Hi, everyone! How are you today? I hope you found some ways to enjoy the holidays this year even when it’s a bit different from the previous years! 2020 has been a very stressful year for us and to cope with all the anxiety this year has brought me, I have turned and relied on my books more than ever. Books have been one of the reasons that I stayed sane through all that has happened. With that being said, 2020 have been a great reading year for me as I managed to do a lot of reading. So today I will be talking about the books I’ve read in 2020 (+ stats):

1. Why I’m Sending This To You by Iain S. Thomas – ⭐⭐⭐
2. One You Can’t Forget by Lexy Timms – ⭐⭐⭐
3. Timeline by Michael Crichton – DNF
4. The Da Vinci Code _Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. One-Punch Man, Vol. 3 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. One-Punch Man, Vol. 4 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 4 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 5 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler – ⭐⭐⭐
11. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
12. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
13. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
14. One-Punch Man, Vol. 5 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
15. This Is How Your Lose Her by Juot Diaz – ⭐⭐⭐
16. One-Punch Man, Vol. 6 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
17. Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
18. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 2 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
19. Beauty and the Beast by Jessica Gunderson – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
20. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
21. My Riot by Rick Spears – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
22. Dekada ’70 by Lualhati Bautista – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
23. One-Punch Man, Vol. 7 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
24. Ever After by Olivia Vieweg – ⭐⭐
25. Please Pick Me by Reina Regina – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
26. Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
27. Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1) by Angie Sage – ⭐⭐⭐
28. Flyte (Septimus Heap, #2) by Angie Sage – ⭐⭐⭐
29. The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, #1) by Rick Riordan – ⭐⭐⭐
30. City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
31. You by Caroline Kepnes – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
32. Wilder Girls by Rory Power – ⭐⭐⭐
33. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 3 – ⭐⭐⭐
34. The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
35. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins – ⭐⭐⭐
36. Swimming Lessons: Poems by Lili Reinhart – ⭐⭐⭐
37. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
38. One-Punch Man, Vol. 8 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
39. Becoming by Michelle Obama – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
40. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey – ⭐⭐⭐
41. The Poppy War (Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
42. Slasher Girls & Monster Boys – ⭐⭐⭐
43. There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
    

Books read per month:

As you can see, my strongest reading month was in April where I’ve read a total of 7 books. I’m a slow reader, so reading 7 books in a single month is a big deal for me. My stats may not look like much compared to other readers who managed to read 100+ books this year, but I’ve completed my Goodreads reading challenge and exceeded with 13 books!

Book Formats:

If you know me well, you’d know that I don’t really read a lot of other book formats. I used to read e-books back in college, but it started to strain my eyes and I now have astigmatism, so I easily get a headache whenever I am reading from an e-reader. So my only option is always physical books, not that I’m complaining because I really do prefer them than other formats. It’s just that they are really expensive in my country! Haha 

This year, I tried listening to an audiobook of a specific book because I’ve been seeing a lot of great reviews about it. It’s also been recommended by my favorite booktubers, so I gave it a try. It was one of the greatest decisions I’ve made! Truly, enjoying an audiobook depends on how good the narrator is. 

I’ve already mentioned that I’ve read a lot of books in 2020 compared to the past couple of years, and not only have I read a huge amount of them, I’ve also read really great books content-wise and I am so happy about it. My top read for the year is The Poppy War (Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang and my most hated book is Timeline by Michael Crichton which I DNF-ed at around page 60.

So there you have it, my 2020 reads and stats! What about you? What’s your most favorite read and least favorite read this year?