Today, I’m joining in with Top Ten Tuesday (#TTT). The theme today is top ten favorite reads of 2020. According to my Goodreads stats, I read only thirteen books in 2020. Goodreads might’ve missed some, but I didn’t read many more. That’s okay though. Let me just hope for a better reading year next year. Here are ten books I read this year.
1. Pictures of Me by Marilee Haynes. I started this book in late 2019 I think and finished it over New Year’s, so just in 2020. It is a Christian early middle grade novel I had been wanting to read for years.
2. Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan. Another middle grade novel I enjoyed. See my review.
3. Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I had been wanting to read this one for years too, but had waited until it got onto Bookshare (which it never did). I finally bought it in April I think and don’t regret it at all.
4. Wink by Rob Harrell. This is another middle grade novel. I came across it shortly after having read Wonder. Honestly, I loved Wink even more than I did Wonder. See my review.
5. Far From Fair by Elana K. Arnold. I see I read a ton of middle grade. I really intend to read more age-appropriate fiction in 2021. Anyway, this was the last book I finished this year, so I wanted to include it.
6. Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett. This was definitely my favorite YA novel I read in 2020. See my review.
7. Bloom by Kenneth Oppel. I include this one because it was definitely outside of my comfort zone. I loved it though. I wrote a review of it after finishing it. I’m currently reading its sequel Hatch.
8. Who Will Love Me Now? by Maggie Hartley. This was such an emotive read, it definitely tops my list of favorite memoirs I read in 2020. Here’s my review.
9. No Way Out by Kate Elysia. I never reviewed this one, but I loved it. It is a memoir by a survivor of sex trafficking.
10. Diagnosis by Lisa Sanders. This was an intriguing read. See my review.
What was your favorite read of 2020?
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My niece loves the movie Wonder, and I’ve been debating a read-through with her. It might be on the 2021 to-do list. Happy New Year!
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That would be cool. I’ve never seen the movie, but I think it was because of a movie review that I decided to read the book. Happy new year to you too!
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Amina’s Voice does sound good.
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It was a great read indeed. Thank you for commenting.
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Other than Wonder, I don’t think I had heard of most of these, but I’m glad you found so many books to love this year. As for reading age-appropriate books… I figure, if a book is good, it should appeal to all ages. (Well, some adult books may not be suitable for kids, but the other way around is fine.) I read everything from the occasional picture book to scholarly tomes, including a fair few MG and YA books. Read what you enjoy, and don’t worry about it.
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Thank you. I do read a pretty varied selection of books too, but didn’t use to. Several years ago I read mostly memoirs and non-fiction.
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That was a good list! I don’t think I even read ten books this year!
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Oh, that’s totally okay. You have your cats to keep you busy. And commenting on my blog LOL.
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Looks like a wonderful variety of books for you this year! I, too, have been wanting to read Wonder for YEARS! Maybe I will finally get to it in 2021.
I always enjoy Kenneth Oppel novels, too – he’s an excellent writer.
No Way Out sounds fascinating – and chilling.
Hope you have an even better reading year in 2021!
Sue
Book By Book
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Thanks so much for your comment. I agree with you about Kenneth Oppel being a great writer, although I hadn’t heard of him until I read Bloom.
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I really loved Wonder when I read it. I’m so curious about Wink, so I’m glad to hear you loved it.
-lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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I’m glad you loved Wonder. I hope you’ll read Wink too, since it’s great. Happy reading.
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Wonder has been on my TBR for so long so I’m so glad you loved it!
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I definitely loved it. Hope you’ll read it too. Thank you for commenting.
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My favourite reads of 2020 were overcoming by vicky phelan and bleak alley by shane dunphy and too scared to tell by cathy glass, xoxo
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Oh, Too Scared to Tell was definitely good indeed. I’ll check those others out too.
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