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Princess Garnet's Trove 2020

What have you read in 2020? Post your list here and update it as you go along! (One thread per member, please.)
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Princess Garnet's Trove 2020

Post by princess garnet » Thu January 2nd, 2020, 8:02 pm

My 2020 reads!

January
Everything You Know About London Is Wrong by Matt Brown (NF)
Varina by Charles Frazier
The Pioneers by David McCullough (NF)
Abandoned Washington, DC by Thomas Kenning (NF)
The Long Weekend by Adrian Tinniswood (NF)
The Mad Woman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell
The Map of Knowledge by Violet Moller (NF)
Belle Revolte by Linsey Miller (YA)
In the Shadow of Vesuvius by Tasha Alexander ("Lady Emily Mystery" series #14)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Prince of Souls by Lynn Kurland ("9 Kingdoms" series #12)
The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner (re-read)
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances H. Burnett

February
Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Owners in South Carolina, 1790-1860 by Larry Koger (NF)
Carter G. Woodson in Washington, DC by Pero G. Dagbovie (NF)
Silver Spring and the Civil War by Robert E. Oshel (NF)
The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman ("Invisible Library" series #6)
The Thief of Lanwyn Manor by Sarah E. Ladd ("The Cornwall Novels" #2)
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian (YA "Ash Princess" series #3)
The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green ("Windy City Saga" #1)
The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry ("Raven, Fisher, and Simpson" series #1)
Inside the Secret Garden by Carolyn S. Collins and Christina W. Eriksson (NF)
Everything You Know About England is Wrong by Matt Brown (NF)
A Queen in Hiding by Sarah Kozloff ("Nine Realms" series #1)
Maryland: A Middle Temperament by Robert J. Brugger (NF)

March
Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan ("Legends of the 1st Empire" #5)
The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry ("Raven, Fisher, and Simpson" series #2)
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances H. Burnett (re-read)
Manga Shakespeare: Richard III by William Shakespeare, adapted by Richard Appignanesi
Democracy's Capital by Lauren Pearlman (NF)
Havenfall by Sara Holland (YA)
Border by Kapka Kassabova (NF)
The Middle Ages: Life in Medieval Europe by Jeffrey Singman (NF)

April
Mary Tudor: England's First Queen by Anna Whitelock (Reread, NF US edition) NB: Original UK title: Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

June
Emma: A Victorian Romance series by Kaoru Mori, English trans. by Sheldon Drzka (re-read, YA manga)
The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki
Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen by Alison Weir ("6 Tudor Queens" #5)
Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife (NF)
Determined to Stand and Fight by Ryan T. Quaint (NF)
The Queen of Raiders by Sarah Kozloff ("9 Realms" #2)
A Broken Queen by Sarah Kozloff ("9 Realms" #3)
The Cerulean Queen by Sarah Kozloff ("9 Realms" #4)

July
A Dangerous Duet by Karen Odden ("Victorian Mystery Series" #1)
A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden ("Victorian Mystery Series" #2)
The Betrothed by Kiera Cass (YA)
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (YA)
Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters by Jennifer Chiaverini
Storing Up Trouble by Jen Turano ("American Heiresses" trilogy #3)
At Love's Command by Karen Witemeyer ("Hanger's Horsemen" #1)
Of Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay
Blood Heir by Amelie W. Zhao (YA)
A Gilded Lady by Elizabeth Camden ("Hope & Glory" series #2)
The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson ("Fairy Tale/Hagenheim Castle" series #11)
The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie ("Grantchester Mysteries" series prequel)
Sidney Chambers & the Shadow of Death by James Runcie ("Grantchester Mysteries" series #1)
Sidney Chambers & the Perils of the Night by James Runcie ("Grantchester Mysteries" series #2)
Sidney Chambers & the Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie ("Grantchester Mysteries" series #4)
Sidney Chambers & the Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie ("Grantchester Mysteries" series #5)
The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs by Robert O'Harrow (NF)

