Wow – the first month of 2020 is already done! I was feeling super motivated this month and managed to read a lot of books (and save a lot of money). I am hoping to keep this momentum going throughout the year.

STATS

Money Saved from Library Books/ARCS: $368.70
Pages Read: 6,703
Average Pages Read Per Day: 216
Books Read: 21
Average Book Length: 319

Type of Copy

Country Setting

I have challenged myself to try to read a book from all 195 countries in the world so I decided to track the stats. Not doing great this month… If you want to check on my progress check out my Reading Around the World page.

Authors I’ve Read Before

This is interesting! I am glad that I am reading books from authors that I’ve never read before but I am glad that I am reading a lot of new authors too.

Adult or YA?

Genres

BOOKS READ

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
★★★★★
Review

Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia
★★★
Review

The Whisper Man by Alex North
★★
Review

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
★★★

No Exit by Taylor Adams
★★★

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
★★★.5
ARC

The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
★★★★

The Farm by Joanne Ramos
★★★★
Review

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
★★★★★

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
★★★
ARC

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
★★★★

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
★★★★.5
ARC

I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
★★★★★

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
★★★★

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu
★★★★

Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
★★★

Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
★★★★★

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
★★★

Red, White & Blue by Casey McQuiston
★★★★.5

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
★★★
ARC

What was the best book you read in 2020 so far? Any anticipated releases?

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