2020 Year In Review - Books

2020 was a spectacular literary year for me. On top of getting published a few times, I inhabited many different and wonderful worlds. A welcomed distraction to the current reality. I'm not going to list out all 54 books that I read, but you're welcome to check out my Goodreads page if you're interested. But I am going to share my top seven reads (in no particular order) of the year.

• Vacuum in the Dark by Jen Beagin

• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

• Real Life by Brandon Taylor

• Luster by Raven Leilani

• We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

I started writing reviews for each of them, but what attracts me to all of them is what they all have in common. Sentences are beautifully considered and written, capturing the voice of the character. Nuance and complexity fills their pages. They all made me curious about one topic or another. I closed each book with more questions than I had when I started. What a wonderful gift these writers have bestowed.

I highly recommend that you meander your digital library or local bookstore shelves and consider these books for reading.