Reading List 2020 – Part II

The amount of books I’ve read in 2020 more than make up for the goal I didn’t meet in 2019. Both very, very different years lived and both very busy in their own way. I don’t often revisit books unless for reference or if it belongs in a collection, so I decided to make use of the library in a pandemic year. I hadn’t owned a library card in years, so the day I registered for a new one in October 2019 was a good day! By recommendation, I use the Libby app for accessing my library’s system.

In the time of COVID, it is wise to borrow digitally, even though I’ve always had an aversion to acquiring books others have temporarily called their own prior to the pandemic. Have you not seen people lick and flip through pages? Ew. People bring books everywhere and leave them sitting anywhere. I cannot.

I had already met my GoodReads goal of 10 books within the first half of 2020. Of the 24 books read in 2020, 21 were borrowed. This didn’t stop me from buying physical books! They will be read in the coming years!

I definitely recommend the honest works of Eternity Martis, Kwame Onwuachi, and Cathy Park Hong for detailed experiences in racism in Canada and the U.S. Yes, Canada too.

If you miss travelling, you’ll find Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan is a start of another trilogy depicting the colourful and complex world of beautiful and wealthy Chinese families. However, if you prefer to travel through time (if only!), then Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore will confuse and then capture your curiosity, so much so you won’t be able to put the book down!

Last year was a first for Christmas-themed books, and my first read from the Shopaholic series.

PART II

Home Body
by Rupi Kaur

In a Holidaze
by Christina Lauren

Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir
by Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein

Christmas Shopaholic
(Shopaholic #9)
by Sophie Kinsella

Radical Self Love: A Guide to Loving Yourself and Living Your Dream
by Gala Darling

Break Your Glass Slippers
(You Are Your Own Fairy Tale #1)
by Amanda Lovelace

Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
by Jomny Sun, Jonny Sun

A Taste of Sage
by Yaffa S. Santos

How to American: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
by Jimmy O. Yang

Anna K: A Love Story
(Anna K #1)
by Jenny Lee

I’m Fine… and Other Lies
by Whitney Cummings

Sex and Vanity
by Kevin Kwan

So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister
by Anna Akana

If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha

PART I

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
by Cathy Park Hong

Beach Read
by Emily Henry

They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up
by Eternity Martis

Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell

Oona Out of Order
by Margarita Montimore

Frankly in Love (Frankly in Love, #1)
by David Yoon

Career Rookie: A Get-It-Together Guide for Grads, Students and Career Newbies
by Sarah Vermunt

Nobody Cares
by Anne T. Donahue

The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2)
by Helen Hoang

The Flatshare
by Beth O’Leary