📖 Book List ~ My Twelve in Twelve in 2021

 

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. Julienne Brouwers - Double Deceit
2. Linda Tyler - The Laird's Secret 
3. Beth Morrey - Saving Missy
4. Tracey Bloom - The Wife Who Got A Life
5. Kate Hewitt - The Edelweiss Sisters
6. Rebecca Wait - Our Fathers 
7. Sharon Gosling - The House Beneath the Cliffs
8. Saima Mir - The Khan
9. Jessica Redland - Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop
10. Julie Caplin - The Little Cottage in Ireland
11. Will Carver - Psychopaths Anonymous
12. Lori Ann Stephens - Blue Running

📖 Twelve authors I have read before:

1. Dorothy Koomson - All My Lies are True 
2. Helen Fields - Shadow Man 
3. Carol Cooper - The Girls from Alexandria
4. Sue Moorcroft - Under the Italian Sun
5. Susan Lewis - The Lost Hours 
6. Lisa Jewell - The Night She Disappeared
7. Barbara Erskine - The Dream Weavers 
8. Elaine Everest - The Patchwork Girls
9. Anna Belfrage - The Whirlpools of Time
10. Kathryn Hughes - The Memory Box
11. Fiona Veitch Smith - The Crystal Crypt
12. Christina Courtenay - Tempted by the Runes 

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

1. The Burning Girls - C J Tudor 
2. A Thing Called Love - Nell Carter
3. Mr Right Across the Street - Kathryn Freeman
4. The Sewing Room Girl - Susanna Bavin
5. Dead Ground - M W Craven
6. How to be Human - Louise Beech 
7. Cold Case in Nuala - Harriet Steel
8. Her Previous Self - Anne Allen
9. A Narrow Door - Joanna Harris
10. The Collector's Daughter - Gill Paul
11. The Forgotten Maid - Jane Cable
12. The Visitors - Caroline Scott 

📖 Twelve Audio Books I have enjoyed listening to:

1. Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier
2. The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
3. Driftnet - Lin Anderson
4. Mudlarking - Lara Maiklem
5. The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah
6. Buried - Lynda la Plante
7. The Henna Artist - Alka Joshi 
8. The Secret Keeper of Jaipur - Alka Joshi
9. The Cottingley Secret - Hazel Gaynor
10. Sycamore Gap - L J Ross
11. Torch - Lin Anderson
12. Seven Bridges - L J Ross

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

1. The Appeal - Janice Allett 
2. The Lamplighters - Emma Stonex 
3. Clanlands - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish 
4. The Girl at the Back of the Bus - Suzette D Harrison
5. Exit - Belinda Bauer 
6. Ariadne - Jennifer Saint 
7. Bombshell - Mike  Rothmiller and Douglas Thompson
8. Goshawk Summer - James Aldred
9. Deep in the Woods - Ruth Pavey
10. The Winter Garden - Alexandra Bell 
11. Tamesis Street - ShelterBox Books
12. B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils - Edward Carey

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

1. A Net for Small Fishes - Lucy Jago
2. The Drowned City - Karen Maitland
3. The Prophet - Martine Bailey
4. Mrs England - Stacey Hall
5. The Wolf Den - Elodie Harper
6. The Beloved Girls - Harriet Evans
7. A Woman Made of Snow- Elisabeth Gifford 
8. Cecily - Annie Garthwaite 
9. The Swift and the Harrier - Minette Walters 
10. The Surplus Girls' Orphans - Polly Heron
11. In the Shadow of Queens - Alison Weir
12. Christmas with the Railway Girls - Maisie Thomas 

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

1. Night Swim - Megan Goldin
2. The Dark Room - Sam Blake
3. The Whole Truth - Cara Hunter
4. Unsettled Ground - Claire Fuller 
5. Condemned - R C Bridgestock
6. The Happy Family - Jackie Kabler
7. Catch as Catch Can - Malcolm Hollingdrake
8. The Killing Tide - Linn Anderson
9. Swindled - Sue Shepherd
10. Trick or Treat - Katerina Diamond
11. Double Pursuit - Alison Morton
12. The Quiet People - Paul Cleave

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

1. Clanlands - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish ( Scotland)
2. Three Weddings and A Proposal - Sheila O'Flanagan (Ireland)
   
