I LOVE LOVE LOVE BOOKs- so much when we moved into the forever home, I built a library . Royal we of course, the builders built it I just decorated and loaded it up with books. It’s my favourite room. Dark colours cosy seating (and now the hubsters office desk!)

So, it’s clear I am a bookworm, it’s also clear for my sanity outdoors and books is a thing for me too. Walking and audio books work for me. Kindles etc don’t I’ve tried the tangible feel of a book, its pages and turned over corners - sacrosanct for some for me necessity no bookmarks here! I do have a habit of putting those little markers on pages as reminders too. I read and listen to the same book too. I feel like I am cheating myself if i don’t buy the book if I have listed too it- double cost yet its art and that should always be paid for!

So, here’s my two lists of What I’ve read in 2020 and What I’ve listened too. Note the duplicates mean I have read AND Listened to it. I have red and listened to A LOT. I’m going to rate them and keep this journal going - wish I had done it sooner yet what a year to start 2020 got another 50 years in me so plenty to read! I could also rate retrospectively and work my way through the library books.

Note this has a couple of Cookery Books - yet I have got over 30 of those not listed new for this year alone! Will add a new column for 2021!

BOOKS I HAVE LISTENED TOO 2020

BOOKS I HAVE READ 2020

1. Grown Ups Marian Keyes

2.  Range David Epstein

3.  Curious Ian Leslie

4.  Mindset (updated) Dr Carol Dweck

5. Atomic Habits James Clear

6. The Midnight Library Matt Haig

7. Because of you Dawn French

8. Boundless Upgrade Your body Ben Greenfield

9. Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony Gordon

10. Home Stretch Graham Norton

11. The Jane Austen Collection

12. More than a woman Caitlan Moran

13. Untamed Glennon Doyle

14. After You’d Gone Maggie O’Farrell

15. Me and White Supremacy Layla Saad

16. The vanishing act of Esme Lennox Maggie O’Farrell

17. The mind and brain Jeffery Schwartz, Sharon Begely

18. The Tales of the bard JK Rowling

19. The hand that first held mine Maggie O’Farrell

20. Brain Wash David Perlmutter

21. Yes to Life Viktor Frankl

22. Loon Shots Safy Bachall

23. Breath James Nestor

24. Mythos Stephen Fry

25. The School of Life Allain De Botton

26. The book of Ichigo Ichie Fransec Miralles Hector Garcia

27. Born Liars Ian Lelsie  

28. Good Vibes Good Life Vex King

29. The distance between us Maggie O’Farrell

30. The Infinite Game Simon Sinek

31. Dirty Little Secrets Jo Spain

32. Talking to Strangers Malcom GLadwell

33. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Tom Shepherd

34. Stoicism Marcus Aurelias By jasper Bowen

35. The philosophers toolkit Patrick grim

36. Trillion Dollar Coach Eric Schmidt Jonathan Rosenberg

37. Gravitas Caroline Goyder

38. Surrounded by idiots Thomas Erickson

39. The little book of clarity Jamie Smart

40. Honouring the self Nathaniel Branden

41. City of girls Elizabeth Gilbert

42. The Cows Dawn O’Porter

43. High Performance Habits Brendon Bouchard

44. So Lucky Dawn O’Porter

45. The courage to be disliked Fumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi

46. The Body Billy Bryson

47. Own the day own your life Aubery Marcus

48. This is marketing Seth godin

49. The Practice Seth Godin

50. It didn’t start with you Mark Wolyn

51. The kindness method Shahroo Izaadi

52.  Girl Wash you face Rachel Hollis

53. Building a storybrand DInald Miller

54. Maybe you should talk to someone Lorri Gottleib

55. Neuroplasticity  Erik Smith

56. Help me Marriane Powers

57. The spontaneous Fulfilment deepka Chorpa

58. Everything is F*cked Mark manson

