Literature: January Books

Instead of writing individual reviews for all the books I have read, I am just going to condense them into what I have read each month.

In 2019 I managed to read 138 books and was struggling to decide what my target should be for the Goodreads 2020 challenge so I went with 60, but I may review this in the first couple of months.

In January I managed to read 12 books, so if I stick with 60 books that means I need to read 48 more, but that may change if I up my target.

I love reading across genres and am going to list the books by genre:

Crime

Controlled Explosions by Claire McGovern

Hidden River by Adrian McKinty

Psychological Fiction

The Friend: Dorothy Koomson

Graphic Novel

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charles Mackesy

Autobiography

May I have your Attention Please? by James Corden

This is going to hurt by Adam Kay

Christian

Integral Mission by Melba

Release from Despair by James McClelland

Disability and the Gospel by Michael S Beates

Fiction

A Perfect Cornish Christmas by Philippa Ashley

Grief comes with Feathers by Max Porter

Young Adult

The Rule of One by Ashley Saunders                          

The best book I read in January has to be “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse” by Charles Mackesy. Wow, what a book – the pictures are amazing and the story tore at my heartstrings. The book follows the adventure of the boy who is lonely, the mole who just wants to eat cake, the fox who is silent and wary because he has been hurt by life and the horse who is gentle and wise. They are four different characters, like us who all have their own weaknesses but together they take the adventure together. It is an excellent story of friendship. The next day I was raving about it and told everyone I met about it – still do.  I think every household should have this book and should be read by people of all ages.