No one asked me to make this. In all honesty, I was bored at work on a Friday afternoon in December and decided to put this together…you’re welcome! xD

JANUARY

1. The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day by Christopher Edge – ★★★
2. The Girl with the Shark’s Teeth by Cerrie Burnell – ★★★
3. The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher – ★★★★
4. The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods – ★★★★
5. Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone – ★★★
6. The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths – ★★★★★
7. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths – ★★★★★
8. The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths – ★★★★★
9. The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths – ★★★★★
10. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas – ★★★★★
11. The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf – ★★★★★
12. Boy Under Water by Ross Welford – ★★★★★
13. The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge – ★★★
14. The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson – ★★★★
15. A Darkness of Dragons by S.A. Patrick – ★★★★★

FEBRUARY

16. Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★
17. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge – ★★★
18. Twelve Nights by Andrew Zurcher – ★★
19. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell – ★★★★★
20. A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge – ★★★★
21. The Lost Garden by Kate Kerrigan – ★★
22. The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Alex Bell – ★★★★★
23. Explorers on Witch Mountain by Alex Bell – ★★★★★
24. City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab – ★★★★
25. The Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson – ★★

MARCH

26. The Snow Sister by Emma Carroll – ★★★★
27. When We Were Warriors by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★
28. Sky Chasers by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★
29. The Mermaid by Christina Henry – ★★★
30. Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy – ★★★★
31. The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle – ★★★★★
32. Strange Star by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★
33. Lost Boy by Christina Henry – ★★
34. The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill – ★★
35. In Darkling Wood by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★
36. The Girl Who Walked on Air by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★

APRIL

37. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths – ★★★★★
38. The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths – ★★★★★
39. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden – ★★
40. Once by Morris Gleitzman – ★★★★
41. The Four-Fingered Man by Cerberus Jones – ★★★★
42. The Warriors of Brin-Hask by Cerberus Jones – ★★★★
43. The Midnight Mercenary by Cerberus Jones – ★★★★
44. The Ancient Starship by Cerberus Jones – ★★★★
45. The Time Shifter by Cerberus Jones – ★★★★
46. The Lighthouse by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★
47. The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – ★★★★
48. Tin by Padraig Kenny – ★★★★★

MAY

49. All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson – ★★★★
50. Shadowscent by P.M. Freestone – ★★★★
51. The Boy Who Flew by Fleur Hitchcock – ★★★★
52. A Girl Called Justice by Elly Griffiths – ★★★★★
53. The 1,000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford – ★★★★★
54. The Closest Thing to Flying by Gill Lewis – ★★★★
55. Mrs Hudson and the Spirits’ Curse by Martin Davies – ★★★★★
56. As the Crow Flies by Damien Boyd – ★★★
57. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris – ★★★

JUNE

58. A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris – ★★★
59. Mrs Hudson and the Lazarus Testament by Martin Davies – ★★★★
60. Storm Glass by Jeff Wheeler – ★★★★
61. Mirror Gate by Jeff Wheeler – ★★★★
62. The Grimm Diaries Prequels 1-6 by Cameron Jace – ★★★
63. Illusion by Stephanie Elmas – ★★★★
64. The Umbrella Mouse by Anna Fargher – ★★★★★
65. A Kingdom of Exiles by S. B. Nova – ★★★★
66. Lost by Eve Ainsworth – ★★★★
67. Scavengers by Darren Simpson – ★★★
68. The Secret Dragon by Ed Clarke – ★★★★
69. The Garden of Lost Secrets by A.M. Howell – ★★★★
70. The Murder of Patience Brooke by J. C. Briggs – ★★★★★
71. With Our Blessing by Jo Spain – ★★★★★
72. Malamander by Thomas Taylor – ★★★★
73. The Confession by Jo Spain – ★★★★★
74. Cogheart by Peter Bunzl – ★★★
75. The Corset by Laura Purcell – ★★★★★

