Books Read in 2020

January - 6

1. Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War - book one in the Mrs Caldicot series
by Vernon Coleman
fiction 1993
Kindle
finished 1/2/20

2. The American Agent - book fifteen in the Maisie Dobbs series
by Jacqueline Winspear
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 1/8/20

3. The Nine of Us
 Growing Up Kennedy
by Jean Kennedy Smith
nonfiction 2016
print
finished 1/8/20

4. Mavis of Green Hill
by Faith Baldwin
fiction 1921
Kindle
finished 1/13/20

5. Brooklyn Legacies - book five in the Erica Donato series
by Triss Stein
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 1/16/20

6. The Cask
by Freeman Wills Crofts
mystery 1920
Kindle
finished 1/30/20

February - 4

7. Overdue - book two in the Village Library series
by Elizabeth Spann Craig
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 2/6/20

8. The Man of Property - book one in The Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1906
Kindle
finished 2/20/20

9. Bread and Jam for Frances
by Russell Hoban
Illustrated by Lillian Hoban
children's fiction 1986
print
finished 2/21/20

Indian Summer of a Forsyte - an interlude between The Man of Property and In Chancery
Now might be called 1.5 in a series
55 pages long
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1918
Kindle
finished 2/23/20

10. Lassie Shows the Way
by Monica Hill
pictures by Lee Ames
children's fiction 1956
print
my childhood Golden Book
finished 2/25/20

March - 4

11. In Chancery - book two in the Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1920
Kindle
finished 3/1/20

12. To Let - book three in the Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1921
Kindle
finished 3/11/20

13. The White Monkey - book one in the Forsyte Saga: A Modern Comedy
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1924
Kindle

finished mid-March (didn't jot it down)

A Silent Wooing - an interlude between The White Monkey and The Silver Spoon
Very short, but important to the story. Jon's life in America.
Also on the Kindle, and probably published the same year as The White
Monkey

14. The Silver Spoon - book two in the Forsyte Saga: A Modern Comedy
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1926
Kindle
finished 3/31/20

Passers By - an interlude between The Silver Spoon and Swan Song

April - 7

15. Hadley - the hardcover version published 1992
Paris Without End - The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife - the paperback edition published 2011
I read both books. I began with Hadley but there was so much underlining (a used book) that I was distracted, so I bought the paperback version, and read most of the book that way.
by Gioia Diliberto
nonfiction 1992
print
finished 4/4/20

16. Swan Song - book three in the Forsyte Saga: A Modern Comedy
by John Galsworthy
fiction 1928
Kindle
finished 4/10/20

17. I Really Like Slop, I Am Invited To A Party, and We Are In A Book
by Mo Willems
children's fiction  various publication dates
print - read to us by Hazel
and I Am Invited To A Party read to us by Campbell via Facetime on an earlier date
finished 4/14/20

18. Anchored Inn - book ten in the Gray Whale Inn mysteries
by Karen MacInerney
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 4/16/20

19. Silent Bud Deadly - book two in the English Cottage Garden mysteries
by H.Y. Hanna
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 4/20/20

20. Through the Kitchen Window
by Susan Hill
nonfiction 1984
print
finished 4/14/20

21. Doom and Bloom - book three in the English Cottage Garden mysteries
by H.Y. Hanna
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 4/25/20

May - 4

22. A Secret Garden
by Katie Fforde
fiction 2017
Kindle
finished 5/3/20

23. Through the Garden Gate
by Susan Hill
nonfiction 1986
print
finished 5/6/20

24. The Garden of Lamentations - book 17 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James
series
by Deborah Crombie
mystery 2017
Kindle
finished 5/9/20

25. A Bitter Feast - book 18 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series
by Deborah Crombie
mystery 2019
Kindle
finished 5/15/20

June - 4

26. All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1972
Kindle
finished 6/4/20

27. All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1974
Kindle
finished 6/18/20

28. The Word Is Murder - book 1 in the Hawthorne series
by Anthony Horowitz
mystery 2017
print
finished 6/27/20

29. All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1977
Kindle
finished 6/29/20

July - 9

30. Redhead By The Side Of The Road

by Anne Tyler

fiction 2020

Kindle

finished 7/2/20

31. The Sentence is Death - book 2 in the Hawthorne series
by Anthony Horowitz
mystery 2018
print
finished 7/5/20
I stopped part way through and reread The Word Is Murder, and then
came back to this. Even after just a couple years, I couldn't quite remember
events that Horowitz referred to in this book.

