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Athena's Reading List 2018 Welcome to my 2018 reading log! It's always fun making a new one . I'm excited!! Links to my previous logs: Athena's Reading List 2013 Athena's Reading List 2014 Athena's Reading List 2015 Athena's Reading List 2016 Athena's Reading List 2017 Links to posts within this thread: My reading goals and reading plans for 2018 Books read in January 2018 Books read in February 2018 Books read in March 2018 Books read in April 2018 Books read in May 2018 Books read in June 2018 Books read in July 2018 Books read in August 2018 Books read in September 2018 Books read in October 2018 Books read in November 2018 Books read in December 2018 Books abandoned in 2018 Statistics of books read in 2018 My favourite books, series and authors Books recommended to me by people from BCF in 2018 Films, TV & Video Games I Watched / Played in 2018 January-June 2018 Summary & Reflection Previous Statistics: Books read Jun - Dec 2012: 43 Books read in 2013: 143 Books read in 2014: 254 Books read in 2015: 502 Books read in 2016: 425 Books read in 2017: 236 Pages read in Jun - Dec 2012: ~25000 Pages read in 2013: ~37000 Pages read in 2014: 62932 Pages read in 2015: 112787 Pages read in 2016: 95007 Pages read in 2017: 52853

I read Louise Gornall - Under Rose-Tainted Skies. This is a YA contemporary fiction book with main character Norah. Norah suffers from agoraphobia and OCD. A boy named Luke moves in next door with his family. This is an Own Voices book. I found the book an interesting read. It can also be triggering though, for some people. I liked the book though I thought the ending felt a bit rushed. Overall I enjoyed reading this book.

Nope, I don't think anyone's started a thread yet. Feel free to make it if you want to . Speaking of book activity, I didn't do any reading today (in a book), but I have been offline working on my 2018 upcoming log and statistics sheet .

Wow, that's so beautiful !!

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I read about your situation on FaceBook, and I'm so sorry . How selfish of those people who just drove off. That is just maddening.

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren.

I know it's not Wednesday yet but what the hey: This week's topic is: Top 5 Books of 2017 Author's Note: -- I know most people have a longer list than this, or post theirs at different times (like I'll be waiting until January for example) but if you want to make a list of your absolute faves of the year, now is the time!

Thanks so much for fixing it, Michelle !

Nice to hear from you again, Frankie! I'm glad you're okay. I'm sorry to hear your neck and shoulder have been bothering you and that your work isn't that enjoyable and that your reading isn't going well. I wish you lots of fun in your hometown ! I hope you have a great time there . I don't think anyone's started to set theirs up yet (that I've noticed). I was planning to put mine up a little while after Christmas. I look forward to see all the new logs! It's one of my favourite times on the forum, when many people make a new log.

Wow great pictures ! I hope the flooding won't get worse .

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Woohoo! It'd be great to have you participate! I'm sorry you've lost your mojo . I hope you'll get your mojo back in time !

I read Alex Bertie - Trans Mission. This is a non-fiction account of a transgender man and his journey. I've read a few fictional books in which the main character's biological sex is male and it does not match them being female (transgender women). I thought it would be interesting to read about a transgender man. I quite liked reading this book. It was a nice read and it had a lot of nice information. It was an interesting book.

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Currently the email notifications are not working. It seems to be a service side issue, Michelle is trying to contact the server people. Unfortunately there's not much we can do but wait until they respond and fix the problem. I'm very sorry about this problem, it's been annoying me too.

It is an issue globally with the forum. We're not sure yet what's causing it, it seems to be something on the server side of things. Michelle is trying to contact them. I will put up a notice. I'm sorry about this, it's frustrating me too. I hope the problem can be fixed soon.

I thought it was an interesting book too. Have you read Metamorphosis? Thanks, that makes me feel better .

Shame it wasn't a great book for you . I hope your next read will be more enjoyable .

Yesterday's Sun by Amanda Brooke.

Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes by Lisa Greenwald.

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I read E. Lockhart - Fly on the Wall. This is a contemporary story about a teenage girl named Gretchen in an art school. It sort of retells Kafka's Metamorphosis, as the girl turns into a fly on the wall. It even references Kafka's book as they discuss it with school. I haven't read Metamorphosis though I do know of its synopsis. I liked Fly on the Wall, but I could not always relate to the main character and I had a few issues with it. I found it a bit difficult to understand all the artsy stuff as that's not my sort of thing, though I did like to read about it. And I also found it difficult when Gretchen as a fly started 'ogling' the boys in the boys' locker room. It could not relate because of my personal beliefs and thoughts. I liked to read Gretchen's thoughts other than the times when they were a bit repetitive. Lastly it seemed odd to me how the parents of Gretchen were acting in certain situations (might be spoilers so I won't post about it here). I also felt the part where the turns into a fly, is quite a while into the book, it started later than I was expecting. But it also kind of made sense. I did like a specific part about the ending very much. It was a fast read, only 183 pages. Enjoyable, but probably not one I'll remember very much of in a few years' time.

That's a shame, was the rest of the book okay to read? I have the book on my TBR.

Congratulations !!!!