Bryony (BBGirl55) Travels in Time and Space

Hi it has been a while. My name is Bryony I am currently 36, I like good food, Doctor Who and sleeping. I watch far to much Netflix and YouTube and I sometimes read.

I have no reading plans for this year, if I get to 75 that great. If I get books ticked off my list's then great. This year I am going to be chill.

How I rate books:

*****Best Book Ever. will read it again countless times.
****1/2Almost perfect, book will be kept, might read again.
**** Enjoyable book and would recommend to others.
***1/2 Enjoyable book.
*** Was good.
**1/2 had an ok story or was written ok.
** it had words it made sense I suppose.
*1/2oh no no no no!
* Blah!

List to complete #1

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

Gift-wrapped list:

1. Books, Books, Books.
2.Children's, Adventure, lost in a new world, 1st in series
3. Fiction, Dark, Twisted trip down the rabbit hole.
4. Fiction, 'In a blink it appeared', Love & Magic.
5. Young Adult, Magic School, Love & Hate
6. Fiction, Simi Dystopian, altered Animals, calls himself Snowman.
7. Young Adult, Romance odd couple.
8. Young Adult, 'We just want to get on with our lives, 'we are not Chosen but we are awesome'.
9.Fantasy/Horror, Dark, Twisted trip down the rabbit hole.
10.Children's, Lost in a new world, 1st in a series.
11.Children's, Adventure, hidden world, making use of things.
12. Steampunk & Spies
13. Scifi, Time travel, humour, race against time.
14. Fiction, Books, Books, a bit of mystery and more books
15. Scifi, Cyberpunk, Gritty, classic.
16. Fiction, Trains, books and romance.
17. Scifi, Dystopian, cure for death, war has begun, happiest place on earth.
18. Fiction, Loss.
19. Fantasy, Romance, Sky pirates', fallen star.
20. Fiction, Satire, Dog nonsense.
21. Romance, Anti-Love story

My last books of 2019.

35. Doctor Who Zagreus by Alan Barnes & Gary Russell *****

36. Doctor Who The Wormery by Paul Magrs ****

37. In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jenny Wang ****

38. The Hidden Power of F*cking Up by The Try Guys ****

39. Wildflower by Drew Barrymore ****

40. Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agender Beckham Albertolli *****

41. Doctor Who Death and the Queen by James Goss ****

42. Doctor Who The Legacy of Time by lots of people ****

43. Doctor Who Scherzo by Robert Shearman *****

44. Doctor Who The Creed of Kromon by Philip Martin ***

Doctor Who The Eighth of March

45. Emancipation by Lisa McMullin ***

46. The Big Blue Book by Lizzie Hopley ****

47. Inside Every Warrior by Gemma Langford ****

48. Narcissus by Sarah Grochala ****

49. The Diva Rules by Michelle Visage ****

50. Doctor Who Four Doctors by Paul Cornell & Neil Edward's ***

51. Doctor Who The Natural History of Fear by Jim Mortimore ***

Happy reading in 2020, Bryony!

>7 FAMeulstee: Hi AnItaly thanks for popping by.

It was my Thingaversary today I only just realised! I really am out of the loop. Must go buy book. Wow 11 years went fast.

Welcome back!

Bryony, I was so happy to see you on my thread! Happy New Year to you! Dropping my star.

Happy Thingaversary, Bryony!

Another resolution is to keep up in 2020 with all my friends on LT. Happy New Year!

Great to see the TARDIS dropping you off for another year with us, Bryony.

Your Thingaversary is a day after mine! Congratulations.

Yay for the Thingaversary! I'm fourteen this August, ain't that just wild.

Yes, welcome back, BBGirl55!

>1 BBGirl55: love the topper and thought the 2 part opener was pretty good. It was also nice to see a new Master.

Happy reading!

Happy to see you back, Bryony!

Describe yourself: Wildflower
Describe how you feel: The Unknown
Describe where you currently live: Kingdom of Ash
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Your favourite form of transportation: On the Road
Your best friend is: Alice
You and your friends are: The Furies
What’s the weather like: The Eye of the Storm
You fear: Creatures of Beauty
What is the best advice you have to give: The Big Blue Book
Thought for the day: Five Twenty-nine
How you would like to die: The Light at the End
Your soul’s present condition: Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom

Happy New Year, Bryony!

