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I did actually, far more than I expected to, it was rather scary though, despite there being very little action in it, there was so much tension in the writing. It was horrifying to realise how quickly life would turn into chaos; no fuel sources, emergency services, available food, heating etc etc. I went for a remote dog walk after and could almost imagine it!

Welcome to the Round Robin challenge! I challenge you to read Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, this has been on my TBR shelves for too long and I have heard great things about it.

POPSUGAR 2018 READING CHALLENGE A book made into a movie you've already seen True crime The next book in a series you've started Abook involving a heist Nordic noir A novel based on a real person A book set in a country that fascinates you a book with a time of day in the title A book about a villain or antihero A book about death or grief A book with your favourite colour in the title A book with an alliteration in the title A book about time travel A book with a weather element in the title A book set at sea A book with an animal in the title A book set on a different planet A book with song lyrics in the title A book about or set on Halloween A book with characters who are twins A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym A book with a LGBTQ+ protagonist Abook that is also a stage play or musical A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you A book about feminism A book about mental health A book that was gifted to you A book by two authors A book about or involving a sport A book by a local author A book mentioned in another book A book from a celebrity book club A childhood classic you've never read A book that is published in 2018 A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner A book set in the decade you were born (1970's) A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to A book with an ugly cover A book that involves a bookstore or library

Inspired by @Inver, I'll see if I can finish this challenge this year, rather than just writing off. I'm also considering the POPSUGAR 2018 Reading Challenge, so I'll post that one too! A book you read in school A book from your childhood A book published over 100 years ago A book published in the last year - It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover (2017) A non-fiction book A book written by a male author - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (2017) A book written by a female author - The Italian Girl - Lucinda Riley (2017) A book by someone who isn’t a writer - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (2017) A book that became/is becoming a film - The Boy on the Bridge by M.R.Carey (assuming!) (2017) A book published in the 20th Century - Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (2017) A book set in your hometown/region A book with someone’s name in the title - Hag-Seed - Margaret Atwood (2017) A book with a number in the title A book with a character with your first name - The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson (2017) A book someone else recommended to you - Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land (2017) A book with over 500 pages - Our Song by Dani Atkins (2017) A book you can finish in a day A previously banned book A book with a one-word title - Mischling by Affinity Konar (2017) A book translated from another language A book that will improve a specific area of your life - Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms by Datis Kharrazian (2017) A memoir or journal A book written by someone younger than you - Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel (2017) A book set somewhere you’ll be visiting this year - AMSTERDAM! The Little Pieces of You and Me - Vanessa Greene (2017) An award-winning book A self-published book

Thank you, I'll need it! You too, Karen! Should be fun!

Hi Diane, I hope you have a fabulous 2018, with lots of good reads, both new and TBR! I see a good few Kristin Hannah on your to buy list, did you know she has a new book coming out later this month? It is called The Great Alone and is set in Alaska, so it should be a good winter read (along with Winter Garden). I have every faith that you can reach your target this year, I have upped my target by 15, there is nothing like a little optimism to begin the New Year. One of my non book resolutions is to spend less time on my phone, if I can stick to this then I'm sure I can squeeze in a few more reads. Anyway, best wishes to you and yours, I'll be keeping a close eye on your thread for more recommendations!

Have a great 2018, Alex! Hope it is a good one.

Happy 2018 Claire!

Here's to some great reading in 2018!

I had a target of 35 and managed 39 so I’m aiming for 50 in 2018. One of my New Year resolutions is to spend less time on my phone so I’m hoping that will give me more time to read!

Hi Mona, good to see you back, I hope you have a great 2018, and get a chance to read all the books you want to read.

Sounds like a great 2017 for you, June. I hope 2018 is just as good, if not better!

I’ve decided to start The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney which is my Round Robin challenge from Willoyd. I’ve been meaning to get around to this for AGES so I’m pleased to have an excuse to prioritise it. Also, I have a question for the grammarians out there...I am reading a non fiction book by a British man, he has twice in one page used a z rather than an s in realise which had annoyed me slightly, am I right to be annoyed?

Happy New Year, Michelle! As always, also thanks for keeping this forum going, I really haven't found anything else like it where everyone is so friendly and supportive.

Wishing you a fantastic 2018 for reading and everything else Willoyd, I was sorry to hear you disliked Ben Elton's Two Brothers so much, I have it on my TBR after thoroughly enjoying Time and Time Again earlier this year, I'll have to form my own opinion of course, and the fact that it is set in WWII is a big plus for me as it is an era I am often drawn to.

A quiet day here too, drinking lots of herbal tea, working on some New Year resolutions then I will start a roast dinner, our traditional New Years Day dinner. YUM!

