Kirsten's bookshelf

Sunday, January 11, 2026

10 of 2025

I didn't read as much in 2025, so decided 10 books of the year would be a better option. Here are my favourites of this year in no particular order.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Another year, another 15 books. I had a target to read 50 books, which I didn't manage as I had a very busy year. Selling our home, changing jobs, loss, moving country, buying a new home and so much more. So here, in no order are my favourite 15 reads of 2024

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

15 of 2023

Another year, another 15 books. Just like every year it's been so hard to select my favourite reads. All chosen for different reasons.

Sunday, January 1, 2023

15 of 2022

As I started to write this I kept changing my mind, so this is not my original list of my favourite 15 reads of this year.
Books can mean something for different reasons and I do think that favourites can change depending on so many things. Ask me again in an hour and I would change a few for certain!
I dont have the best of memories, so when looking over my reads of the year some of my earlier reads are rather fuzzy.

Here we go, in no order - my choices of 2022.

1. The False Rose by Jacob Wegelius and Peter Graves

2. When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle

3. Heartstoppers by Alice Oseman. The whole set! I read a friends copy and thought they were perfection.

4. Resist by Tom Palmer.

5. The Thief who Sang Songs by Sophie Anderson.

6. Keep Dancing Lizzie Chu by Maisie Chan.

7. Firesong by Vashti Hardy

8. Podkin one ear by Kieran Larwood. I am slightly cheating here as i mean the whole set! still working my way through the books, but love this world.