Best & Worst Books of 2020 (so far!) || Recommendations!
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- We hit 1/3 of the year and I thought it was time for me to update you on my reading so far! Here are the best, worst, most surprising and most disappointing books I've read in 2020 out of the 25 books I've read! Also letting you know how my reading challenges are going... What about you?
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Amanda Appel
Sarah A Schafer
Scottish Bookworm
Jackson Wright
Kari
Kaela Clifton
Ana Pinese
Abbie Day
Sandra Bertilsson
Terizian
Bookish Pothos
Franziska Weires
Amelia Kisling Harris
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What are the best & worst books you've read so far in 2020?
Tess of the D'Ubervilles and Station eleven. The worst: Probably The red queen
The best so far is 100% Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami and the worst... maybeee The Monster Of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht the fisrt book I read in 2020 and it was for sure not a good start of the year.
The worst book I read was actually a tale of two cities which is so sad bc it’s a classic! But I just didn’t get on with it. Best is Avatar The Search a graphic novel and second best is A Heart so Fierce and Broken. I have read quite a few 5 stars which is very exciting though!
The worst for me was Ruin and Rising and the best definitely the Mistborn Trilogy! Thanks for the recommendation :)
Fight Club and And Then There Were None are two of my new favorites. On the other hand, I hated Rebecca and The Horse and His Boy
If a review starts with "I think this is supposed to be a horror" and ends with "My uterus has shrivelled up and died, multiple times" you know that's a book you need to avoid.
"At this point my uterus has shriveled and died multiple times" hahaha absolutely brilliant
Snow globe Emily with her face mask 😂😂
She's not keeping her distance so I had to!
When I'm feeling kinda 'meh' about reading, I just watch a bunch of booktube videos. Weirdly, it helps me get back on track. Hope you find something that does the same for you too. ☺️
P.S. Now I guess you know why I'm here at this moment 😂
Best so far: This is How You Lose the Time War
Worst: Ready Player One. Just reminded me too much of all the gatekeeping geeks that make the internet intolerable lmao
I love your videos and choices of books you are reading, have read or are recommending. Thank you for not talking about the same books that are all over BookTube. There’s only so many times you can hear the same things about the same books!! So, thank you. Keep it coming!
Such a helpful video. Thank you for your helpful feedback - you added a couple of books to my TBR, and just as importantly, steered me away from a few that I now know I would have hated.
Just starting to read and write more during quarantine! Hope you're doing well, Emily!
I'm in a huge slump right now. I read less since the confinement than I did before.
So a couple weeks ago I decided to look into books I had already read for a nice, fluffy story I could just breeze through. I went with a re-telling Cinder&Ella, then found the sequel and read that.
Now I'm re-reading the Hunger Games, and then re-reading Harry Potter.
2020 is the year of the re-reads for me. I just need that, like comfort food and an nice hug all in one package ^^
Hi, I love your videos, and got many recommendations from you. Love that you always have some interesting books and unique ones not really talked about. My best book so far Children of Time, thanks to you. I just wanted to say I don't really have a worst book, because I just DNF I DNF all the time. Can't force myself to read stuff I don't enjoy. And adjust your goal, I have been slumpy too since the world became a giant virus, I can't concentrate when I'm stressed. Glad you're liking stormlight archive, love that series
Fave: into the drowning deep
Worst: children of blood & bone
Chris Odijk Curious about Children of Blood and Bone, currently reading it and I'm starting to get bored :/ Why do you think it was the worst?
@@tru.man.rose9 I just couldn't stand the main character, zelie! She was just another impulsive female character that we've seen too many of. I ended up DNF'ing it because I did not think it was worth finishing (I think I could have tho). Also read a lot of bad reviews about the sequel...
Everyone seems to love "into the drowning deep"... I have to read it!
I finished Children of Blood and Bone only because it was on the Sirens reading challenge. It was extremely disappointing, and my SFF book club agreed. You didn't miss anything by DNFing it.
Chris Odijk what does DF mean? (Sorry, I’m a bit new to booktube!)
We have such similar taste in books. I haven't read ANY of your top 5 though so they're deffo the next 5 I'm going to read!!!
Every year I put a goal of 24 books. I always read closer to 70-80 but having a number to push to is counter intuitive to me personally. It's just nice to see the number and to have done the minimum I'd want to achieve. Go easy on yourself, you'll still do great things!
