2020 Wrap-Up

Well, aren’t we all glad to see the back of 2020? It was, I think, a collectively Bad year. For me, it was filled with lots of lows, some highs, and a heck of a lot of changes.

I took a blogging hiatus in the last few months of 2020, and decided to wait a little bit longer to post my yearly wrap-up in order to process wtf actually happened last year.

Hopefully, this post will be the beginning of a renewed regular blogging schedule! So, here’s a look back at my year, including my favourite books, a revisit of my 2020 goals (LOL), and a look back at some of the positives:

My favourite books of 2020:

Raybearer was a ray (sorry) of light in 2020. It was magical and heart-warming, and quickly became one of my all-time favourites.

I read the entire of the Poppy War trilogy in 2020, and was awe-struck by them all. They are one of the best trilogies I have ever read, and I gave them all five stars, but The Burning God blew my mind, crushed my heart and stamped all over it, so of course it was a favourite.

I won’t lie, I picked this book up in Waterstones because the cover was pretty, and I’d heard good things about it in passing. I went into it not knowing much about it, and that was the best decision! I have never been so shocked by a plot twist as I was with the one in this book.

The Five was an unexpected favourite for me. I came across it by chance, and I really loved the respect that this book had in telling the stories of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. I’m not a big reader of non-fiction, but The Five just might have changed that for me!

These Violent Delights has been all over the internet since even before it was released, and for very good reason! I became so absorbed into this retelling, and I am absolutely dying to read the sequel.

Graceling is a YA fantasy classic, and I was very late to the party with it. It was my first read of 2020, and it very quickly settled itself into a special place in my heart.

I’d heard excellent things about Elizabeth Acevedo’s writing, and I was so excited to read one of her books. I decided to start With the Fire on High in the summer of 2020, and it was a beautiful, heart-warming story. I loved it!

Some good things that happened:

• I graduated from uni!
• Got a job, left a job, and then found a new job, which I love.
• I got my kitten, Cass, and she brought some much-needed joy into the year.

Revisiting my 2020 goals…

In short, I failed most of them. LOL.

But you know what? 2020 was a disaster, so I’m not too disappointed. I did manage to make some of them happen, though:

• I got better at scheduling posts in the first half of 2020, and I’m hoping to get back on track in 2021
• I caught up a *little* on my Netgalley books (though let’s be honest, is anyone really ever 100% caught up on Netgalley?)
• I started bookmarking quotes as I read, which is something that I always regretted not doing before, and I’ve managed to make it a habit! (The book that I found myself highlighting beautiful quotes from the most was Raybearer, if you needed another reason to pick it up!)

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What were your favourite books of 2020? Are you setting any goals for 2021? Let me know in the comments! Happy New Year!

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