So it is a new year, it's 2021, but we are still in lockdown which means more months of staying inside and staying away from others which also means more time to read.
As I managed 152 books in 2020, I
thought would up the ante and go for 155 in 2021. In January I read 21, and in
total have now read 35 as in February I managed to read 14.
So what were those 14 books?
Crime
- Not Dead Enough by Peter James
- Her Name is Rose by Clare Allan
- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- Darkness Rising by A.A Dhand
- The Greenway by Jane Adams
Poetry
- History Will Remember When the World Stopped by Donna Ashworth
Biography
- An Open Book by Darren Clarke
- Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne
- Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
Fiction
- In Five Years by Rebecca Searle
Christian
- 1 Samuel for You by Tim Chester
- Harnessed for Adventure by Gordon Hickson
- The Good and Beautiful Life by James Bryan Smith
Children’s
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Books in a Series
In January I read two books in
the DS Roy Grace series by Peter James and continued with the series by reading
one more “Not Dead Enough”. So now have
12 more to read in the series as there are 15 books in total.
Recommended Books
I struggled with a couple of the
books this month, but there are ones I definitely did enjoy and would recommend
and both of these are biographies of people. The first one is “Walking with
Ghosts” by the Irish actor Gabriel Byrne. I listened to this book as an audiobook and it was so lovely listening to his gorgeous Irish accent. Unlike
normally celebrity biographies Byrne does not talk about all the glitz and
glamour of Holywood, instead, he tells of his early life including his parents,
his childhood as well his early acting life. It is a very interesting story but
harrowing at times as he tells about the abuse he suffered during his time in the Seminary
when he was 13 and felt like he had a calling to Priesthood.
The other biography I enjoyed
reading was that of “Talking as Fast as I Can” by Lauren Graham. Lauren is best
known as Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls who is a fast-talking character
hence the name of the book. In this book, Lauren looks back on her life,
sharing stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, talking about the
challenges of being single in Holywood as well as telling stories of her time
in Gilmore Girls and how she came to write her first book “Someday, Someday,
Maybe” in her breaks between filming on Parenthood.