I’m so excited for you to read both Way of Kings and Death’s End!!!! It’s gonna be a good time!
Fingers crossed!!
fun fact! my university's library is named after Bill Bryson, it's because he was Chancellor. we call it the Billy B, or sometimes just Billy
Never clicked on a video so fast!
I've read 23 books so far (yay!) and my goal is to read 50 :)
Best: Children of time (I have to thank you for that one), The Witcher book 0.5, Rika's Outcast book 1
Worst: Bent Heaven, Sadie
Disappointment: Red White and Royal Blue, All the stars and teeth (which was still okay but I expected a 5star), Come Tumbling Down (it's starting to feel meh...)
The house in the cerulean sea is the sweetest and kindest book i've read so far this year. it really helped with my stressed shaky ass, i'm so grateful. it's all cotton candy fluff with sprinkles of hard hitting topics that pierce you at random times. the romance is slow and mature and mostly in the background, but it added so much more to the story. i really loved this book.
Worst: ninth house by Leigh Bardugo (a good editor could have helped a lot)
Best: If we were villains by M. L. Rio, a mix between The secret history and Shakespeare! Amazing read and flawless writing style
OMG yeah Ninth House was... ouf
I need to get to "if we were villains"!
Thanks to the pandemic, I've fallen a bit behind on my reading challenge (only 2 books by GR standards). I just cannot focus on reading when under stress, but thank goodness for graphic novels to help me get SOME reading done! Hopefully, I'll be breaking out of the slump soon since I've been wanting to reread a book I've enjoyed in the past (either Circe or Fangirl). Haven't really had many disappointing reads this year, and I think the lowest I've rated any has been 3 stars out of 5.
Thank you so much for recommending "The Three Body problem!!" I bought it and read it pretty much right away. Kind of hesitant to read the second one though... :S
Reading Children of Time right now because of you and I'm LOOOOOOOOVING it~
I just finished it for a reading challange and I loved it! The ending wasn't what i expected and i loved it. The audiobook can be found for free on youtube.
I'm seriously arachnophobic, but I really liked it. Took me forever to get through it, though.
I had a pretty good year so far!
Favorites: My Sister the Serial Killer, Miracle Creek
Worst: I'm Thinking of Ending Things, The Grip of It
Mistborn and Starsight were some of my favorite reads of the year so far! Least favorite: Children of Blood and Bone, Catch-22.
I’m just now finishing up my third, which so far is my favorite of the year so far (I’ve been in a reading slump for over a year now) which is The City of Brass
The other two were rereads
So glad you liked the three body problem too! But yea Xin Liu is not best know for writing and developing characters, I would say that is one of the weaker elements in the book, they can lack dimension sometimes, but his world building, fascinating concepts, scifi knowledge and batshit crazy imagination are what made the series so good. Also he did come up with the dark forest theory himself, crazy man
I'm challenging myself to read every book on my shelves that's unread, or that I read so long ago that I don't remember much. Best book so far this year was Too Far To Go by John Updike (it's actually a collection of short stories but all about the same couple). And worst was Gun Show Nation, a book someone gave me. If it had a point, I didn't get it and since I am a glutton for punishment I read the whole book even though it was clear it wasn't going to get any better. I love your reviews and your comments about The Need were hilarious.
Very interesting books, Emily. I'm not much of a sci fi reader, but I really want to try and get into Brandon Sanderson's books. I have Skyward. Planning to read it soon.
If like Phillip Pullman books, I’d recommend to read “Sally Lockhart mystery” by the same author... a really good series, I recommend you to read it .
I have just finished The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell which I thought was amazing! I have now started the second in the series- The Devil's Thief which so far has started out strong 😊
Wow I'm amazed that The Dark Forest still got a 4 star from you lol
My reading year so far has been great! I finally read Mistborn Era 1 and I get why everyone loves it now! Although i think it isn't my favorite series by him, i think i still prefer Skyward and Stormlight Archive. I also read everything Murderbot related and absolutely loved it! I'm sad that there isn't more.
And i started reading the Wheel of Time and I really enjoy it, i'm currently on book 3.
As for most disappointing... I can't actually think of something lmao
Honestly I think it’s because there book got returned at 55% and I had time to calm down before finishing the good part haba
I was trying to read Circe and I just couldn’t get into it. I have been trying to read it for two months. I finally let myself declare it a DNF so I can move on to something new! And I’m feeling so much better for it!
Only read 4 books so far this year. Quarantine has also messed with my reading.
