However many books I managed to read in 2019, the pace is going to see a slow down this year. Having just started a new and demanding position, I’ll be spending more time reading work-related documents instead of the fun stuff. Nevertheless, a couple of long distance travels are anticipated… A realistic/reasonable goal for the year is thus 20 in French (10-10 for BDs and non-BDs) and 30 in English.

En français
Non-BDs
01 | Le Plaisir – Maria Hesse

BDs
01 | Le Grand Méchant Renard – Benjamin Renner
02 | Big Bang Saigon – Maxime Péroz
03 | Tout plaquer et aller prendre un bain – Mathou
04 | Collaboration horizontale – Navie & Carole Maurel
05 | Sacrées sorcières – Pénélope Bagieu
06 | Culottées: Tome 2 – Pénélope Bagieu
07 | Couleur de peau : miel – Jung
08 | L’Homme de la mer – Jang Deok Hyun
09 | Carnet de thèse – Tiphaine Rivière
10 | Manga : Arte (12 tomes) – Kei Ôkubo

In English
Written words
01 | Queenie – Candice Carty-Williams
02 | Nine Perfect Strangers – Liane Moriarty
03 | What Alice Forgot – Liane Moriarty
04 | The Truth According to Us – Annie Barrows
05 | Drowning Lessons – Rachel Neuburger-Reynolds
06 | I Too Had a Love Story – Ravinder Singh
07 | Real Men Knit – Kwana Jackson
08 | The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
09 | The Shelf – Helly Acton
10 | How the Penguins Saved Veronica – Hazel Prior
11 | Big Summer – Jennifer Weiner
12 | Golden Child – Claire Adam
13 | Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid
14 | Nothing Can Hurt You – Nicole Maye Goldberg
15 | Beach Read – Emily Henry
16 | Happy and You Know It – Emily Henry
17 | The Jetsetters – Amanda Eyre Ward
18 | Island Affairs – Priscilla Oliveras
19 | The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary
20 | The Switch – Beth O’Leary
21 | The Guest List – Lucy Foley
22 | Red White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
23 | I Do Not Come to You by Chance – Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
24 | My Lovely Wife – Samantha Downing
25 | Look How Happy I’m Making You – Polly Rosenwaike
26 | The Matchmaker’s List – Sonya Lalli
27 | The Hating Game – Sally Thorne
28 | Fleishman is in Trouble – Taffy Brodesser-Akner
29 | Born a Crime – Trevor Noah
30 | The Water Cure – Sophie Mackintosh
31 | Three Daughters of Eve – Elif Shafak
32 | The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak
33 | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World – Elif Shafak
34 | A Lily in the Light – Kristin Fields
35 | The Light We Lost – Jill Santopolo
36 | Americanah – Chumamanda Ngozi Adichie
37 | 99 Percent Mine – Sally Thorne
38 | Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson
39 | Things You Save in a Fire – Katherine Center
40 | The Girl He Used to Know – Tracey Garvis-Graves
41 | Mrs Everything – Jennifer Weiner
42 | The Bromance Book Club – Lyssa Kay Adams
43 | The Hypnotist’s Love Story – Liane Moriarty
44 | The Last Anniversary – Liane Moriarty
45 | Three Wishes – Liane Moriarty
46 | Truly Madly Guilty – Liane Moriarty
47 | The Husband’s Secret – Liane Moriarty
48 | The Right Swipe – Alisha Rai
49 | Saving Grace – Julie Garwood
50 | Until You – Judith McNaught
51 | Whitney, My Love – Judith McNaught
52 | A Kingdom of Dreams – Judith McNaught
53 | Thirty, Flirty, Not Sorry – Brigitte Anne Thomas
54 | Rent a Boyfriend – Gloria Chao

Graphic novels
01 | Pumpkinheads – Rainbow Rowell
02 | Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy – Rey Terciero

31 December 2020 : So much for “I shall have plenty of time to read during the lockdowns” – that didn’t quite happen for me, at least not in terms of French reads. Library and bookshop closures meant I have limited opportunity to ask for recommendations, and having spent much time reading work documents, I tend to turn towards English for leisure reading materials as well. Oh well… does this count as me having reached my objective ?