Yep, I'll be back on Wednesday too. I don't mind too much though as I quite like the routine of work/school/college. The decorations came down on Saturday, once Christmas is over I get fed up with them and just want to get back to the tidy clean house that is underneath them!

I really enjoyed The Night Circus, it was so different to anything else I had read at the time! I have already read 5 of my 7 suggestions - I felt more comfortable challenging with books I could personally recommend, of course that doesn't mean anyone else will like them! I will definitely read Pride and Prejudice as I received that as a Chrstmas gift but will need to purchase To Serve Them All My Days at some point.

Congrats! I've won a few in the past but none for ages.

Have a great 2018 Noll, it sounds like 2017 was a good year for you on many levels so hopefully 2018 will be a continuation of that.

I was a bit cheeky and read and finished Station Eleven just before 2018 began, very happy it was chosen for me though as it was excellent, thank you Alexi! Now starting The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney, Willoyd's choice. Happy Round Robin everyone!

I declare this thread open!!

ROUND ROBIN 2018 CHALLENGE Challenges to me 1. by Willoyd - The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney - currently reading 2. by Madeleine - The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge 3. by Karen.d - Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee - 4. by Alexi - Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel - finished 5. by Chesilbeach - My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier 6. by Little Pixie - The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen 7. by Frankie Challenges by me 1. Willoyd - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2. Madeleine - The Host by Stephenie Meyer 3. Karen.d - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4. Alexi - Time and Time Again by Ben Elton 5. Chesilbeach - To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield 6. Little Pixie - Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 7. Frankie - Red Dog - Louis De Bernieres

