#christy lacour

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Christy Lacour Gianini (Christy Lacour , Amber A) by Tom Rogers for Fem Joy

part 1 / 4 (part 2 , part 3 , part 4)

[princessofbookaholics]

TWENTY BOOKS CHALLENGE

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

thanks for the tag: @livinginsideabookshelf ✨

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Well Met by Jen Deluca

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

Untying the Knot by Meghan Quinn

Would You Rather by Allison Ashley

Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel

tagging (no pressure!): @tatithetinybooktuber @myownlittlebookcorner @persephonelovesbooks

[jxrm]

book log - 2019

my kind of perfect by hannah ellis

not the girl you marry by andie j. christopher

the wedding party by jasmine guillory

sweet venom by tera lynn childs

obsession by amanda robson

the proposal by jasmine guillory

maybe in another life by taylor jenkins reid

the last librarian by brandt legg

exit west by mohsin hamid

the water cure by sophie mackintosh

the broken hearts' society of suite 17c by leighann kopans

royal holiday by jasmine guillory

the good samaritan by john marrs

fuck marriage by taryn fisher

christmas with friends by hannah ellis

the death of mrs. westaway by ruth ware

gabi, a girl in pieces by isabel quintero

swipe right for murder by derek millman

#therealcinderella by yesenia vargas

shutter island by dennis lehane

the wedding of rachel blaine by amy cross

pieces of her by karin slaughter

these witches don't burn by isabel sterling

a spark of light by jodi picoult

the friend by teresa driscoll

frankissstein by jeanette winterson

how to hang a witch by adriana mather

the bride test by helen hoang

just one bite by jack heath

the babysitters coven by kate williams

blame game by c.j. cooke

about the night by anat talshir

wreckage by emily bleeker

our house by louise candilish

just what kind of mother are you? by paula daly

the other ann by amy cross

in a dark, dark wood by ruth ware

spare room by dreda say mitchell

jar of hearts by jennifer hillier

without remorse by tom clancy

the amateurs by liz harmer

exhalation by ted chiang

the astonishing color of after by emily x.r. pan

all the beautiful lies by peter swanson

batman: year one by frank miller

go by kazuki kaneshiro

the bird and the sword by amy harmon

q is for quarry by sue grafton

guilt by amanda robson

blame it on bianca del rio by bianca del rio

size 14 is not fat either by meg cabot

the banker's wife by cristina alger

a good enough mother by bev thomas

someone we know by shari lapena

the man i thought you were by leah mercer

radio silence by alice oseman

the butterfly garden by dot hutchison

in twenty years by allison winn scotch

what happened at the lake by phil m. williams

the thinnest air by minka kent

you know me well by nina lacour

the waiting room by emily bleeker

sleeping murder by agatha christie

we were mothers by katie sise

bunny by mona awad

the one by john marrs

losing leah halloway by lisa reganby devney perry

the song of achilles by madeline miller

daughters of the lake by wendy webb

remember me? by sophie kinsella

the birthday list by devney perry

a curse so dark and lonely by birgid kemmener

spindle by e.k. johnston

the babysitter by sheryl browne

a serial killer's daughter by kerri rawson

the ex by alafair burke

the meryl streep movie club by mia march

watership down by richard adams

every ugly word by aimee l. salter

the rhythm of blues by love belvin

killman creek by rachel caine

undead girl gang by lily anderson

the turn of the key by ruth ware

smart girls gets what they want by sarah strohmeyer

girl gnoe virals by arvin ahmadi

the perfect roommate by minka kent

brother by david chariandy

that time i loved you by carrianne leung

lock every door by riley sager

the zen man by colleen collins

stillhouse lake by rachel caine

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid

once upon a river by daine setterfield

the good widow by liz fenton

sadie by courtney summers

dead girls by tim kizer

half past by victoria helen stone

the woo-woo by lindsay wong

ender's game by orson scott card

smoke by catherine mckenzie

the favorite daughter by kaira rouda

xo by jeffery deaver

whiskey in a teacup by reese witherspoon

the truth lies here by lindsey klingele

save the date by morgan matson

i am wathcing you by teresa driscoll

the last time i lied by riley sager

alex and eliza by melissa de la cruz

little fires everywhere by celeste ng

the long deception by mary mccluskey

fast forward by juliet madison

emergency contact by mary h.k. choi

