12Booksof2020

A big thank you to everyone who posted for #12Booksof2020. Great to see it so successful. Was posting to each one but last Sunday got overwhelmed by work, only had 8 hours sleep over 3 days and wall to wall work so apologise wasn‘t able to post to all, but thank you 😍😍😍 Loved seeing the posts.

Also apologies if not responded to any posts very very limited Litsy time and was totally overwhelmed.

Please can some people share these thanks 😊

mrp27 Thanks for putting it together, I had fun! 4y

Andrew65 @mrp27 Thanks, it certainly added to the books to read this year. 4y

MittenGirlPeach Thank YOU for all you do, Andrew, on Litsy of course, but more so in “real” life. Here‘s to getting some much-needed rest. What a week on our planet. 4y

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CarolynM Thanks for getting it started. It was interesting to see everyone's choices. 4y

julesG Thank you for keeping Litsy positive and active! 😘 4y

Andrew65 @julesG Thanks, been trickier lately with work demands. 4y

Andrew65 @CarolynM It was. 4y

Andrew65 @MittenGirlPeach It has been a tough fortnight, hopefully things settle down. 4y

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maich

The Life She Left Behind: An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking page turner | Nicole Trope

I think I missed 2books for #12booksof2020 #ShareTheLove @Andrew65

Here are 2 great thrillers I read last year. Both were new author to me. And both were suspense page turner with family and child twist.

The Whisper Man was a scary crime thriller. The Life She Left Behind was a sad psihological thriller.
I love both cover😍

#thewhisperman #thelifesheleftbehind #thriller #litsyfun

Andrew65 Both look good but not read either. 4y

maich @Andrew65 If you like great suspense thrillers you should read them. But be aware that The Whisper Man is scary. I think is not for everyone. 4y

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Vansa

There's Gunpowder in the Air | Manora�jana By?p?r?

#12Booksof2020
This powerful book was one I read in Jan'20,and it's stayed with me since.Partly drawn from lived experience,the book is about a petty thief who makes a deal with the cops-to spy on Naxalite political prisoners in a jail in exchange for lenient sentencing.In a Becket-like turn of events,the protagonist finds himself drawn to the young men and their cause.The book evocatively describes what it was like in Calcutta in the 70s

Vansa When the State started a brutal crackdown on the would-be revolutionaries and the extra judicial methods they employed.These arent perspectives that are traditional among Indian authors-the writer is a Dalit working class man who was a Naxalite briefly himself,and it's a very unique viewpoint.Heartbreaking book that's beautifully written 4y

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robinb

Every Now and Then | Lesley Kagen

My twelfth 5⭐️ read of 2020 was this surprise. Coming-of-age friendships, nostalgic, but also deals with powerful issues.

#12BooksOf2020

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 ! It was nice to take a look back. 😊

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Bookzombie

Dark Harvest | Norman Partridge

#12Booksof2020 Day 12

Somehow I think I got a day behind, but wanted to finish up.

I‘m so happy that I finally picked this one up in October. I really enjoyed it.

Andrew65

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cwarnier

The Chelsea Girls | Fiona Davis

#12booksof2020 @andrew65
I forgot to post my last of the 12 days of Christmas yesterday.
I really enjoyed this one set in a different time period. I know it was was a fiction book, but I learned a lot of this timer period.

megnews I love historical fiction but this isn‘t a time period I read much. And I learned a lot too. 4y

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kspenmoll

Untitled | Unknown

#12booksof2020 #12daysofChristmas

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

Andrew65

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kspenmoll

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You | Jason Reynolds

#12booksof2020 #integrateyourshelf #12drummersdrumming

Groundbreaking book on the history of racist ideas - perfect for students.

Andrew65

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Vansa

Lenin on the Train | Catherine Merridale

#12Booksof2020 deciding to continue with this so I'll have a track of my favourite books this year!This was a recommendation from my husband, it's an account ostensibly of the train journey Lenin took to get to Russia,from Switzerland where he had been exiled.It uses this train journey to explore the Russian Revolution and how a lot of eventualities turned on a dime-the train,for instance,was given safe passage by the Germans who wanted Russia out

Vansa Of WWI and saw this as a perfect destabilising opportunity.Theres a vivid account of the women workers who started the Revolution with protests in St.Petersburg,and of all the realpolitik and jostling for power that happened after the Tsar had been deposed.Lenin's train journey was no less exciting,with thrilling accounts of train stations with cheering supporters,and near escapes,all aided by the Germans.Brilliantly written 4y

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