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2019 Wrap Up

2019 is almost over and what a year it's been. I've graduated from uni, started a new job and created my bookstagram and blog! I don't think I'll be able to squeeze in another read before the new year, so here is my 2019 wrap up!

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My Highlights:
Books read: 47
Pages read: 17,014
Shortest read: The Tinderbox by Hans Christian Anderson
Longest read: Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
Best books: Rebecca (Daphne Du Marier), A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness), Women in Mathematics (Lynn M Osen), On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back (Stacey Dooley)
Worst book: 1000 Years of Annoying the French (Stephen Clarke)

I didn't set myself a reading target this year and surprisingly, I managed to read more than in years when I had set myself a target! I wanted to spend this year reading the books that had been sat on my shelves for ages and reading some classic novels that I wouldn't have read if I'd set a reading goal (I find I'm rather slow when it comes to reading classics novels!). Overall, I'm quite happy with my 2019 reads. Below is a list of all the books I've read and my ratings.

So a huge thank you to everyone who has been following me in my reading journey! Have a happy new year and I hope you'll continue following my bookish adventure into 2020!

My 2019 reads:
  1. Mortal Engines (Philip Reeve) 3.5/5
  2. Rituals (Kelley Armstrong) 3.5/5
  3. I Know A Secret (Tess Gerritsen) 3/5
  4. Candide (Voltaire) 4/5
  5. How to Stop Time (Matt Haig) 4/5
  6. A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman) 4.5/5
  7. The Lady of the Rivers (Philippa Gregory) 4.5/5
  8. Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes) 4.5/5
  9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon) 4/5
  10. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) 3/5
  11. On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back (Stacey Dooley) 5/5
  12. Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) 4/5
  13. Persuasion (Jane Austen) 3.5/5
  14. The Thief Lord (Cornelia Funke) 3/5
  15. The Secret Scripture (Sebastian Barry) 3/5
  16. Dark Fire (C.J. Sansom) 4.5/5
  17. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers) 2.5/5
  18. The Doll Factory (Elizabeth Macneal) 4/5
  19. Queen Victoria (Lucy Worsley) 4/5
  20. Women in Mathematics (Lynn M. Osen) 5/5
  21. A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles) 4/5
  22. Red Queen (Victoria Aveyard) 3.5/5
  23. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier) 3.5/5
  24. Good Omens (Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett) 3.5/5
  25. The Looking Glass Wars (Frank Beddor) 3.5/5
  26. Lethal White (Robert Galbraith) 4.5/5
  27. The Northern Lights (Philip Pullman) 4/5
  28. The Subtle Knife (Philip Pullman) 4/5
  29. The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman) 3.5/5
  30. This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay) 4/5
  31. Red Queen (Philippa Gregory) 4/5
  32. The Hollow (Agatha Christie) 4/5
  33. The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Sara Collins) 3.5/5
  34. Hamlet (Shakespeare) 4/5
  35. The Tinderbox (Hans Christian Anderson) 4/5
  36. The Girl in Red (Christina Henry) 3.5/5
  37. Beartown (Fredrik Backman) 4/5
  38. A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness) 5/5
  39. Shadow of the Night (Deborah Harkness) 3/5
  40. The Book of Life (Deborah Harkness) 4/5
  41. Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier) 5/5
  42. War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells) 3/5
  43. The Rook (Daniel O'Malley) 4.5/5
  44. The Kingmaker's Daughter (Philippa Gregory) 4/5
  45. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) 4/5
  46. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Agatha Christie) 4/5
  47. Christmas Pudding (Nancy Mitford) 4.5/5


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