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Ah, 2020, the year I didn’t have to apologise for my antisocial tendencies. The year I could feel pride in being a socially responsible skulking solitary hermit, because that’s what Boris was telling me to do – stay home, wash your hands, read books. But something else happened this year too, not just a global pandemic. My very dear friend Selma showed me that my fear of reading works in translation was quite misplaced. And it was true, I was wrong about that. She then convinced me to give the R...
This is the end of my seventh year as a Goodreads user. Thank you to everyone who continues to interact with me on here. My PhD (in English Literature) application got accepted, which for me was the biggest event in my reading life this year. I don't read as much as I used to, but I'm excited to share updates about my progress and review books relevant to my studies, interests and activism. Here's to another year of reading! :D __________________________________You can connect with me on social
➽ Thanks to the amazing Brock at Let's Read, here are some 2020 reading statistics that I was able to gather from his amazing spreadsheet:My Top Five Favorite 2020 Publications:➽ 5.) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab ➽ 4.) Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4) by Brandon Sanderson ➽ 3.) You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson ➽ 2.) Night Shine (Night Shine #1) by Tessa Gratton ➽ 1.) The Burning God (The Poppy War #3) by R.F. Kuang My Top Five Favorite Books NOT Published
Plots, Protags and one Pandemic, by Kevin Ansbro(My year in books)2020 has been a difficult year for almost everyone on the planet - even for some of the Covidiots, bless them - but the Goodreads family has still been able to safely congregate during lockdowns, our social distancing knowing no bounds.I'm hopeful for a bright tomorrow. Our battered ship has been taking on water for quite some time, and the crew are restless, but a tiny sliver of land can be seen on the distant horizon... : ) I wa...
The Year Of ChangeThat’s me done. GR says I can’t add any more books as it’s too long. Happy Reading Lovelies. 🖤🐶🐺🐾💕BADASS BOOKS1. All the Stars and Teeth2. Seven Blades in Black3. The Poppy War4. Wrath of Empire5. A Subtle Agency Omnibus6. A Time of CourageFANTASY1. The Black Hawks2. Novice Dragoneer3. The Goblin Emperor4. Ship of Magic5. The Mad Ship6. Blood of an Exile7. Ship of Destiny8. Fool's Fate9. The Wolf of Oren-Yaro10. Assassin's Fate11. Sins of Empire12. The Unspoken Name13. Mistborn...
What a fucking year. It will probably come as no surprise when I say I usually spend my life seeking out time to read. Little pockets of time here and there where I can grab my book and polish off a chapter. This year, though. This year, time has stretched out, seemingly unending, with little to break it up. Hours and hours of having nowhere to go and little to do. And, for the life of me, most of the time I couldn't bring myself to read. When I did, I often turned to graphic novels (frankly, th...
Every Rating & Review for 2020Superman – Action Comics, Volume 4: Hybrid by Andy Diggle, Scott Lobdell, Tony S. Daniel, Mike Johnson and Frank Hannah(B-) 71% | Satisfactory | ⭐⭐ – 01/06/2020Notes: An alright to abysmal assorted anthology, it's an awkward array of anecdotes: aimless, awry, and ascendingly abject.A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin and Roy Dotrice(B+) 78% | Good | ⭐⭐⭐ – 01/09/2020Notes: A mire of minutiae, pointless quarrels in its quiver, with birdshot aim, it's kitten-tam...
Reading and writing is losing oneself, and what remains when the self is lost is the collective (Karl Ove knausgård)Lacking the energy and apposite words for saying something insightful on this strange year, I’d rather not. Reflecting purely on the past twelve months in terms of books however, by the end of the year I wonder if this year actually differed that much from previous ones with regard to reading. Maybe it didn’t, all in all. Admittedly, some weeks and books seem to have disappeared in...
I borrowed the titles from Reading the 20th Century group because they bring focus to my thoughts. What was the best book you read in 2020? This year was terrible because of the pandemic but from the point of view of my reading it was excellent. After a long deliberation, I chose the following novels as my top 5. Links are to my reviews. 1. Hurricane Season by Fernanda MelchorA short, violent, brutal, intense novel about the murder of a witch and women’s condition in Mexico. 2. Les Liaisons dan...
