📖 My 12 in 12 in 2020 📖

 

📖 As the end of my reading year approaches here are my much anticipated 12 in 12 📖

Thanks to Jo at The Book Jotter who  inspired this meme...

📖 Twelve authors who were new to me:

1. Jeannine Cumins - American Dirt
2. Ann Napolitano - Dear Edward
3. Therese Ann Fowler - A Good Neighbourhood
4. Catherine Jinks - Shepherd
5. Jack Shepherd - Back to School
6. Kathleen McGurl - The Secrets of the Chateau
7. Miranda Mallins - The Puritan Princess
8. Jennifer Bohnet - A French Affair
9. Rebecca Marsh - Where Hope is Found
10. Louise Allen - The Maiden and the Mercenary
11. Naomi Miller - Imperfect Alchemist
12. Susanna Bavin - The Deserter's Daughter

📖 Twelve authors I have read before:

1. Dorothy Koomson - Tell Me Your Secret
2. Claire Allan - The Liar's Daughter
3. Linda Green - One Moment
4. Lorna Cook - The Forbidden Promise
5. Hazel Gaynor - The Bird in the Bamboo Cage 
6. Celia Rees - Miss Graham's Cookbook
7. Carolyn Kirby - When We Fall
8. Debbie Rix - The Italian Girls
9. Liza Perrat - The Last Blackbird
10. Amanda Brookfield - The Other Woman
11. Susan Lewis - Forgive Me
12. Rosie Goodwin - The Winter Promise

📖 Twelve books from authors I know will never let me down:

1. The Dilemma - B A Paris 
2. The Home - Sarah Stovell  
3. The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths 
4. The Lost Lights of St Kilda - Elisabeth Gifford 
5. The Secrets of Ironbridge - Mollie Walton
6. A Ration Book Wedding - Jean Fullerton
7. Up Close and Personal - Kathryn Freeman
8. The Light Within Us - Charlotte Betts
9. A Walk Along the Beach - Debbie Macomber
10. The Last Blackbird - Liza Perrat
11. Endless Skies - Jane Cable
12. The Cornish Betrothal - Nicola Pryce

📖 Twelve Audio Books I have enjoyed listening to:

1. The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel
2. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J K Rowling
4. Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
5. Forever Amber - Kathleen Winsor
6. Red Desert - Paddy Magrane
7. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
8. 20/20 - Carl Goodman
9. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
10. Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
11. The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber
12. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

📖 Twelve books that surprised me.....in a good way:

1. Under the Stars - Matt Gaw
2. Just Another Mountain - Sarah Jane Douglas
3. The Lost Child - Emily Gunnis
4. Cabinet of Comfort - Paul Anthony Jones
5. The Weight of Small Things - Julie Lancaster
6. The Unwinding - Jackie Morris
7. The Joyful Environmentalist - Isabel Losada
8. Scottish Words - Robin A Crawford
9. Year of Living Simply - Kate Humble
10. Wintering - Stephen Rutt
11. The Secret Life of the Savoy - Olivia Williams
12. Fifty words for Snow - Nancy Campbell

📖 Twelve books that took me by the hand and led me into the past:

1. Lady of the Ravens - Joanna Hickson
2. The Foundling - Stacey Halls
3. Echoes of the Runes - Christina Courtney
4. The Book of Longings - Sue Monk Kidd
5. The Silken Rose - Carol McGrath
6. The Mysterious Miss Fairchild - Sarah Mallory
7. A Single Thread - Tracy Chevalier
8. The Servant - Maggie Richell-Davies
9. The Honey and the Sting - E C Fremantle
10. The Exiles - Christina Baker Kline
11. When I Come Home Again - Caroline Scott
12. Running Wolf - Helen Steadman

📖 Twelve books that took me into a world of crime and psychological suspense:

