go through, especially new reading logs, but I'm looking forward to them! Do you know what? You are absolutely right. I was just caught up on the number of books I used to read per year, and so 35 seemed like a small number. And it is a small number if I compare it to other years, but I shouldn't always compare things so much! I get so caught up on old stuff. I should just concentrate on NOW. And what literary gems I will find this year! Thanks Madeleine for your wise words!