Books Read in 2021/2022

2021 Whatever I fancy – Wherever they come from – My pleasure – My choice

January

  • A month of Sundays – Liz Byrski 
  • Cover her face – P.D.James
  • The House Between Tides – Sarah Maine
  • The Binding – Bridget Collins
  • When things fall apart – Pema Chodron
  • The mindfulness of knitting – Rachael Matthews

February

  • A single thread – Tracy Chevalier
  • Maisie Dobbs – Jacqueline Winspear
  • Mothering Sunday – Graham Swift
  • The Lightkeeper’s Daughters – Jean E Pendziwol

March

  • Perfect – Rachel Joyce
  • The Diary of a Nobody – George Grossmith
  • While You Sleep- Stephanie Merritt
  • The Cedar Tree – Nicole Alexander

April

  • The Spire – William Golding 
  • The Nowhere Child – Christian White 

May

  • Without a Trace – Colleen Coble
  • Beyond the Wild River – Sarah Maine

June 

  • Tomorrow, When the War Began – John Marsden

July

  • A Christmas Escape – Anne Perry
    The Lady and the Unicorn – Tracy Chevalier  
    Sisters and Brothers – Fiona Palmer  
    Bridget Crack – Rachel Leary  
    A room made of leaves- Kate Grenville  
    Croc Country – Kerry McGinnis  
    The Godmothers- Monica McInerney

August 

  • The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club – Sophie Green
  • The Black Sheep – Sophie McKenzie
  • After Darkness- Christine Piper
  • Lost Voices- Christopher Koch
  • If I die before I wake- Emily Koch

September 

  • The Wife and the Widow – Christian White
  • The Survivor – Jane Harper
  • The Jane Austen Society – Natalie Jenner

October 

  • The Echo Chamber – John Boyne
  • Wobble to Death- Peter Lovesey 
  • Women of the Dunes – Sarah Maine
  • 44 Scotland Street – Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Last Detective- Peter Lovesey 
  • The Scholar – Dervla McTiernan
  • The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle – Sophie Green

November

  • Safe Passage – Ida Cook
  • The Holiday Murders – Robert Gott
  • The Long Call – Anne Cleeves
  • The Sister’s Gift – Barbara Hannay
  • Harnessing Peacocks – Mary Wesley
  • The Couple Next Door- Shari Lapena
  • Death of a Busybody – George Bellairs
  • The Foundling – Stacey Halls
  • I will teach you how to be rich – Ramit Sethi
  • Simple matters – Erin Boyle
  • Rising Strong – Brené Brown

December 

  • The Spare Room – Helen Garner
  • Still Life – Louise Penny
  • The Port Fairy Murders- Robert Gott 
  • The Four Winds – Kristin Hannah
  • The Private Patient- P.D. James
  • Low GI Diet – Professor Jennie Brand- Miller

2022  You name it – Anything and Everything – Series – Recommendations 

January

  • Daughter of the Hunter Valley – Paula J. Beaven
  • A Test of Wills – Charles Todd (Inspector Ian Rutledge #1)
  • The Blood Card – Elly Griffiths (Stephens/Mephisto #3)
  • The Rose Code- Kate Quinn

February 

  • Nightingale- Fiona McIntosh
  • The Diggers Rest Hotel – Geoffrey McGeachin

March

  • Bye Bye Baby – Fiona McIntosh

April

  • The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club – Katie May
  • The Chimney Sweepers Boy – Barbara Vine

May

June

July

  • The things we keep – Sally Hepworth 
  • The Stars in the Night – Clare Rhoden
  • The Goldminer’s Sister – Alison Stuart
  • The Codebreakers – Alli Sinclair
  • The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
  • Outback Secrets – Rachael Johns 

August

  • Flames –  Robbie Arnott
  • The Lieutenant’s Nurse – Sara Ackerman 
  • The Good Wife of Bath – Karen Brooks
  • The Last Reunion – Kayte Nunn
  • The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald 
  • The Others – Mark Brandi
  • Sheerwater – Leah Swann
  • A time for renewal- Anna Jacobs

September 

  • Zero Day – David Baldacci
  • Final Jeopardy- Linda Fairstein
  • Dark Winter – David Mark
  • Violeta – Isabel Allende 
  • Cooktown – Andreas Heger

October

  • The Night Tiger – Yangtze Choo
  • The Last Chance Library – Freya Sampson

November

  • The Second Sleep – Robert Harris
  • The Sea Gate – Jane Johnson
  • 84 Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff 
  • Tourmaline – Randolph Stow