Favorite so far: Long way to small angry planet (Thanks for the recommendation btw)
Least favorite so far: Radio silence (the cover and title made me expect something way more rpic than whatI got)
I loved Starsight too! If you would like to read a good full novel by Seanan Mcguire I recommend The Drowning Deep, written under her penname Mira Grant. its a thriller and I really enjoyed the scienctific aspect of it. I do reccomend reading the novella first: Rolling in the Deep. 🙂
I still really need to pick up sorcery of thorns!!!
Best so far: Feversong by Karen Marie Moning
Worst so far: Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Also, I love your videos and glad to see snow globe Emily keeping safe! :)
Cixin Liu has many other great books & stories too!
I recommend the Wandering Earth after you read part 3 of the Three-body problem series if you plan to read it. :)
I picked up two other books by him in my last haul (wow it's been a while, I miss book shopping lol) and I believe one isn't part of the TBP series so I'm curious!
I have similar feelings about Starsight. I was a bit scared that I would not like it, but I loved it so much. (maybe even more than the first?)
The Foundryside cover is absolutely GORGEOUS though! I’ve actually had my eyes on it, but now I’m not so sure any more 😂 but dang, I’d totally frame that book cover!
Agreed!!
I actually really liked Foundryside and already have the second book which I'm going to read soon so I would say to give it a go you might think different from Emily^^
I found it okay, good enough to read the sequel. But it definitely reads like a YA book. Especially the dialogues.
I feel like I am sympathetic to your slump I am also in a major one and have been since the start of quarantine its getting slowly better as I need to read as a part of my job so those books are getting done but I want to get to the all the rest and not have goodreads shade me for being behind I was ahead by a lot pre quarantine... here's to hoping the rest of may is better for both of us!
I've had a pretty good reading year so far.
Favs: Warchild by Karin Lowachee, Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, The Last Sun by K. D. Edwards, Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey, Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling, Seasons of War by Derek Landy
Worst: Doctor Who: Deadly Reunion by Terrence Dicks and Barry Letts, Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
Most Disappointing: Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare, Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
I love Bill Bryson I can't believe he had a new book out. Thanks for the heads up Emily! :)
It was fun! Hope you enjoy it too!
Best: Exit Strategy (the fourth Murderbot novella). I have my copy of Network Effect and hope I get a chance to read it soon.
Worst: The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley. That was one great big long WTAF. I would've DNFed it but it's required reading for this year's Sirens challenge. I love Sirens but am beginning to seriously question their reading tastes.
So sorry to hear Phillip Pullman was on the list. His first series was on my TBR when I was a kid and I still haven't gotten to it. Worst was Mapping the Interior or You Are Not Alone and the best are Parting Shot and Starless Sea but one of those will probably be dethroned by my current read (The Angel's Game)
Oh I'm reading the first one in the series (The Shadow of the Wind) and loving it!
@@brianasmith2592 Yes!!! They're so good and the writing is beautiful!
Best so far: Mistborn Trilogy and Assasin’s apprentice. Worst: The name of the wind... (so many plot holes and I really don’t like the way he describes all the supposedly romantic banter in the woods). I still gave it 3 stars and I’ll probably read the rest. Maybe it gets better 👍
Highly recommend the full length Murderbot novel to help your slump! It's wonderful!!
I think I still have one of the short ones to read first... I need to catch up!
Seanan McGuire is also Mira Grant so maybe give some of hers a try?
I tried reading Foundryside but everytime I "heard" the key talk all I could think of was "be our guest, be our guest" and pictured a teapot and cup...so no, I didn't get very far
I still need to read Starsight. I loved Skyward and picked up STarsight the other day but still have not read it.
I agree re; Secret Commonwealth..... :( I have no idea where the third book is going to go..... kinda wish we wouldn’t have gotten Lyra as an adult even though I wanted it since I finished the original trilogy, because it was a bit of the letdown :/ I’m hoping things can turn around in the third, fingers crossed!!
I'm so sorry you didn't vibe with Middlegame! I haven't read it yet but was so excited because I also love Wayward Children.... very tragic
I've heard a lot of people being disappointed... maybe lower your expectations just in case :S
Faves: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, Red, White & Royal Blue, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (I Guess I Like Long Titles)
Worst: The Glass Spare
I felt the EXACT same way about sorcery of thorns. I was so very pleasantly surprised about how much I liked it.
I've been disappointed so many times lately by the new popular YA fantasy book so it was a nice change!!
