Cat's reading goals for 2018

[Cat]

In 2017 I've read over 65 books so I'm going for 60 this year. I've already joined more reading challenges than it would've been necessary 😁
🌟I'll add short thoughts for books if I feel like it🌟
Full, in english, reviews can be found here: my corner tread has a link to the blog where I troll 😄

Book ratings: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ based on how much I enjoyed them and not some very smart critique expert anallisys

[Lisa]

Good luck on reaching your goal! Happy reading!

[Cat]

Lisa wrote: "Good luck on reaching your goal! Happy reading!"

Kristin wrote: "Haha! I hear you on the challenges! They are so much fun...

Thank you, both! Enjoy your reading goals! I hope you reach them ☺

[Cat]

🎆 Can someone recommend a book for "a book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge"? 🎆
No new releases and no horror. Everything else will do.💜💜💜

[Blagica , Challenges]

Hi Cat good luck this year! Yes I can help out one of my favorite books if you like a roller coaster dark thriller is

Consequences

if you are looking for something in romance

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

If you need more just message me or check out my shelves.

[Lisa]

Cat wrote: "🎆 Can someone recommend a book for "a book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge"? 🎆
No new releases and no horror. Everything else will do.💜💜💜"

Someone told me to read The Golem and the Jinni and it was one of my favorite books this year :)

[Cat]

Lisa wrote: "Cat wrote: "🎆 Can someone recommend a book for "a book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge"? 🎆
No new releases and no horror. Everything else will do.💜💜💜"

Someone to..."

Blagica wrote: "Hi Cat good luck this year! Yes I can help out one of my favorite books if you like a roller coaster dark thriller is

Consequences

if you are looking for something in romance

h..."

Thank you, both! You're awesome!

[Cat]

January reads:

1. The Diaries of Adam and Eve: ⭐⭐⭐
Fun, weard at times, but overal enjoiable

2. Sense and Sensibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I like it better than I liked Pride and Prejudice

3. The turn of the screw: ⭐
Not a fan of ghost stories...

Shakespeare:
4. Othello

5. Macbeth,

6. Coriolanus,

7. The comedy of errors,

8. The Two Gentlemen of Verona,

9. Richard II,
Nothing to say about Shakespeare...

Living with risk (skimmed trough it), Risques et catastrophes (same as previous),

10. Every Heart a Doorway: ⭐
I'll read the following instalment in this serie just because it's short. It failed to deeply impress me

11. The Secret Agent: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I just can't believe I didn't read this sooner.

12. Persuasion: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Very good, interesting take on family pressure.

[Blagica , Challenges]

Hoping you had fun getting lost in some pages in your first month!

[Cat]

Blagica wrote: "Hoping you had fun getting lost in some pages in your first month!"
😅 I saw this coment tree times today. Thanks! Yea it was nice. Hope you are doing the same.

[Susy]

Looks like you're off to a great start Cat! 60 will be a piece of cake if you keep up this pace!

[Cat]

Susy wrote: "Looks like you're off to a great start Cat! 60 will be a piece of cake if you keep up this pace!"

Thank you Susy. Most of them are short and audiobook. it's most helpfull.

[Susy]

Cat wrote: "Susy wrote: "Looks like you're off to a great start Cat! 60 will be a piece of cake if you keep up this pace!"

Thank you Susy. Most of them are short and audiobook. it's most helpfull."

I so wish I could listen to audiobooks!

[Cat]

I so wish I could listen to audiobooks!


Why can't you? Are you in noisy places? Or a complicared job?

[Susy]

Cat wrote: "I so wish I could listen to audiobooks!


Why can't you? Are you in noisy places? Or a complicared job?"

On my job I can't read, I'm a child psychologist so always talking to children, parents and teachers.
But even when I'm at home it just doesn't work for me. My English isn't that good and in Dutch there are hardly any audio books that I'm interested in...

[Blagica , Challenges]

Hoping March is a smashing success for you.

