📚Here are my Six in Six - A half year round up of pretty good books!

 

 Here's a round up of the books which have made an impact 

on my first six months of my reading year.

According to my Goodreads reading schedule I have read 48 books - here are some of them!

📖 Six authors who are new to me

Evie McCrae - A Death in Glasgow

Jenny O’Brien - The Resistance Knitting Club

Jessica Carey-Bunning - The Wives of Henry VIII 

Emma Styles - The Shark

David Orson Newton - Seconds to Midnight

Ann Cleeves - The Killing Stones

📖 Six authors I have read before

Caroline James - The Arctic Cruise

Eleanor Shearer - Fireflies in Winter

Diane Jeffrey - A Mother Always Knows

Alice Hunter - The Serial Killer Gene

Alison Weir - The Boleyn Secret

Sarah Mallory - Rescued by the Rakish Lord

📖 Six books from authors who never let me down

Tomorrow Starts Today - Jessica Redland

The Strawberry House - Rachel Burton

Catherine - Essie Fox

The Fourth Queen - Nicola Cornick

The Jewel Keepers - Sara Sheridan 

The Repentants - Kate Foster

📖 Six books that led me into a life of crime/psychological suspense 

A Woman Scorned - Jack Jordan

The New Neighbour - Valerie Keogh

The Truth about Ruby Cooper - Liz Nugent

The Girl in the Attic - John Nicholl

It’s Always the Husband - C L Taylor

Death at the Castle Gates - Nick Oldham

📖 Six books that led me into the past

Whipster - Susan Grossey

The Three Witches - Elena Collins

The Boleyn Curse - Alexandra Walsh

The Crownless Queen - Elizabeth Chadwick 

The Alchemist’s Secret - Clare Marchant

A Curse in Nuala - Harriet Steel

📖 Six Favourite Reads of the Month

The Hill in the Dark Grove - Liam Higginson 

The Shock of the Light - Lori Inglis Hall

The Sea Stone Sisters - Eleanor Buchanan 

The House of Boleyn - Tracy Borman

The Secret Thread - Eve Chase

The Calamity Club - Kathryn Stockett

Huge thanks to these fabulous authors for sharing the gift of their imagination with Jaffareadstoo

Looking forward to the next 6 months of reading more great stories.

📚Six in Six ~ Here is my half year round up for 2025📚

 Here's a round up of the books which have made an impact 

on my first six months of my reading year

📖 Six authors who are new to me

Roiṡin O’Donnell - Nesting

Lisa Carter - Six Poppies

Diane Jeffrey -The Crime Writer

T J Emerson -The Last Mrs Sinclare

Rachel Wolf - SunTrap

Deborah Klée - The Evacuee’s Secret

📖 Six authors I have read before

Joanna Toye -A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop

Liz Harris - The Woven Lie

Barbara Scott Emmett - Pink Lane

Alexandra Weston -The Lavender Bride

Rachel Burton -The House at River’s Edge

Jane Dunn -The Accidental Debutante

📖 Six books from authors who never let me down

The Lake of Widows -Liza Perrat

The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths

The Woman with All the Answers - Linda Green

Together again at the Cornish Country Hospital -Jo Bartlett

Booked for Summer - Kathryn Freeman

Over the Sea to Skye -Sue Moorcroft

📖 Six books that led me into a life of crime/psychological suspense 

The Students - H M Lynn

Dead in the Water - Simon McCleave

The Bookseller - Valerie Keogh

The Boyfriend -John Nicholl

Manhattan Down -Michael Cordy

Double Stakes -Alison Morton

📖 Six books that led me into the past

Sizar -Susan Grossey 

The Secrets of the Rose - Nicola Cornick 

The English Wife - Anna Stuart

The Blackbirds of St Giles - Lila Cain

Dangerous -Essie Fox

The Dangerous Love of a Rogue -Jane Lark

📖 Six Featured Books of the Month

The Players - Minette Walters

Grace of the Empire State - Gemma Tizzard

Wolf Tree - Laura McCluskey

Greater Sins -Gabrielle Griffiths

Death on Wolf Fell - Nick Oldham

In the Family way - Laney Katz Becker

Huge thanks to these fabulous authors for sharing the gift of your imagination with Jaffareadstoo

Looking forward to the next 6 months of reading more great stories.

