In 2020, I read 18 books.

I will be posting a backlog of my ratings, complete with why I rated them that way and things I liked, as well as a brief spoiler-proof summary. My hope is that these blog posts will evolve as I learn what I look for in a book and what I feel strongly about. Here goes nothing!

⛈ - my version of a star. just go with it

🌧 - half stars

☁️ - not a star

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What Moves the Dead

I really love this book, and being a Poe girly, I think T. Kingfisher did a great job. As a rewrite of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the...

Squad

I had this book described to me as Heathers but werewolves, and if that's not accurate-- Becca is new to the Piedmont area, and so she's...

A Psalm for the Wild Built

This book was so ridiculously recommended I had to see if the hype was worth it and hoo-boy, if you need a good book to listen to on your...

Any Way the Wind Blows

Doesn’t really matter to me….to meeeeeee….. After their adventures in America, Penny, Baz, and Simon sneak Shepard back to the UK, where...

Wayward Son

Originally published: Mar 29, 2020. New additions are in this color! It’s much smaller than Carry On, so I’m only a little worried. Simon...

Wilder Girls

Two things I love the most: the LGBT and horror! Hetty, Reese, and Byatt are inseparable. Even when their all-girls boarding school was...

Invisible Cities

I was introduced to Calvino in a creative writing class my sophomore year of college, so when I saw this book at work… Marco Polo has...

Scythe

I’ve seen this book around for such a long time I finally bought it on #indiebookstoreday, and of course dove right in. Citra and Rowan...

Call Down the Hawk

Every time I forget how much I love Maggie Stiefvater’s writing, and then I’m reminded. Picking up a little after where The Raven King...

Tender is the Flesh

MAJOR TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS ONE: CANNIBALISM, ANIMAL CRUELTY, RAPE, PREGNANCY, AND DEATH. A full list of trigger warnings will be in...

Summer Sons

TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR SU*CIDE, INJURY, INJURY DETAIL, BLOOD, GORE, MURDER, AND OTHER HEAVY TOPICS. Please read with caution! Full list of...

One Last Stop

It was Valentine’s Day yesterday, and I was stuck in quarantine, but at least I had something sapphic to read! August is a woman who...

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Three books in one day? I must be in quarantine! (I am). Korede has covered for her sister three times now. Three murder scenes she’s...

Kindred

Two books in one day? Who is she? Dana is a writer from 1976 who inexplicable finds herself transported back to antebellum Maryland. She...

The Confessions of Frannie Langton

This book was a wild ride. It’s 1826, and Frannie Langton is on trial for the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Benham. In the fight for her life,...

Kingdom of the Wicked

My sister gave me this book a while ago, and I finally read it. I wish I’d waited just a bit longer so I could’ve read all three of them,...

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

I love Shirley Jackson. Mary Katherine Blackwood lives in her family’s mansion with her sister, Constance, and their uncle, Julien. They...

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

It took me too long to pick up this book, and just in time for the sequel! Maud is 88, and she is alone, but that’s fine with her. She’s...

Horrorstör

This was my first Grady Hendrix, and to this day remains the only book by Hendrix that I enjoy. Something is happening at Orsk. Amy works...

Fangs

I read this first on Tapas in high school, and when she published I had to get my hands on a copy. Elsie is a vampire, an old one. Jimmy...

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING BOOKS. This review contains spoilers! Below the photo I discuss specifics, so be warned! Trigger warnings up...

Gideon the Ninth

The tagline on the book says, “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space,” and I think that’s highly accurate. Gideon...

Plain Bad Heroines

Hoooooly shit I love this book. In 1902, two students at the Brookhaunts School for Girls are obsessed with the author Mary MacLane. They...

Shiver

It’s not counted in my reads for this year, but I absolutely remember rereading it sometime before I read Forever and Sinner. Grace is...

Pride and Prejudice

A classic! Elizabeth is the second oldest daughter of the Bennett sisters. She’s best friends with her older sister, Jane, and the...

Carry On

I loved this book, and when I found out there was a sequel, I had to reread it. I originally read it in 2017. Simon Snow is the chosen...

Red, White, & Royal Blue

Even before TikTok, the hype surrounding this book was immense. Alex is the son of the first female president of the United States. When...

Into the Drowning Deep

The first book I finished in 2020, and my go-to recommendation since then. I finished this book in Italy, and unfortunately followed it...

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