[Cat]

Feruary reads:

1. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
deep
2. The Golem and the Jinny by Helene Decker
⭐⭐⭐
... kind of slow paced.

3. The Alloy of Law by B. Sanderson
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
a western fantasy or a fantasy western 😅

4. Down Among the Sticks and Bones by S. McGuire
⭐
as mentioned before, I read it because it was short. It had beautiful drawings!!! 😊

5. High-Rise by J.C. Ballard, audiobook by Tom Hilddeston
⭐
grose, dog murders, crimes.

6. The Sillence of the Lambs by Tomas Harris, audiobook read by Frank Mueller
⭐⭐⭐
there's a movie

7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gallaxy audiobook
⭐⭐
I didn't like it in particular. The dark humor was my type, but the SF not. I don't realy like SF... 😐 allso middle grade

8. Sabriel by Gareth Nix audiobook
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I dig it. Allready started the next one in the series.

9. Lirael by Gareth Nix audiobook
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"the disreputable dog" 😄
days spent doing any action that did not requier ungluing my ears from the phone

10. The Chaterhouse of Parma by Stendhal – halfway troughb

[Cat]

March read

Managed to read a lot again this mounth. Some are short stories, other are fairly long.

1. Clariel by Garth Nix, audoibook read by Graham Malcom.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Of course, the bad girl of the story can make bad decisions ... Really?!?!?! Other than that awesome!

2. Goldenhand by Gareth Nix, audiobook, read by Helda Wilds.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
😍 such an entertaining series.

3. Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo, audiobook.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fawourite quote:
"Haven't they seen woman breasts before?
On a real woman? Who knows, but the novelty never seems to run out!" - the 😄

4. Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo - audiobook.
⭐⭐⭐
Good. Adventure and so on. Not really amasing but, well. It's a question of taste.

5. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, audiobook.
⭐⭐
Kind of boring... mostly because of the style. The life of the characters was interesting.

6. Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, audiobook by Graphic Audio
⭐⭐⭐⭐
It took me a while to dwell into the story. I found the audio effects a bit over the top. It became more enjoying half-way trough.

7. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cool in it's own way... for a YA was fun to read
"I hate when people point guns at me. Of course that makes me like most everyone else."

8. Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A good mesage! A mesage to fight.

9. Shadows for Silence in the Forest of Hell; Perfect State by B. Sanderson
⭐⭐⭐
Some interesting ideeas, the second wasn't very funny.

10. Infinity Blade: Awakening by B. Sanderson
⭐
kind of silly

11. Uprooted by Naomi Novik.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thre hours left and I'm finishing it today. I like it.

[Blagica , Challenges]

A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. I hope that April brings you many more five star reads. Do you have a stand out book so far this year?

[Cat]

Blagica wrote: "A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. I hope that April brings you many more five star reads. Do you have a stand out book so far this year?"

It's really hard to tell. The Diary of Adam and Eve was so enjoyable, as well as the Abhorsen series. It's hard to decide... Warbreaker too.

[Cat]

1. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare.
⭐⭐⭐
Love triangle

2. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
⭐⭐⭐

3. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
⭐⭐⭐

4. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
⭐⭐⭐
action packed

5. The Houndred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin (I never get this name right)
⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. His Majesty's Dragon (Temerare 1) by Naomi Novik 🐉
⭐⭐⭐

7. Trone of Jade (Temerare 2) by Naomi Novik
⭐⭐⭐ 🐉

[Blagica , Challenges]

“Reading brings us unknown friends” While the warm weather is coming I hope you make some new friends in May!

[Cat]

May reads

1. Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
⭐⭐⭐⭐
How cute baby dragons are. God! this writer kills her characters like Martin...

2. Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik
⭐⭐⭐
Dragons get sick!

3. Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
⭐⭐⭐⭐
The nasty side of war...and Temeraire gets his own army!

[Blagica , Challenges]

Hoping July is full of page turning and falling in love with a new book!