two weddings and a fugitive by donna joy usher

the rules of magic by alice hoffman

i dream of johnny by juliet madison

friends like these by hannah ellids

the perfect mother by aimee molloy

a beautiful poison by lydia kang

girls with sharp sticks by suzanne young

the other woman by sandie jones

from twinkle with love by sandhya menon

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

instant mom by nia vardalos

finding claire by lisa regan

the silent patient by alex michaelides

hidden bodies by caroline kepnes

playing with matches by hannah orenstein

the last resort by marissa stapley

robin by dave itzkoff

the perfect child by lucinda berry

sugar run by mesha maren

the afterlife of holly chase by cynthia hand

bright side by kim holden

convenience store woman by sayaka murata

the perfect mother by nina darnton

rush by lisa patton

girls' night out by liz fenton

the tattooist of auschwitz by heather morris

the power by naomi alderman

bird box by josh malerman

all we ever wanted by emily giffin

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson

this is how it always is by laurie frankel

eligible by curtis sittenfield

the better sister by alafair burke

an anonymous girl by greer hendricks

educated by tara westover

nine perfect strangers by liane moriarty

the good neighbor: the life and work of fred rogers by maxwell king

harry potter and the philosopher's stone by j.k. rowling

five feet apart by rachael lippincott

the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle by stuart turton

harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j.k. rowling

verity by colleen hoover

the wedding beat by devan sipher

harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by j.k. rowling

boy swallows universe by trent dalton

the polygamist's daughter by anna labaron

harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j.k. rowling

starstruck in seattle by juliet madison

harry potter and the goblet of fire by j.k. rowling

13 minutes by sarah pinborough

harry potter and the half blood prince by j.k. rowling

the silver star by jeannette walls

harry potter and the deathly hallows by j.k. rowling

the girls by emma cline

the sun is also a star by nicola yoon

[tropichalys]

Christy Lacour Gianini

Sea

[collageofnudes]

Christy Lacour Gianini (Christy Lacour , Amber A) by Petter Hegre (Hegreart)

part 3 / 3 (part 1 , part 2)

[sabbiarovente]

Christy Lacour Gianini Photo: Sylvio Testa

[sbibbo0]

The New Pets of the House

Claudia Kim

Katherine Waterston

Alison Sudol

Poppy Corby-Tuech

Dana Wolf

Skylar Vox

Roberta Branchini

Bambi Doll

Federica Zuccheri

Christy Lacour Gianini

Mia Melano

Evelyn Claire

Thomasin McKenzie

[christylacourgianini]

[travelingviabooks]

Up Next

Because I’m awful at deciding what to read next, I put all of my TBR shelves into a random generator to pick for me. Any new books will be added to the end of the list.

“Children of Hurin” JRR Tolkien

“No Longer Human” by Osamu Dazai

“The Stand-In” by Lily Chu

“Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy

“War Trash” by Ha Jin

“The Raven Boys” by Maggie Stiefvater

“Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“The Host” by Stephenie Meyer

“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” by Holly Jackson

“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka

“Ali and Nino” by Kurban Said

“Tale of Genji” by Lady Murasaki

“Lovers of Algeria” by Anouar Benmalek

“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee

“Killing Commendatore” by Haruki Murakami

“The Buddhist on Death Row” by David Sheff

“The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen

“A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World” by C.A. Fletcher

“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire

“The Last Gentleman Adventurer” by Edward Beauclerk Maurice

“Dragon Springs Road” by Janie Chang

“Watership Down” by Richard Adams

“You’ve Reached Sam” by Dustin Thao

“Evil and the Mask” by Fuminori Nakamura

“Tales from the Cafe” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

“Before Your Memory Fades” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

“I Am a Cat” by Sōseki Natsume

“Wind/Pinball” by Haruki Murakami

“The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak

“The Ministry of Special Cases” by Nathan Englander

“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe

“They Both Die At The End” by Adam Silvera

“Crazy Rich Asians” by Kevin Kwan

“Absolutely on Music” by Haruki Murakami

“A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara

“The Buried Giant” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“Malice” by Keigo Higashino