3. The Museum of Desire - Jonathan Kellerman (USA)
4. Journey To Paradise - Paila Greenlees (Singapore)
5. The Henna Artist - Alka Joshi (India)
6. Those Hamilton Sisters - Averil Kenny ( Australia)
7. The Storyteller of Casablanca - Fiona Valpy (Morocco)
8. Song of The Nile - Hannah Fielding (Egypt)
9. Fresh water for Flowers - Valerie Perrin (France)
10. The Shanghai Wife - Emma Harcourt ( Shanghai)
11. A Woman made of Snow - Elisabeth Gifford ( Arctic)
12. The Spanish Book of Short Stories ( Spain)

📖 Twelve Books From Debut Authors :

1. The Sanatorium - Sarah Pearse 
2. Call Me Mummy  - Tina Baker 
3. The Plague Letters - V L Valentine 
4. Tall Bones - Anna Bailey -
5. Ariadne - Jennifer Saint 
6. In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced - Justine Bothwick
7. The Madwoman's Ball - Victoria Mas
8. The Lines between Us - Rebecca D'Harlingue
9. The Girl in the Maze - Cathy Hayward 
10. Cecily - Annie Garthwaite 
11. The Castilians - VEH Masters
12. Always, in December - Emily Stone 

📖 Twelve Books I bought for myself :

1. Clanlands - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish
2. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
3. The Night Hawks - Elly Griffiths
4. The Once and Future Witches - Alix E Harrow
5. Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart
6. Holy Island - L J Ross
7. The Cove - L J Ross
8. The Wolf Den - Elodie Harper
9. The Secret -Katerina Diamond
10. The Man in the Moss - Phil Rickman
11. A Slow Fire Burning - Paula Hawkins
12. Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone - Diana Gabaldon

📖 Twelve Feel-Good Novels :

1. Coming Home to Brightwater Bay - Holly Hepburn
2. Home on Folly Farm - Jane Lovering 
3. The Cornish Midwife - Jo Bartlett
4. Primrose Park - Christie Barlow
5. Under the Italian Sky - Sue Moorcroft
6. Midsummer Magic at Miss Moonshine's Emporium - Authors on the Edge
7. Happy Days at Mermaid Cove - Marie Laval
8. The Country Village Christmas Fete - Cathy Lake
9. The Beach Reads Book - Kathryn Freeman
10. Falling for a French Dream - Jennifer Bohnet
11. The Rose Garden - Tracy Rees
12. A Special Cornish Christmas - Phillipa Ashley

📖 Twelve books I am looking forward to reading, and reviewing, in 2022:

1. Sapphire - Heather Burnside 
2. The Key in the Lock - Beth Underdown
3. Pandora - Susan Stokes Chapman
4. Love in a Time of War - Adrienne Chinn
5. The Keeper of Stories - Sally Page
6. Before We Grow Old - Clare Swatman
7. Elektra - Jennifer Saint
8. A Spring Surprise for the Cornish Midwife - Jo Bartlett
9. Where Blood Runs Cold - Giles Kristian
10. Outside - Ragnar Jonasson
11. The Paris Bookseller - Kerri Maher
12. The Hemlock Cure - Joanne Burns

To all the blog readers and book bloggers who support our blog in so many ways 

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.

Your books have taken me on the most wonderful armchair adventures 😊

Come back on the 31st December when I reveal the books I thought were truly special

📖 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

📖 ♥ Reads of the Year 2019 📖 ♥

It gets more and more difficult every year to whittle down the 140 books I have read this year into my 'reads of the year' and so, without this list being as long as a sheet of wallpaper, I have, with much consideration, chosen those books which have stood out in some way and become memorable.

In no particular order

♡

  



Blood Orange

Wakenhyrst

  

The Familiars

The Garden of Lost and Found



  


Tiger

The Family Upstairs

Call Me Star Girl



  


Black Summer

The Forgotten Village

A Tapestry of Treason

♥

   


The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

A Summer to Remember

♥

   

The Photographer of the Lost

The Testaments

The Glittering Hour

♥

To all these fabulous authors THANK YOU for sharing the gift of your imagination
 and for giving me such wonderful stories.

And to all the publishers who continue to support Jaffareadstoo with such enthusiasm.