1. Tell Me Your Secret - Dorothy Koomson
2. The Liar's Daughter - Clare Allan
3. The Silent House - Nell Pattison
4. The Perfect Couple - Jackie Kabler
5. Pool of Life - Pete Trewin
6. The Curator - M W Craven
7. The Graves of Whitechapel - Clare Evans
8. The Whispering House - Elizabeth Brooks
9. People of Abandoned Character - Clare Whitfield
10. The Art Fiasco - Fiona Veitch Smith
11. A Mother Like You - Ruby Speechley
12. The Christmas Killer - Alex Lake

📖 Twelve books that took me on extraordinary journeys around the world:

1. Greece - Scorpions in Corinth - J M Alvey
2. Ireland - Blood Will be Born - Gary Donnelly
3. Jerusalem - The Book of Longings - Sue Monk Kidd
4. Iraq - Red Desert - Paddy Magrane
5. Germany - Born Survivors - Wendy Holden (NF)
6. France - That Holiday in France by Rhoda Baxter
7. Japan - The Phone Box at the Edge of the World - Laura Imai Messina
8. Italy - The Tuscan Contessa - Dinah Jeffries
9. America - Where the Crawdad's Sing by Delia Owens
10. Sri Lanka - Taken in Nuala - Harriet Steel
11. Russia - City of Ghosts - Ben Creed
12. French Alps - The Chalet - Catherine Cooper

📖 Twelve Books From Debut Authors :

1. People of Abandoned Character - Claire Whitfield
2. This Time Next Year - Sophie Cousens
3. The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon - Sarah Steele
4. The House Party - Mary Grand
5. The Puritan Princess - Miranda Malin
6. The Secrets of Creek Cottage - Tina Edwards
7. The Weight of Small Things - Julie Lancaster
8. Beach Read - Emily Henry
9. The Man on the Street - Trevor Wood
10. The Silent House - Nell Pattison
11. Saturdays at Noon - Rachel Marks
12. The Smallest Man - Frances Quinn

📖 Twelve Books I bought for myself :

1. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
2. Frenchman's Creek - Daphne du Maurier
3. The King's General - Daphne du Maurier
4. Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
5. My One True North - Millie Johnson
6. The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue
7. Time for the Dead - Linn Anderson
8. Dead Inside - Noelle Halton
9. The List - Carys Jones
10. Queenie - Candice Carty Williams
11. Keeper of Secrets - Lynda Stacey
12. I am Dust - Louise Beech

📖 Twelve Feel-Good Novels :

1. A Springtime Affair - Katie Fforde
2. Springtime at Hope Hall - Pam Rhodes
3. The New Guy - Kathryn Freeman
4. Summer Strawberries at Swallowtail Bay - Katie Ginger
5. From Venice with Love - Rosanna Ley
6. My Map of You - Isabelle Broom
7. A Walk along the Beach - Debbie Macomber
8. Beach Hut Surprise - Beach Hut Collective
9. Love at the Little Wedding Shop - Jane Linfoot
10. Strictly Come Dating - Kathryn Freeman
11. Christmas Wishes - Sue Moorcroft
12. A Surprise Christmas Wedding - Philippa Ashley

📖 Twelve books I am looking forward to reading and reviewing in 2021:

1. The Island - Ben Macpherson ( January)
2. All My Lies are True - Dorothy Koomson (January)
3. The Dark Room - Sam Blake (January)
4. The Appeal - Janice Hallet ( January)
5. A Burning - Megha Majumdar (January)
6. The Art of Falling - Danielle MCloughlin ( January)
7. The Paris Library - (February)
8. Call Me Mummy - Tina Baker (February)
9. The Plague Letters - V L Valentine ( April)
10. The Drowned City - K J Maitland ( April)
11. Ariadne - Jennifer Saint (April)
12. Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife - Alison Weir (May)

To all the blog readers who visit us every day, Jaffa Timmy and I are so thrilled that you do!

To all these talented authors for sharing the gift of your imagination with me and to the many publishers who continue to support Jaffareadstoo in so many generous ways.

In this difficult year your books have taken me on the most wonderful armchair adventures 😊

Come back tomorrow when I reveal the books I thought were truly special