“A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki

“Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin

“Watch Over Me” by Nina Lacour

“Goodbye Tsugumi” by Banana Yoshimoto

“White Ivy” by Susie Yang

“Bastard out of Carolina” by Dorothy Allison

“First They Killed My Father” by Loung Ung

“Yokohama Yankee” by Leslie Helm

“A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas

“Seoulmates” by Susan Lee

“Infinite Country” by Patricia Engel

“Silent Parade” by Keigo Higashino

“Men Without Women” by Ernest Hemingway

“Purple Hibiscus” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“The Red Palace” by June Hur

“Through A Darkening Glass” by R.S. Maxwell

“Inventing Japan” by Ian Buruma

“Death on the Nile” by Agatha Christie

“The Gangster We Are All Looking For” by Lê Thi Diem Thúy

“Red At the Bone” by Jacqueline Woodson

“Stranger in the Shogun’s City” by Amy Stanley

“Midnight in Broad Daylight” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

“Kokoro” by Natsume Sôseki

“Some Prefer Nettles” by Junichiro Tanizaki

“Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor” by Xiran Jay Zhao

“The Princess Diarist” by Carrie Fisher

“Firekeeper’s Daughter” by Angeline Boulley

“Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All” by Jonas Jonasson

“I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai

“There There” by Tommy Orange

“The Travelling Cat Chronicles” by Hiro Arikawa

“Pearl of China” by Anchee Min

“Slasher Girls & Monster Boys” by April Genevieve Tucholke

“A Hundred Thousand Worlds” by Bob Proehl

“The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis” by José Saramago

“My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry” by Fredrik Backman

“Memoirs of a Polar Bear” by Yoko Tawada

“Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng

“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo

“Fallout” by Lesley M.M. Blume

“Natural Rivals” by John Clayton

“The Mermaid from Jeju” by Sumi Hahn

“The Women I Think About At Night” by Mia Kankimäki

“In Praise of Difficult Women” by Karen Karbo

“On Trails: An Exploration” by Robert Moor

“Four Treasures of the Sky” by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