I agree about Foundryside. I read it because of the comparison to Sanderson but the talking key was my fav too and the magic system is the only good part xD
Emily's dark sense of humor warms my heart lol
JUST finished The Way of Kings. Probably my favorite Sanderson and the audiobook is great.
A suggestion if you've liked Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, but didn't really like Middlegame (which I haven't even read yet) would be her science fiction works under the pen name Mira Grant. She has a series from many years ago called News Flesh which is political zombie horror, the Parasitology trilogy (the main critique of this one that I've heard is it's very much a retelling of News Flesh but I can't speak to that as I've only read Parasite and Symbiont), and Into the Drowning Deep (high scifi killer mermaids).
Full disclosure, I don't think you'll really like the Parasitology trilogy, but that you'd still get a kick out of the science and world building there. Your call of course. I do absolutely think you'd enjoy Into the Drowning Deep, as McGuire's writing had evolved considerably from her earlier works.
Aaaand as a last final suggestion from a really big McGuire fan, you might want to try In the Shadow of Spindrift House which is a short story in the Eldritch Horror genre. If you're not familiar with Eldritch horror, skip it because it does rely on some familiarity with the genre and specific tropes/terminology.
I just finished foundryside and I feel the exact same. 3.5 stars for me. Also I loved clef the most too lol
Best so far: The Stone Sky and The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Worst so far: Currently reading The Unreal & The Real Short Stories, Vol. I by Ursula K Le Guin. I am most of the way through it and although there are a couple of stories that I love, and her writing is sublime as always, I am just feeling unsatisfied in general. It's probably because these are her "realism" stories, which aren't really my jam, but I fully expect to love Vol. II.
Fave so far: Long Bright River
Least favourtie so far: Strangers on a Train
Best: The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller and Truthwitch by Susan Dennard . Worst: Perfect Little Children (I don’t remember the author but omg it was bad.) and You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks.
My best so far is Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow. Great reporting, but maddening story. Worst was my own book club pick (sorry, my friends!) The Sound of Glass by Karen White.
Seanan McGuire has a large back catalogue of adult urban fantasy novels, her October Daye series is pretty popular, but I think you'd especially enjoy the books she writes under her pen name Mira Grant. They're very science-y, horror, all that good stuff
Best books I've read this year: The Hours and At the Pond.
Most disappointing: The Farm. Really not what I expected, especially towards the end
I've read 65 books so far this year and I don't really have a page goal, just a few books and series I want to make sure I read this year. My biggest disappointments this year has been Go Set a Watchman "by" Harper Lee. Would not recommend whatsoever if you liked To Kill a Mockingbird I would just leave it at that and be so happy with how you feel at that point and Life of Pi, which I have waited years to watch the movie until I read the book and I thought I was going to absolutely love it and since finishing the book... I still haven't watched the movie now that I really didn't enjoy the "twist" and what my take on what that was supposed to mean... sigh... My 5 star books (that weren't rereads) this year have been Gone Girl (also love the movie), Warbreaker, the play All My Sons, Franny and Zooey, Catcher in the Rye, The Humans, Elevation, The Grean Mile, Children of Time (thank you for the recommendation), Slaughterhouse-five, and The Subtle Knife (just read His Dark Materials for the first time this year and #2 was definitely my favorite... disappointed to hear about the new books... but I will probably still read them anyway too... we can be in that struggle boat together... LOL). Currently reading the Lord of the Rings for the first time and I have high high hopes and I'm halfway through book 10 of Wheel of time and on average rate those books 4 stars and have really enjoyed reading them :)
So disappointing about Phillip Pullman! I love his Dark Materials trilogy and was looking forward to the spinoff series. I probably will still read them but setting my expectations a little lower.
I’m really looking forward to getting to Invisible Women. It’s comes highly recommended and I know it will piss me off but I’ll also still learn a ton
It’s such a funny way to recommend a book tho... you’ll be mad but it’s great 😂
Hey, Emily! I’ve read 69 books so far this year. Favorite has been A Little Life (one I finally picked up because of your review), and least favorite so far was American Psycho :)
I have read American Psycho too. And it was not the best experience. I have had worse this year too, which is kinda amazing. What did you hate most about it? 😄
I'm sorry I contributed to your heart being broken haha
People have such extreme reactions to AP... I'm curious lol
BookswithEmilyFox my heart was definitely shattered to pieces haha. But I loved it just the same.
