tymfos "consider the source" category challenge for 2017

Hi! I'm Terri, and I've been doing the yearly category challenges for quite a few years. I usually come up with some complex theme, and enough categories to match the last two digits of the year (as in 16 categories last year).

I'm keeping it simple this year, with only 7 categories for 2017. As shiny library books have been monopolizing much of my reading time, I need gain some balance in my reading material sources. I don't want to give up on library materials altogether, but I need to read more of my own books. I need to be mindful of the balance and . . .

CONSIDER THE SOURCE:

1. Books off my shelves-- paper variety acquired pre-2017 (trying to make this category as large as possible): 8

2. E-books acquired pre-2017:1 (actually, 2 short stories/novellas)

3. Paper books borrowed from my hometown library 14

4. E-books downloaded from library: 17

5. Audios downloaded from the library: 27

6. Inter-library loans: 5

7. Newly acquired 2017 -- any format: 10

1. Books off my shelves -- paper variety acquired pre-2017 ( I'm trying to make this category as large as possible.)

1. One Coffee With by Margaret Maron
2. The Dead of Winter by Paula Gosling
3. The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
4. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (re-read)
5. Innocent Graves by Peter Robinson
6. Dead Right by Peter Robinson
7. In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
8. Bloodline by Fiona Mountain

currently reading:
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

2. E-books acquired pre-2017
1a. The Rose of Fire by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (short story)
1b. Blackwater lake by Maggie James (novella)

currently reading

abandoned
too many to list. Very fickle with this category.

3. Paper books borrowed from my hometown library

1. Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott
2. Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman
3. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
4. The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
5. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
6. Take the Bait by S.W. Hubbard
7. The Trespasser by Tana French
8. Glass Houses by Louise Penny
9. Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger
10. Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
11. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
12. Hidden Scars by Mark de Castrique
13. Really Important Stuff My Cat Taught Me by Cynthia L. Copeland
14. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

currently reading

4. E-books downloaded from library

1. Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen
2. Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
4. Darkness Visible by William Styron
5. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
6. Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
7. The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
8. Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania edited by Thomas White
9. The Lion in the Living Room by Abigail Tucker
10. Marina by Carols Ruiz Zafon
11. Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
12. In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie
13. Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason
14. Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
15. Bones are Forever by Kathy Reichs
16. Firestorm by Nevada Barr
17. Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen

currently reading:

5. Audios downloaded from the library:

1. The Dance of the Seagull by Andrea Camilleri
2. The Soloist by Steve Lopez
3. Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston
4. The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman
5. The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin
6. Now May You Weep by Deborah Crombie
7. Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough
8. The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman
9. Ten Second Staircase by Christopher Fowler
10. The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
11. Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
12. A Change of Heart by Phillip Gulley
13. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
14. The Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri
15. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
16. The Western Star by Craig Johnson
17. Almost Friends by Philip Gulley
18. Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman
19. The Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumb
20. Revival by Stephen King
21. Angelica's Smile by Andrea Camilleri
22. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
23. Out of Range by C.J. Box
24. Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman
25. The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Lauta Lippman
26. Hush, Hush by Laura Lippman
27. A Visible Darkness by Jonathon King

currently reading

6. Inter-library loans

1. The Unwinding by George Packer
2. Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
3. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
4. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
5. The Christmas Scrapbook by Phillip Gulley

currently reading:

7. Books aquired in 2017 -- any format (trying to keep this category as small as possible)

1. Never Kissed Goodnight, and short storyNever Neck at Niagara by Edie Claire (Kindle collection)
2. Here and Now: Living in the Spirit by Henri Nouwen (paperback)
3. Strengths-based Leadership by Tom Rath
4. My Sister's Bones by Nuala Ellwood (LT ER program)
5. Foundations of Library and Information Science by Richard Rubin (textbook)
6. Reference and Information Services ed. by Richard E. Bopp (textbook)
7. Swallow the Hook by S.W. Hubbard
8. Fundamentals of Library Supervision by Beth McNeil (textbook)
9. Local Girl Missing by Claire Douglas (LT ER book)
10. Metadata for Digital Collections by Steven J. Miller (textbook)

currently reading

I've been trying to keep book acquisitions to a minimum. Of the books I've read in this category, one was for a retreat; one was for a seminar; one was an ER book; and three were required texts!

I may need a miscellaneous category for books I read from more than one source/format. Or I may want to note reads for other specific challenges or group reads.

Good luck with your reading!

A very sensible set-up! Enjoy your reading!

