37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to

[Shelley]

I decided to use one of the oldest books on my TBR list, Aberystwyth Mon Amour, which was added in Feb 2013. I did not like it at all. It was kooky without being funny. I seem to have added a few books like this at the same time so I'm now reading them all as the "bottom of the TBR" sweep and I've discovered it's one of my most disliked mixtures. If it's kooky, I want it to go all the way. If it's serious, then draw me into the realism. The halfway point is just gross.

[Jane]

I finished Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines on Feb 18.

[Jill Johnston]

I was going to read Truly Madly Guilty but never got around to it. The first half was super slow, but I couldn't put it down the 2nd half!

[Cyndy]

I read End Game by David Baldacci for this prompt. It was another great Baldacci read. I could not put it down.

[Ian]

I have a massive TBR list from last year, mostly cuz I only got about halfway through my book challenge last year. To check off this category, I decided to go with Norse Mythology because I used American Gods last year. This was a beautifully adapted and curated collection of Norse myths, but it isn't original material.

[Teri]

This was an easy choice. A coworker gave me a copy of Into the Water after she had finished it in 2017, but I didn't get to it until January.

[SadieReadsAgain]

I used this prompt as a way to get a book off my current reading list. I started it at the end of 2016 but never finished in in 2017 because I discovered the Popsugar Challenge and it didn't fit any of the prompts!

So I finished Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned". My feelings on it are mixed. On one hand I love that Lena Dunham puts out there things that I have also thought/done/said. I think it's important that women are reflected honestly in society, and that means even the less than perfect bits. Body image, sex, insecurities - it's brave for a woman to unashamedly own her realness. I know that's kind of her thing though, so maybe it isn't as brave for her when it's part of her brand. But it's still very exciting to me. But then on the other hand Lena has lead a life I can't fully relate to, one of connections and money and certain opportunities. And it isn't jealousy that stops me engaging with that, but something else...maybe just plain dislike. I don't know, but I did find some parts a bit of a turn off. I enjoyed it for what it was, laughed and nodded along with quite a lot of it, but I can see why other people really didn't like it. Though I don't understand this need for people to make her a scapegoat for the (appalling) under representation of POC in art. Yes, her show has contributed to it, but it's a very small fish in a whopping great big ocean and I don't think it means the other things she has to say are not valid. One voice can't say everything, and there are ways to open the eyes of those in the position to make changes without attacking them.

[Storm]

I put The Princess Bride on this one

[R.L.]

Vampires Are Us: Understanding Our Love Affair with the Immortal Dark Side

[Cornerofmadness]

I loved this prompt because there were so many (as there always is) that I didn't get to. I chose Nine Lives by Wendy Corsi Staub a mystery. I enjoyed it

[Erin]

American Gods. Pretty good.

[Tracy]

All of them, lol. I used Hollow City, since I was finishing up the series at the end of last year. Excited that there is a 4th book coming out :-)

[Andragel]

If I started a book last year and stalled it at 63%,does it count or is it cheating?

[Jackie]

I'd count it. You meant to finish it last year, but didn't.