Karen's Reviews > 2020 on Goodreads

I’ve decided to do two reading challenges this year. Might as well, since I read such a large amount and have too many books on my shelves that are unread. I’m pretty excited about it.
One thing I decided about my PopSugar challenge and Monthly Motif challenge: I cannot repeat any books (meaning 62 unique books), and I cannot read more than one book by an author. I read multiple books by the same author this year, but I wanted to make it a little harder for myself.

Update: I finished both of my challenges and then some. One of my friends from high school had told me that I read a ridiculous amount of books each year. I’d say this year lived up to that amount, but I don’t regret it. I don’t have kids and have no significant other, so I have a lot of time that is my own. And with the pandemic, it was a lot easier just to hunker down and read than it has been before! No movies, no concerts, no dinner with friends. Books were my salvation! Except for some of the manga. I regret some of those. And some of the bad romances I had on my kindle. What was I thinking?! Ugh.

2020
January
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 3 stars
Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce 4 stars
Paper Girls Volume 1 by Brian K Vaughan 3 stars
Paper Girls Volume 2 by Brian K Vaughan 3 stars
Paper Girls Volume 3 by Brian K Vaughan 4 stars
Paper Girls Volume 4 by Brian K Vaughan 4 stars
Paper Girls Volume 5 by Brian K Vaughan 4 stars
Paper Girls Volume 6 by Brian K Vaughan 5 stars
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson 3 stars
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda 5 stars
Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane 4 stars
Scythe by Neal Shusterman 2 stars
We Met in December by Rosie Curtis 1 star

February
Miss Mabel’s School for Girls by Katie Cross 2 stars
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher 4 stars
The Vision of Escaflowne Volume 1 by Katsu Aki 1 star
Never Change by Elizabeth Berg 5 stars
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn 1 star
Alexandra by Lauren Royal 2 stars
Verity by Colleen Hoover 4 stars
Saving Grace by Sandy James 1 star
Among Others by Jo Walton 4 stars
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena 3 stars
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 4 stars
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix 4 stars

March
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha 5 stars
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 4 stars
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui 4 stars
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts 4 stars
An Event to Remember...or Forget by Melissa Baldwin 2 stars
Witch’s Reign by Shannon Mayer 4 stars
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale 5 stars
Dragon’s Ground by Shannon Mayer 4 stars
Beautiful by Juliet Marillier 3 stars
The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz 2 stars
Final Girls by Riley Sager 2 stars

April
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 4 stars
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 4 stars
The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N Holmberg 4 stars
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 4 stars
Midsummer Night by Charlie N Holmberg 1 star
Emergency Skin N K Jemisin 5 stars
Jinn’s Dominion by Shannon Mayer 2 stars
The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal 4 stars
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai 5 stars

May
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 4 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 1 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 2 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 4 stars
Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade 5 stars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov 3 stars
Heptagon by Chiaki Hijiri 4 stars
Body and Soul Volume 1 by Erica Sakurazawa 3 stars
Body and Soul Volume 2 by Erica Sakurazawa 3 stars
If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4 stars
Samurai Baby Volume 1 by Senju Wakatsuki 3 stars
Cheese in the Trap by Soon Kki 4 stars
Samurai Baby Volume 2 by Senju Wakatsuki 3 stars
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 3 stars

June
Samurai Baby Volume 3 by Senju Wakatsuki 3 stars
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby 4 stars
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 4 stars
Without You, There Is No Us by Sukiyaki Kim 3 stars
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells 4 stars
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes 3 stars
How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper 5 stars
So Bad! Volume 1 by Miki Aihara 3 stars
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel 4 stars
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 5 stars
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 4 stars
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 4 stars
Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinkser 4 stars
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman 3 stars
Little Free Library by Naomi Kritzer 4 stars
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells 4 stars
Beyond the Dragon’s Gate by Yoon Ha Lee 3 stars
Cruel Beauty by Rosalind Hodge 4 stars
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid 4 stars

