2020 Reading Wrap Up and 2021 Plans

I had planned to read 40 books in 2020, though I ended up only reading 28. I still think that’s pretty good though, considering the pandemic, stress, and finishing my degree as well as working part-time. I’ve reviewed all of the books I’ve read this year on this blog, so please feel free to read them if you haven’t already. For this post, here’s a list of the books I’ve read this year from my most to least favorite:

5-star reads:

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

by Patricia A. McKillip



The Changeling Sea

by Patricia A. McKillip

As you can see, I’ve discovered a new favorite author, Patricia A. McKillip. I have read these two novels of hers as well as her short stories, and I am so excited to explore more of her work. Her writing is magical and the characters are deep and feel so real.

Through The Woods by Emily Carroll

Every Heart a Doorway
(Wayward Children #1)
by Seanan McGuire 

The Woman in Black
by Susan Hill

The Deep

by Rivers Solomon,
 Daveed Diggs,
 William Hutson,
 Jonathan Snipes

The Empress of Salt and Fortune
(The Singing Hills Cycle #1)
by Nghi Vo

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4-star reads:

Einstein’s Dreams

by Alan Lightman 

Mooncakes
by Suzanne Walker,
 Wendy Xu (Artist)

The Tao of Pooh
(The Way, With The Enchanted Neighborhood)
by Benjamin Hoff,
 Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator)

There’s Someone Inside Your House

by Stephanie Perkins 

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

A Dark and Stormy Murder
(A Writer’s Apprentice Mystery #1)
by Julia Buckley

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

by Allie Brosh 

And the Ocean Was Our Sky
by Patrick Ness,
 Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

Margaret the First

by Danielle Dutton

The Canterville Ghost

by Oscar Wilde

Gwendy’s Button Box
(The Button Box #1)
by Stephen King

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3-star reads:

Those Who Run in the Sky
(Those Who Run in the Sky #1)
by Aviaq Johnston

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
by Lafcadio Hearn

The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories
by Ambrose Bierce

Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain
by John Miller

Death in Dark Blue
(A Writer’s Apprentice Mystery #2)
by Julia Buckley 

Down Among the Sticks and Bones
(Wayward Children #2)
by Seanan McGuire

I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
by Gina Sheridan 

The Pine Barrens’ Devil
by Leigh Paynter

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2-star reads:

What the Dead Want
by Norah Olson



Where I Ache
by Megan O’Keeffe 

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1-star reads:

None, I am happy to say!

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I am starting 2021 in a bit of a depression, partly due to the pandemic and lockdown, and so my desire for reading is a bit lower than I’d like. However, it seems that audiobooks are what my slumpy mind can take right now, and I am taking full advantage of sites lie Scribd, Audible, and others. I have many physical books on my shelves that I do hope to get to at some point this year, but for now I am focusing on my mental health, and if that means audiobooks, then audiobooks it is.

Here is what is on my Scribd TBR for this year:

The House in the Cerulean Sea
by TJ Klune

The Widow’s House: A Novel
by Carol Goodman

Long Lankin
by Lindsey Barraclough

2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke

The Girl With No Hands and other tales
By Angela Slatter

The Great God Pan and Other Weird Tales
by Arthur Machen

There are others on my Scribd list, but these are the ones I want to get to right away. Look out for reviews of these as I finish them! I wish everyone a good 2021 both for reading and for living.

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