In 2021… My Life in Books

2021 My Life In BooksI saw this on Shelleyrae’s Book’d Out blog and thought I’d have a go at it myself… Links from the titles will take you to my review.

If you want to join in, just complete the prompts using titles from books you read in 2021. Go on, it’s fun.  Do be sure to include a link back to Book’d Out in your blog post and add a link to your post in the comments on Shellyrae’s original post.

2021 was the year of: Small Pleasures

In 2021 I wanted to be: The Bookseller’s Secret

In 2021 I was: Down A Dark River

In 2021 I gained: Blue Shoes and Happiness

In 2021 I lost: Blasted Things

In 2021 I loved: Violets

In 2021 I hated: Little 

In 2021 I learned: Three Little Truths

In 2021 I was surprised by: Everyday Magic 

In 2021 I went to: A Room Made of Leaves

In 2021 I missed out on: Small Things Like These 

In 2021 my family were: The Visitors 

In 2022 I hope: Everything Happens For A Reason 

#TopTenTuesday Favourite Books of 2020

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 Favourite Books of 2020. It’s the topic I always dread, not because I haven’t read many brilliant books this year, but because I find it so difficult to choose only ten. However, with apologies to those I had to omit but still loved, here is my selection…or at least my selection as at this minute. By tomorrow, I may have changed my mind completely! (Links from the titles will take you to my reviews.)

The Lost Lights of St Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford (Corvus)
Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees (Harper Collins)
The Offing by Benjamin Myers (Bloomsbury)
Munich by Robert Harris (Hutchinson)
A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth by Daniel Mason (Mantle)

The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay (Grove Atlantic)
When We Fall by Carolyn Kirby (No Exit)
The Stasi Game by David Young (Zaffre)
V For Victory by Lissa Evans (Doubleday)
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (Hodder & Stoughton)