I think we can all agree that 2020 was pretty much shit.However, I can't and won't complain. Have I had rough times this year? Absolutely. But in the face of a year like this - where so many people have lost so much - I still have my health, my family, my friends, my dogs, and my job. So I can only feel grateful. And thank God for books. I definitely didn't read as much as I have in years past if you go simply by the numbers; however, one of my goals this year was to try to be more intentional a...
Many thanks to each of my Goodreads friends. Wish I could give each one of you a big hug!My personal response to our worldwide 2020 COVID crisis: a sharper focus on reading books, listening to audio books and writing about books. Highlights of the year include the following reviews (I link a book or two for each bullet): All 12 existential crime noir novels translated into English by French author Pascal Garnier - Among the 12: The Islanders, The Box, The Front Seat Passenger, Low Heights, The P...
The year is almost over, the Hugo/Nebula challenge is met (see below), and it’s time to reminisce about the strangeness that was 2020. Everything else aside, it was probably one of my best reading years. That’s why you get when you combine an indoorsy introvert and quarantine/lockdown. That’s the proverbial silver lining.This year is special for me because it’s the year I returned to Goodreads. I took a sabbatical from review writing starting sometime in 2016, just as pressures of “real” life st...
Best Lesfic/WLW/Sapphic Books of 2020 First, I just want to say sorry that this list is a little late this year. I know I worried some people that I might not finish it. This has been a rough and glitch filled week but I’m finally finished. I can’t believe that this is actually my 5th annual best of lesfic awards list. The time has gone by so fast. I started this because Goodreads doesn’t have an LGBTQ+ award category (and after 5 years it still doesn’t) and for the fact that there are always
Top Ten of 2020This is a monthly list of all of the books that I rated between 4 and 5 stars in the year of 2020.Best of January Best of February Best of March Best of AprilnoneBest of MaynoneBest of June Best of July Best of August Best of September Best of Octo...
Corona is the biggest bully that most of us have ever encountered. He's our war, our natural disaster, our famine. He has robbed too many of us of our lives and our livelihoods, and he has knocked the wind out of too many of us, too. (Sorry, I've decided Corona's a he. No offense.)I've observed his influence on too many readers this year; friends who were once stalwart readers were suddenly not able to concentrate on a book. I also watched highly literate friends go from reading WAR AND PEACE to...
2020 reading resolutions:* Read less frantically* Read more meaningfully* Savor the journey of the book *2020 mantra: There will always, always be more books than time. Focus on the book in front of you and let go of worrying about reading all the rest.
welp, that's the end of 2020, a year that went by in a big garbagey blur. book releases were delayed or cancelled, there was no BEA and i only got to go to two book release parties before the world shut down. despite being in lockdown for four months, i didn't get as much reading done as i could have, because my anxiety eroded my concentration, and reviewing was even more difficult, so even though i'm still optimistically INTENDING to review all the books i haven't gotten to yet—i have so many h...
https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_i...When I look back through books that I read this year -- the first thing I see -- was the many different emotions I felt: ......joy, grief, anger, cynical, sadness, loss, regret, agony, compassionate, empathy, remorseful, inspired, hopeful, grateful, relief, relatedness, connection, removed, bored, overwhelmed, shocked, awareness, judgmental, naughty, bitter, excitement, admiration, curiosity, soothed, baffled, nourished, comforted, Humbled, scared, rage, s...
General reflectionWith the pandemic a lot of entertainment sources fell away and 2020 was the best reading year for me in terms of both number of books (120) and number of pages (33.000). Also I increased the average length of books read to 275 pages compared to the 232 of 2019, when I felt I read a bit too many short works. My overall rating remained at 3.3.A goal I set myself was reading more non-fiction, which worked with 20 books, and one 5 star read among them, These Truths: A History of th...
2020 bookish resolutions:Read more of my own books and cut down on the number of library books I take out. At least until my physical TBR has gone down. I’m lowering my reading challenge to 75 books even though I did over 100 this year. I’m going to be travelling for 1 month which will severely cut my reading time. Here’s to another wonderful year filled with awesome books!** Update 29/06/2020**Ok, so Covid spoiled my travel plans, but on the plus side I'm currently 17 books ahead of schedule.Mi...