August
A Single Spark by Judith Miller
Crush the King by Jennifer Estep ("Crown of Shards" trilogy #3)
The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #1)
Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC by Paula C. Austin (NF)
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson (NF)
The Oxford Guide to Heraldry by Thomas Woodcock and John M. Robinson (NF)
Emma: A Victorian Romance series by Kaoru Mori, English trans. by Sheldon Drzka (re-read, YA manga)
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman (YA, companion to "Seraphina" duet)
Mrs. Dred Scott by Lea VanderVelde (NF)

September
The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan (NF)
An Ivy Hill Christmas by Julie Klassen ("Tales of Ivy Hill" novella)
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder ("Little House" series #1)
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder ("Little House" series #6)
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder ("Little House" series #7)
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder ("Little House" series #8)
Mortal Arts by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #2)
Emma: A Victorian Romance series by Kaoru Mori, English trans. by Sheldon Drzka (re-read, YA manga)
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder ("Little House" series #5)
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder ("Little House" series #9)
Bibliophile by Jane Mount (NF)
Marie Antoinette's World by Will Bashor (NF)
Clash of Crowns by Mary McAuliffe (NF)

October
A Grave Matter by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #3)
A Study in Death by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #4)
As Death Draws Near by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #5)
A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #6)
An Artless Demise by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #7)
A Portrait of Loyalty by Roseanna M. White ("The Codebreakers" series #3)
The Lost Queen by Anne Stott (NF)
Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose ("Wrexford & Sloane" Mystery #1)
Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir (Re-read, "6 Tudor Queens" #4)
A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White (Re-read, "Shadows Over England" trilogy #1)
A Song Unheard by Roseanna M. White (Re-read, "Shadows Over England" trilogy #2)
An Hour Unspent by Roseanna M. White (Re-read, "Shadows Over England" trilogy #3)
The Number of Love by Roseanna M. White (Re-read, "The Codebreakers" trilogy #1)
On Wings of Devotion by Roseanna M. White (Re-read, "The Codebreakers" trilogy #2)
The Empire of Dreams by Rae Carson (YA "Fire and Thorns" trilogy companion)
My Ideal Bookshelf by Jane Mount (NF)

November
Cursed by Thomas Wheeler (YA)
To Whisper Her Name by Tamera Alexander ("Belle Meade Plantation" #1)
To Win Her Favor by Tamera Alexander ("Belle Meade Plantation" #2)
To Wager Her Heart by Tamera Alexander ("Belle Meade Plantation" #3)
Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil by James Runcie ("Grantchester Mysteries" series #3)
Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love by James Runcie ("Grantchester Mysteries" series #6)
The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep
A Stroke of Malice by Anna Lee Huber ("Lady Darby Mysteries" #8)
The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike ("The Lost Queen" trilogy #2)
Manga Classics: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy M. Montgomery, adapted by Crystal S. Chan (YA)
The Anatomist's Wife and "Lady Darby Mystery" series by Anna Lee Huber (Re-read "Lady Darby Mysteries" #1)
Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose ("Wrexford & Sloane" Mystery #2)
Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose ("Wrexford & Sloane" Mystery #3)

December
"Lady Darby Mystery" series by Anna Lee Huber (re-read)
Tsarina by Ellen Alpstein
Fallen Angel by Tracy Borman ("Frances Gorges" trilogy #3)
Christmas with Anne & Other Holiday Stories by Lucy M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmhurst (re-read)
The Wicked Wit of England by Geoff Tibballs (NF)
The Wicked Wit of Scotland by Rod Green (NF)
In the Shadow of Vesuvius by Tasha Alexander ("Lady Emily Mystery" series #14, re-read)
Masterpiece: America's 50 Year Old Love Affair with British Television Drama by Nancy West (NF)
Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay by Jamie L.H. Goodall (NF)

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