Great idea! I hope your TBR shelves yield lots of gems :)

Good luck keeping cat 7 small. ;)

Hi again Terri!

Great to see you here, Terri!

I like that set-up - yey for keeping things simple. :)

Nice set-up! That first category is getting a lot of attention this year!

Hi, Terri! I've always enjoyed reading your comments and I look forward to another year! Here's to 2017!

Hi Terri! We have a similar theme this year ( to read more of our own books), and I chose 7 categories as well. I have no idea how I'd ever come up with 17 categories! Hope your first book of 2017 is a great one.

Hi Terri, I'm doing this challenge for the first year. I'm simply going to participate in the women's & SFF cats, and do some group reads. My main thread is here. Here's to keeping it simple!

Love your setup. I tend to have a hard time reading off my own shelves (real and virtual) as opposed to finding something shiny at the library (real and, more often, virtual). I always start out the year with big ideas of reading more of what I own than the number I acquire, but I'm never very successful. Good luck!

I'm doing a similar thing this year. Last year's commitments just stressed me out too much.

A good setup for 2017.

Looks like you are taking the simple set-up for 2017! Looking forward to seeing what you read.

Happy New Year, and hello to all my visitors! Forgive me if I don't reply individually. It's January 1, and I already feel hopelessly behind on the threads!

Interesting that you "unstar" the 2016 threads. I keep them going as long as there as activity. It usually dies out within a week or so. I still haven't made rounds of all the 2017 threads on the two reading-based groups in which I participate here. Hopefully I'll get around to those soon.

>27 thornton37814: Lori, I'm just so far behind, I'm just abandoning 2016 groups to start fresh with the 2017 edition.

Welcome back, Terri.

A nice format. I've been paying far more attention than usual to the source. I think of them as (1) regular print books, (2) Kindle books, or (3) books borrowed from the library. Most end up being Kindle books for me, though I try to read more of my own print books (and not buy too many more). If it's new or else obscure and/or expensive, then I get it from the library.

Oh yay! Another inter-library loan category! Happy New Year!

I do Inter Library Loans requests from other libraries in our system (north suburban Chicago) fairly often. For a hockey book I want, no one in the system had it so I did a World Cat request. Do you ever do those? Sometimes, only a handful of libraries nationwide have the book and I'll end up getting it cross country. For this one, though, I think a library in Chicago might have it and maybe the University of Illinois.

I think of these as "super duper ILLs."

>31 lindapanzo: I've never done that lindapanzo. Can you point me to the website? Or do you think my local librarian could help me? My ILL system has ended several of my requests because no one had the books.

>30 VictoriaPL: Happy New Year! Yay for ILLs!

>31 lindapanzo: Linda, some are holds on books from the other libraries in our system. Most are borrowed through our PA state ShareIt system. I know there is a way to borrow from out of state, but I believe we have to put those requests through the district library.

More technology weirdness: We have Verizon service for our phone and internet. It's not unusual for the phone to work and the internet to not work.

Today the phone is dead, but the internet is working better than usual. Go figure.

>32 VictoriaPL: Unfortunately, my World Cat access is via my local district library. On my library's website, I go in through "resources." I can check on a book if you PM me.

When they arrive, they're specially marked. You have to keep a certain wrapper on it so they know it gets special handling.

Hmmm, I was checking out the book I'd asked for and it says non-CCS loan on my reserve list. I also note that Puckstruck came in for me so I'd better pick it up. Maybe once I get my leaky tire fixed.

Upon looking further, when I go to World Cat, it says "Statewide Illinois Library" and I note that 5 Illinois libraries own a copy of the book I wanted and 35 libraries worldwide own a copy. The fact that 5 Illinois libraries own it probably explains why it came in so quickly.

I'm always in a bit of awe when I get a book that is owned by only 35 libraries worldwide. It seems so precious, somehow.

There was an ILL request our library got once, and we were the only library in the state that owned the book. It was returned with a Thank You note from the patron who had requested it, saying how much he appreciated our sending it -- otherwise he wouldn't have had access to it. We were quite touched by the gesture.

I have a lot of experience with ILL. Almost any library book I request via Interlibrary Loan comes from elsewhere. Sometimes it comes from another Tennessee library, but with my interests, mine often come from other states. ILL was part of my job when I lived in Ohio. When I first came to Tennessee, the person who was in charge of ILL's resignation coincided with my arrival (she'd been on my search committee). As the only person with ILL experience, I ended up with it most of my first year here, even though it wasn't what I'd been hired to do.

