2020 Wrap-Up, Goodreads goals, my best & worst reads...

2020 is OVER! Finally! I've never been so glad to put a year in my rearview mirror. My goal for this year, since I spend a significant amount of time working towards the launch of my debut YA Fantasy novel Songs Of Autumn and working full-time in healthcare in the middle of a global pandemic... was very modest comparatively. My goal was only to read... 25 books. And the thing is... I made that goal with every intention of blowing it out of the water. While, yes, I did exceed my goal... it wasn't by much. I only finished 31 books this year.

Here are my Stats for 2020!!

• Total pages read: 12,386

• Total books read: 31

• Shortest book read: The Haunting of Hill House 182 pages

• Longest book read: Outlander 850 pages

• Average length of books read: 399 pages

• Average rating for books read: 3.7/5 stars

The Yays! (4/5 Stars)

• To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

• Crier's War by Nina Varela

• A Curse So Dark & Lonely By Brigid Kemmerer

• Six Of Crows By Leigh Bardugo

• Crooked Kingdom By Leigh Bardugo

• Shadow & Bone By Leigh Bardugo

• King Of Scars By Leigh Bardugo

• The Bridge Kingdom By Danielle L Jensen

• The Wendy By Erin Michelle Sky & Steven Brown

• The Navigator By Erin Michelle Sky & Steven Brown

• Old Magic By Marianne Curley

• The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

• When Wishes Bleed By Casey L Bond

• The Savior's Champion By Jenna Moreci

• Rhapsodic By Laura Thalassa

The Mehs (3 Stars)

• Become A Successful Indie Author By Craig Martelle

• Outlander By Diana Gabaldon

• Crown Of Coral and Pearl By Mara Rutherford

• A Heart So Fierce and Broken By Brigid Kemmerer

• Save The Cat Writes A Novel By Jessica Brody

• The Haunting Of Hill House By Shirley Jackson

• The Traitor Queen By Danielle L Jenson

• Siege & Storm By Leigh Bardugo

• Ruin & Rising By Leigh Bardugo

• All the Stars & Teeth By Adalyn Grace

The Boos (>3 Stars or DNFs)

• Beauty In Darkness By Elizabeth Briggs

• The Starless Sea By Erin Morgenstern

• Middle Passage By Charles Johnson

All in all, 2020 was a pretty good year and I read a lot of books i enjoyed. I think for 2021 I'm going to try to branch out my genre's more and read some more adult material. Let me know if you have any recommendations? How was your year in books? Did you discover any amazing new series or stories? I can't wait to read all kinds of books in the upcoming year!