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I read 93 books this year - probably due to having more time on my hands, and I rated so many books 5 stars, it was a bumper year!

Themes were books about Iceland, wild swimming, books about books, 1 about CS.....

Best Book (Fiction): Sorrow and Bliss: Meg Mason

Best Book (Chicklit): Close Knit: Jenny ( Read more... )

Review of the year here: https://nice-cup-of-tea.livejournal.com/1071922.html

Books Read in 2024
Murder under the Misteltoe: Richard Coles
The Bullet Journal Method: Ryder Carroll
Ballet Shoes: Noel Streatfield
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All I want for Christmas: Karen Swan
The Mistletoe Mystery: Nita ( Read more... )

I am so excited - at the start of February I am going to Matlock for a 3 day reading retreatI booked thise for myself a year ago and it comes at the perfect time, thanks to work stress, life stress, a need to get some space to read and write and think ( Read more... )

Books Read in 2023
Why don’t things fall up? Alom Shaha
Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe: Jenny Colgan
Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop: Jenny Colgan
Tinseltown, Hollywood and the Beautiful Game - a Match made in Wrexham: Ian Herbert
The Man of her Dreams: Sara Manning
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The Housekeepers: Alex Hay
Rest is Resistance: Tricia Hersey
This Christmas: ( Read more... )

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I read 85 books this year - So many 5 star choices this year, hard to choose. It was also a year of re-reading, waiting for sequels and re-reading.

Themes were death, loss, racism, rest

Best Book (Fiction) - has to be a three way tie!: A terrible Kindness: Jo Browning Wroe & Girl, Woman, Other: Bernardine ( Read more... )

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I read 71 books this year - some great picks this year and some eagerly awaited books!

Themes were death, LGBT, Menopause, fiction about her Majesty the Queen! and also some Jane Eyre spin-offs: Jane Eyre: Charlotte Brontë & Mr Rochester: Sarah Shoemaker & Thornfield Hall: Jane Stubbs

Best Book (Fiction): ( Read more... )

Books Read in 2022
Marathoning for Mortals: John Bingham
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Freckles: Caecilia Ahern
Murder Most Royal: S.J. Bennett
Managing Expectations: Minnie Driver
Skyfaring: Mark Vanhoenacker
The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts: Annie Darling
A Slip of the Keyboard: Terry Pratchett
True Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop: Annie Darling
The Widow: Kaira ( Read more... )

The Wish List: Sophia Money-Coutts
Anthro Vision: Gillian Tett
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery: Jenny Colgan
Gifts: Laura Barnes
The Naked Irish: Clare O'Dea
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Christmas bookshop: Jenny Colgan
Older and wider: Jenny Eclair
Coming Home: Patricia Dixen
The Shortest History of England: James Hawes
Working wonders: Jenny Colgan
Unsticky: ( Read more... )

I read 125 books this year - a bumper year of reading!

Here are my picks from 2021...

Best Book (Fiction): A Three Dog Problem: S J Bennett & The Reading List: Sara Nisha Adams

Best Chicklit: The Island Home: Libby Page

Best Book (Non-Fiction): Anthro Vision: Gillian Tett & Word Perfect: Susie DentBook which made me change/gave me most food ( Read more... )

So the combination of being ill at home, with time on my hands, lead to a month of much reading and book buying in October (and into November!)
I now have an embarrassing ambundance of books on my Kindle :-)

ReadAre we having fun yet? Lucy Mangan ( Read more... )