2020 reading challenge

1 of 50: the cuckoo’s calling by Robert Galbraith. Finished 4/1/20. A re-read of this first detective novel for JK Rowling. Enjoyed it more the second time round when I wasn’t so hungry for the plot. A satisfying detective novel.

2 of 50: Don’t Let Go by Harlen Coban. Too American for me to relate fully to. An action thriller and detective mystery that moves along quickly, but is too far fetched to ring true. Not bad going to finish this for 8 January though.

3 of 50: Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald. Ticked off the list of books I meant to get around to from my ipad library. If only I liked any of the characters … finished 16 January.

4 of 50: Y is for yesterday by Sue Grafton. The last in the alphabet murders before the author’s death. Have enjoyed them all. Finished 22 January.

5 of 50: This poison will remain by Fred Vargas. Enjoyed returning to the weird world the author creates for her offbeat detective. Reminds me of Maigret and Sherlock Holmes. The unrealistic plot and eccentric characters don’t really matter. However I don’t love these books as much now as I did when first discovered. Finished 31 January.

6 of 50: The Killer In The Choir by Simon Brett. A short, light murder mystery. Fun and forgettable. Finished 2 February.

7 of 50: North Korea journal by Michael Palin. A light read designed to accompany a channel 5 documentary I haven’t yet seen. Palin’s usual wit and ‘voice’ shines through an otherwise forgettable little read. Finished 4 February

8, 9 and 10 of 50: The Windermere Witness, Ambleside Alibi and Coniston Case by Rebecca Tope. Classic murder mysteries with amateur sleuths set in present day. Finished 12 February.

11 of 50: The Huntress by Kate Quinn. A library borrow made on impulse. A post war Nazi hunt I found hard to get in to. Unfinished.

12 of 50: CBT for Dummies. A library selection as part of my psychology course. Interesting to dip in to. Not really a read through. Unf8nished.

13 of 50: when life gives you lemons by … chick lit or mummy novel. Easy read a sort of mills and boon for our age. Ok.

The Break by Marian Keyes.
https://janecraftswhensheshouldbeworking.com/2020-reading-challenge/
janecraftswhensheshouldbeworking.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2020-16
49960
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:PDCNUJTJDYGJXTZ6AU6E47IBT4KSP2RT
<urn:uuid:85945794-ed9e-40b7-bffe-14beeaad951a>
2020-03-31T13:58:10Z
192.0.78.24
text/html
sha1:E7WXCF5P2AOJ56ZKZ7B7WJV2JFURJQKF
<urn:uuid:4fb7dae9-e6c6-422c-896f-454cc541631e>
https://janecraftswhensheshouldbeworking.com/2020-reading-challenge/
response
<urn:uuid:6addb77d-5272-4c94-a346-f5f06b095af5>
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2020-16
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for March/April 2020
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-67-67-82.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.16 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 1.1-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/