My Books of 2020

I had set myself the challenge on Goodreads to read 70 books this year, and I smashed that by reading over 80! 

Next year, however, I'm going to be setting myself the more modest target of 50 books.  The reason for that is because I'm actually reading less when we're in lockdown!  At the start of Lockdown 1, I was reading a lot - everything had stopped, I was advised to self isolate, and it was sunny, so I was sat in the garden reading lots.  Bliss!  However, I was then told that I shouldn't have been told to self isolate, worked started up again (albeit virtually) and when the girls' dance classes started up, the parents couldn't wait inside, so I was driving more frequently back and forth, rather than waiting in the carpark in the cold, and when we brought our puppy home, I was then using that time to take her for walks - so even less reading.

So, here is my completed list of all the books that I have read this year, with links to my reviews - I have tried to review the books without giving away any spoilers.

Keen-eyed people may note that the last few don't have working links as yet, and that's because I haven't published the reviews yet, but when I do, I'll update this page.

Fiction

• A Flair for Chardonnay by Deborah Garner
• Sons of Encouragement by Francine Rivers
• Assassin's Apprentice and Books 2&3 by Robin Hobb
• Rose of Prophesy by Hope Ann
• The Blade Heir by Daniel Adorno
• Gauntlet of Iniquity and Keep of Dragons by Daniel Adorno
• Broken Halo by Dayo Benson
• Saints and Sinners series Books 2 & 3 by Dayo Benson
• Black Virus and Black Rust by Bobby Adair
• The Magemother by Austin J Bailey
• Murder under Construction by Maddie Cochere
• Tomorrow's Guardian by Richard Denning
• The Lost Heir by E G Foley
• Truthbearer by Hans Erdman
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Following His Heart by Donna Fasano
• The Forbidden City by Alexander Grant
• Foreclosed by Traci Tyne Hilton
• Full Circle by Mona Ingram
• Sword Bearer by Teddy Jacobs
• Wind Rider by Teddy Jacobs
• The Grandfather Clock by Jonathan Kile
• Run, Hide, Fight and Hunt by Patti Larsen
• Country Heaven by Ava Miles
• If I didn't Care by Kait Nolan
• The Centurion's Wife by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke
• Ties That Bind by Anne Patrick
• Third Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn
• The Royals of Dharia, books 2 and 3: Second Daughter and First Daughter
• Rise of the Dragons by Morgan Rice
• The Lanvin Murders by Angela M Sanders
• Incarnation by Jason Tesar
• Plague 99 by Jean Ure
• Stronger Than Magic by Melinda VanLone
• Now, Then and Every When by Rysa Walker
• On Her Own Two Wheels by Stacy Xavier
• Forged In Rage by Sean Young
• The Forever Man: Book 1: Pulse by Craig Zerf
• Trinity of the Truthbearer by Hans Erdman
• Red, Green, Blue and Wolfen by Hans Erdman
• After Days: Affliction or America Falls: Hell Week by Scott Medbury
• Begin Again by Kathryn Shay
• Chosen by D G Swank and the rest of the series

Non-Fiction

• Becoming Fearless by Michelle Aguilar
• No More Diets by Sheila Granger
• The Unschooled Life by Lizi Gambell
• Damage Limitation by Roland Meighan
• Made to Crave by Lysa TerKeurst
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
• Toward a Liberalism by Richard Flathman
• You Can Drop It! by Ilana Muhlstein
• Reshaping It All by Candace Cameron Bure
• Actually Factually by Guy Campbell
• Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy by Steve Mann
• The Ultimate Yorkiepoo Dog Manual by Hoopendale and Moore
• Trim Healthy Mama Plan by Barrett and Allison

Christian Inspirational

• Live Uncaged by Mary DeMuth
• The Fragrance of Crushed Violets by Cathy Bryant
• The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D. A. Carson
• Joyful by Toks Adebiyi
• God's Will for our Daily Lives by William J Luke
• A.S.K. God by Andrea G Williams
• The 7 Day Prayer Warrior Experience by Stormie Omartian
• The Daily Message by Eugene Peterson

So that's my list!  The formatting is a bit funny, but I thought 'sod that'.  The point of this post is to highlight the books, so I've left them large.  And yes, there are some books that fit into multiple categories, so I tried to put them in the most relevant one.

I don't have a favourite book of the year, but going through them all again now has reminded me of some pleasant memories.  I hope some of these titles call out to you, and you enjoy reading them as much as I have.