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📖 Six in Six ~ Here is my half year round up 📖

 

Here's a round up of the books which have made an impact 

on my first six months of my reading year

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📖 Six authors who are new to me:

1. Lee Geum-yi -The Picture Bride
2. Georgina Moore - The Garnett Girls
3. Disha Bose - Dirty Laundry
4. Katie Bishop - The Girls of Summer 
5. Bonnie Garmus - Letters in Chemistry
6. Kate Griffin - Fyneshade 

📖 Six authors I have read before:

1. John Marrs - The Marriage Act
2. Elaine Everest - The Woolworth Girl's Promise
3. Liz Nugent - Strange Sally Diamond
4. Sebastian Barry - Old God's Time
5. Sharon Gosling - The Forgotten Garden
6. Sue Moorcroft  - An Italian Island Summer 
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📖 Six books from authors I know will never let me down:

1. Stardust in Nuala - Harriet Steel
2. Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner - Kathryn Freeman 
3. The Hidden Letters - Lorna Cook
4. The Night She Met the Duke - Sarah Mallory
5. New Beginnings for the Surplus Girls - Polly Heron
6. The Shell House Detectives - Emylia Hall

📖 Six books that led me into a life of crime:

1. The Alperton Angels - Janice Hallett
2. 1989 - Val McDermid 
3. The Only Suspect - Louise Candlish
4. Exiles - Jane Harper
5. The Last Dance - Mark Billingham
6.  The Vanishing of Class 3B - Jackie Kabler

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

1. Mrs Van Gogh - Caroline Cauchi
2. Weyward - Emilia Hart
3. The Marriage Season - Jane Dunn
4. Go As a River -  Shelley Read
5. Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown - Alison Weir
6. The Fascination - Essie Fox

📖 Six books on my tbr pile that I am looking forward to reading:

1. Murder in the Family - Cara Hunter ( July 2023)
2. Zero days - Ruth Ware ( August 2023)
3. From Now Until Forever - Rowan Coleman ( August 2023)
4. Life and Otter Miracles - Hazel Prior ( September 2023)
5. The Stargazers - Harriet Evans ( September 2023)
6. The Hidden Years - Rachel Hore ( December 2023)

Huge thanks to these fabulous authors for sharing the gift of your imagination with Jaffareadstoo

📚We couldn't do this without you 📚

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Half year round up ~ Six in Six

June 2022

Here's a round up of the books which have made an impact on my first six months of my reading year...

Six authors who were new to me:

1. Lisa Hobman - Wishing Under a Starlit Sky
2. Annabel Abs - The Language of Food
3. Fay Keenan - New Beginnings at Roseford Hall
4. Julie Shackman - A Scottish Highland Surprise
5. Jayne Cowie - After Dark
6. Eliza Knight - The Mayfair Bookshop

📖 Six authors I have read before:

1. Rachael English - The Letter Home 
2. Jane Lovering - A Cottage Full of Secrets
3. Jennifer Bohnet - Villa of Second Chances
4. Three Cheers for the Shipyard Girls - Nancy Revell
5. Eva Glyn - An Island of Secrets
6. Kathryn Freeman - The Italian Job

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

1. The Key in the Lock - Beth Underdown
2. Nicola Pryce - The Cornish Captive
3. Anna Mazola - The Clockwork Girl
4. Susanna Kearsley - The Winter Sea
5. Alison Weir - Elizabeth of York
6. Louise Beech - Nothing Else

📖 Six books that led me into a life of crime:

1. I know What You've Done - Dorothy Koomson
2. Sapphire - Heather Burnside
3. The Patient - Tim Sullivan
4. Breakneck Point - T Orr Munro
5. Dog Leap Stairs - Barbara Scott Emmett
6. Fiona Barton - Local Gone Missing

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

1. The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
2. The Queen's Lady - Joanna Hickson
3. Conversos - V E H Masters
4. Traitor in the Ice - K J Maitland
5. Treason - Michael E Wills
6. The Missing Girls of Alardyce House - Heather Atkinson

📖 Six debut authors:

1. Carole Johnstone - Mirrorland
2. Susan Stokes- Chapman - Pandora 
3. Tricia Cresswell - The Midwife
4. Sally Page - The Keeper of Stories
5. Mel Giedroyc - The Best Things
6. Sophie Irwin - A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting 

Huge thanks to these fabulous authors for sharing the gift of your imagination with Jaffareadstoo

 

📖 Half Year Round Up ~ Six in Six

It's that time of year when I take a look at the first six months of my reading year

📖 Six 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. Paula Greenlees - Journey to Paradise
6. Kate Hewitt - The Edelweiss Sisters

📖 Six authors I have read before:

1. Dorothy Koomson - All My Lies are True 
2. Helen Fields - Shadow Man
3. Patricia Scanlon - A Family Reunion 
4. Carol Cooper - The Girls from Alexandria
5. Sue Moorcroft - Under the Italian Sun
6. The Lost Hours - Susan Lewis

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

1. The Burning Girls - C J Tudor
2. The Scarlet Dress - Louise Douglas
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

📖 Six books that led me into a life of crime:

