2020 Year in Books

2020 - My Year in Books

Elantris by Sanderson

    -I forgot how fun science fiction can be!

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Kay

    -probably less shocking for me after being married to a doctor. Funny. Memorable ending.  

Station Eleven by Mandel

    -such a fascinating read during a pandemic 



Untamed by Doyle 

    -such a fast read that a lot of it seemed compelling at the time but hard to recall now. 

March Trilogy by John Lewis and others

    -a bit hard to follow at times, but very worthwhile reading



The Improbability of Love by Rothschild

    - such a fun read!

The War that Saved my Life
    -I liked this book, but Sage and Joyce didn't, even though it was written for their age group. 

 

My Name is Esther by Fleur Beale

    -YA book, I liked it

Fair Play by Eve Rodsky

    -wish I would have read this book earlier, but thankful I read it now

Drop the Ball by Dufu

    - good combo with Fair Play

I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson

    -thankfully, this seems a bit dated. Probably because I'd just read the previous two books.

Childhood's End by Clarke.

    -hmmmm

The Secret Garden by Burnett

    -I thought I knew this story and wouldn't be so interested to hear it again, but I was WRONG! Listening as an adult, I would guess that this book that reading this book as a kid changed me forever, and I hadn't known it.

The Plague, Albert Camus.

    -not as interesting as I remembered from AP English, and I skimmed a bit 

Lean In, Sandberg

    -loved it

Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe

No Longer At Ease. Chinua Achebe

    -very interesting to consider after so much reading for my MA about postcolonialism. Also interesting to read as a mother of kids who are coming of age.

The Power of Vulnerability. Brene Brown.

    -I can see why she's so popular. "Don't shrink. Don't puff up. Just stand your sacred ground."

Harry Potter

    -a treat on the way to church each week

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    -annual read

The Great Divorce.

    -doesn't disappoint

2021

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

    - a great beach book for Hawaii

That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon's Perspective on Faith and Family. Tom Christofferson.

The Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-Day Saints