 And to all our blog followers - we couldn't do this without you

❤ THANK YOU ❤

📚 My Twelve in Twelve 2019 📚

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

📖 Twelve authors who were new to me:

1. Jacqueline Mahoney ~ A River in the Trees 
2. Joanna Nell ~ The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Village
3. Lynn Brittney ~ A Death in Chelsea
4. Elizabeth Letts ~ Finding Dorothy
5. Iain Maitland ~ Mr Todd's Reckoning
6. Eleanor O'Reilly ~ M for Mammy
7. Margery Blake ~ The Thunder Girls
8. Cole Moreton ~ The Light Keeper
9. Caryl Lewis ~ The Jeweller
10. Fiona Valpy ~ The Dressmaker's Gift
11. Nicola Moriarty ~ The Ex-Girlfriend
12. Maggie James ~ Silent Winter

📖 Twelve authors I have read before:

1. G D Harper ~ A Friend in Deed
2. Nicola Pryce ~ A Cornish Lady
3. Tom Cox ~ 21st Century Yokel
4. Michelle Paver ~ Wakenhyrst 
5. Nicola Ford ~ The Lost Shrine
6. Giles Kristian ~ Lancelot
7. J P Carter ~ At Your Door
8. Susan Lewis ~ One Minute Later
9. Lucienne Boyce ~ Death Makes No Distinction
10. Amanda Prowse ~ The Light in the Hallway
11. Debbie Macomber ~ Mrs Miracle's Christmas
12. Lorna Gray ~ Mrs P's Book of Secrets

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

1. Home Truths ~ Susan Lewis
2. The Newcomer ~ Fern Britton 
3. Call Me Star Girl ~ Louise Beech
4. My Mother's Daughter ~ Ann O'Loughlin
5. The Highborn Housekeeper ~ Sarah Mallory
6. The Strawberry Thief ~ Joanne Harris
7. You'll Never See Me Again ~ Lesley Pearse
8. The Family Upstairs ~ Lisa Jewell 
9. The Love Child ~ Rachel Hore
10. A Ration Book Childhood ~ Jean Fullerton 
11. The Guardian of Lies ~ Kate Furnivall
12. The Light in the Hallway ~ Amanda Prowse

📖 Twelve Audio books I have enjoyed listening to:

1. An Echo in the Bone ~ Diana Gabaldon
2. Tombland ~ C J Sansom
3. The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock ~ Imogen Hermes Gowar
4. Written in my Own Heart's Blood ~ Diana Gabaldon
5. Fingersmith ~ Sarah Waters
6. The Handmaid's Tale ~ Margaret Atwood
7. Bring Up the Bodies ~ Hilary Mantel
8. The Butterfly Room ~ Lucinda Riley
9. Northern Lights ~ Philip Pullman
10. The Owl Killers ~ Karen Maitland
11. David Copperfield ~ Charles Dickens
12. The Christmas Hirelings ~ Elizabeth Braddon

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

1. Blood Queen ~ Joanna Courtney
2. The Familiars ~ Stacey Halls 
3. The Garden of Lost and Found ~ Harriet Evans
4. The Almanack ~ Martine Bailey
5. The Daughters of Ironbridge ~ Molly Walton
6. Anna of Kleve ~ Alison Weir
7. Tapestry of Treason ~ Anne O'Brien 
8. The Crown Agent ~ Stephen O'Rourke
9. The Photographer of the Lost ~ Caroline Scott
10. The Glittering Hour ~ Iona Grey
11. Heir Apparent ~ Susan Grossey
12. A Cornish Inheritance ~ Terri Nixon

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

1. In Safe Hands ~ J P Carter
2. Apple of My Eye ~ Claire Allan
3. Poetic Justice ~ R C Bridgestock
4. My Sister's Lies ~ S D Robertson
5. The Lonely Heart's Crime Club ~ Tanya Bullock
6. Tick Tock ~ Mel Sherratt
7. #Taken ~ Tony Parsons
8. At Your Door ~ J P Carter
9. Nothing Else Remains ~ Robert Scragg
10. Murder by the Minster ~ Helen Cox
11. Black Summer ~ M W Craven
12. I Dare You ~ Sam Carrington

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

1. Single Ladies of Jacaranda Village ~ Joanna Nell ( Australia)
2. Dreaming of Tuscany ~ T W Williams (Italy)
3. Beautiful Bad ~ Annie Ward ( Balkans)
4. The Stars in the Night ~ Clare Roden ( France/Australia)
5. Passage to Nuala ~ Harriet Steel (India)
6. A Cornish Summer ~ Catherine Alliot ( Cornwall)
7. The Spanish Promise ~ Karen Swan ( Spain)
8. The Nail House ~ Gregory Baines (China)
9. Breakfast in Bogota ~ Helen Young ( Colombia)
10. The Museum of Lost Loves ~ Gary Barker ( Zagreb)
11. The Land of Trees ~ L A Naylor ( Guatemala)
12. Rough Time in Nuala ~ Harriet Steel (India)

