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Books read in 2020
Jan. 13th, 2021 07:28 pmAs always, here's my list of all the books I read in the previous year! Only a little late posting. Stars are from one to five in terms of my enjoyment of the book, italics mean the book is a reread, all links are to my reviews of the books. If you have any questions about the books I didn't review (or the ones I did tbh!), please let me know and I can share some thoughts!
( list of books )
( stats time )
This has been a record breaking year for my reading. Thank you pandemic, I guess. I read just so many books this year, well above my previous record since I started keeping records. 137 books! When the average number of books I read per year for the last five years was only 82! Sometimes books are what sustain you through the hard times, and I'm very grateful for it. Especially since I know some people found themselves unable to read as much as usual due to everything going on, and that could have easily been me as well.
I have been working over time to improve the number of books I read by authors of colour, and this is the first year I feel like I really got somewhere with that. I'm pleased that I read over 50 books by poc this year, and significantly improved my percentage too. (39% of total, when last year was 23%.) Still room for continued work on this though, of course!
Since a lot of my reading comes from the library, I found myself repeatedly frustrated to see that the books I wanted to read by authors of colour or queer authors were stocked in lower proportions. So I had to balance my book buying budget against my desires to read more diversely, unfortunately. Something to keep considering. Though this may improve once the pandemic is over and I can easily and safely access the library's physical book collections as well as their ebooks, since they have more selection in hard copies, I think.
Usually in my year-end book roundup I discuss my fave and least fave new-to-me book of the year, and most years I complain about how hard it is to choose a fave, and this year is NOT an exception. I read so many incredible books this year! Idk, just look at the five-star books on the list above and they're all my faves, ok? I'm not going to choose between them this year.
Least fave....that's a little easier. I only have a few one-star books to choose between. The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets I think would be the winner in this race to the bottom, though it does have competition.
But overall my thesis for the year is Books Are Good, Actually.
( list of books )
( stats time )
This has been a record breaking year for my reading. Thank you pandemic, I guess. I read just so many books this year, well above my previous record since I started keeping records. 137 books! When the average number of books I read per year for the last five years was only 82! Sometimes books are what sustain you through the hard times, and I'm very grateful for it. Especially since I know some people found themselves unable to read as much as usual due to everything going on, and that could have easily been me as well.
I have been working over time to improve the number of books I read by authors of colour, and this is the first year I feel like I really got somewhere with that. I'm pleased that I read over 50 books by poc this year, and significantly improved my percentage too. (39% of total, when last year was 23%.) Still room for continued work on this though, of course!
Since a lot of my reading comes from the library, I found myself repeatedly frustrated to see that the books I wanted to read by authors of colour or queer authors were stocked in lower proportions. So I had to balance my book buying budget against my desires to read more diversely, unfortunately. Something to keep considering. Though this may improve once the pandemic is over and I can easily and safely access the library's physical book collections as well as their ebooks, since they have more selection in hard copies, I think.
Usually in my year-end book roundup I discuss my fave and least fave new-to-me book of the year, and most years I complain about how hard it is to choose a fave, and this year is NOT an exception. I read so many incredible books this year! Idk, just look at the five-star books on the list above and they're all my faves, ok? I'm not going to choose between them this year.
Least fave....that's a little easier. I only have a few one-star books to choose between. The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets I think would be the winner in this race to the bottom, though it does have competition.
But overall my thesis for the year is Books Are Good, Actually.
