The one upside to this year is that it has been good for my hobby! I ended the year having read 224 books. I think I made it to 200 a few years ago, but I'm sure this is my highest total yet! Having said that, how was my quality of books this year? While my average Goodreads rating remained much the same, I did have way more 5 star reads this year than last (when I only had 6). Of course that means that in order for my average rating to remain close to the same, I must have had more clunkers, even though I don't feel like I did. But I digress, this post is about my stellar books of the year. This first picture is all 17 of my 5 star reads:
Now comes the tough part. I narrowed these down to my top five, which is SO tough to do! I was going to just post my favorite of the year, but then I decided I needed to take a stand and rank them. Without further ado......
#5 If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais
#4 Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction)
#3 American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
#2 Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
And my #1 (with a character I don't think I will ever forget!) is The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
What a great reading year I've had, can't wait to see what 2021 has in store!!
