*2021 - 50 BOOKS FOR THE YEAR*

I finally finished Eye of Time by Ben Cousins, #86 and The Lumsden Baby by C.F. Roe, #87, this morning in the early hours. I have really enjoyed this challenge and had hoped to read 100 books this year. Never mind. It would be great to start a similar thread in 2022.

The House between Tides by Sarah Maine...it drew me in after a few starts , it turned out to be a lovely book.
Stolen Children by Michael Wood... A dc Matilda Darke novel, the usual murders with a few twists, it was ok.
Speak your Truth by Fearne Cotton...a self-help book to aid you to be honest in your life, very author centred, in fact I stopped reading half-way due to the overuse of one letter.."i" not impressed.

I think I need to start a new challenge just realised we're not in 2021 anymore!

I love these threads - thank you, TerriBull! Before I look at the new one, I’ll follow your lead and list all my 2021 reads, with my score out of 10 for each.

1. Mine, Susi Fox 6
2. The Carer, Deborah Moggach 9
3. Hide and Seek, M J Arlidge 6
4. Seven Sisters, Lucinda Riley 7
5. The Boy Between, Amanda Prowse 6
6. Covent Garden Ladies, H Rubenhold 6
7. Big Sky, Kate Atkinson 9
8. My Dark Vanessa, Kate Russell 5
9. A Darker Domain, Val McDermid 8
10. Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout 7
11. Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney 6
12. Lockdown, Peter May 6
13. The Family Upstairs, Lisa Jewell 5
14. Then She Was Gone, Lisa Jewell 5
15. Such A Fun Age, Kiley Reid 9
16. A Song for the Dark Times, Ian Rankin 6
17. The Ninth Child, Sally Magnussen 8
18. The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris 7
19. The Gran Tour, Ben Aitken 7
20. The Fallout, Rebecca Thornton 4
21. The Mermaids Calling, Val McDermid 7
22. Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell 9
23. A Man Called Ove, Fredrick Backman 8
24. Secrets of a Serial Killer, Rosie Walker 6
25. The Guest List, Lucy Foley 6
26. Die Alone, Simon Kernick 5
27. Resistance, Val McDermid 7
28. Where the Crawdads Sing 9
29. Handle With Care, R Hearson 7
30. The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory 6
31. Shots Fired, C J Box 7
32. The Quiet Girl, S F Kosa 8
33. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig 8
34. The Swimming Pool, L Candlish 6
35. The Twenty Three, Linwood Barclay 4
36. Too Much and Never Enough, Mary L Trump 6
37. When No one is Watching, Alyssa Cole 4
38. This Boy, Alan Johnson 8
39. Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart 9
40. Girl Zero, A A Dhand 7
41. All in a Day’s Work, Chris Helme 6
42. The Palm Beach Murders, James Pattinson 6
43. A Simple Murder, Linda Castillo 6
44. An Unlikely Pilgrimage, Rachel Joyce 7
45. The House We Grew Up In, Lisa Jewell 8
46. The Wives, Tarryn Fisher 6
47. Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro 9
48. Us Three, Ruth Jones 6
49. The House Guest, Mark Edwards 4
50. The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson, 6
51. The Appeal, J Hallett 9
52. The Heights, Louise Candlish 8
53. Christmas is Murder, Val McDermid 3
54. Silent Sisters, Ann Cusack 8
55. One Good Lie, Jane Isaac 6

All the 9s came very close to a 10.

The Silence by Susan Allott

A story interwoven between a missing person and the Stolen Generation in Australia.

I see we've read quite a few of the same books Maggie, I realise it's a bit of a tall order asking everyone to put their whole year's list up, but that's what they do on MN which is where I lifted the thread from. As it is I left these 3 off my list. Crooked Heart Lissa Hall which definitely one of my bests. Missing Pieces Tim Weaver, which I didn't care for and Circe Madeline Miller, which I quite enjoyed

Hope all the regulars from 2021 will continue to post on the new thread.

Adult non-fiction: I am currently reading 'Diary of a Young Naturalist' by Dara McAnulty. It is beautifully written and so interesting - nature viewed through the eyes of a young teenager.

Children's novel: 'Abigay's Farm - One girl's determination to succeed against the odds' by Odette Elliott (me!) It has twins, grandparents, a diverse family. Described by Candy Gourlay Carnegie Shortlisted author of Tall Story as "A warm embrace of a story filed with family love amidst the grit and charm of a farm setting'". See my website www.odetteelliott.co.uk

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