2020 Bookshelf
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In 2020, my goal was to read at least 50 books. I ended up reading 65 and they’re all listed below with my ratings, too.
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Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher (2/5 stars)
Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah (5+/5 stars)
Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide — Rachel Wilkerson Miller (4/5 stars)
Good Morning, Good Life — Amy Landino (5/5/ stars)
The Orphan’s Tale — Pan Jenoff (4/5 stars}
The Last Book Party — Karen Dukess (1/5 stars)
The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah (5/5 stars)
Girl, Wash Your Face — Rachel Hollis (4/5 stars)
Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro — Dean Nelson (4/5 stars)
How to Skimm Your Life — The Skimm (5/5 stars)
The Home for Unwanted Girls — Joanna Goodman (4.5/5 stars)
We Were the Lucky Ones — Georgia Hunter (4.5/5 stars)
Shine — Jodi Picoult (4/5 stars)
To Hell With the Hustle — Jefferson Bethke (5/5 stars)
Plain Truth — Jodi Picoult (4.5/5 stars)
The Sixth Man: A Memoir — Andre Iguodala (3.5/5 stars)
Still Me — Jojo Moyes (3/5 stars)
Lost Roses — Martha Hall Kelly (4/5 stars)
This Is the Day — Tim Tebow (3.5/5 stars)
Becoming — Michelle Obama (4/5 stars)
Weight of Glory — C.S. Lewis (4/5 stars)
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe The World — Admiral William McRaven (4.5/5 stars)
A Spark of Light — Jodi Picoult (1/5 stars)
The Atomic City Girls — Janet Beard (2.5/5 stars)
The Bassoon King — Rainn Wilson (4/5 stars)
Magic Hour — Kristin Hannah (4/5 stars)
Embrace Your Weird — Felicia Day (4/5 stars)
Lean In — Sheryl Sandberg (3/5 stars)
The Little Book of Hygge — Meik Wiking (3.5/5 stars)
With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God — Skye Jethani (4/5 stars)
Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton — Tilar J. Mazzeo (5/5 stars)
Why We Can’t Wait — Martin Luther King, Jr. (5/5 stars)
Where the Crawdads Sing — Delia Owens (4.5/5 stars)
Modern Romance — Aziz Ansari (1.5/5 stars)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) — Suzanne Collins (4.5/5 stars)
Little Fires Everywhere — Celeste Ng (4.5/5 stars)
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism — Robin DiAngelo (3/5 stars)
When Life Gives You Lululemons — Lauren Weisenberger (4/5 stars)
The Hiding Place — Corrie Ten Boom (5/5 stars)
Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus — Rifqa Bary (4/5 stars)
Brother & Sister: A Memoir — Diane Keaton (2.5/5 stars)
Followers — Megan Angelo (4.5/5 stars)
The Art of Racing in the Rain — Garth Stein (3.5/5 stars)
Retire Inspired — Chris Hogan (5/5 stars)
Seculosity — David Zahl (3.5/5 stars)
The Identicals — Elin Hilderbrand (4/5 stars)
Decluttering at the Speed of Life — Dana K. White (4/5 stars)
Daisy Jones & The Six — Taylor Jenkins Reid (5+/5 stars)
Find Your Path — Carrie Underwood (4/5 stars)
Summer of ‘69 — Elin Hilderbrand (4/5 stars)
The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History — Andy Greene (5/5 stars)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine — Gail Honeyman (4.5/5 stars)
Anxious for Nothing — Max Lucado (4/5 stars)
Year of Yes — Shonda Rhimes (5/5 stars)
American Royals — Katharine McGee (3.5/5 stars)
In Five Years — Rebecca Serle (4/5 stars)
Britt Marie Was Here — Fredrik Backman (3/5 stars)
A Dog’s Journey — W. Bruce Cameron (5/5 stars)
Between the Lines — Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer (4/5 stars)
The Checklist Manifesto — Atul Gawande (2/5 stars)
I’ll Be There For You — Kelsey Miller (4/5 stars)
Off the Page — Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer (2.5/5 stars)
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World — Cal Newport (4/5 stars)
The Black Sisterhood Files — Kristina O. Naydonova (1.5/5 stars)
New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional — Paul David Tripp (5+/5 stars)