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Just ordered it to pick up at my local Waterstones....any excuse to visit a book shop....

Have a good reading year Hayley...lots to choose from by the looks of it...

Have fun filling in the gaps...

Hoping you have a great year of reading Noll...

Have a great year of reading and hoping you manage to highlight lots of books on your many lists Claire....

Have a great year of reading...and good luck with the challenges. I see your The Pilot's Wife ~ Anita Shreve on a list. That was the first of hers I read and seem to remember enjoying it.

Have a great year of

Have a great year of reading . My thread is now open too.

Happy New Year bookie buddies. I wish you all a year filled with new and old reads. I haven't started any new books as yet but I'm working my way through 'The Runaway Quilt' by Jennifer Chiavarini. I started it a while back but stopped to read a Christmassy one, 'The Great Christmas Knit Off' by Alexandra Brown, my second time of reading it and enjoyed it again, as I found that I couldn't remember too much how it ended.

Wishing you a 2018 filled with lots of good reads Hayley.......and hopefully your TBR pile won't topple over...

Wishing you 2018 is filled with lots of good reads Michelle...

'The Great Christmas Knit Off' by Alexandra Brown Second time I've read it and enjoyed it just as much as I couldn't remember all of what happened. Cosy jumpers and snow in a wee village called Tindledale....

There are 12...youngest (who is 23) got the 12th one as a Christmas pressie...

I'm sure I will

** OFFICIALLY OPEN ** ** FOR 2018 READING ** WELCOME ** TO MY BOOK-LOVING FRIENDS** HOPING WE CAN SHARE A YEAR FILLED WITH GREAT BOOKS & REVIEWS LET THE READING COMMENCE * * * * * * * * * *

A book challenge pinched from Chaliepud/Hayley. I hoping to fill in a few more of these hopefully in 2018 (started this in 2017) 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 A non-fiction book - ('The Penguin Lessons' by Tom Michell...could be moved) A book written by a male author - 'Rough Music' by Patrick Gale A book written by a female author - 'Song of the Skylark' by Erica James A book by someone who isn’t a writer (think Paul Kalathani or Richard Branson) A book that became/is becoming a film A book published in the 20th Century A book set in your hometown/region A book with someone’s name in the title 'Harry the Poisonous Centipede's Big Adventure' by Lynn Reid Banks A book with a number in the title - '6 Rainier Drive' by Debbie Macomber A book with a character with your first name A book someone else recommended to you A book with over 500 pages A book you can finish in a day - 'Harry the Poisonous Centipede' by Lynne Reid Banks A previously banned book A book with a one-word title - 'Reflection' by Diane Chamberlain A book translated from another language A book that will improve a specific area of your life A memoir or journal - 'Life After You' by Lucie Brownlee A book written by someone younger than you A book somewhere visited/place name in title - 'A Week in Paris' by Rachel Hore An award-winning book A self-published book A book with a season in the title - 'The Forgotten Summer' by Carol Drinkwater A book with a colour in the title - 'The Black House' by Peter May A book with a café/tearoom/restaurant theme - The Beach Cafe' by Lucy Diamond ('18) A book with an animal/bird in the title or a character - 'The Nightingale' by Kristin Hannah

Books Read/Authors British Lucy Diamond Laline Paull (new author for me) Vanessa Greene International Jennifier Chiaverini (USA) Liane Moriarty (AUS) Diane Chamberlain (USA x 3)

New Authors/Books Bought or Borrowed/Read New Author = * Books bought/borrowed/swapped = # Read = @ 'The Stolen Marriage' by Diane Chamberlain # (Jan) 'Friend Request' by Laura Marshall * # (Jan) 'A Man called Ove' by Fredrik Backman * # (March Mother's Day pressie from Kenny) 'The Bees' by Laline Paull * @

To Be Read List I will be adding to this when I choose the books from my shelves that I really want to try and read this year. 'The Shadow Wife' by Diane Chamberlain (add to recommendation of reading challenge when read) 'The Courage Tree' by Diane Chamberlain (another one from lovely Chaliepud/Hayley) 'Keeper of the Light' by Diane Chamberlain (read May '18 (trilogy) (Kiss River & Her Mother's Shadow) 'The Stolen Marriage' by Diane Chamberlain 'The Secret Keeper' by Kate Morton 'Daughter of the House' by Rosie Thomas 'The Beach Cafe' by Lucy Diamond (read Jan '18) 'The Fire Child' by SK Tremayne 'The Two Week Wait' by Sarah Rayner 'The Little Pieces of You and Me' by Vanessa Greene (pressie from Chaliepud/Hayley) (read Aug '18) 'The Bees' by Laline Paull (read Mar '18) 'The Dandelion Years' by Erica James 'What Alice Forgot' by Liane Moriarty (read April/May '18) 'Friend Request' by Laura Marshall 'A Man called Ove' by Fredrik Backman

