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Hello! Yes, here is my post with most of the books I read in 2020. You can also check out my Goodreads which has even more!

Here were my all-time favorites from 2020 by genre:

Fantasy: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, a money-lender gets in trouble after bragging she can turn silver into gold and is kidnapped and ordered to do so by a fey creature. It has a truly compelling main character and some awesome female friendships. I loved this book!

Literary Fiction: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, a son writes a letter about his life to his illiterate mother. The language in this is truly dazzling and the prose absolutely stunned me to the point of tearing up. 

Romance: Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert, Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life.” I just thought this was a really funny and sweet romance novel! 

I also read “Red, White, and Royal Blue” this year which was pretty good and gets an honorable mention. However, despite the later being gay, I enjoyed Chloe more as a character so that’s why it ended up being my favorite.

Science Fiction: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, a post-apocalyptical story about a group of traveling Shakespeare actors and a symphony. Soft! Apocalypse! A fascinating look at a world ravaged by a terrible disease (ahem) and the society that comes after it. There is something quiet and compelling about this book that I can’t explain.

Gideon the Ninth: I’m not putting this in any category because I honestly had no ideal what was going on in this book most of the time. BUT I HAD SO MUCH GODDAMN FUN IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. I laughed, I cried, I screamed out loud at the ending. This book reminded me how much I love reading.

I have finished one book in the new year! It was “Sharp Objects” by Gillian Flynn and I hated it so much that I thought to myself “huh, I guess I don’t like the entire thriller genre” and then the next day, still filled with rage, I was like “maybe I just don’t like books anymore, I’m going to become illiterate.”

thank you! and no, the Wolf/Seal vid isn’t posted yet - hope to have it up tomorrow, or Thursday at the latest

(here’s a screenshot from the Speciation section)

Rule #1: Post the rules 

Rule #2: Answer the questions the tagger st for you in theri post and then make eleven new ones.

Rule #3: Tag eleven people and link them in your post.

Rule #4: Let them know they've been tagged.

Questions:

How do you feel right now?  What are you thinking about?             -I feel tired.  It's late late late and I've had a long week.  I'm thinking about a new story I'm writing. 

What's your favorite joke?    -it's a long one.  here's a link to it 

Are you an introvert or and extrovert?   -I like to consider myself a social introvert

Do you cry easily?  -no, which is sometimes unfortunate 

If you could visit any country, where would you go? -either Japan or South Africa

Any siblings?   -yes, 5, not including siblings-in-law

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, what would it be rated and who would star as you?  -R for language and adult themes and I think I'd like Scarlett Johanson, because she would be able to capture the self-induced psychological imbalance 

What's the craziest thing you've ever done?  -I recently transferred from public school to homeschool in my senior year

Are you athletic?   -on a good day? no

How would you describe your dream house?  -a warehouse converted into a loft in New York 

Biggest celebrity crush?  -I don't know many celebrities near enough to my age to not be creepy, so I'll just be honest.  Johnny Depp from like five years ago.

My Questions:

What would you blog about if you could not blog about what you currently blog about?

Which sense do you use to appreciate beauty more (including the usual 5 and any other sense you could think of)?

Would you rather live in a world we'd consider in this one to be fantasy or science fiction?

Have you read all the Harry Potter books? 

Think hard on this one- if you had to give up your access to electronic gadgets (phones, computers, toasters, refrigerators, etc.) for the next ten years in order to save one anonymous person's life, could you do it?

Dragons or AI?

Tea or coffee (or some other preferred beverage)?

Sex?

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

What do you think is the best thing about yourself? What do others think is the best thing about you?

If you had the chance to become a character of your own choosing, would you choose a character that already exists or create a character of your own?

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