2018 TBR Addonia, Sulaiman – The Consequences of Love Adelaide, Debra – The Household Guide to Dying Adiche, Chimamanda Ngozi – Americannah Adiche, Chimamanda Ngozi – Half of a Yellow Sun Alderman, Naomi – The Power Alexander, Sara – Under A Sardinian Sky Allende, Isabel – The Japanese Lover Allnatt, Judith – The Silk Factory Austen, Jane – Pride and Prejudice Baker Kline, Christina – Bird in Hand Banville, John – The Sea Barnett, Laura – The Versions of Us Barr, Emily – The Sleeper Barrows, Annie – The Truth According to Us Barry, Sebastian – A Long Long Way Binding, Tim – Island Madness Bloom, Amy – Lucky Us Boydon, Joseph – Three Day Road Bradley, James – The Resurrectionist Brittain, Vera – Testament of Youth Bronte, Charlotte – Jane Eyre Brooks, Geraldine – Caleb’s Crossing Brooks, Geraldine - March Brooks, Geraldine – People of the Book Buchan, Elizabeth – The New Mrs Clifton Burton, Jessie – The Miniaturist Cannon, Joanne – The Trouble With Goats and Sheep Carr, Caleb – The Alienist Chamberlain, Mary – The Dressmaker of Dachau Chambers, Aidan – Postcards from No Mans Land Chase, Eve – Black Rabbit Hall Cleave, Chris - Gold Coleman, Rowan – Lessons in Laughing Out Loud Colgan, Jenny – The Summer Seaside Kitchen Douglas-Home, Mark – The Sea Detective Douglas-Home, Mark – The Woman Who Walked into the Sea Du Maurier, Daphne – My Cousin Rachel Du Maurier, Daphne – The House on the Strand Du Maurier, Daphne – The King’s General Du Maurier, Daphne – The Scapegoat Dunmore, Helen – With Your Crooked Heart Easton Ellis, Bret – American Psycho Edric, Robert – Field Service Eliot, George = Middlemarch Elton, Ben – The First Casualty Elton, Ben – Two Brothers Faulks, Sebastian – A Possible Life Faulks, Sebastian – The Fatal Englishman Faulks, Sebastian – Where My Heart Used to Beat Fenwick, Liz – A Cornish Affair Fenwick, Liz – The Cornish House Fforde, Katie – A French Affair Fitzgerald, F. Scott – Tender is the Night Fitzgerald, Mary – Mist Fleming, Leah – Mothers and Daughters Fleming, Leah – The Captains’s Daughter Fleming, Leah – The Girl Under the Olive Tree Ford, Ford Madox – Parade’s End George, Nina – The Little Paris Bookshop Gerrard, Nicci – The Twilight Hour Greene, Vanessa – The Beachside Guest House Glaister, Seni – The Museum of Things Left Behind Hannah, Kristin – Between Sisters Haas, Eve – The Secrets of the Notebook Hall, Louisa – The Carriage House Hanks, Tom – Uncommon Type Harmon, Amy – From Sand and Ash Harrington, Laura – Alice Bliss Harris, Joanna – Coastliners Harris, John – Covenant with Death Harrison, Sarah – Swan Music Harrison, Sarah – The Flowers on the Field Hawkins, Paula – The Girl on the Train Hillenbrand, Laura – Unbroken Hiraide, Takashi – The Guest Cat Hislop, Victoria – The Sunrise Holtby, Winifred – South Riding Hooper, Emma – Etta and Otto and Russell and James Howard, Elizabeth James – The Early Years Jaaskelainen, Pasi Ilmari – Rabbit Back Literature Society James, Erica – The Hidden Cottage James, Erica – Songs of the Skylark Jewell, Lisa – Before I Met You Jordan, Hilary - Mudbound Kent, Hannah – Burial Rites Kent Krueger, William – Ordinary Grace King, Stephen – 11.22.63 King, Stephen – The Stand Lansens, Lori – Rush Home Road LaFaye, Vanessa – Summertime Lam, Laura – Shadowplay Lapena, Shari – The Couple Next Door Lee, Harper – Go Set A Watchman Lefebure, Molly – Blitz Lennox, Judith – Before the Storm Leroy, Margaret – A Brief Affair Lewis, Susan – The Girl Who Came Back Ley, Rosanna – Bay of Secrets Ley, Rosanna – The Saffron Trail Lewis, Susan – The Girl Who Came Back Lotz, Sarah – The Three Mackintosh, Clare – I Let You Go Madeleine, Laura – Where the Wild Cherries Grow Madeley, Richard – The Way You Look Tonight Marquez , Gabriel Garcia – Love in the Time of Cholera McGinnis, Mindy – Not a Drop to Drink McMahon, Jennifer – The Winter People McPartland, Gail, Code 998 Mitchell, Margaret – Gone with the Wind Monninger, Joseph – The World As We Know It Morton, Kate – The Lake House Moss, Sarah – The Tidal Zone Moyes, Jojo – The Horse Dancer Moyes, Jojo – The Ship of Brides Morrison, Toni – Home Nemirovsky, Irene – All Our Wordly Goods Nemirovsky, Irene – Suite Francaise Norris, Barney – Five Met on a Wooded Plain North, Freya – The Way Back Home Ness, Patrick – More Than This Oates, Joyce Carol – Little Bird of Heaven Oates, Joyce Carol – The Falls O’Brien, Edna – The Little Red Chairs Orwell, George – 1984 Oyeyemi, Helen – What Is Yours Is Not Yours Perry, Sarah – The Essex Serpent Piercy, Marge – Gone to Soldiers Quinn, Kate – The Alice Network Radcliffe, Robert – Under an English Heaven Rakha, Naseem – The Crying Tree Richman, Alyson – The Velvet Hours Riggs, Nina – The Bright Hour Riley, Lucinda – Hothouse Flowers Riley, Lucinda – The Girl on the Cliff Riley, Lucinda – The Olive Tree Riley, Lucinda – The Seven Sisters Rodriguez, Deborah – The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul Safran Foer, Jonathan – Here I Am Sansom, C.J. – Winter In Madrid Schwarz, Christian – Drowning Ruth Sebald, W,G - Austerlitz Segal, Erich – The Class Seierstad, Asne – The Bookseller of Kabul Seksis, Tina – One Step Too Far Sepetys, Ruth – Out of the Easy Shafak, Elif – Three Daughters of Eve Shattuck, Jessica- The Women of the Castle Simon, Paullina – The Bronze Horseman Simonson, Helen – The Summer Before The War Steinbeck, John – Cannery Row Steinbeck, John – East of Eden Steinbeck, John – Of Mice and Men Steinbeck, John – The Pearl Steinbeck, John – The Red Pony Strout, Elizabeth – Olive Kitteridge Swan, Karen – The Paris Secret Swan, Karen – The Perfect Present Syson, Lydia – Liberty’s Fire Taylor, Lulu – The Winter Folly Thomas, Scarlett – The Seed Collectors Tremayne – S.K – The Ice Twins Trenow, Liz – The Last Telegram Vickers, Sally - Cousins Vickers, Sally – Miss Garnet’s Angel Waters, Sarah – The Paying Guests Walker, Alice – The Color Purple Wallace, Wendy – The Painted Bridge Walters, Minette – The Last Hours Walton, Jo – Among Others Weaver Eva – The Puppet Boy of Warsaw Wein, Elizabeth – Code Name Verity Whitehead, Colson – Underground Railroad Whitehouse, Lucie – The Bed I Made White, Karen – The Time Between Willaims, Kate – The Edge of the Fall Winard, Johanna – Ruby’s War Winstanley. Simon – Field One Winthrop Elizabeth H – December Wiseman, Ellen Marie – The Plum Tree Wright, Susan Elliot – The Things We Never Said Zafon, Carlos Ruiz – The Angel’s Game Zafon, Carlos Ruiz – The Prisoner of Heaven

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