July
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman 2 stars
How Long til Black Future Month? By N. K. Jemisin 4 stars
If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane 5 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 3 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 4 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 5 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 6 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 7 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 8 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 9 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 10 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 11 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 12 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
1968: Eve Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita 3 stars
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 4 stars
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire 3 stars
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 2 stars
Statistically Improbable by Jennifer Peel 2 stars
Never the Bride by Charlotte Fallowfield 2 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 13 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 14 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 15 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 16 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 17 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 18 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 19 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 20 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 21 by Karuho Shiina 5 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 22 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 23 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 24 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 25 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 26 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 27 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 28 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 29 by Karuho Shiina 4 stars
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 30 by Karuho Shiina 3 stars
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire 4 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 3 stars
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 5 stars
Ao Haru Ride Volume 1 by Io Sakisaka 3 stars
Exiled by RaShelle Workman 2 stars
Mort by Terry Pratchett 4 stars
Ao Haru Ride Volume 2 by Io Sakisaka 3 stars
More Than Passion by JoMarie DeGiola 1 star
Starsight by Brandon Sanderson 2 stars
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Ao Haru Ride Volume 3 by Io Sakisaka 2 stars
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 3 stars
Ao Haru Ride Volume 4 by Io Sakisaka 3 stars
Ao Haru Rid Volume 5 by Io Sakisaka 3 stars
Ao Haru Ride Volume 6 by Io Sakisaka 2 stars
Ao Haru Ride Volume 7 by Io Sakisaka 3 stars
Ao Haru Ride Volume 8 by Io Sakisaka 3 stars
Ao Haru Ride Volume 9 by Io Sakisaka 3 stars
You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane 2 stars
Here’s Looking at You by Mhairi McFarlane 3 stars

August
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 4 stars
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell 4 stars
Ao Haru Ride by Io Sakisaka 4 stars
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 3 stars
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 3 stars
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? By Caitlin Doughty 5 stars
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4 stars
The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle 5 stars
Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire 4 stars
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope 4 stars
Carrie by Stephen King 4 stars
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha 4 stars
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M Valente 4 stars
Life After Life Kate Atkinson 4 stars
The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope 4 stars
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn 3 stars

September
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 3 stars
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 5 stars
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 5 stars
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson 4 stars
Know My Name by Chanel Miller 5 stars
The Truth Hurts by Rebecca Reid 2 stars
Cheese in the Trap Season 2 by Soon Kki 4 stars
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones 4 stars
What You Wish For by Katherine Center 2 stars
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 4 stars
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 5 stars
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez 3 stars
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker 4 stars
Cheese in the Trap Season 3 by Soon Kki 2 stars

October
The Awakening by Kate Chopin 4 stars
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend 5 stars
The Deep by Alma Katsu 3 stars
Flower for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 3 stars
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal 3 stars
Hearts in the Hard Ground by G.V. Anderson 4 stars
Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones 5 stars
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh 4 stars
The Deep by Rivers Solomon 3 stars
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang 4 stars
The Story of Kao Yu by Peter Beagle 5 stars
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 3 stars
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 5 stars
A Fine and Private Place by Peter Beagle 4 stars
Cheese in the Trap Season 4 by Soon Kki 2 stars
Murder at Merisham Lodge by Celina Grace 3 stars
Bloody Mary by J A Konrath 3 stars
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 4 stars
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 3 stars

November
By the Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benet 4 stars
The Simple Path to Wealth by J L Collins 3 stars
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner 4 stars
Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay 4 stars
Island by Aldous Huxley 2 stars
The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly 5 stars
Network Effect by Martha Wells 5 stars
Sleeper by Jo Walton 4 stars
The Tourist by Alex Sherman 3 stars
The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges 4 stars
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 5 stars
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones 4 stars
Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones 4 stars
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 stars

December
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas By Ursula LeGuin 4 stars
Death and What Comes Next by Terry Pratchett 4 stars
Troll Bridge by Terry Pratchett 4 stars
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson 4 stars
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells 3 stars
The Birds by Daphne du Maurier 5 stars
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 2 stars
Six Months, Three Days by Charlie Jane Anders 4 stars
Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr 5 stars
Stardust by Neil Gaiman 4 stars
The Watchmaker’s Daughter by C.J. Archer 1 star
Fable by Adrienne Young 4 stars
A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan 3 stars
A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy 4 stars