Have a great year of reading!

>18 BBGirl55: If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Me too!

Happy new year, Bryony! Nice answers to the meme in >18 BBGirl55:; I'm with Stasia, I'd love to go to Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore with you!

Hellove and thank your for the welcomes back.

My Thingaversary was back on the 15th, this is my book hual:

Physical Books

A Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab

The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

An Anthology of or works inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Wonderland

Audios

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

The Fellowship of the Ring J R R Tolkien

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Finding My Voice by Nadiya Hussain

Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness

Kindle

Doctor Who: Star Tales by lots of people.

Nice haul! Happy belated Thingaversary!

>25 norabelle414: Thank You.

I finished a book!

1. Spandex and the City by Jenny T Colgan ****

I have always found Colgan books a bit hit and miss, her romance is mostly good her sifi is meh! A mix of the two to be honest I was scared going in to this. I really did not need to be.

From the get go this was funny, well paced and knows how cheesey it is. The whole book is very tounge in cheek, mocking both romances and the superhero genre and does not apologise for it.

It was fluffy and fun and though the end made me angry, I still enjoyed it.

Currently Reading:

Physical Book

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Kindle

Running Through Corridors 2 by Robert Shearman & Toby Harome

Audio

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

>26 BBGirl55: I had the same reaction as you to Spandex and the City. Good to see you back!

Yay for acquiring A Darker Shade of Magic! Love that trilogy.

Also a big fan of the Valente series. How are you liking it?

>24 BBGirl55: Nice haul! Happy Thingaversary!

>28 archerygirl: Hi thanks for popping by.

>29 MickyFine: It might be a while till I get around to the Darker Shade of Magic trilogy. To be honest I thought I would like The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making a lot more than I am.

>30 thornton37814: Hi and thank you. I am very happy with the hual.

Wishing you a lovely weekend, Bryony and great to see you back posting.

2. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher ****

I listened to this Carrie Fisher has, had a very melow and carming voice and I enjoyed this very much. It is a memoir of sorts about her time, at 19 making the first Star Wars film then just known as Star Wars later A New Hope. And her time spent with a certain Mr Ford!

This was funny, erratic and loud and is everything the great Carrie Fisher was, her flaws laid bare her honestly is freeing.

A must read!

>33 BBGirl55: Carrie Fisher was wonderful, wasn't she?

>32 PaulCranswick: Happy Weekend to you to Paul!

Summary January

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Audio:



Kindle:



Running Total:

>34 PaulCranswick: She was many miss and still miss her.

>35 BBGirl55: What a novel way of summarising!

>37 PaulCranswick: Thank you 😊

Oohh, I hope you like the Valente! I was a fan of the series.

>39 richardderus: Hi Richard let's see shall we.

3. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making by Catherynne M. Valente ***1/2

I went in to this expecting to love it whole heartedly, My favourite childhood book as most of you know is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ; it was not the case for this book.

I still enjoyed it and at some point I will get to the other books in the series, it took me a very long time to get in to it and all the interesting stuff happened towards the end.

Maybe because others adored this I thought I would love it too. Still a good book overall, just took my awhile to get through it.

So The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making waso one of my Gift-wrapped books, it's time to vote again.

Most know what to do so vote away. For those of you that are new here a few years ago I wrapped up a few books. Some have been siting on my shelf for decades others were new; and I thought I could get everyone here to make the choice for me. So pick a number below the winner I will unwrap and read.