📖 Twelve Books From Debut Authors :

1. The Conviction of Cora Burns ~ Carolyn Kirby
2. The Confession of Franny Langton ~ Sara Collins
3. The Wayward Girls ~ Amanda Mason
4. The Colour of Things Unseen ~ Annee Lawrence
5. A Matter of Interpretation ~ Elizabeth Mac Donald
6. Sister of Mine ~ Laurie Petrou
7. The Forgotten Village ~ Lorna Cook
8. The Thunder Girls ~ Melanie Blake
9. A Version of the Truth ~ B P Walter
10. Through the Wall ~ Caroline Corcoran
11. Blood Orange ~ Harriet Tyce
12. The Silent Patient ~ Alex Michaelides

📖 Twelve Books I bought for myself :

1. A Farewell to France ~ Noel Barber
2. Hidden ~ Lisa Sell
3. Sweet Sorrow ~ David Nicolls
4. Shakespeare's Witch ~ Samantha Grosser
5. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter ~ Hazel Gaynor
6. An American Marriage ~ Tayari Jones
7. Holy Island ~ L J Ross
8. Only the Dead ~ Malcolm Hollingdrake
9. The Irish Princes ~ Elizabeth Chadwick
10. Pleasing Mr. Pepys ~ Deborah Swift
11. Violet ~ S J Holliday
12. The Secret Commonwealth ~ Philip Pullman

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

1. Village of Lost Girls ~ Agustin Martinez
2. The Silent Patient ~ Alex Michaelides
3. Under the Rock ~ Benjamin Myers
4. The Wolves of Leninsky Project ~ Sarah Armstrong
5. When Winter Comes ~ Vivienne Shannon
6. 10 minutes and 38 seconds in this Strange World ~ Elif Shafak
7. Ask again, Yes ~ Mary Beth Keane
8. Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shape Shifting Women ~ Sharon Blackie
9. The Thunder Girls ~ Melanie Blake
10. #Sonnets ~ Lucien Young
11. The Deathless Girls ~ Kiran Millwood Hargreave
12. Letters to the Earth ~ Anthology

📖 Twelve Feel-Good Novels :

1. Maybe this Time ~ Jill Mansell
2. Rose Petal Summer ~ Katie Fforde
3. Amazing Grace ~ Kim Nash
4. A Perfect Cornish Summer ~ Phillipa Ashley
5. Crikey A Bodyguard ~ Kathryn Freeman
6. A Cornish Affair ~ Jo Lambert
7. The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew ~ Milly Johnson
8. A Walk in Wildflower Park ~ Bella Osborne
9. Butterfly in Frost ~ Sylvia Day
10. The Perfect Dress ~ Louisa Leaman
11. Christmas at Ladywell ~ Nicola Slade
12. Return to Winter Island ~ Jo Thomas

📖 Twelve books to be published in 2020 that I can't wait to talk about and which are heading to my to be read pile:

1. The Lady of the Ravens ~ Joanna Hickson
2. The Missing American ~ Kwei Quartey
3.  Six Wicked Reasons ~ Jo Spain
4. His Countess for a Week ~ Sarah Mallory
5. Stay Up With Hugo Best ~ Erin Summers
6. Blood Will Be Born ~ Gary Donnelly
7. Beyond the Moon ~ Catherine Taylor
8. Payback ~ R C Bridgestock
9. A Good Neighbourhood ~ Therese Ann Fowler
10. Escape Routes ~ Naomi Ishiguro
11. The Home ~ Sarah Stovell
12. All the Rage ~ Cara Hunter

A MASSIVE THANK YOU


 to all of  these talented authors for sharing the gift of their imagination with me. 


Your books have taken me on the most wonderful adventures in 2019


Come back tomorrow to see which are my Reads of the Year ....