>37 thornton37814: Lori, for quite a while I've been the "back-up" person for the person who is in charge of ILL at our library -- I help her at times, and handle the work when she's on vacation.

I'm still working on the books I was reading when 2016 ended:

One Coffee With by Margaret Maron (off the shelf)
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (e-book from library)
The Dance of the Seagull by Andrea Camilleri (AUDIO from library)
Mr. Lincoln's Army by Bruce Catton (off the shelf)

Later this month, I'll be reading The Unwinding by George Packer (via ILL)
and The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman (book from library)

I'm already seeing a shortcoming in my categories. As the loans are about to expire on my downloads, I may wind up finishing them in another format. That kind of messes with how I categorize them, as my categories are based on the sources of my reads. For instance, I know I can snag hard-copy of the Hiaasen from my library if I can't renew the e-book.

Nice to see you here again. I'm just now catching up with all the threads from people I starred last year. There are just so many threads! Since RI is such a small state, we have just one ILL system for the whole state. I had one on request that just came in and since we're supposed to get some snow tonight, I ran down this afternoon to pick it up.

Hi, Betty! Oh, I cannot begin to get to all the threads here and on the 75 challenge. I just muddle around as best I can, trying to eventually get to the folks who are familiar and occasionally visit a new thread or two. Back to work from vacation tomorrow, and then I have a class starting in about ten days, and then I'll be totally behind.

I have finally found the time to visit some more threads and happy to stumble across your thread, Teri! Love the setup you have here for your challenge.

Hi, Lori! It's so hard to get around to people's threads!

OK, I've finished two books. The first was a library download audio The Dance of the Seagull by Andrea Camilleri. It's probably my least favorite of the Montalbano series.

The other is actually off my shelves! One Coffee With by Margaret Maron, #1 in the Sigrid Harald series, Maron's older series. (But I read that she is coming out with another one, after something like a 20-year break!)

>35 lindapanzo:, >36 tymfos:, >37 thornton37814: All this ILL talk is interesting!

>43 tymfos: Congratulations on finishing a book! Interesting that Maron is coming out with a new Sigrid Harald book. I liked the series, but I didn't care for the one she wrote where Sigird met Deborah Knott.

Well, I've certainly been neglecting this thread! I got a new full-time job, and my reading and LT time has plummeted!

Hi to my visitors! A snowstorm has closed the local schools and library, so I have a little time for LT.

I finished The Dead of Winter just in time to report on it during a major snowstorm. This was a semi-cozy mystery set in the Great Lakes region. It was a tidy little mystery which I enjoyed, and which didn't suffer too much from my sporadic reading schedule. That's one off my own shelf.

Other books finished since I last posted:
The Soloist by Steve Lopez, read via audio, which I really, really loved. It's the true story of a journalist who tries to help a mentally ill homeless musician. This isn't your average street musician -- he had studied at Julliard.

Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen. This is a typical Hiaasen satirical romp through Florida, this time after a major hurricane. Read via Overdrive e-book.

Real life can be inconvenient. I hope you enjoy your new job!

Thanks! I'm starting to enjoy it. At first, there was just so much learning and catching up to do, that it was a real struggle. But things are shaping up, and I'm finding much more enjoyment in it.

Congrats on the new job!

Thanks, Rabbitprincess!

I finished The Unwinding by George Packer. I put it in the ILL category, because that's how I started it. After a renewal, I returned the ILL and managed to finish it with an Overdrive download. Very interesting book.

A new job is very exciting news, Teri. Hopefully, once you are totally used to it, you will find you have plenty of time for your reading and, of course, LT. :)

Hi, Judy! I'm slowly starting to nibble at books again. The drives to meetings have given me some extra time for audio books, and that's my biggest category so far.

I finished Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston this week. It's about a family whose son has been abducted by a pedophile, and then found and returned home. It focuses on the emotional toll on the family members and how they respond to what's happened and adapt to the "new normal" of Justin being home. It's not graphic about what happened to the boy. It gets inside the heads of the other family members, issues of guilt (if I'd done something differently, he wouldn't have been abducted), the anxiety of not knowing the details of all that he'd been through, the rage against the abductor, the stress dealing with well-meaning folks who can be intrusive in expressing their happiness that the child was found, and a lot of other details one wouldn't think of in contemplating such a scenario. It almost seemed like the ending was a little too neat, then the author stirred the pot a bit in the epilogue. It's a book that leaves a lot of questions unanswered, and that's OK. Perhaps that's its greatest strength, because life is that way.