“Solito” by Javier Zamora

“Gideon: The Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir

“Circe” by Madeline Miller

“The Girl With Seven Names: Escape From North Korea” by Hyeonseo Lee

“Above the Clouds” by Kilian Jornet

“The Only Child” by Mi-Ae Seo

“We Are Not From Here” by Jenny Torres Sanchez

“The Gilded Ones” by Namina Forna

“Within These Wicked Walls” by Lauren Blackwood

“In The Serpent’s Wake” by Rachel Hartman

“The Miracles of the Namiya General Store” by Keigo Higashino

“The Marriage of Opposites” by Alice Hoffman

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky

“Under a Painted Sky” by Stacey Lee

“Frankly in Love” by David Yoon

“Both Can Be True” by Jules Machias

“The Viking Heart” by Arthur Herman

“Spin the Dawn” by Elizabeth Lim

“Unravel the Dusk” by Elizabeth Lim

“Last Night at the Telegraph Club” by Malinda Lo

“Zen in the Art of Archery” by Eugen Herrigel

“Gasa-Gasa Girl” by Naomi Hirahara

“Our Bodies, Their Battlefields” by Christina Lamb

“Icebound” by Andrea Pitzer

“Cursed” by Thomas Wheeler

“Beijing Payback” by Daniel Nieh

“From Little Tokyo With Love” by Sarah Kuhn

“The Chosen and the Beautiful” by Nghi Vo

“Where Oceans Burn” by Casey L. Bond

“The Night Tiger” by Yangsze Choo

“Sweet Bean Paste” by Durian Sukegawa

“O Beautiful” by Jung Yun

“I Am China” by Xiaolu Guo

“Too Much Lip” by Melissa Lucashenko

“Songbirds” by Christy Lefteri

“Rebel Seoul” by Axie Oh

“Rogue Heart” by Axie Oh

“The Emissary” by Yoko Tawada

“Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation 1” by Mo Dao Zu Shi

“The One and Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate

“The One and Only Bob” by Katherine Applegate

“Tokyo Ueno Station” by Yu Miri

“Nowhere for Very Long” by Brianna Madia

“Mutant Message Down Under” by Marlo Morgan

“Outlawed” by Anna North

“Snow Country” by Yasunari Kawabata

“Wolf Nation” by Brenda Peterson

“Coyote America” by Dan Flores

“Adventures of a Young Naturalist” by David Attenborough

“Silence” by Shūsaku Endō

“The Lonesome Body Builder” by Yukiko Motoya

“Leaving Mother Lake” by Yang Erche Namu & Christine Mathieu

“A Personal Matter” by Kenzaburō Ōe

“Sour Heart” by Jenny Zhang

“Bullet Train” by Kotaro Isaka

“Strange the Dreamer” by Laini Taylor

“The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & The Trial of the Century” by Sarah Miller

“The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See

“The Lovely and the Lost” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“Falling” by T.J. Newman

“The Inheritance Games” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“Amari and the Night Brothers” by B.B. Alston

“I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki” by Baek Sehee

“This Savage Song” by Victoria Schwab

“Howl’s Moving Castle” by Diana Wynne Jones

“Seven Deadly Shadows” by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani

“Empress of All Seasons” by Emiko Jean

“The Revenant” by Michael Punke

“Summer of the Big Bachi” by Naomi Hirahara

“The Sunbearer Trials” by Aiden Thomas

“Road Trip Rwanda” by Will Ferguson

“The Next Everest” by Jim Davidson

“Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer

“Vagabonding” by Rolf Potts

“The Power” by Naomi Alderman

“Six of Crows” by Leigh Bardugo

“The Stolen Throne” by David Gaider

“Tess of the Road” by Rachel Hartman

“The Big Year” by Mark Obmascik

“The Crying of Lot 49” by Thomas Pynchon

“Heaven’s Official Blessing” by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

“Out” by Natsuo Kirino

“A Year in Provence” by Peter Mayle

“Socrates in Love” by Kyoichi Katayama

“Sight Hound” by Pam Houston

“Two Old Women” by Velma Wallis

“The Stranger in the Woods” by Michael Finkel

“Wilderness” by Scott Stillman

“Never Cry Wolf” by Farley Mowat

“The Priory of the Orange Tree” by Samantha Shannon

“Eiger Dreams” by Jon Krakauer

“Siddhartha” by Herman Hess

“And the Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hosseini

[strictlyfavorites]

Christy Lacour Gianini

[collageofnudes]

Christy Lacour Gianini (Christy Lacour , Amber A) by Petter Hegre (Hegreart)

part 2 / 3 (part 1 , part 3)

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[christylacourgianini]

[sophielovesbooks]

books i need to finally read in 2021

Here are the books that I already own (physically or in e-book form) and that I REALLY want to get through in 2021! I am making this list and posting it here to hold myself accountable, because I don’t have the best track record for getting through my TBR. (I tend to… become more interested in the books that I don’t currently own, then buy those. But since I then own them, I suddenly become less interested in them and more interested in the books that I don’t currently own. And then buy those… [ad infinitum]).

Also, I’m hoping it’ll be satisfying to continue to update this post and cross books off this list.