59. Happy Derren Brown

60. The book you wish your parents had read Phillipa Perry

61. Girl stop apologizing Rachel Hollis

62. The seven spiritual Laws Deepak Chopra

63. You are a badass Jen sincero

64. Girl Women Other Bernadine Evaristo

65. Us Three Ruth jones

1. The Life Plan - Shannah Kennedy

2. Kitchen Diaries Nigel Slater

3. Rewild Your Garden Francis Tophill

4. Scots The Mither Tongue Billy Kay

5. Dreyers English

6. Word of everyday of the year Steve Poole

7. WTF Robert Peston

8. The Crystal Fix Juliette Thornbury

9. Viktor Frankl Yes to life

10. Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg

11. Me and White Supremacyby Layla Saad

12. The Dandelion Clock by Oliver James Linux

13. Notes on suicide Simon Critchley

14. Clear bright future Paul Mason

15. Reasons to stay alive Matt Haig

16.  Mediations Marcus Aurelius

17.  Authentic Happiness  Martin Seligman

18. Le repertoire de la cuisine Louis Saliner

19.  The dinosaurs rediscovered Micheal J Benton

20. How will you measure your life Clayton M Christensen

21. Talking to strangers Malcolm Gladwell

22. The Dutch House Ann Pachet

23.  Write to the point Sam Leith

24.  Boundless  Ben Greenwood

25. Range David Epstein

26.  Curious Ian Leslie

27.  The Poetry Pharmacy (both editions) William Sieghart

28.  Humankind Rutger Bregman

29.  Grit Angela Duckworth

30.  Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell

31.  The Plague Albert Camus

32.  Atomic Habits James Clear

33. Breath James Nestor

34. Happy Derren Brown

35. The Infinite Game Simon Sinek

36. The book of Ichigo Ichie Fransec Miralles Hector Garcia

37. Born Liars Ian Lelsie  

38. Mythos Stephen Fry

39. City of girls Elizabeth Gilbert

40. She said Jodi Kanotr Megan Twohey

41. Mary Queen of Scots Anotnia Fraser

42. Late Bloomers Rich Kalgaard

43. Invisible Women Caroline Perez

44. 100 nasty women Hannah Jewel

45. The complete works of Zhuangzi

46. Whites Otegh Uwagba

47. Transcend Scott Kauffman

48. Kitchn Confidentual Anthony Bourdain

49. On the shortnes of life Seneca

50. Bio hackers guide Olli Sovijarvi

51.  Generation M Shelina Janomohamed

52. Molecules of emotion Candace Pert

53. The Historian Elizabeth Kostova

54. Worth It Britt Barron

55. Didn’t see that coming Rachel Hollis

56. The money is coming Sarah Ackwiscombe

57. The practice Seth Godin

58. Cook Eat Repeat Nigella Lawson

59. This is happening Rohan Gunatillake

60. Lost Connections Johann Hari

61. Humankind Rutger Bregman

62. Make life beautiful Sid & Shea McGee

63. How to adult Stephen Wildish

64. Improve your word power Caroline Taggart

65. The Boy, The Fox, The Mole The Horse Charlie Mackays

 Its mental this is my year in books, I like my diversity yet feel it can be more plus that i have read and listened 65 (some repeats as in read and listened too). I have a rule for library books it doesn’t go in UNLESS its been read. Now can i remember every detail of each book no but it sits in my subconscious and I know the memory is there.

Just a quick one here, I was an amonzite fiend getting my books from them however now and with 2020 destruction of retail even more I buy from www.bookshop.org and it’s so worthwhile its support independent bookstores. Its quick, easy and you help keep local bookstores trading. Please use them, something else of me to track and Share.

My final note is I have just been linking this all together and I will have walked, hiked, run since January 2020 to now 1976 miles so that’s where my time goes and gives me the ability to do this amount. The reading books is in my diary, weekly and instead of watching TV I read.

Over and Out 3/365 Persistent and Consistent