Wishlist to Buy 'Night Road' by Kristin Hannah 'Magic Hour' by Kristin Hannah 'Distant Shore' by Kristin Hannah 'Home Again' by Kristin Hannah 'Winter Garden' by Kristin Hannah 'The Cornish House' by Liz Fenwick 'A Cornish Stranger' by Liz Fenwick 'The Returning Tide' by Liz Fenwick 'One Cornish Summer' by Liz Fenwick 'The Button Collector' by Elizabeth Jennings 'Leaving Time' by Jodi Picoult 'The House Between Tides' by Sarah Maine 'Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe' by Milly Johnson 'Another Night, Another Day' by Sarah Rayner 'The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto' by Mitch Albom 'Summer's Child' by Diane Chamberlain 'The Stolen Marriage' by Diane Chamberlain (bought Jan 2018) 'Then She Was Gone' by Lisa Jewell 'The Other Sister' by Rowan Coleman 'The Summer of Impossible Things' by Rowan Coleman 'The Keeper of Lost Things' by Ruth Hogan 'Hetty's Farmhouse Bakery' by Cathy Bramley 'Shadow Man' by Margaret Kirk 'It Takes One to Know One' by Isla Dewar

My Reading List 2018 Well, where does the time go and the 'TBR' pile of books is getting higher. Yet again I didn't reach my meagre 'to read' total of 30 .... but have done better with 22, must find shorter reads.... I shall endeavour, yet again, to reach it this year, famous last words I hear you say. I'm hoping I can add a few more new authors along the reading trail too as I did last year. You are all very good at recommendations. I'll try to read more from the books already on my shelf though, than buying....but we all know how hard that is especially when you have a 'wish list' for birthdays, Mother's Day and Christmas..! List from 2017 (23) List from 2016 (19) List from 2015 (26) List from 2014 (20) List from 2013 (20) Follow the above link to the other lists from previous years via 2013 Reading at the moment 'The Other Mrs Walker by Mary Paulson-Ellis (struggling with this one to be honest) 'Her Mother's Shadow' by Diane Chamberlain January 'The Beach Cafe' by Lucy Diamond 'The Runaway Quilt' (#4 of Elm Creek Quilts) by Jennifer Chaiverini February March 'The Bees' by Laline Paull (started in January) April May 'What Alice Forgot' by Liane Moriarty (started in April) 'Keeper of the Light' by Diane Chamberlain (#1 of trilogy) June 'Kiss River' by Diane Chamberlain (started end of May, #2 of trilogy) July 'Her Mother's Shadow' by Diane Chamberlain (#3 of trilogy)(started in June) August 'The Little Pieces of You and Me' by Vanessa Greene September October November December

'How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse' by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III' by Cressida Cowell I forgot to put this on the list as reading...and I've finished it today...I do love a Hiccup read and his adventures.....who would have thought he would be searching for a potato as an antidote to save his friend Fishlegs from dying...! 3/5

This could be me soon....I've seen there is a new paperback for Diane Chamberlain coming out on the 11th Jan...The Stolen Marriage, so that could well be my 'me to me' pressie...

I'm very grateful for all my pressies...but.....nobody gave me any of the books I listed above.......looks like they ignored the list. Might have to go browse in Waterstones myself then..

Got the foodie shop done yesterday, although it is just another day really, turkey breast thingy and usual tatties and veggies. Have smoked salmon slices with lemon and some oatcakes to start, and the pudding will be ice cream and jelly as my boys (27 & 23) always ask for that..., have made meringues to go with it. I'm thinking hubby and I will just join in with that this year, or I might just make me a wee fruit salad and crème fraiche. Nearly there, just to finish off the . Just doing hubby and the boys at the moment, have sis and family to do but not seeing them until after so no rush....will give me something to do on Boxing day.... Wishing all my fellow bookie friends on here a