The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern)

Conversations with Friends (Sally Rooney)

Normal People (Sally Rooney)

Weapons of Math Destruction (Cathy O’Neil)

Hold Still (Nina LaCour)

The Club (Takis Wurger)

The Rehearsal (Eleanor Catton)

Shadow of the Lions (Christopher Swann)

Witches of Ash and Ruin (E. Latimer)

Whiste in the Dark (Emma Healey)

Tweet Cute (Emma Lord)

I’m Supposed to Protect You From All This (Nadja Spiegelman)

Shame (Inés Bayard)

All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)

The Stranger Upstairs (Melanie Raabe)

The Shadow Year (Hannah Richell)

Perfect (Rachel Joyce)

Oola (Brittany Newell)

And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)

Looker (Laura Sims)

Scienceblind (Andrew Shtulman)

The Sharp Edge of a Snowflake (Sif Sigmarsdottir)

Trust Exercise (Susan Choi)

Half a year into 2021, I have made some progress with this list, but have (unfortunately) also added some new books to my physical TBR! They were birthday presents, so it’s not my fault!! (Actually, yes it is, because I asked for books as presents. *clown emoji*)

Good Girls Lie (J. T Ellison)

These Violent Delights (Micah Nemerever)

Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Read)

An Ocean of Minutes (Thea Lim)

Good Girl, Bad Blood (Holly Jackson)

[booksociety]

Book Society presents its August reading event! As selected by the members, this month's theme is All By Myself. To clarify the cryptic title, this event is all about standalone books! We invite you to indulge in one or more of our personal recommendations listed below and discover the magic for yourself. We also encourage you to revisit a standalone that holds a special place in your heart and spread the love by recommending it to others. Please note that series, collections, and companion books do not apply, so try to pick a book that shines on its own! This event is open to everyone, not just our members.

✧ how to participate:

optional: reblog this post; check out our network and members

read (or reread) a standalone book recommended by one of our members, or reread a standalone that you consider a personal favourite; there is no book of the month for this event

share what book you’ve chosen, thoughts, reactions, and/or creations

use the tag #booksociety in your posts, and include “@booksociety’s All By Myself Event: [insert book title here]” in the description of your creations

the event starts on 1 August and ends on 31 August

✧ reading recommendations (under the cut):

A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo (Violeta's pick; ownvoices, romance, contemporary; 354 pages)

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Kahlia's pick; young adult, fantasy, fiction, horror; 237 pages)

Airman by Eoin Colfer (Chloe's pick; young adult, historical fiction, fantasy; 424 pages)

All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (Megan's pick; young adult, fantasy, fabulism; 320 pages)

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Gina's pick; adult, historical fiction; 531 pages)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (Jo's pick; mystery, crime, thriller; 264 pages)

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland (Anniek's pick; young adult, fantasy; 400 pages)

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente (Nana's pick; new adult, fantasy, retelling, historical; 352 pages)

Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal (Tejal's pick; nonfiction, historical, biography; 336 pages)

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith (Celina's pick; young adult, contemporary, romance; 271 pages)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Beth's pick; classic, horror, scifi; 335 pages)

From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata (Isabel's pick; new adult, contemporary, romance; 493 pages)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Kat's pick; young adult, fantasy, retelling, lgbt+; 384 pages)

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Hazel's pick; adult, fantasy, historical; 338 pages)

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman (Lu's pick; young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 396 pages)

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (Claire's pick; young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 329 pages)

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Teona's pick; young adult, contemporary, fiction, lgbt+; 371 pages)

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (Ania's pick; adult, mystery, dark academia; 368 pages)

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (Cas's pick; young adult, fantasy; 437 pages)

Into the Blue by Pene Henson (Nickie's pick; new adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 236 pages)

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Sari's pick; classic, play, tragedy; 124 pages)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Mel's pick; classic, romance; 279 pages)

Providence by Caroline Kepnes (Kate's pick; adult, thriller, romance, mystery, paranormal, 367 pages)

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Scarlett's pick; new adult, romance, contemporary, lgbt+; 421 pages)

Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tuckolke (Denal's pick; young adult, adventure, fantasy; 352 pages)

