Books are listed in the chronological order I read them. The links in this list are to my reviews – some ‘reviews’ are mini reviews/notes or as parts of composite posts (not all books will be reviewed).
Key:
- F = Fiction
- K = Kindle
- CF = Crime Fiction
- HF = Historical Fiction
- LB = library book
- TBR = book acquired before 1 Jan 2021
- RB = a review book from author/publisher/NetGalley
- B = book borrowed from family/friends
- NF = non-fiction
- AB = Audiobooks
January
- The Queen’s Lady by Joanne Hickson 4* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Miss Austen by Gill Hornby 4* F, HF, K, TBR
- How To Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer 5* NF, B
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 3* F, TBR
- The Chalet by Catherine Cooper 4* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
February
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 4* F, TBR
- Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Last Trial by Scott Turow 5* CF, F, K, LB
- The Man in the Bunker by Rory Clements 5* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Ashes by Christopher de Vinck 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Stamboul Train by Graham Greene 4* F, K
- The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley 4* F, HF, K,TBR
March
- The Second Cut by Louise Welsh 3.5* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- The Red Monarch by Bella Ellis 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- The Homecoming by Anna Enquist 4* F, HF, K
- The Drowned City by K L Maitland 3* CF, F, HF, K, RB
April
- The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré 5* F, TBR
- Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo 3* F, HF, K, TBR
- A Room With a View by E M Forster 3.5* F, K, TBR
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3* F, K, TBR
- Rain: Four Walks in English Weather by Melissa Harrison 4* NF
- Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- My Evil Mother: a short story by Margaret Atwood
- Holy Island by L J Ross 2* CF, F, TBR
- Cécile is Dead by Georges Simenon 4* CF, F, K, (a reread)
May
- Traitor in the Ice by K J Maitland 2* F, HF, K, RB,
- Dead Like You by Peter James 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Chapel in the Woods by Dolores Gordon-Smith 3* CF, F, K, RB
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J R R Tolkein 5* F, K (a re-read)
- Smiley’s People by John le Carré 4* F, K,TBR
June
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 5*, F, K, TBR
- The Riddle of the Third Mile by Colin Dexter 5* CF, F, TBR
- The Hiding Place by Simon Lelic 5* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- In Too Deep by Bea Davenport 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- A Tapping at My Door by David Jackson 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown 4* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
July
August
September
October
November
December