Congratulations on the new job! Once everything settles in place you'll be able to make more time for reading.

Thanks, Vivienne! I'm starting to find some time for reading. . . then this summer I'll be starting grad school. :) I do think my reading will continue to suffer a bit, but I'm learning to manage it better.

Hi Terri, Grad School, how exciting!

>55 DeltaQueen50: At my age, it's almost too exciting for my heart to take, Judy!

Well, I thinks it's wonderful and courageous, Best of luck!

Thanks, Judy!

Well, I've been noting my reading up top in my category lists, but not doing very well posting about the books. I am reading a bit more than I was earlier this year. I actually managed to finish one book (audio) already this month,

Now May You Weep by Deborah Crombie -- 9th in the Duncan Kincade/ Gemma James series, this time set in the highlands of Scotland. Good.

and 7 books in April,

Hallelujah Anyway by Anne Lamott (4-30-17) -- not her best, but at least there aren't any political rants. She's gotten away from that.

Here and Now: Living in the Spirit by Henri J. M. Nouwen (4-29-17) -- read for a retreat, some things that worked for me and some not.

The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin AUDIO (4-24-17) -- starts with Autism 101, but quickly moves into describing some fascinating research. She has some good ideas; I wish she'd spent more time fleshing out the practical applications of the research. Maybe in her next book.

The Confessions of Nat Turner by Willian Styron (4-22-17) -- Styron's classic, Pulitzer winner. It's not an easy book to read, but I'm glad I read it.

Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell-Hochschild (4-15-17) A look at ultra-conservative southerners by a Berkley liberal.

The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman (4-4-17) -- I love Hillerman's books, and this was one of the better ones!

Never Kissed Goodnight by Edie Claire (4/1/17) -- lightweight but enjoyable, it was just what I needed at the time.

Oh, I've been away awhile, except for adding to my lists.

In reverse order, here's what I've completed since that first book in May that I wrote about in my last post.

Innocent Graves by Peter Robinson (7-28-17)
A Change of Heart by Philip Gulley AUDIO (7-25-17)
Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman AUDIO (7-19-17)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (7-14-17)
The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman AUDIO (7-11-17)
Ten-Second Staircase by Christopher Fowler AUDIO (7-5-17)
Foundations of Library and Information Science by Richard Rubin (6-30-17)
The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman AUDIO (6-24-17)
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi e-book (6-22-17)
Darkness Visible:A Memoir of Madness by William Styron e-book (6-18-17)
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (6-16-17) REREAD
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie e-book (6-9-17)
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks e-book (6-1-17)
My Sister's Bones by Nuala Ellwood (5-30-17)
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly (5-25-17)
Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough AUDIO (5-18-17)
Blackwater Lake by Maggie James e-book novella (5-13-17)
The Rose of Fire by Carlos Ruiz Zafon short story ebook (5-9-17)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (5-10-17) REREAD
Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman (5/7/17)

>60 tymfos: Welcome back! Looks like you've done some good reading while you've been away.

Hi, Lori! Somehow I never seem to keep this thread up as well as the one over on the 75 Challenge -- and I'm not doing that well tending to that one, either.

The Audio Book category seems to be the hot one this year. I don't have much time these days to sit and read (except for school assignments), but I can listen when I do housework, exercise, or drive.

Hi Terri, I've been dipping into audio books a little more this year as well. It's great that you can be reading while still having your hands free for other things.

How was the audio of Ten-Second Staircase? That series seems like it might be fun on audio (I've been reading in print).

>63 DeltaQueen50: Hi, Judy! Audio books do have their advantages, at least if they are well done.

>64 rabbitprincess: I like that series on audio -- I think I've done several that way.

Well, I abandoned Joe Pickett a week or so ago, and now I think I'm going to abandon Inspector Montalbano. Both abandonments are temporary, of course. But right now, I think I need something new and different for my audiobook listening.

I've been really fickle this year in my downloaded reading, both ebooks and audios.

And I've been terrible about posting here, except for the lists at the top of the thread. I haven't really talked about my reading at all.

