As I have said it is already February so indeed time to set my Reading Challenge for 2020. I have decided to do a challenge called Clear the Shelves. I need to get to all the books that I haven’t read that are still on my shelves. I need to make a list and then set about reading them. I can assure you that in our study I have quite a number of books that I haven’t read. Many of those books are books that my husband has read and his taste in fiction is not the same as mine so I will be branching out a bit.
I will still be able to read books that are not on my shelves, mainly from the library, but I will try not to buy any books this year. I will still record books that I have read in January as I hadn’t started the challenge then.
January
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes (borrowed from a friend)
The Yield by Tara June Winch (from the library)
February
Runaway by Peter May
Heart of the Dreaming by Di Morrissey
Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass
The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh
March
The Rich Man’s House by Andrew McGahan
The Brush Off by Shane Maloney
The Good Woman of Renmark by Darry Fraser
Faking Friends by Jane Fallon
Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall
April
The Darkest Shore by Karen Brooks
Falling Angels by Tracey Chevalier
Different Class by Joanne Harris
May
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (I started this in January 2017 and have just returned to it and finished it very quickly. Not quite sure why I left it, maybe because it was a really thick book.)
The Betrayal by Kate Furnivall
No Safe Place by Richard North Patterson
Passage of Love by Alex Miller
See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble
June
In The Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride
The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris
All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark
Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
The Leopard by Jo Nesbo
L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
Thirst by Jo Nesbo
JULY
Indigo Slam by Robert Crais
Taken by Robert Crais
Macbeth by Jo Nesbo
Hush Hush by James Patterson
The Silent Inheritance by Joy Dettman
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
August
Platform Seven bu Louise Doughty
The Lying Room by Nicci French
A Thousand Days in Venice by Mariena de Blasi
The Strays by Emily Bitto
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Trespass by Rose Tremain
The House on Half Moon Street by Alex Reeve
Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride
September
The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
Still Life by Val McDermid
When She was Good by Michael Robotham
Wrongful Death by Lynda La Plante
Cheaters by J R Carroll
Twisted by Lynda La Plante
The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
The Wife and the Widow by Christian White
October
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Mertel
The hanging Valley by Peter Robinson
Abattoir Blues by Peter Robinson
Playing with Fire by Peter Robinson
A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin
The Shipping News by Annie Prouix
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
No Cure for Love by Peter Robinson
November
Piece of my Heart by Peter Robinson
Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson
Brooklyn by Colm Tobin
Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre
The Talisman by Lynda La Plante
The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante
Clean Cut by Lynda la Plante
December
Tennison by Lynda La Plante
Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante
Hidden Killers by Lynda La Plante
A Face in the Crowd by Lynda La Plante
Silent Victims by Lynda La Plante
Find Them Dead by Peter James
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin
The Survivors by Jane Harper
Did I succeed in my challenge? No I didn’t. My bookshelves still have many unread items on the there but I have read many that had been there for quite a while. My down fall was attending a second hand book sale where I purchased many more books. What will my challenge be for 2021? I would like to try some new authors. I will endeavour to read a new author each month.
Gippsland Granny 