1. Books, Books, Books.
2.Children's, Adventure, lost in a new world, 1st in series
3. Fiction, Dark, Twisted trip down the rabbit hole.
4. Fiction, 'In a blink it appeared', Love & Magic.
5. Young Adult, Magic School, Love & Hate
6. Fiction, Simi Dystopian, altered Animals, calls himself Snowman.
7. Young Adult, Romance odd couple.
8. Young Adult, 'We just want to get on with our lives, 'we are not Chosen but we are awesome'.
9.Fantasy/Horror, Dark, Twisted trip down the rabbit hole.
10.Children's, Lost in a new world, 1st in a series.
11.Children's, Adventure, hidden world, making use of things.
12. Steampunk & Spies
13. Scifi, Time travel, humour, race against time.
14. Fiction, Books, Books, a bit of mystery and more books
15. Scifi, Cyberpunk, Gritty, classic.
16. Fiction, Trains, books and romance.
17. Scifi, Dystopian, cure for death, war has begun, happiest place on earth.
18. Fiction, Loss.
19. Fantasy, Romance, Sky pirates', fallen star.
20. Fiction, Satire, Dog nonsense.
21. Romance, Anti-Love story

The vote ends on Friday.

>41 BBGirl55: Beginning of the year so we should start at number.......1

>40 BBGirl55: I felt the same way about The Girl Who Circumnavigated....
My expectations were very high because everyone loved it, but I just didn't connect with it.

>41 BBGirl55: I vote for #5 :-)

Ditto on The Girl Who.

I vote for #5 too.

I'll go with 5 as well.

I'll vote for #1 :)

>42 PaulCranswick: Thank you for voting Paul.

>43 norabelle414: Hi Nora glad to see I am not the only one. Thanks for the vote.

>44 ronincats: Hi Roni again I am glad I'm not the only one. Thank you for the vote.

>45 drneutron: Thanks for the vote Jim.

>46 bell7: Hi Mary thanks for the vote.

4. Wars in Toyland by Joe Harris & Adam Pollina ***

The first graphic novel of the year. This was a very quick enjoyable read. The art was nice the story OK.

That all I can really say about this. It was enjoyable.

Currently Reading:

Physical Book

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

Kindle

Running Through Corridors 2 by Robert Shearman & Toby Harome

Audio

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

I'm going to vote for #1.

Sorry The Girl Who wasn't more of a hit with you. I loved it, but it's definitely got a very specific style that could be divisive for readers.

I have a book buying problem, went out with Mum today we ended up in a couple of bookshops.

Doctor Who At Childhood's End by Sophie Aldred

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

The King's General by Daphne du Maurier

What would Boudicca Do by Elizabeth Foley

Yep 4 new books.

>49 MickyFine: Hi Micky thanks for the vote.

Hello BBGirl55! I hope all is well with you.

I am behind on Doctor Who at the moment, but they are all recorded. I saw the two part opener and nothing since.

I just started The Institute by Stephen King (on audio). Good start. Narrator is excellent.

>41 BBGirl55: My vote goes for #11

I hope I am not late, my vote is for #1.

>52 brodiew2: Hi thanks for the Vote. I have enjoyed this seasion of Doctor Who so far.

>53 FAMeulstee: Thank You for the Vote

THE VOTE IS CLOSED

The Winner is 1. Books, Books, Books

Which is:

The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell

This has been on my shelf since it was released in 2014, Time to read it I think.

Adding a couple of BBs to the BlackHole! Thanks for the recommendations, Bryony.

Hoping that you will have a great weekend, Bryony.

>56 alcottacre: Always happy help :)

>57 PaulCranswick: Hi Paul. Thank you.

5. The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neil ***1/2

A cute short kids book about Tea Dragons.

6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ****

This is the first time I have read this book, I grew up on the films, and the new film prompted this read. I have always liked the story it is sad, happy and memorable. That is why it's a classic.

Currently Reading:

Physical Book

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell

Kindle

Running Through Corridors 2 by Robert Shearman & Toby Harome

Audio

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Summary February

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Physical Books:



Audio:



Kindle:



Running Total:

In these extraordinary time, Bryony, please remember to stop by once in a while so the people on LT who think about you know you are ok.

Bryony!

>62 PaulCranswick: I am ok. Just busy with work.

Nice to see you posting Bryony. I am an inveterate worrier especially at times like these!

I wanted my message this year to be fairly universal in a time we all should be pulling together, whatever our beliefs. Happy Celebration, Happy Sunday, Bryony.

What are you reading now?

Hope all is well, Bryony.

Me too, Bryony.

Bryony!