Here's what I've read since my last list at the end of July:

Metadata for Digital Collections by Stephen J. Miller (12-13-17)
Really Important Stuff My Cat Has Taught Me by Cynthia > Copeland (12-9-17)
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason e-book (12-8-17)
In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie e-book (12-2-17)
Hush, Hush by Laura Lippman AUDIO (12-2-17)
The Christmas Scrapbook by Philip Gulley (11-28-17)
Bloodline by Fiona Mountain (11-26-17)
Hidden Scars by Mark de Castrique (11-24-17)
Local Girl Missing by Claire Douglas (11-24-17)
The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman AUDIO (11-23-17)
Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman AUDIO (11-22-17)
Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs e-book (11-19-17)
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (11-17-17)
Out of Range by C.J. Box AUDIO (11-14-17)
Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell AUDIO and paper copy
Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon e-book
The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman AUDIO (11-3-17)
Angelica's Smile by Andrea Camilleri AUDIO (10-31-17)
Revival by Stephen King AUDIO (10-30-17)
Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger (10-29-17)
The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and took over the world by Abigail Tucker e-book (10-22-17)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson book and (AUDIO) (10-20-17)
The Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumb AUDIO (10-19-17)
Skeleton Man (mostly AUDIO (10-8-17)
Fundamentals of Library Supervision, Third Edition by Beth McNeil (10-7-17)
Swallow the Hook by S.W. Hubbard (10-02-17)
Almost Friends by Philip Gulley (9-25-17)
Glass Houses by Louise Penny (9-19-17)
The Western Star by Craig Johnson AUDIO (9-17-17)
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (AUDIO, paperback, & e-book ) (9-16-17)
Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania ed. by Thomas White (9-12-17)e-book
The Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri AUDIO (9-7-17)
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (9-5-17)e-book
The Trespasser by Tana French (9-4-17)
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson (8-25-17)
Take the Bait by S.W. Hubbard (8-18-17)
The Angel's Game AUDIO (8-12-17)
Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James e-book (8-11-17)
Dead Right by Peter Robinson (8-11-17)
Reference and Information Services: An Introduction by Richard E. Bopp (8-6-17)
A book I forgot to count in May:
Strengths-Based Leadership by Tom Rath

Took my final exam for the semester. I have a month off from school, to focus on work and home . . . and reading! Yay!

Current reads:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Ill Wind by Nevada Barr (e-book)
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (audio)

I need to decide on a non-fiction book to read now.

Of the list in >66 tymfos:, here are

some favorites

Really Important Stuff My Cat Has Taught Me was a quick fun read, more photos than text. It was my Book #75 for the year, taking that proud place in my 75 Challenge list. (For a while, I didn't think I'd get near to reading 75 books this year!)

My re-read of Ordinary Grace was enjoyed even more than reading it the first time around.

In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson was an OUTSTANDING installment in his Inspector Banks series, IMO.

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown was very good. I knew nothing about crew, and learned a lot about the sport. And the story was just so well-told, and all the more meaningful because it was true.

The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon was very good -- not quite up to the level of Shadow of the Wind, IMO, but close. And looking back on Angel's Game made a lot more sense after reading Prisoner of Heaven.

ome least favorites:

Local Girl Missing by Claire Douglas was an ER book that missed the mark for me.

The Christmas Scrapbook by Phillip Gulley was a novella that I found not worth reading, except that it completed the series for me.

Hush, Hush wasn't one of Laura Lippman's better efforts, IMO.

Hi Terri, I loved Ordinary Grace when I read it and In a Dry Season is probably my favorite of the Alan Banks books. Enjoy your holidays from schoolwork!

Judy, they were both great books.

Well, I've read a few more in the last days of the year, especially after the semester ended:

Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen e-book (12-28-17)
A Visible Darkness by Jonathon King AUDIO (12-25-17)
Firestorm by Nevada Barr e-book (12-24-17)
Bones are Forever by Kathy Reichs e-book (12-21-17)
Ill Wind by Nevada Barr e-book (12-16-17)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (12-15-17)

Here's my final category count, 82 books in all:

1. Books off my shelves-- paper variety acquired pre-2017 (trying to make this category as large as possible): 8

2. E-books acquired pre-2017:1 (actually, 2 short stories/novellas)

3. Paper books borrowed from my hometown library 14

4. E-books downloaded from library: 17

5. Audios downloaded from the library: 27

6. Inter-library loans: 5

7. Newly acquired 2017 -- any format: 10

I don't think I'll be back to this challenge for 2018. I'm not keeping up at all, and really saying much here about the books except to list them. I wish everyone a happy 2018!

Sorry you won't be joining the challenge in 2018. The number of members and posts can be daunting. You might want to consider joining in one of the CATs or KITs instead of having a thread. Whatever you choose, best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Thanks, Vivienne! Happy New Year to you, too!

Yes, do stop by for a CAT or a KIT if you like! Whatever you're reading, have a great year :)

Thanks, rabbitprincess! Happy new year to you!