Athena

That's amazing Frankie, congratulations!!!!

Donut.

The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed.

Me either, I'm trying to have a relatively pressure-free year of reading, so no challenges for me this year. I hope you enjoy your Round Robin challenge ! I'm not entirely sure myself what the difference is between thrillers, mysteries and detective novels! But a lot of those Dutch ones say 'literary thriller' on the cover, so that's how I know about those. For others I try to see what other people on GoodReads say or what the synopsis says. Generally if it's a police investigator / detective working on a case, I call it a 'detective' (or mystery) and if it's someone not related to or experienced in policework but just a civilian being threated and chased or looking into the case, then I call it a 'thriller'. Generally for me in a detective it's more about solving the case but in a thriller it's also about the main character trying to avoid being killed themselves, if that makes sense? But what I do is probably not how other people would do it, I just do my own thing in my own bookshelves and collection (I have separate shelves for detectives and for thrillers). Indeed murder and mayhem . Ohh I bought that Christmas one at a library sale, it has terrible reviews/ratings on GoodReads, one of them might have been yours . I haven't read it yet, but I have read a few of his thrillers and enjoyed those when I was a teenager. I was a young teenager with my family on holiday in France (with our big tent), I had read all my own books so I decided to have a look at my parents' books (while I was inside the tent looking for something to do), and there I found De Cliënt by John Grisham (or The Client as the English original is known). The story spoke to me at the time because one of the characters in the book was a child, so I felt like I could relate a bit. I liked Patricia Cornwell when I was a younger teenager but I haven't read any of her books since, so I don't know if they would still appeal to me. True !

That sounds like an interesting challenge. It would definitely be interesting to see how people would get on . You could well be right by saying it depends on what a person is used to and what their tastes are . Shame about the formulaic-ness. I've only read a short novella-type thing by Minette Walters, so I'm not sure how her novels compare (though I do believe I bought one or two once upon a time!). I haven't read a whole lot of British thrillers, I've read more British mysteries and not a whole lot of those. Back when I was a teenager I read a lot of Robin Cook (US), some John Grisham (US), some Patricia Cornwell (US), and probably some others but I can't remember their names right now (mouldy brain, now that's an.. interesting image ). I started reading Wayward Children 1: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. The book isn't that long (some people have even called it a novella), so maybe I can finish it later today or tomorrow. So far it's interesting .

Thank you ! I was really glad it was over after 24 hours, I hadn't felt that terrible in a long time. I hope you and Noll feel better soon too .

Heroes of Our Time by DragonForce.

Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley.

Yes, it is! I liked the movie when I saw it (I think I've seen it twice).

Thanks ! Definitely ! It is .

I read a couple of Enid Blyton's books as as adult - having never read them when I was a child, and I liked them (though, I like a lot of books, so maybe that doesn't say a whole lot!).

I hope you will be, I always enjoy seeing you around the forum and talking with you .

That's an interesting statement . When I was a teenager I used to read a lot of American thrillers, but nowadays I read more Dutch (literary) thrillers. Must pick up an American or British thriller or mystery at some point. I also have some Scandinavian ones on my TBR. Wow, that's so nice ! I hope you get to finish the novel soon and that your mojo is coming back .

Optic

I've heard good things of I Am Malala, I hope you find both books interesting reads . Agreed!

Oh no . I hope you feel better soon ! I'm sorry you've been sick so much , I hope you feel better soon ! I've been feeling a lot better so I think what I had a few days ago, was gladly just a 24-thing of feeling dreadful, and is now over (at least, I hope so!).

Same here!

I read Loes den Hollander - Onderuitgehaald. This was a suspenseful thriller, and I liked that the author managed to surprise me. I liked the short chapters. I was a bit confused at something on the last page. This wasn't one of my favourites of the author (though I've only read a few of her work, gladly plenty more to read ), but I enjoyed reading the book and was often thinking of the story even when I was not reading the book.

Thank you !! Awww . Thanks ! I hope you have an amazing reading year in 2018 too, Sari .

I hope you enjoy all your new books, Kylie ! I liked Gangsta Granny by David Walliams, I hope you do too. It's nice you found a BSC-related book too, I hope it's good! I'm glad you had fun at the bookfair !

It's okay, that can happen . I'm glad you had a good time with your family . Wow, no 5/5 books . I really hope 2018 will be a much better reading year for you!!

Cinnamon

Welcome here !

Shame the book wasn't as good as you remembered. I guess that happens sometimes with favourites from our childhood .

I hope you enjoy your time off work despite the weather not being very nice. It's nice you had a heron in the garden . I sometimes see one nearby here, when I go for a dog with my dogs. I'm glad you had a good time seeing the film . Good luck with the class! I was feeling really bad on Sunday, but gladly since yesterday am feeling a lot better. I don't know if it was a virus or what was going on. But I'm really glad I'm feeling a lot better.