What I read in 2025

26 front covers of book and one back cover in rows of nine.

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 ~ Lucy Janes ~ Leave a comment

All the books I read in 2025 - 56 in total - and what I thought of them.

What I read in 2024

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 ~ Lucy Janes ~ Leave a comment

I read just 36 books in 2024, which I think is the lowest yet, but I still found books I loved.

What I read in 2023

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 4 Comments

What did I read in 2023? Here's all 39 books, and what I thought of them.

What I read in 2022

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 3 Comments

Short reviews of the 37 books I read in 2022.

The Booker Prize Book Club Challenge

October 6, 2022October 9, 2022 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 3 Comments

Our reviews for the Booker Prize 2022, part of the inaugural Booker Prize Book Club Challenge.

20 years of books and cakes: a book group’s data story

A pie chart showing the shares for different genres includieng fiction; historical fiction; memoir; crime; sci-fi; fantasy; comi; supernatural; satire; thriller; historic crime; erotica; self-help; true crime; gothic; fairy tales;

May 1, 2022May 25, 2022 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 3 Comments

What do the records of 20 years of my book group reveal? Books, cakes and the connections between them...

What I read in 2021

January 1, 2022May 1, 2022 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 2 Comments

Short reviews of the 60 books I read in 2021, plus one that I didn't finish.

What I read in 2020

December 31, 2020July 10, 2021 ~ Lucy Janes ~ Leave a comment

For the past few years I've kept a list of each book that I've read for fun, rather than for study or work, and review it at the end of the year. This year was obviously somewhat different so how did that impact what I read?