Books of 2020

January (16)

1. Longbourn by Jo Baker *****
2. Tad by Benji Davies *****
3. Veg by Jamie Oliver
4. From The Oven To The Table by Diana Henry *****
5. Life Among The Savages by Shirley Jackson *****
6. Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley *****
7. Treasure Palaces Edited by Maggie Fergusson
8. The Foundling by Stacey Halls *****
9. How To Build A City by Isabel Otter and Harry Woodgate *****
10. A Sea Of Stories by Sylvia Bishop *****
11. A Baby For Mummy by Cathy Gillen Thacker *****
12. A Cold Creek Secret by Raeanne Thayne 
13. Neither Here Nor There (Audio) by Bill Bryson, read by Bill Bryson *****
14. The Family They Chose by Nancy Robards Thompson
15. Private Partners by Gina Wilkins
16. Heartstopper v3 by Alice Oseman *****

February (7)

1. Pests by Emer Stamp  
2. A Bride For Jericho Bravo by Christine Rimmer  
3. Printed In North Korea; The Art Of Everyday Life In The DPRK by Nicholas Bonner 
4. Magnus Chase And The Hammer Of Thor by Rick Riordan 
5. The Texan's Surprise Baby by Gina Wilkins
6. Isadora Moon Goes On Holiday by Harriet Mucncaster
7. You're Mum; A Little Book For Mothers by Liz Climo *****

March (3) 

[UK Covid-19 Lockdown 1 started between House Of Glass and The Day We Met The Queen]

1. House Of Glass by Hadley Freeman *****
2. The Day We Met the Queen: World Book Day 2020 by Onjali Q. Raúf *****
3. Youth by Tove Ditlevsen 

April (7)

1. Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye *****
2. The Animals At Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
3. The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow *****
4. The Book Of Pebbles by Christopher Stocks and Andie Lewin
5. Vermeer by Martin Bailey
6. Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen
7. Chelsea High by Jenny Oliver *****

May (10)

1. Something Wonderful by Matt Ritter from Netgalley
2. There Are No Grown-ups by Pamela Druckerman
3. Colourful Fun Embroidery by Clare Albans from Netgalley *****
4. The Little Dreams Of Lara Cliffe by Milly Johnson
5. Read With Pride by Lucy Powrie
6. Wildflower Bay by Rachael Lucas *****
7. Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich *****
8. What Happens Now? by Sophia Money-Coutts *****
9. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice retold by Katherine Woodfine and Illustrated by Églantine Ceulemans *****
10. Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich*****

June (6)

1. Jane Austen's Persuasion retold by Narinder Dhami and Illustrated by Églantine Ceulemans *****
2. Pottermore Presents Short Stories From Hogwarts Of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists by JK Rowling
3. Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter *****
4. Girl Out Of Water by Nat Luurtsema *****
5. Wing Jones by Katherine Webber *****
6. Rewild Yourself by Simon Barnes

July (6)

[Moved house, again]

1. All You Can Ever Know; A Memoir Of Adoption by Nicole Chung *****
2. Huddersfield In 50 Buildings by Christopher Marsden and Andrew Caveney *****
3. Eisenhower by Paul Johnson *****
4. Hotel Flamingo; Fabulous Feast by Alex Milway
5. Clean Up! By Nathan Bryon and Dapo Areola *****
6. Last Stop On Market Street by Matt De La Peña and Christian Robinson 

August (9)

1. The Squirrels That Squabbled by Rachel Bright and Jim Field *****
2. The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field*****
3. Treacle Street, Marcel's Parcels by Kate Hindley
4. Treacle Street, Prima's Missing Bunnies by Kate Hindley
5. Treacle Street, Where's Williams Washing by Kate Hindley
6. Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
7. Desmond And The Very Mean Word by Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams
8. Jane Austen's Emma retold by Katy Birchall and illustrated by Églantine Ceulemans *****
9. Redhead By The Side Of The Road by Anne Tyler

September (14)

1. Charlotte by Helen Moffett
2. The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field ***** 
3. Ten Minutes To Bed Little Monster by Rhiannon Fielding and Chris Chatterton ***** 
4. The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming ***** 
5. The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser and Kate Hindley ***** 
6. Oi Aardvark by Kes Gray and Jim Field 
7. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman ***** 
8. The Roasting Tin Around The World by Rukmini Iyer 
9. She Believed She Could So She Did by Sam Lacey ***** 
10. Ottolenghi Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi 
11. 7 Ways by Jamie Oliver 
12. Our Planet by HarperCollins/WWF/Netflix 
13. Scotland's Landscapes, The National Collection of Aerial Photography by James Crawford 
14. How To Argue With A Racist; History, Science, Race and Reality by Adam Rutherford *****

October (9)

1. Monsieur Roscoe On Holiday by Jim Field ***** 
2. Little Leaders Exceptional Black Men In Black History by Vashti Harrison ***** 
3. A Kind Of Spark by Elle McNicoll ***** 
4. Ghost Towns; Lost Cities Of The Old West by Clint Thomsen ***** 
5. The Ravenmaster; My Life With The Ravens At The Tower Of London by Christopher Skaife *****
6. The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol *****
7. The Great American Pin-Up by Taschen, Martingnette and Meisel
8. Hard Pushed by Leah Hazard *****
9. Usborne 100 Things To Know About History *****

November (6)

[Lockdown 2 started after A Witch Alone]

1. A Witch Alone by James Nicol *****
2. The Snowflake by Benji Davies *****
3. The Night After Christmas by Kes Gray and Claire Powell *****
4. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy *****
5. Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden *****
6. The Baby Who Saved Christmas by Alison Roberts

December (8)

[Lockdown 2 ended December 2nd]

1. Lost Cat by Mary Gaitskill
2. King Of The Swamp by Catherine Emmett and Ben Mantle *****
3. Bad Cat by Nicola O'Byrne
4. Barkley by Rebecca Crane *****
5. Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy by Steve Mann *****
6. The Valley Of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr *****
7. This Winter by Alice Oseman *****
8. Amari And The Night Brothers by B.B. Alston *****

Total Books Read in 2020 - 101 (60 rated 5*)