Best of 2020 and the Year in Review
It’s once again that time of the year where I look back at the last twelve months and round up my favorite reads! As always, my methods are going to be rather haphazard, but as you know I read a TON of books and having to narrow it down to just “Top 10” or even “Top 20” is a difficult (if not impossible) task. That’s why I’ve opted not to do a traditional list, and instead I’m going to be breaking this post down into different genres/categories to highlight all the books that 1) were my favorites of the year, 2) I thought were most memorable, or 3) I think should be getting more love and attention. The one thing they have in common is that I loved them all.
It was definitely an interesting year! It was also busier, meaning less reading time. As a result, I read about 40 fewer books than my yearly average.
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Young Adult
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Overview: Books Read in 2020
Goodreads Ratings:
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This was a great year Mogsy! And two Sandersons? That gives me hope as I just ordered Mistborn! I am determined to read more of his books!
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I think you will enjoy Mistborn – great intro to his adult fantasy 🙂
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163 books do make you a power reader, indeed! 🙂
I have Kloos’ first volume in the series already lined up, so seeing the second book listed among your 2020 best is very encouraging. And of course the Donovan series never fails to be rated among the best!
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I hope you’ll enjoy Kloos’ series – it’s the most enjoyable military sci-fi I’ve read in years!
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Poor girl, only 163 books 🤪🤣🤣
I still have to read Rhythm of War – my reread takes quite long; but that’s no problem, because we all will wait for the next volume three years long.
The other two books I‘ve read and liked were Bone Shard Daughters and Vanishing Birds.
I missed „House of Styx“ in your list.
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Haha, I think this is the first time since I started this blog that I fell so short of 200 – but considering the state of 2020, I’m happy with my 163 lol!
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Wow, 163 books! That’s a lot, Mogsy. Hope 2021 proves to be equally fruitful for you. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Addie LaRue is also on my favourite list! And so many of these books are on my TBR!
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Addie LaRue was so good! In my top 3 for sure!
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Congrats!
I do have to ask, how did this year be “busier”? With covid shutting down so much I figured it would be the other way.
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It was the school shutdowns, mostly. Early in the spring was the worst because the teachers were pretty much just posting their materials online, so I was basically forced to take on homeschooling duties. Fall was easier with live online instruction, but my youngest is in kindergarten requiring constant hand holding from morning announcements to the end of day. I am also a self-employed contractor doing data analysis so admittedly I also took on a lot more work to try and make up for lost time 🙂
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So many fantastic looking books here. The only I’ve read is The Archer at Dawn and I loved that one, too. One of my next reads will be The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and now I’m hoping to get a copy of Shiver after your recent review. Great list!
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I loved the Archer at Dawn! I’m glad I’m not the only one who is enjoying that series 🙂 I hope you’ll enjoy Addie LaRue, it’s probably in my top 3 this year 😀 Shiver was amazing too, awesome locked room mystery!
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It looks like you had a pretty good year! I see a lot of books that also made my list, and I see a few I’d love to read if I have time. My big miss this year was reading more YA, I think only two made the list this year😬
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Yeah, I’m surprised how many YA books I read, and how many were actually pretty good, lol!
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Great job with your reading goals! I’ve read some of the same books (including other genres), and those books were great!
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Thank you! And glad to hear you had a great reading year 😀
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Wow! That’s a lot you read. And many of these are on my TBR. I’m waiting for Addie Larue to be paperback, but might get to Bard’s Blade early next year since I have the ebook.
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I hope you’ll enjoy Addie LaRue – it’ll be worth the wait 🙂
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I haven’t read any of your favorites but more than a few are at the very top of my TBR and I cannot wait to read them! 😀
You still had an amazing reading year even if you were more busy, 163 is a fantastic number!!
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Thank you! I’m happy with my numbers, considering the chaos that was 2020 lol!
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Checking my wishlist so I have not forgotten to add some, I had! *adds*
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Glad to help!
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I also surprisingly read fewer books this year! Ah well, better luck next year! Some great ones on here and some ones I still need to get to! Really would love to start The Tiger at Midnight Series this year. Also need to decide when I’m finally going to sit down and read Rhythm of War…..
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Yeah, 2020 was not too conducive to reading, haha! But yes, better luck to both of us next year 😀
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Dracula’s Child surprised me, I didn’t expect it to be so amazing for some reason. This is a great list, lots of fantastic books–some of which I still need to get to haha.
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It surprised me too! Given the old timey style and the way it emulated the original, I didn’t think I would, but it was very engaging 🙂
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Very impressive and a great list – I’ve read a number of these and most of the others are on my wishlist -probably down to you *hard stare*.
Lynn 😀
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Glad you liked addie larue too!! And I really liked guest list and home before dark as well. I’m curious about black sun and bone shard daughter.
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