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My Life In Books 2020

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Thanks to Karen at Booker Talk for prompting me to play this again and to Annabel who came up with the latest version. The challenge is…using only books you have read this year (2020), answer these prompts. Try not to repeat a book title.  Links from the title will take you to my reviews.

In high school I was Dear Child (Romy Hausmann)

People might be surprised by The Last Secrets (John Buchan)

I will never be Hitler’s Secret (Rory Clements)

My life in lockdown was like Distorted Days (Louise Worthington)

My fantasy job is Hermit (S.R. White)

At the end of a long day I need The Last of the Wine (Mary Renault)

I hate being The Figure in the Photograph (Kevin Sullivan)

Wish I had A Little London Scandal (Miranda Emmerson)

My family reunions are A Messy Affair (Elizabeth Mundy)

At a party you’d find me with People Like Us (Louise Fein)

I’ve never been to The Bermondsey Bookshop (Mary Gibson)

A happy day includes This Green and Pleasant Land (Ayisha Malik)

Motto I live by On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)

On my bucket list is Summer in Provence (Lucy Coleman)

In my next life, I want to have One Hundred Miracles (Zuzana Ruzickova & Wendy Holden)

#TopTenTuesday Books On My Winter 2020/21 TBR

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Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s topic is Books On My Winter 2020-2021 TBR. Here are ten I’m hoping to read between now and the end of February.  Links from the titles will take you to the book description on Goodreads.

Children’s Fate (The Meonbridge Chronicles #4) by Carolyn Hughes – continuing the story of Meonbridge in the wake of the Black Death
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. – a story of love in all its permutations
The Push by Ashley Audrain – “The women in this family, we’re different…”
The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry – second in the series of historical mysteries set in Edinburgh
Forgotten Lives (DCI Doug Stirling #2) by Ray Britain – police procedural

To The Dark by Chris Nickson – the third in the Simon Westow historical mystery series
A Prince and a Spy by Rory Clements – a Cambridge spy must unravel a dangerous mystery that goes all the way to the heart of the Third Reich…and the British Monarchy
The Disoriented by Amin Maalouf – after 25 years in exile, Adam travels from France to his homeland in the Middle East to bid farewell to his dying childhood friend
The Girl at the Back of the Bus by Suzette D. Harrison – a heartbreaking and inspirational novel about redemption, family secrets and the spirit of survival
Madam by Phoebe Wynne – “Light a fire they can’t put out…”