It makes me very happy to type this so here goes
CHALLENGE COMPLETE!!!! Wahoo!!!
The fabulous challenge, wonderfully hosted each year by the lovely Cathy at 746Books, is always a blast to take part in and this year I didn’t think I was going to finish my 20 books, but with the help of the heatwave that made it too hot for me to want to do anything other than read, I got there with a few days to spare!! And I stuck rigidly to my list this year and found some wonderful new favourite books amongst them so that’s always the wonderful bonus to this challenge!!
Now I just need Cathy to run this challenge throughout the year and I might be able to make better inroads on the obscene TBR pile!!
Here’s a quick look back at the 20 Books that made 2022 a successful, if a little too hot, Summer for me!
BLONDE by JOYCE CAROL OATES – 5 STARS
GRACELAND by BETHAN ROBERTS – 3 STARS
ANY HUMAN HEART by WILLIAM BOYD – 5 STARS
FACES ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE by EMMANUELLE PAGANO – 3 STARS
ISABEL’S SKIN by PETER BENSON – 4 STARS
SAVING LUCIA by ANNA VAUGHAN – 4 STARS
MAGPIE LANE by LUCY ATKINS – 3 STARS
THE DOVES IN THE DINING ROOM by LAURA LAAKSO – 4 STARS
SOULJOURNER by PAUL STEVEN STONE – 5 STARS
SNEGUROCHKA by JUDITH HENEGHEN – 4 STARS
THE GIRL FROM THE HERMITAGE by MOLLY GARTLAND – 4 STARS
THE EIGHTH GIRL by MAXINE MEI-FUNG CHUNG – 5 STARS
THE CHAMELEON by SAMUEL FISHER – 4 STARS
WE ARE ANIMALS by TIM EWINS – 5 STARS
TULIP FEVER by DEBORAH MOGGACH – 3 STARS
STEALING ROSES by HEATHER COOPER – 4 STARS
FINER THINGS by DAVID WHARTON – 3 STARS
THE TYRANNY OF LOST THINGS by LUCY RHIANNON COSSLETT – 4 STARS
THE SECRET TO NOT DROWNING by COLETTE SNOWDEN – 5 STARS
SWIMMING HOME by MARY-ROSE MACCOLL – 3 STARS
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And there it is!! Roll on Summer 2023!!!!! 😉