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I spent much of 2020 grateful to books and authors for giving me a way to visit other times and places while stuck at home because of Covid. Below, listed in alphabetical order by author, are my top eight favorite books of 2020. Some grades have been adjusted since my ... more >
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Doing a rough count of my 2020 reading journal, I read a little over 200 books last year. I also started but DNF a number of books that I didn’t count in that total. So … I read a lot. There are many B+ grade books that for various reasons ... more >
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Well, 2020 pretty much sucked. I suffered my way through a number of reading slumps and spent a long time doing something I hardly ever did before – re-reading. I turned to comfort reads for weeks at a time because things were just awful. I didn’t read as many new ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Top Ten Listscontemporary m/m romance / dragons / Fantasy / harbor pilot / Hockey Romance / m/m romance / Magic / POC / POC author / reporter / vampires / werewolves14 Comments
I thought I had a decent reading year, I don’t usually have a lot of A books and this year was no exception, but I did have several B+ and for me grade between B+ and A may often end up being relative anyway. 1. “The House of the Sundering ... more >
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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >
Reading Lists / Top Ten ListsContemporary / Gothic / Historical / interracial-romance / sci-fi romance / Urban fantasy9 Comments
This year I decided to do my best of list a little early. I don’t have any new releases on my list until next year so I felt it was safe. I had a fantastic reading year; I met my Goodreads challenge with more than a month to spare and ... more >