JULY

76. Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose – ★★★★★
77. The Forgotten Ones by Steena Holmes – ★★★
78. Sleep by C.L. Taylor – ★★★★★
79. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo – ★★★★
80. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo – ★★★
81. What You Did by Claire McGowan – ★★★★
82. Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan – ★★★★★
83. The Forgotten Village by Lorna Cook – ★★★★★
84. Wildspark by Vashti Hardy – ★★★★
85. The Girl With No Name by Lisa Regan – ★★★★★
86. Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon – ★★★.5
87. Her Mother’s Grave by Lisa Regan – ★★★★★
88. Her Final Confession by Lisa Regan – ★★★★★

AUGUST

89. The Bones She Buried by Lisa Regan – ★★★★★
90. The Midnight Gang by David Walliams – ★★★★★
91. The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James – ★★★★
92. Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie – ★★★
93. The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza – ★★★★★
94. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend – ★★★★★
95. Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend – ★★★★★
96. Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven by Bella Forrest – ★★★★
97. The Boy in the Photo by Nicole Trope – ★★★★
98. The Monster Who Wasn’t by T.C. Shelley – ★★★★

SEPTEMBER

99. The Land of Roar by Jenny Malachlan – ★★★
100. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor – ★★★★★
101. The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding – ★★★★★
102. An Unlikely Spy by Terry Deary – ★★★★★
103. No One’s Home by D.M. Pulley – ★★★★★
104. The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza – ★★★★
105. Hush Hush by Mel Sherratt – ★★★
106. You Won’t Believe This by Adam Baron – ★★★★★
107. Dark Water by Robert Bryndza – ★★★★★
108. The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven – ★★★★★
109. In Safe Hands by J.P. Carter – ★★
110. The Taking of Annie Thorne by C. J. Tudor – ★★★★
111. The Holiday by T.M. Logan – ★★★
112. Her Silent Cry by Lisa Regan – ★★★★★

OCTOBER

113. Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James – ★★★★
114. The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman – ★★★★
115. The Lost Tide Warriors by Catherine Doyle – ★★★★
116. The Somerset Tsunami by Emma Carroll – ★★★★★
117. Max Kowalski Didn’t Mean It by Susie Day – ★★★★★
118. The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney – ★★★★
119. Scarlet and Ivy: The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly – ★★★★
120. Truth and Lies by Caroline Mitchell – ★★★★
121. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda – ★★★★★
122. The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda – ★★★★★
123. Beneath the Surface by Jo Spain – ★★★
124. Cuckoo by Sophie Draper – ★★★
125. The Secret Child by Caroline Mitchell – ★★★

NOVEMBER

126. The Dinner Party by R. J. Parker – ★★★★★
127. Last Breath by Robert Bryndza – ★★★★★
128. Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza – ★★★★
129. The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell – ★★★★★
130. The Secret Santa by Trish Harnetiaux – ★★★★★

December

131. A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig – ★★★★★
132. The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig – ★★★★★
133. The Night I Met Father Christmas by Matt Haig – ★★
134. The Good Sisters by Helen Phifer – ★★★
135. Explorers on Black Ice Ridge by Alex Bell – ★★★★★
136. Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig – ★★★★★
137. Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan – ★★★★★
138. The Passengers by John Marr – ★★★★★

138 books in a year. I am very proud of this achievement. This year has been made up of a lot of good moments for me. I started this blog on January 4th, I started my book Instagram at the same time. I now have 137 followers on this blog and it has become bigger than I ever thought it would. I always loved reading but I stepped it up this year with a goal of reading 100 books which, when I began, I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to manage to succeed with it. That I managed to read 138 is such a shock to me and so exciting. For 2020, I was going to set a goal of 150 books, but upon reflection, I’ve decided to set a goal of 130 books and see if I can smash that target. Perhaps my target for 2021 will be 150 books.

Q – How many books did you read in 2019? & How many to you plan to read in 2020?