A reference point for books read and reviewed:
January:
1. Keeping an Eye Open by Julian Barnes (2015)
2. Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn (2018)
3. The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion in the Year 1764-1765 by Magdalen King-Hall (1925)
4. When the King Comes Home by Caroline Stevermer (2000)
5. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (2019)
6. Pennington’s Seventeenth Summer by K.M. Peyton (1970)
7. Eat Your Ice Cream by Ezekiel J. Emanuel (2026)
8. The Miernik Dossier by Charles McCarry (1973)
9. The Canon in Residence by Victor L. Whitechurch (1904)
10. Secret Nights and Northern Lights by Megan Oliver (2025)
11. My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor (2023)
12. Now With His Love by Hilda Nickson (1977)
13. An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister (2025)
14. A Light in the Window by Jan Karon (1995)
15. Patchwork by Maddie Ballard (2024)
16. Mrs Endicott’s Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen (2025)
February:
17. Csardas by Diane Pearson (1975)
18. Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (1966)
19. Muybridge by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall (2025)
20. Single for the Summer by Mandy Baggot (2017)
21. Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay (2025)
22. Rack, Ruin and Murder by Ann Granger (2011)
23. Some People by Harold Nicolson (1927)
24. The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope (1958)
March:
25. And the Crowd Went Wild by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (2026)
26. Mr Teddy by E.F. Benson (1917)
27. Empire of AI by Karen Hao (2025)
28. Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett (1989)
29. A House in Corfu by Emma Tennant (2001)
30. No Matter What by Cara Bastone (2026)
31. And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison (2026)
32. First Comes Marriage by Laila Rafi (2024)
33. Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich (1939)
34. Reunited with the Rancher by Anna Grace (2024)
35. Cabin by Patrick Hutchison (2024)
36. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume One by Beth Brower (2019)
37. The Island Villa by Sarah Morgan (2023)
38. The Summer Trip by Isabelle Broom (2022)
39. It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan (2025)
40. The Distinctly Competent District Councilor by Jonas Jonasson, translated by Ruth Martin (2026)
41. A Fine Romance by Susan Branch (2013)
42. Paradise for Two by Betty Neels (1988)
April:
43. The Holiday by Erica James (2000)
44. Head Over Wheels by Leonie Mack (2025)
45. Scales of Gold by Dorothy Dunnett (1991)
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