1. Night Swim - Megan Goldin
2. Exit - Belinda Bauer
3. The Whole Truth - Cara Hunter
4. Unsettled Ground - Claire Fuller
5. Condemned - R C Bridgestock
6. The Happy Family - Jackie Kabler

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

1. A Net for Small Fishes - Lucy Jago
2. The Heart Stone - Judith Barrow
3. The Drowned City - Karen Maitland
4. The Prophet - Martine Bailey
5. The Damask Rose - Carol McGrath
6. Mrs England - Stacey Hall

📖 Six debut authors:

1. Sarah Pearse - The Sanatorium
2. Tina Baker - Call Me Mummy
3. V L Valentine - The Plague Letters
4. Anna Bailey - Tall Bones
5. Jennifer Saint - Ariadne
6. In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced - Justine Bothwick

To these talented authors for sharing the gift of your imagination with me. 

So far in 2021 your books have taken me on the most wonderful adventures 

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Half Year Round up ~ Six in Six

It's that time of year when I take a look at the first six months of my reading year 

📖 Six 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. Wendy Holden - Born Survivors
6. Kathleen McGurl - The Secrets of the Chateau

📖 Six authors I have read before:

1. Dorothy Koomson - Tell Me Your Secret
2. J P Carter - Little Boy Lost
3. Linda Green - One Moment
4. Lorna Cook - The Forbidden Promise
5. Caroline Kirby - When We Fall
6. Rosanna Ley  - From Venice with Love 

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

1. B A Paris -The Dilemma
2. Elly Griffiths - The Lantern Men
3. Elisabeth Gifford - The Lost Lights of St Kilda
4. The Secrets of Ironbridge - Mollie Walton
5. A Ration Book Wedding - Jean Fullerton
6. Up Close and Personal - Kathryn Freeman

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

1. The Home - Sarah Stovell
2. Under the Stars - Matt Gaw
3. Just Another Mountain - Sarah Jane Douglas
4. The Lost Child - Emily Gunnis
5. Cabinet of Comfort - Paul Anthony Jones
6. The Weight of Small Things - Julie Lancaster

📖 Six 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

📖 Six books I am looking forward to reviewing:

1. The Tuscan Contessa - Dinah Jefferies
2. Liar - Lesley Pearse
3. The Illustrated Child - Polly Crosby
4. The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon - Sarah Steele
5. Daughters of Night - Laura Shepherd
6. The Light Within Us - Charlotte Betts

A MASSIVE THANK YOU 

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

So far in 2020 your books have taken me on the most wonderful adventures 😊

My Six in Six...

And here we are at the end of June already and half way through my reading year



So here are my 6 in 6... in no particular order

Six new authors to me:

Joanna Nell

Victoria Sellman

Anna Sayburn

Vivienne Shannon

Caroline Kington

Anna Smith

Six authors I have read before:

Julia Quinn

Amanda Brooke

Rosie Howard

Jill Marsh

Mel Sherratt

Liv Constantine

Six books from authors I know will never let me down:

Maybe This Time - Jill Mansell

The Newcomer - Fern Britton

Bladesmith - Melinda Hammond

That Deplorable Boy - Jasper Barry

A Summer to Remember - Sue Moorcroft

The Strawberry Thief - Joanne Harris

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

Blood Queen -Joanna Courtney

The Cornish Lady - Nicola Pryce

The Conviction of Cora Burns - Carolyn Kirby

Anna of Kleves - Alison Weir

Belle of the Back Streets - Glenda Young

The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock - Imogen Hermes Gowar

Six books that led me into a life of crime:

The Village of Lost Girls - Agustin Martinez

The Puppet Show - M W Craven

Blood Orange - Harriet Tyce

Apple of My Eye - Clare Allan

#Taken - Tony Parsons

The Last Widow - Karin Slaughter

Six books that left a lasting impression on me:

A River in the Trees by Jacqueline O'Mahoney

The Familiars - Stacey Halls

The Forgotten Village - Lorna Cook

Wakenhyrst - Michelle Paver

Under the Rock - Benjamin Myers

Concert - Hannah Fielding

Happy Reading

Thanks to  Jo at the Book Jotter for this idea

My 6 in 6 in 2016...

The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through 2016, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or simply just 6 books. Whatever you want to and the same book can obviously feature in more than one category.

Started by 

Jo at The Book Jotter



I've done this fun round up of the first six months reading for the last couple of years and it's always good to look back and reflect on the first six months worth of books that have been on my reading list.


It's really difficult to choose just six books in each category and it's no reflection on the other books I have read and enjoyed (and their authors ) if they haven't made this list.

Here are my six in six for 2016....




Six debut authors...

