Claire ’s Comments (group member since Dec 07, 2016)

Claire ’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

Take care, Tracey.

Finished Jane Eyre, now reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
Any shelves we haven’t covered yet?

I will finish Jane Eyre tomorrow. Have a birthday party for children in an hour, so will only be reading in a few hours again.

Hi all, I just joined the challenge. Curious to hear everyone’s plan.
I am no good for a capitain, but I am allways willing to help.
Looking forward to get to know you.

Thank you!

Is it too late to join?

Rachelnyc wrote: "You all have inspired me to start this challenge! Since this is the first year I'm doing any challenge other than just number of books, this is going to take a back seat to the others I'm currently..."

Thank you for the link!

11. Task 8: An own voices book
book:Their Eyes Were Watching God|6522048] Zora Neale Hurston
Pages: 256 p.Date read:13/1/2018 Rating:5 stars

12. Task 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
book:Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life|35216004] Caleb Wilde Pages: 208 p. Date read: 14/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

13. Task 52. A book published in 2018

The Chalk Man C.J. Tudor Pages: 288 p. Date read: 17/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

Around the World Challenge (multi-year challenge - start date 1/1/2018)
11/209

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba (part of the Netherlands)
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, Thel
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda (part of the U.K.)
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chechnya
Child
China The Flowers Of WarGeling Yan Date read:27/1/2018
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Reoublic
Denmark: The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People by Meik Wiking 11/1/2018
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor (part of Portugal)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands (part of Denmark)
Fiji
Finland
France: Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders by Kate Griffin 13/1/2018
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany: Munich by Robert Harris
6/1/2018
Ghana
Greece
Greenland (part of Denmark)
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland: Onland by Arnaldur Indriðason 3/1/2018
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy: The First Man in Rome 18/1/2018
Jamaica
Japan : The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami read:20/1/2018
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands: Rituelen by Cees Nooteboom 2/1/2018
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
Northern Ireland (part of U.K.)
Norwsy: Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum 5/1/2018
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papuan New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland: Schindler's List
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Scotland (part of U.K.)
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tatarstan (part of Russia)
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom: De pier by Claire Douglas 17/1/2018
United States: Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life by Caleb Wilde 14/1/2018
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wales (part of U.K.)
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Sophie wrote: "Quick tip Claire, it's going to be much easier for you to track your reading if you create a plan in the 'Infinity and Beyond' folder rather than leaving it here, as your message is going to be bur..."

Thanks for the tip!

Around the World Challenge (multi-year challenge - start date 1/1/2018)
1/209

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba (part of the Netherlands)
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, Thel
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda (part of the U.K.)
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chechnya
Child
China Geling Yan read:27/1/2018 3 stars
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Reoublic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor (part of Portugal)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands (part of Denmark)
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland (part of Denmark)
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan Haruki Murakami read:20/1/2018 4 stars
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
Northern Ireland (part of U.K.)
Norwsy
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papuan New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland: Schindler's List
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Scotland (part of U.K.)
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tatarstan (part of Russia)
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom Jane Austen read: 22/1/2018 4 stars
United Statesbook:The Plot Against America|703]Philip Roth
read: 23/1/2018 4 stars
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wales (part of U.K.)
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Task 13. Identical by Ellen Hopkins read 2//1/2017

2. Task 26
A book with a text only cover
The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings Charlotte Perkins Gilman Pages: 384 p. Date red:1/1/2018

3: task 35.
Onland Arnaldur Indriðason
Pages:256 p. Date read:3/1/2018 Rating: 4 stars

4 task 9 A book with a body part in the title

The Death's Head Chess Club John Donoghue
Pages: 401 p. Read: 4/1/2018 Rating 4 stars

5. Task 41 : 41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Mark Manson
Pages:224 p. Read:6/1/2018 Rating 2 stars

6, task 18. A book with a location in the title
Munich Robert Harris
Pages: 352 p. Date read:6/1/2018 Rating: 4 stars

7. task 36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Luck, Love & Lemon Pie Amy E. Reichert
Pages: 320 p. Date read: 7/1/2018 Rating:3 stars

8. Task 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Timekeeper Tara Sim
Pages: 414 p. Date read:8/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

9. Task 50. 0. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer
The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People Meik Wiking
Pages:288 p. Date read: 11/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

10.task 3.A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman
Pages:304 p.Date reead:12/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

Read: 13/52
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
The American Boy
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)


4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card

5. A book about or inspired by real events

6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Same River Jaan Kaplinski
7. A gothic novel
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
8. An "own voices" book*

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
Conversations with Friends Sally Rooney
11. A literary fiction Lolita Vladimir Nabokov
12. A book set in Africa or South America
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018

List created by the group members, after suggestions and votes. Thanks to all!

*an own voice novel is a book about marginalised protagonists (by ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, mental illness, etc) written by an author who shares that same identity.

You're all welcome. I allways try to get people there as they have so much books and other stuff for free

You can have oudiobooks on open culture too ( http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiob...). Some are read by famous actors or other writers. Very nice way to read while doing other things

Thank you for the comments.
! To J: I'll read both discworlds then. it's about time I start reading this series anyhow. Jonathan Strange has been on my shelf for a few years now. First time I started I didn't get through it. Hope it works well now.
As for the hitchhikers guide, I have read it, years ago. But definitely need to read it again, as I really hardly remember...
to Zaz: i'm very curious to the girl on the train...I had allready picked so many thick books, so thought a pageturner would be nice. But I'll try reading something nice and friendly after it.

Rebecca is a wonderful book! I enjoyed the Tad Williams series and a tree grows in Brooklyn. Looks like a great list and gives me inspiration..

No, I mean I'm looking out to read that book and hear your idea on it! I usually like his books.

Never let me go is an excellent read! So is 'The Northern lights' I disliked American psycho, so curious to hear others opinions on it.
Have fun with your reading list!

The curious incident and extremely loud... are excellent choices. I loved the series of the girl with the dragon tattoo and silkworm.
i hope you'll enjoy them too!