What I Read In 2020
I like to consider myself to be a scholar. A connoisseur of great literature. An aficionado of phraseology.
Jk. I know how to read and that’s about it. But I do read quite a bit in my free time! During quarantine I started rating the books I read on a scale from 1-10 in my notes for fun. But now since I paid good money for this domain, I am subjecting those who stumble across my blog to my harsh criticism of accomplished authors’ life’s work.
I tend to gravitate towards the same genre. Who-done-it novels and “soon to be major motion picture or HBO series” kinda books. Here are my top 3, 10/10, can’t recommend enough, favorite books that I read in 2020!
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
I won’t shut tf up about this book. It tells the story of a criminal psychologist named Theo Faber who lands his dream patient. Alicia Berenson is a beautiful young artist married to a well-known fashion photographer. She kills her husband seemingly out of the blue, and then never speaks another word about the crime. It’s Theo’s job to get to the bottom of her silence and find out what drove her to snap.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Obama added this to his yearly book list so you know it’ll be good. The Vignes twins grew up in a unique southern town that they desperately wanted to escape. One sister makes it out west where she decides to live a life passing as a white woman, while the other moves back to her home town wondering what happened to her other half. Years later, their daughters cross paths and everything is revealed. It dives into white privilege, passing, trans relationships and so much more. I loved it.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
This book will trigger your daddy issues while you simultaneously crave a voyage in the great outdoors. It tells the story of a young woman named Kya who is abandoned by her family to raise herself in the southern marshlands. The people in the nearby town have come to know her as the mysterious “Marsh Girl”. When a local heartthrob turns up dead all eyes and suspicions land on Kya. It’s a beautiful story about self reliance, respecting nature, and strength. It felt like I was reading a classic novel and I didn’t want it to end.
The other books I read in the Q along with their ratings are as follows:
The Wife Between Us- 5/10
You Are Not Alone-7/10
Then She Was Gone-8.5/10
Verity- 8/10
I Found You-8.9/10
The Mother In Law-8/10
The Devil All The Time- 9.5/10
Such A Fun Age-10/10
My Lovely Wife- 9.8/10
The Lying Game-4/10
The Dry-8.7/10
The Power-9/10
The Last Mrs. Parish- 7/10
They Wish They Were Us-5/10
The Wives-8.3/10
The Guest List-7.5/10
LYTBAP,