1. Katy Hogan ~ Out of the Darkness
2. Deborah O'Connor ~ My Husband's Son
3. S E Lynes ~ Valentina
4. Fiona Barton ~ The Widow
5. Eve Chase ~ Black Rabbit Hall
6. Kate Medina ~ Fire Damage

Six authors who are new to me...

1. Carys Bray ~ The Museum of You
2. Janet Ellis ~ The Butcher's Hook
3. Thomas Maloney ~ The Sacred Combe
4. Hilary Spiers ~ Hester and Harriet
5. C L Taylor ~ The Missing
6. Caroline James ~ Coffee, Tea,the Caribbean and Me

Six books I have enjoyed ...

1. Behind Closed Doors by B A Paris
2. The Ballroom by Anna Hope
3. In Her Wake by Amanda Jennings
4. This Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell
5. The Farm at the End of the World by Sarah Vaughan
6. Valentina by S E Lynes

Six books that took me by the hand and led me into the past..

1. The Queen's Choice by Anne O'Brien
2. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
3. Blood Rose Angel by Liza Perrat
4. Leopards of Normandy : Duke by David Churchill
5. Six Tudor Queens : Katherine of Aragon by Alison Weir
6. Versailles by Elizabeth Massie

Six Books that led me into a crime scene...

1. Little Sister by David Hewson
2. Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner
3. Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton
4. Coffin Road by Peter May
5. The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths
6. Death in Profile by Guy Fraser-Sampson

Six books that took me on extraordinary journeys around the world..

1. A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding (Japan)
2. Little Sister by David Hewson (Amsterdam)
3. Eden Gardens by Louise Brown (India)
4. The Last of Us by David Ewing ( Scotland)
5. Last Dance in Havana by Rosanna Ley (Cuba)
6. The Midnight Watch by David Dyer ( North Atlantic)

Thanks for looking and do come back in December when I will share my twelve in twelve.!!

 And my favourite books of the year...

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Six in Six 2015....

The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through 2015, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or simply just 6 books. Whatever you want to and the same book can obviously feature in more than one category.

Started by 

Jo at The Book Jotter

Here are some ideas for headings for your 6 book choices:

Six new authors to me
Six authors I have read before
Six authors I am looking forward to reading more of
Six books I have enjoyed the most
Six books I was disappointed with
Six series of books read or started
Six authors I read last year – but not so far this year
Six books that took me on extraordinary journeys
Six books that took me by the hand and led me into the past
Six books from the past that drew me back there
Six books from authors I know will never let me down
Six books I must mention that don’t fit nicely into any category
Six books I started in the first six months of the year and was still caught up with in July
Six trips to Europe
Six blogging events I enjoyed
Six bookish things I’m looking forward to
Six Espionage or Historical Novels I enjoyed
Six Cool Classics
Six Non-US/Non-British Authors
Six From the Non-Fiction Shelf
Six books that didn’t live up to expectations
Six books that I had one or two problems with but am still glad I tried
Six books that are related to The Great War or Second World War
Six bookshops I have visited
Six books I’ve read in an English translation

Here's my Six in Six

Six new authors to me :- 

1. Linda Huber

2. Fiona Neill

3. M J Arlidge

4. Joanna Courtney

5. Kate Rhodes

6. Rebecca Whitney 

Six authors I have read before

1. Elizabeth Chadwick

2. Pamela Hartshorne

3. Rebecca Mascull

4. Jodi Picoult

5. Elly Griffiths

6. Deborah Harkness 

Six books I have enjoyed the most

1. If You Go Away by Adele Parks

2. The Edge of Dark by Pamela Hartshorne

3. The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

4. The Silent Hours by Cesca Major

5. We are all Made of Stars by Rowan Coleman

6. You, Me and Other People by Fionnuala Kearney 

Six books that took me by the hand and led me into the past

1. The Raven’s Head by Karen Maitland

2. Lamentation by C J Sansom

3. The Song of the Sea Maid by Rebecca Mascull

4. The Silvered Heart by Katherine Clements

5. Leopards of Normandy by David Churchill

6. The Chosen Queen by Joanna Courtney


Six trips to Europe

1. The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain (Paris)

2. Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (Zurich)

3. A Spell in Provence by Marie Laval (France)

4. The Wedding Cake Tree by Melanie Hudson ( England and Europe)

5. Secrets of the Tower by Debbie Rix (Italy)

6. Wolf Winter by Cecelia Ekback ( Sweden)



Six books that are related to The Great War or Second World War

1. Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey (WW2)

2. The Silent Hours by Cesca Major (WW2)

3. I Can’t Begin to Tell You by Elizabeth Buchan (WW2)

4. The Last Pier by Roma Tearne (WW2)

5. Sail upon the Land by Josa Young (WW2)

6. Into the Unknown by Lorna Peel (WW2)

Here's to the next 6 in 6

Happy Reading.

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