So I have been away for a while. This year has been sulky, all I feel I have done is slept and worked but anyway on to books, and by that I mean Doctor Who stuff

7. Doctor Who: The Mouthless Dead by John Pritchard

8. Doctor Who: The Story of Extinction by Ian Atkins

9. Doctor Who The Integral by David Bartlett

10. Doctor Who : The Edge by Rob Nisbet

11. Rat Queens Volume 3: Demons by Kentisbury J.Wiebe

12. Doctor Who: The Twilight Kingdom by William Swinderby

13. Doctor Who: The Axis of Insanity by Simon Furman

14. Doctor Who: Arrangements for War by Paul Sutton

15. Doctor Who Gallifrey: A Blind Eye by Alan Barnes

Doctor Who: Dark Eyes volume 2

16. The Traitor by Nicholas Briggs

17. The White Room by Alan Barnes

18. Times Horizon by Matt Filtton

19. Eyes of the Master by Matt Fitton

20. Doctor Who: The Harvest by Dan Abnett

21. Doctor Who Gallifrey: Lies by Gary Russell

The Diary of River Song Volume 4

22. Time in a Bottle by Emma Reeves and Matt Fitton

23. Kings of Infinite Space by Donald McLeary

24. Whodunit? By Matt Fitton

25. Someone I once knew by John Dorney

26. Doctor Who: Roof of the World by Adrian Rigelsford

Glad your TARDIS has landed again Bryony. Welcome back and I am relieved to hear from you, Sleepy Head!

27. Doctor Who: Medicianl Purposes by Robert Ross

Diary of River Song Volume 5

28. The Bekdel Test by Jonathan Morris

29. Animal Instinct by Roy Gill

30. The Lifeboat and the Deathboat by Eddie Robson

31. Concealed Weapons by Scott Hancock

And a real book

32. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

>71 PaulCranswick: the fact that I lost my pasword book did not help.

>73 BBGirl55: Yes, that would be a problem!

Happy to see you, Bryony! Sending festive hugs!

AAARGH Bryony don't disappear again so soon!

>76 PaulCranswick: still here

>78 PaulCranswick: Good news.

Good to see you posting, Bryony! Doctor Who totally counts as a real book. How did you like Ready Player Two?

>75 MickyFine: Hi

>79 bell7: I liked Ready Player Two very much, but you know me I like flawed characters.

I hope you get some of those at least, Bryony, as we all look forward to a better 2021.

>81 PaulCranswick: Christmas was good in the end very quiet but nice.

Have we got a new group for 2021 yet?

>82 BBGirl55: It doesn't appear so yet, Bryony.

Is 2020 over yet?

>84 BBGirl55: Wait I'll go and ask, Jim.

I finished a book! finishing books this year has been hard.

33. Heartstopper volume 1 by Alice Oseman

Boy meets Boy, Boys become friends, Boys fall in love.

This is the sort of story I would have loved to have avalible to me when I was 14 or 15. My sexuality is fluid, and a book like this would have helped me realise that much sooner rather than struggle for so many years.

This was cute, a great story of new friendship that may be more. Going to have to buy volume 2 and 3 now.

So today was a long one had to move eveything around in my room because of damp. Very tired now.

Ok I am done with 2020 forward to 2021 and the meme:

Describe yourself: The Girl Who Cirumnaviagated Fairyland in a ship of her own Making

Describe how you feel: The Traitor

Describe where you currently live: The Axis of Insanity

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The White Room

Your favorite form of transportation is: The Lifeboat and the Deathboat

Your favorite food is: The Harvest

Your favorite time of day is: The Twilight Kingdom

Your best friend is: Someone I Once Knew

You and your friends are: Little Women

What’s the weather like: Lies

You fear: The Mouthless Dead

What is the best advice you have to give: The Bekdel Test

Thought for the day: Ready Player Two

What is life for you: Heartstopper

How you would like to die: concealed Weapons

Your soul’s present condition: Time in a Bottle

What was 2020 like for you? Arrangements of War

What do you want from 2021? The Tea Dragon Society
Not bad considring I only read 33 books

Excellent responses, Bryony!

Bryony

As the year turns, friendship continues