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

📚 My Twelve in Twelve 2018 📚

As the end of my reading year approaches these are my much anticipated

12 in 12

📖 Twelve authors who were new to me:

1. Catherine Tinley
2. Liv Constantine
3. Gail Aldwin
4. Sarah Bailey
5. James Hartley
6. Joy Rhoades
7. Jane Davis
8. Eithne Shortall
9. E M Powell
10. Ros Franey
11. Robert Olen Butler
12. Kim Sherwood

📖 Twelve authors I have read before:

1. Amy Stewart - Miss Kopp's Midnight Confession
2. Susan Lewis - The Secret Keeper
3. Emma Curtis - When I Find You
4. Rosanna Ley - Her Mother's Secret
5. Steven Manchester - Three Shoeboxes
6. Dorothy Koomson - The Brighton Mermaid
7. Alison Weir - Jane Seymour
8. Harriet Evans - The Wildflowers
9. Elly Griffiths - The Dark Angel
10. Lesley Pearse- The House Across the Street
11. Lorna Gray - The Antique Dealers Daughter
12. Amanda Prowse - The Coordinates of Loss

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

1. Sarah Vaughan - The Anatomy of a Scandal 
2.  B A Paris - Bring Me Back 
3. Joanna Cannon - Three Things About Elsie 
4. Claire Dyer - The Last Day
5. Jane Corry - The Dead Ex 
6. Susan Grossey - Faith, Hope and Trickery
7. Paula Daly - Open Your Eyes 
8. Anna Belfrage - Cold Light of Dawn
9. Deborah Harkness - Time's Convert 
10. Jean Fullerton - A Ration Book Christmas
11. Jan Ruth - Gift Horse 
12. Liza Perratt - The Swooping Magpie

📖 Twelve Audio books I have enjoyed listening to:

1. The Scarlet City - Apprentice - Audible Original Drama
2. The Scarlet City - Rise - Audible Original Drama
3. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
4. London - Edward Rutherfurd
5. Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon
6. The Fiery Cross - Diana Gabaldon
7. A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana Gabaldon
8. A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
9. Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness
10. The Book of Life - Deborah Harkness
11. The Sealwoman's Gift - Sally Magnusson
12. Transcription - Kate Atkinson

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

1. The Good Doctor of Warsaw - Elisabeth Gifford 
2. The Cursed Wife - Pamela Hartsorne
3. The Story Keeper - Anna Mazola
4. The Blue Bench - Paul Marriner
5. A Gathering of Ghosts - Karen Maitland
6. The Conqueror's Queen - Joanna Courtney
7. The Illumination of Ursula Flight - Anna Marie Crowhurst
8. The Poppy Field - Deborah Carr 
9. Ill Will - Michael Stewart
10. The Turn of Midnight - Minette Walters 
11. Testament - Kim Sherwood
12. The Blue - Nancy Bilyeau

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

1. The Death of Mrs Westaway - Ruth Ware 
2. The Family Next Door- Sally Hepworth
3. Kiss of Death - Paul Finch
4. Her Name Was Rose - Claire Allen
5. In the Dark - Cara Hunter
6. Too Close to Breathe - Olivia Kiernan
7. The French Girl - Lexie Elliot
8. Our Kind of Cruelty - Araminta Hall
9. Hush Hush - Mel Sherratt
10. All the Hidden Truths - Claire Askew
11. Within the Silence - Nicola Avery
12. Skin Deep - Liz Nugent 

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

1. From A Low and Quiet Sea, Donal Ryan (Ireland) 
2. The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin (America) 
3. The Sapphire Widow - Dinah Jefferies (Asia) 
4. The Pagoda Tree - Claire Scobie (India) 
5. The Family Next Door - Sally Hepworth (Australia) 
6. The Walls Came Down - Ewa Dodd (Europe) 
7. Mr Peacock's Possession - Lydia Styson (New Zealand) 
8. The Feather Thief - Kirk Wallace Johnson ( New Mexico) 
9. The Lion Tamer Who Lost - Louise Beech ( Africa) 
10. The Witches of St Petersburg - Imogen Edwards- Jones ( Russia) 
11. Testament - Kim Sherwood ( Germany) 
12. Alaskan Holiday - Debbie Macomber (Alaska) 

📖 Twelve Books I borrowed from a library:

1. The Pearl Sister - Lucinda Riley 
2. The Toymakers - Robert Dugdale 
3. A Column of Fire - Ken Follett 
4. Templar Silks - Elizabeth Chadwick 
5. The Winter Crown - Elizabeth Chadwick 
6. The Autumn Crown - Elizabeth Chadwick 
7. I'll Keep You Safe - Peter May 
8. I am Heathcliff - Kate Mosse and others 
9. Play Dead - Angela Marson 
10. Shelter in Place - Nora Roberts 
11. Three Sisters, Three Queens - Philippa Gregory 
12. To the Bright Edge of the World - Eowyn Ivey

📖 Twelve Books I bought in a bookstore:

1. Fools and Mortals - Bernard Cornwell
2. The Book of Dust - Philip Pullman
3. Dead Woman Walking - Sharon Bolton
4. Only Remembered - Michael Morpurgo
5. Bitter - Francesca Jakobi
6. A Secret History of Witches - Louise Morgan
7. The Angry Tide - Winston Graham
8. Mist over Pendle - Robert Neil
9. The World of All Souls Companion - Deborah Harkness
10. The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
11. The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell
12. The Corset - Laura Purcell

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

1. Miss Blaine's Prefect - Olga Wojtas
2. The Walls Came Down - Ewa Dodd
3. Two Steps Forward - Graeme Simsion and Annie Buist
4. The  Rivers Run Free - Natasha Carthew 
5. Apricots and Wolfsbane - K M Pohlkamp
6. The Reading Party - Fenella Gentleman
7. In the Wake - Helen Trevorrow
8. Call of the Curlew - Elizabeth Brooks 
9. How to Walk Away - Katherine Center
10. Daisy Bell - Caitlin Davies
11. Dear Mr Pop Star - Dave Dawson
12. Rebellious Spirits - Ruth Ball

📖 Twelve Feel-Good Novels :

1. Baby Boom ! - Helen Wallen
2. A Country Affair - Katie Fforde
3. Miss Moonshines Emporium - Authors on the Edge
4. The Perfectly Imperfect Woman - Milly Johnson
5. The Memories of Us - Vanessa Carnevale
6. Cottage by the Sea - Debbie Macomber
7. One Day in December - Josie Silver 
8. The Little Theatre on the Seafront - Katie Ginger 
9. One Summer in Italy - Sue Moorcroft 
10. Christmas With The East End Angels - Rosie Hendry
11. Alaskan Holiday - Debbie Macomber
12. A Little Christmas Charm - Kathryn Freeman

📖 Twelve books to be published in 2019 that I can't wait to talk about and which are already on my to be read pile:

1. The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village - Joanna Nell (January 2019) 
2. Apple of My Eye - Claire Allan (January 2019) 
3. In Safe Hands - J P Carter (January 2019) 
4. A Friend in Deed - G D Harper (January 2019) 
5. The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides (February 2019) 
6. The Familiars - Stacey Halls (February 2019) 
7. Fade to Grey - John Lincoln (February 2019) 
8. The Secrets You Hide - Kate Helm (February 2019) 
9. M for Mammy - Eleanor O'Reilly (March 2019) 
10. The Conviction of Cora Burns (March 2019) 
11. The Confessions of Frannie Langton - Sara Collins (April 2019) 
12. No Way Out - Cara Hunter (April 2019) 

A MASSIVE THANK YOU


 to these talented authors for sharing the gift of their imagination with me. 


Your books have taken me on the most wonderful adventures in 2018


Come back tomorrow to see my favourite reads of the year ....

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

My Reads of 2017...

This year has been such a fabulous year of reading that, in over 200 books read in 2017, it's been really, really difficult to choose but after much consideration, Jaffareadstoo is delighted to share, in no particular order, our favourite reads of the year.

Grateful thanks go to the authors and publishers for their continuing support of Jaffareadstoo and for providing review copies of these books.

  

   

  

  

Click on the individual book link to read my review

Sealskin - Su Bristow

The Roanoke Girls - Amy Engels

The Witchfinder's Sister - Beth Underdown

The Wild Air - Rebecca Mascull

Widdershins - Helen Steadman

Centaur - Declan Murphy and Ami Rao

Exquisite - Sarah Stovell

The Thousand Lights Hotel - Emylia Hall

Silence Between Breaths - Cath Staincliffe

Maria in the Moon - Louise Beech

Ginny Moon - Benjamin Ludwig

Last Christmas in Paris - Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

     

    

   

  

The Trophy Child - Paula Daly

The Phantom Tree -Nicola Cornick

Anne Boleyn:A King's Obsession - Alison Weir

Blood Sisters - Jane Corry
The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman - Mindy Mejia

The Stars are Fire - Anita Shreve

See You in September - Charity Norman

The Shadow Queen - Anne O'Brien
The One - John Marrs

The Ludlow Ladies Society - Ann O'Loughlin
The Last Hours - Minette Walters

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew Sullivan

Click on the individual book link to read my review

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Thank you to all these amazing authors who have shared their stories with me 

and who have taken me on the most incredible journeys from the comfort of my favourite armchair.

😻 Here's to lots more Happy Reading in 2018 😻

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