My top 20 of 2020   Hoo buddy, 2020 was some kind of year. Putting this list together was fairly challenging, not because I didn’t read a lot in 2020, but because I no longer have a functioning concept of time and couldn’t remember what I read last year versus two or three years ago. My top 20 of 2020 includes a lot of things published in the last couple of years, as well as a few older comfort rereads.The Good Old Days Every year I...

I don’t know where to start with talking about reading in the year 2020. I had a brilliant start. I was absolutely ripping through books. And then. The world ground to a halt, and so did my brain. I think some people found that the pandemic made for good reading, because there was simply nothing else to do. And while it was true that there was not much to do, and that reading seemed the obvious choice, I simply could not do it, except in fits...

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown  The worldbuilding in this story was so many things – interesting, complex, lush, and vibrant. Despite being another YA fantasy based around a competition, the stakes felt So Much Higher, and the characters really dazzled. What really put this over the top for me was the last 15% or so of the book. The set up for the next book and revelations that are made blew me away.  Anna K: A Love Story by...