~Andrea~

Ooh, I like the sound of The Question of the Missing Head! I'm going to add it to the wish list. You have some great looking books in your collection Gaia!

Thanks! I'm going to make 15 pages per day my new rule and set deadlines on all my reads from now on! Re the weather, I'm longing for it to cool down now! Thanks Gaia. I absolutely love Robin Hobb! I find them really escapist reads I can really lose myself in. I hope you get to try one day!

I finished Shaman's crossing - two weeks early!! All I can say is: Boom!

Bear in mind I've only read 8 books so far this year. 1 Best book you’ve read so far in 2018. Robert Goddard - Take No Farewell or maybe Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb. 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2018. N/A 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. Don't know 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. Don't know 5. Biggest disappointment. The Witch Tree Symbol - Harriet Adams as Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew mystery) it was so bad I couldn't understand how I could have enjpyed these books as a kid! 6. Biggest surprise. Either Robert Goddard - Take No Farewell because I had no knowledge of the author so I was surprised how much I enjoyed it Or The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold because I expected it to be depressing and it wasn't really Or The Screwtape Letters which was a re-read which I'd found heavy first time round but surprisingly readble this time. 7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you) Robert Goddard (new to me) 8. Newest fictional crush. Um what?? 9. Newest favourite character. No standouts really. 10. Book that made you cry. I can't remember but it's possible that The Lovely Bones made me cry 11. Book that made you happy. Shaman's crossing by Robin Hobb - because I was reading a Robin Hobb I'd never read before, and it's just so escapist and comforting. 12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year. N/A 13. Favourite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favourite video you have done so far in this year) Not sure I have one 14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received). None of them have been particularly beautiful. I mostly buy second hand paperbacks and ebooks! 15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? Nothing planned!! Thanks for finding the questions Gaia!

Hi Loretta. As I see you've discovered, the introductions section is the correct place.

Hi and welcome! Your English seems pretty good to me!

Hi and welcome! I used to listen to audiobooks all the time in the car but seem to have got out of the habit lately. I'm thinking of revisiting a few old favourites though! My favourite audiobooks were Sissy Spacek reading To Kill a Mockingbird, and Martin Jarvis reading Metamorphosis! Great readers and great books!

Hello and welcome. Sorry for the late reply!

Hi and welcome! Sorry for the late response. I hope you come back and post some more!

Hello and welcome I hope you enjoy your time here.

Hi and welcome to the forum. I bet you're not boring at all! There are some great authors in your favourites list there! I wish you luck in your desire to work in a bookshop! I hope you can find something that suits you and your individual challenges.

Hello I would think you'd be better asking on a scientific forum for book recommendations of that nature.

Ooh whoops! My bad! I totally misunderstood. It sounds great anyway!

I started to watch the The City and the City on BBC2, and it's very good. However I missed 80% of episode one so I was a little confused and still haven't finished watching it. I'd be intrigued to read the book.

I can't stop listening to Born To Die (album) by Lana Del Ray at the moment. I only just bought it even though it's a bit old now. Such a great album.

I love the sound of The Widow! I've added it to my wish list. Very promising if you still rated it highly as a re-read!

Well I'm smashing my weekly target so far. I'm on page 318 now and I read 150 pages last week. I'm really enjoying it. I think maybe I needed a bit of momentum to get me going. Reading 5 pages here and there is no way to get into a book. The hot weather and a bit of insomnia has probably helped too.

I really enjoyed the Handmaid's Tale. I'm going to add The Great Gatsby to my wish list based on your review.

Great reviews Madeleine. I especially like the sound of How to Stop Time (a few months back!).

Aw sorry to hear about the chickens! But happy that one survived at least. I have a new cat!! I acquired, Molly, back in March. The lady who gave me my other cat, Bella, last year gave her to me. Molly is older than Bella, at least 12 I think. She is a lot slower than Bella, especially in play. But she's a cute little thing, really sweet-natured, and a beautiful long-haired tortoiseshell. This weather is too hot for me and my cats. I can't sleep at night at all, it must be awful for them with all that fur!!

Thanks Frankie! Yes going to bed earlier seems an impossible goal. However my little deadline seems to be working well, and I've taken to reading downstairs occasionally. I read in the garden last night (it was lovely - it's really hot here at the moment, almost unbearably so - but it's lovely at dusk). Anyway, I'm well on track with my 100 pages a week goal so, so far so good!!

Oh Snowdonia is beautiful. I rarely get up that way living in the South, but I love it when I do. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I'm glad I'm not the only one Bronwyn! I have so many books to read though, and so many I want to read that I really need a push! Audiobooks definitely count. I used to listen to a lot in the car, and found it a great way to up my 'reading' - or rather my book consumption!

So I read 10 pages last night! Hardly a good start. Unless I am really hooked by a book then I usually only manage 10-15 pages before I go to sleep. I generally only read in bed (very occasionally on the bus) and I don't read every day, in fact I often don't read at all at bedtime because I'm too tired. This is why I hardly get through any books! I'm determined to read more though, which I think means not just reading at bedtime. Or going to bed earlier - the latter of which I've failed at for years. So I need to read in the evenings I think, and more on weekends. I used to read every Saturday morning while I was coming to. Maybe I should try doing that again!

Where in Wales did you go?? Plenty of beautiful hiking country here!