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Franzi's pick; adult, thriller, mystery; 254 pages)

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (Melissa's pick; young adult, fantasy; 453 pages)

Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger (Sut's pick; new adult, fantasy, lgbt+; 528 pages)

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Josie's pick; contemporary; 307 pages)

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno (Caroline's pick; young adult, fabulism, lgbt+; 288 pages)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Rachelle's pick; young adult, historical; 552 pages)

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Isha's pick; young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 400 pages)

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Sabrina's pick; children, classic, fantasy; 93 pages)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Mi's pick; adult, fantasy, romance, historical; 391 pages)

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Rina's pick; adult, historical fiction, war; 440 pages)

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Camille's pick; young adult, fantasy; 409 pages)

The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Tara's pick; adult, mystery, dark academia; 559 pages)

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Anna's pick; adult, mystery; 512 pages)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Paula's pick; adult, historical, romance, lgbt+; 391 pages)

The Silver Dark Sea by Susan Fletcher (Joyce's pick; adult, contemporary, fantasy, fiction; 436 pages)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Marisa's pick; adult, historical, mythology, retelling, romance, lgbt+; 352 pages)

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Sage's pick; adult, horror, paranormal; 400 pages)

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Kalli's pick; adult, fantasy, lgbt+, romance; 498 pages)

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson (Alex's pick; young adult, contemporary, romance; 519 pages)

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diary of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay (Ral's pick; non-fiction, memoir, humor; 256 pages)

To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker (Vee's pick; young adult, historical fiction, romance, pirates; 230 pages)

We Are Okay by Nina Lacour (Lizz's pick; young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 236 pages)

[princessofbookaholics]

END OF THE YEAR BOOK TAG 2020

It's just me answering a bunch of bookish questions to recap this year. Some answers might just be a continuation of my Mid Year Book Tag so that I don't repeat the books I mentioned there. Here's the recap:

1. How many books did you read this year?

I've read a total of 174 books which is the most I've read in a year. Sitting at home all year had its advantages.

2. What genres have you read?

42 contemporary books

37 mystery/thrillers

30 romance books

21 fantasy books

12 poetry/in-verse books

12 graphic novels

6 anthologies

6 non-fiction books

4 historical fiction books

4 classics

3. What age ranges have you read?

78 young adult books

73 adult books

17 new adult books

6 middle grade books

4. How many books got each rating?

38 five star books (2 rereads)

75 four star books

51 three star books

10 two star books

5. Best book you have read this year?

I made a post with my 5 star reads of 2020 but if I had to pick one it would have to be Radio Silence by Alice Oseman. I can see myself re-reading this book every year and still relating to it.

6. Have you completed any series this year?

I binge read four series because all of their final books came out this year 😂

7. Biggest disappointment (for the second half of the year)

I did a whole post for this on my blog but the major disappointments were:

8. Biggest surprise (for the second half of the year)

I picked these up on a whim and didn't expect to love them as much as I did:

9. Underrated gems (for the second half of the year)

Also a post on my blog but the following are the most underrated:

10. New favorite authors you discovered

For thrillers: Megan Goldin, Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, John Marrs

For fantasy: S. A. Chakraborty, Libba Bray

For romance: Helen Hoang, Lyssa Kay Adams, Jen DeLuca

For contemporary: Nina LaCour, Alice Oseman, Elizabeth Acevedo, Nic Stone

For historical fiction: Ruta Sepetys, Kristin Hannah

11. What were your favorite new releases of the year?

Highly recommend these!

12. Books that lived up to the hype

These gems deserve all the hype!!

13. Books that DID NOT live up to the hype

These books definitely weren't worth the hype, at least not for me.

14. Longest and shortest book you read this year

Longest Book: The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty (766 pages).

Shortest Book: Love at First Fight by Sandhya Menon (60 pages).

15. Reading plans for next year?

Read more from Indian authors

Read an Agatha Christie every month

Read 5 completed book series

Read a total of 100 books