32. Happily Ever After & Everything In Between
by Debbie Tung
graphic nonfiction 2020
print
finished 7/5/20

33. A Killer Ending - book 1 in the Snug Harbor mysteries
by Karen MacInerney
mystery 2020
Kindle
finished 7/8/20

34. The Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1981
Kindle
finished 7/17/20

35. My Life from Scratch
A Sweet Journey Of Starting Over, One Cake At A Tim
by Gesine Bullock-Prado
nonfiction 2009
print
finished 7/19/20

36. The Widow's Cruise - book 13 in the Nigel Strangeways series
by Nicholas Blake (pen name for Cecil Day Lewis)
mystery 1959
Kindle
finished 7/23/20

37. Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
nonfiction 1992
Kindle
finished 7/26/20

38. Buried in a Bog - book 1 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connoly
mystery 2013
Kindle
finished 7/29/20

August - 8

39. Scandal in Skibbereen - book 2 in the County Cork mystery series
by Sheila Connoly
mystery 2014
Kindle
finished 8/2/20

40. An Early Wake - book 3 in the County Cork mystery series

by Sheila Connolly

mystery 2015

Kindle

finished 8/5/20

41. A Turn for the Bad - book 4 in the County Cork mystery series

by Sheila Connolly

mystery 2016

Kindle

finished 8/9/20

42. The Other Side of the Dales

by Gervase Phinn

nonfiction 1998

print

finished 8/10/20

43. Cruel Winter - book 5 in the County Cork mystery series

by Sheila Connolly

mystery 2017

Kindle

finished 8/12/20

44. Many A Twist - book 6 in the County Cork mystery series

by Sheila Connolly

mystery 2018

Kindle 

finished 8/15/20

45. The Lost Traveller - book 7 in the County Cork mystery series

by Sheila Connolly

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 8/21/20

46. Fatal Roots - book 8 (and the last because the author died) in the County Cork series

by Sheila Connolly

mystery 2020

Kindle

finished 8/28/20

September - 5

47. Rough Time in Nuala - book 7 in the Inspector de Silva mysteries

by Harriet Steel

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 9/7/20

48. Taken in Nuala - book 8 in the Inspector de Silva mysteries

by Harriet Steel

mystery 2020

Kindle

finished 9/10/20

49. Borrowed Time - book 3 in the Village Library Mysteries

by Elizabeth Spann Craig

mystery 2020

Kindle

finished 9/14/20

50. Haunting in the Hallway - book 5 in The Inn at Holiday Bay series

by Kathi Daley

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 9/17/20

51. The Murder of Cecily Thane - book 1 in the Spike Tracy series 

by Harriette Ashbrook

mystery 1930

Kindle

finished 9/24/20

October - 5

52. Fell Murder - book 25 in the Robert Macdonald series

by E.C.R. Lorac

mystery 1944

Kindle

finished 10/1/20

53. Bats in the Belfry - book 12 in the Robert Macdonald series

by E.C.R Lorac

mystery 1937

Kindle 

finished 10/8/20

After the wonder that is Fell Murder, this was a great disappointment. I was totally confused with the characters, and what is worse, I found the book dull.

54. Death Came Softly - book 23 in the Robert Macdonald series

by E.C.R Lorac

mystery 1943

Kindle

finished 10/18/20

55. Electric Eden

Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music

by Rob Young

nonfiction 2010

print

finished 10/22/20 about 3 1/2 hours before sun went into Scorpio

took 2 months and 12 days to read!

56. Murder in the Mill-Race (aka Speak Justly of the Dead)- book 37 in the Robert Macdonald series

by E.C.R Lorac

mystery 1952

Kindle

finished 10/29/20

November - 5

57. Grandmothers

by Salley Vickers

fiction 2019

print

finished 11/8/20

58. Rope's End Rogue's End - book 22 in the Robert Macdonald series

by E.C.R Lorac

mystery 1942

Kindle

finished 11/9/20

59. Home For Christmas

by Susan Branch

graphic nonfiction 2020

print

finished 11/11/20

60. The Murder of Steven Kester - book 2 in the Spike Tracy series

by Harriette Ashbrook

mystery 1931

Kindle

finished 11/23/20

61. An English Murder (aka The Christmas Murder)

by Cyril Hare

mystery 1951

Kindle

finished 11/26/20

December - 9

62. The Murder of Sigurd Sharon - book 3 in the Spike Tracy series

by Harriette Ashbrook

mystery 1933

Kindle

finished 12/1/20

63. All Aboard for Christmas

by Christopher Jennison

nonfiction 2004

print

finished 12/4/20

64. A Most Immoral Murder - book 4 in the Spike Tracy series

by Harriette Ashbrook

mystery 1935

Kindle

finished 12/5/20

65. Murder Makes Murder - book 5 in the Spike Tracy series

by Harriette Ashbrook

mystery 1937

Kindle

finished 12/11/20

66. Murder Comes Back - book 6 in the Spike Tracy series

by Harriette Ashbrook

mystery 1940

Kindle 

finished 12/17/20

67. Under an English Heaven - book 1 in the Ellie Kent series

by Alice K. Boatwright

mystery 2014

Kindle

finished 12/22/20

68. What Child is This? - book 2 in the Ellie Kent series

by Alice K. Boatwright

mystery 2017

Kindle

finished 12/24//20

69. Christmas is Murder - book 1 in the Rex Graves mysteries

by C.S. Challinor

mystery 2008

Kindle

reread

finished 12/29/20

70. Another Little Christmas Murder

by Lorna Nicholl Morgan

mystery 1947

print

finished 12/30/20