My personal top ten books of 2019

My top ten reads 2019:

Everybody's doing it! Compiling lists of their top 10 top 20 or top whatever reads of the year. I usually do this so here are my very best reads of the last 12 months, They are the books I've completely enjoyed reading and which have stayed with me.

Some of them have been books I reviewed as part of blog tours and as always I am very grateful to be included in events for new books. Others are books I chose to read just because they called out to me or because I heard about them from book loving friends. 

I adore books which take me on a journey, whether that is a virtual journey to pastures new from my armchair or an emotional journey, here are the books which carried me away this year.

I have reviewed them either here on my blog, or on Goodreads.

Thankyou to everyone who has helped me discover these books I've loved, I hope this list might help you find one or two too. Click on the book title to be taken to my original blog post and review.

In no particular order they are:

The Glittering Hour - Iona Grey:

My thanks go to Anne Cater of #Randomthingstours for introducing me to this wonderful romantic novel which took me on a journey of the heart.

"an utterly delightful love story, revealed in spoonfuls that I guzzled down. It honestly made my heart ache"

The Giver of Stars - Jojo Moyes:

It wouldn't be a list of my favourites if it didn't have at least one book by the wonderful Jojo Moyes who gets it bang on every time.

"heart-warming and lovely, a stunning story, filled with wonderful characters, diverse women and a few totally vile men"

The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow

A wonderful fantasy for all ages to rival His Dark Materials, a journey of magical new worlds.

"As soon as I started it, I slipped into a magical world where Doors to other worlds exist"

One for The Blackbird One for The Crow - 

Here to Stay - Mark Edwards

Thrillers by Mark Edwards are always deliciously dark, very twisty and somewhat manic. This one is no exception.

"This is a brain-numbingly intense read, that creates the inlaws from hell, brings them into your beautiful posh house and when you're ready to scream with frustration the bloodshed begins"

Bone China - Laura Purcell

Wow!! @SpookyPurcell does it again, delves into the past and pulls out a ripe juicy plum of a story which carried me back in time.

"Haunting and mesmerising, Bone China is set over 2 historical periods of time 40 years apart."

A Transcontinental Affair - Jodi Daynard

A sweeping historical romance taking me on an epic journey across 1970s USA on the Pullmann Express.

"The main characters are wonderful, especially the women. and I was rooting for Louisa especially"

The Gates of Eden - Nadine LeCheminant

This book took me on a journey of hope and discovery by wagon train, based on the Authors true family history I loved every step of the way.

A story about everyday folk making a pioneering epic trek, overcoming desperation and hardship.

One for the Blackbird one for the Crow - Olivia Hawker

Set in Wyoming this historical novel is a haunting story about friendship and forgiveness.

"lyrical in the lavish and haunting descriptiveness of the wildness of the vast prairie"

The Whisper Man - Alex North

"Whisper man is a fabulous crime thriller which scared me witless and has me in tears more than once."

Attend by West Camel

And last but not least a book i really loved but haven't yet written a lengthy review for as it was just so good it left me lost for words, quirky and different I highly recommend this one.