My 2020 Reading Challenge is in 2 parts this year: Christie 100 and other novels so my brain doesn’t fall out from all the murder mystery.
I had originally set my Goodreads challenge at 50 books across the year, however since setting myself an Agatha Christie reading challenge of 66 books, I have adjusted my Goodreads challenge to something reasonable baring that in mind.
Read about my Christie 100 challenge here:
Follow all of my 2020 reads below:
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Lovely wintery moors mystery. Perfect Christmassy murder mystery.
I love these stand alones from Christie as they often have a cutesy romance and this was no different.
Emily is an excellent amateur sleuth. I also loved the mode of trans…
Miss Marple’s first outing and an excellent introduction to everyone’s favourite nosey neighbour old lady sleuth. There are some excellent witicisms and quotable comments on men’s attitudes towards women and small town/village society. K…
After a slow start this book did a complete 180 and it has quickly climbed my list of favourite Christies! Bundle is already one of my favourite less-known Christie characters and she was equally brilliant in this book. She is plucky, ba…
Set in the same world as Solitaire, high-acheiving teen Frances tries to juggle her grades, friendship, and internet fame.
At school she’s academic and heading for Cambridge Uni but at home she is a talented artist who is popular on tumb…
I have read this one a few times before and always enjoy it.
American heiress Ruth Kettering is found strangled to death on the Blue Train heading towards the French Riviera, and her famous ruby ‘the heart of fire’ is missing.
I love h…
I cannot believe this was Alice Oseman’s debut novel! And she was so young when it was published. It makes me feel woefully inadequate.
This book is the most honest portrayal of British secondary school life I’ve ever read (minus all th…
This book is, put simply, a warm hug.
After dealing with bullying and fake friends for her entire adolescence, 17 year old Peyton has had enough. She needs to get away. So she does just that. She books a one way ticket to Vancouver and …
The laughter, love, triumphs, and tears of Georgia Warr’s life. This book is a coming out story about love in all its forms as Georgia moves to university and learns more about herself than she ever expected.
Loveless is beautifully wr…
Paige and Warden in their early days in Paris after the events of The Song Rising.
Trigger warning as Paige deals with psychological trauma following abuse and torture.
I loved this deep dive into Paige’s mind and how she is faring aft…
Amelie is reeling from the breakup of her relationship with Reece, the boy who she believed was ‘the one’. She begins to retrace the relationship to see where things went wrong, starting with the places she cried in public. This isn’t a …
I found this book to be incredibly average for Christie. There was a great deal of quick narrative that felt mechanical and choppy to get through lots of incidents in a short novel. There also wasn’t a murder mystery to resolve, instead …
I’d like to apologise for this long overdue review. I was sent this e-ARC a while before lockdown began. A busy few weeks at work pre-lockdown and the initial lockdown blues of being unable to concentrate enough to read have prevented me…
Talented, artistic, oppressed. Sarah has been learning to survive in a world that has become dangerous for her, her mother, and all other Jewish citizens throughout Europe. So what is a girl to do when she becomes unexpectedly orphaned? …
10 teenagers lured to an abandoned carnival each with a secret to hide. They all start dying one by one, who will survive?
This book was almost a supernatural twist on And Then There Were None. I loved the premise and really enjoyed the…
Hold Back the Tide is a punchy, thrilling, and quite frankly terrifying little novel.
Set in the wilds of Scotland, we follow 16 year old Alva and her murderer father’s lives on the Loch. Just as Alva is ready to carve her own path, ever…
A story of political and international intrigue. Thoroughly entertaining partly because of cliches and the wit of the characters. Lord Caterham had some excellent one-liners. Occasionally found it difficult to follow as there were so man…
Part espionage, part mystery, part thriller, and a little romance thrown in. Starts in the London underground and ends up in the middle of a revolution in Africa. Another badass 1920s woman running around looking for an adventure. Thorou…
Cute, warm, wholesome chicflick. Gorgeous coming of age story about family, love, and a decent person navigating high school. Felt a little bit long considering the story arc didnt move too far, but looking forward to the rest of the ser…
Poirot’s second case, also accompanied by his liability of a friend: the narrator, Hastings. Very clever use of characters and a shocking twist at the end. And, it’s always fun to have the threat of the guillotine hanging over the murderer.
2 brilliant 20 somethings running around London and involving themselves in espionage in the 20s?! YES PLEASE. Tuppence is a total bad ass woman! Perfect book to bring a bit of the roaring 20s into the 2020s! Oh and a little love story o…
Easy to see why this is such a popular Poirot. Very clever, very quotable (use the little grey cells). Full on science from Christie clearly deploying her poison dispenser knowledge. Brilliant mystery.
INCREDIBLE. The ode to Maeve that un-sung side character of book 1 deserved. More likeable and ship-able characters! Thought I’d guessed the ending (only managed it a chapter before) but holy crap what happened amplified my theory x1000….
Excellent, entertaining read. Likeable (and shipable) characters. Found the murderer predictable however there was a shocking last minute twist that redeemed that tiny blip! Must read for YA thriller fans
