Half-way through 2019, I came up with the idea of #ChloeHarrietsBookClub, I completely loved the idea at first, however, towards the end of the year, for several reasons, it sort of just faded out. I'll be honest, it was a bit all over the place, it even confused me - I couldn't ever decide whether the books were worthy of a full blog review or whether I should keep the conversation going over on my Instagram, or if anyone cared and was bothering to read along... due to the same confusion as me, alongside my lack of promotion and SEO on the blog posts, the answer was probably not. With my approach, it was unlikely I was going to create the little community of book lovers that I'd imagined. I still, however, love the idea... I'm giving it another go, but this time with fewer books and more reliability. I'll write a full review of each book towards the start of the following month - of course it's also likely I'll open up the conversation on my Instagram stories whilst reading, heck I might even go wild and open up the conversation on my Facebook page (honestly, I haven’t used it for years but I figured it’s time to dust it off and re-enter the world of Facebook). This year #chloeharrietsbookclub will be a lot easier to keep up with, and worth getting involved with.
So if you're a big fan of reading and are looking to smash an ambitious Goodreads goal for 2020, add these titles to your to-read list, or if you're a new reader looking to ease yourself in, knowing you there's one book to read a month and a community to keep the conversation going will hopefully encourage you in your reading journey. Whatever type of reader you are, I'd love for you to get involved.
The list of books is mainly fiction with a couple of essays thrown in there. I've tried to keep it somewhat varied. There's some trashy young adult which is my absolute guilty pleasure, some new releases for 2020 that I’m looking forward to, and some which I’ve been recommended - hopefully, there will be something in there which floats everyone's boat.
The Reading List:
January: Normal People by Sally Rooney. You can read my review here.
February: The Course of Love by Alain de Botton. You can read my review here.
March: Wild by Cheryl Strayed. You can read my review here.
April: The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles. You can read my review here.
June: Find Me by Andre Aciman. You can read my review here.
July: Olive by Emma Gannon
October: Modern Love by Daniel Jones
November: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
December: And a Happy New Year by Holly Bourne
Let me know which titles you're most excited for. Happy reading!
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Hey Chloe! Love your book list, And a Happy New Year is awesome The book tends to how difficult it very well may be to keep up kinships as you change organizes in your life; how much strain can be put on relationships by keeping insider facts or attempting to manage things alone; and at last how if a kinship is sufficiently significant, and you're willing to place in the work, it can generally be pulled once more from the brink.
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