I think I'm one more video mention away from purchasing and reading The Three Body Problem series. It's so intimidating, but the concepts seem so fascinating.
Same.
It's so hard to get into but the second halfs for both books are so interesting lol
best book so far this year is definitely The Reluctant Prophet by Gillian O'Rourke, an underrated masterpiece imo (+ special mention to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell for making me care for almost 900 pages lol)
Favorite books so far would be The Green Mile by Stephen King, Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky, Recursion by Blake Crouch, and The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewel.
Worse books so far this year are Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews and Middlegame Seanan McGuire. I agree with you...Middlegame was such a let down.
I loved The Green Mile and hated Red Sparrow too (I read it last year in a book club to go watch the movie otherwise I think I would have DNFd it)! :D
I’ve read 44 so far, and I’m currently reading 3. I’m so sorry you didn’t like Foundryside!
Favs: Starsight, Shorefall (sequel to Foundryside), Wayfarers Trilogy, Elantris, A Memory Called Empire, The Rise of Kyoshi, The Blade Itself.
Least Favs/Disappointing: Binti, Mr. Spaceship, The City We Became (😭😭), Gravemaidens, Obsidio.
I can't wait to read "a memory called empire"!!
Ok so... why was "the city we became" bad?! I've been dying to read more N K Jemisin!
@@BookswithEmilyFox I think my biggest problem with "The City we Became" is that I hyped it up too much. I don't really like urban fantasy and/or magical realism and this book felt too much like 'real world' fantasy (as I call it) than her other books. Also the book assumes you have prior knowledge of NYC, so make sure you have a map handy or know someone who lives/lived in NYC to answer questions. I read a review describing it as a 'love story to NYC' (not my words, I can't remember where I read that) and I thought that described the book perfectly. I did listen to most of the book as an audio book and I thought the audio book was done very well. I hope you enjoy it, and I cannot wait to hear your review when you do get to it. :)
Emily you should try to read Tears in Rain by Rosa Montero, it's a really interesting sci-fi about a detective called Bruna who is a tecno human (bio-engineered human), it takes place in 2100s, so cool, so interesting and so easy to read. Bruna is one of my favorite female characters of all time
I've found RJB's Foundryside books to be a step down from some of his previous work. I think you'd like his Divine Cities trilogy starting with City of Stairs a bit better.
My favorite: Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
My worst: One Night in Sixes by Arianne Thompson
I think this too..
Best books so far:
Skyward, Gilgamesh Retold, Leviathan wakes
Worst/dissapointing:
The Red Knight, A Court of Frost and Starlight, Binti, Red Rising, Letter to My Daughter
favorites- six of crows duology and josh & hazel’s guide..., worst- one day in december
My absolute faves so far were The Body by Stephen King and The Hike by Drew Magary.
The ones I did not enjoy at all were The Time Machine by HG Wells and Whiskey, Words, & A Shovel by R.H.Sin
So far I'm killing my goal, it was originally only 16, but I bumped it to 24 and I'm already at 18 so I'll probably have to bump it up again! Last year I barely made it to 12 so it probably seems like a small number but for me this is big news haha!
Favourite book so far; Jackdaws by Ken Follett.
Worst book so far: The Wreckage by Robin Morgan-Bentley.
My reading has been pretty meh so far this year... I think my least favourite may be my current read, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. The writing is pretty but it feels like it’s going on and on without ever moving forward. My only 5* is The Five by Hallie Rubenhold which was fascinating and so well researched
I have been in such a reading slump as well, especially since COVID.
Please check out City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. I'm sure you'll like it more than FOUNDRYSIDE. The premise is that gods once actually walked the earth and man killed them all. There is a great "mystery in history" aspect to the book.. very Sanderson-esque.
Fav - Birthday Girl
Worst - Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy was so disappointing :(
@@BookswithEmilyFox Yes it was 😔
Best: The slaughterman's daughter by yaniv iczkovits.
worst: moon called by Patricia briggs.
Best: Library On Mount Char and The Hallow.... and the worst: (I never finish books I don’t like so this is one I couldn’t stop reading): The Silent Patient
Damn, that shower time with endless mommy sound nightmarish😂
I felt my ovaries shrivel up and die 😂
Please make a video of the best Brandon Sanderson books!! I would like to read some of his books but I don't know where to start
I usually recommend starting with one of his standalones. Warbreaker is a good start and available as a PDF on his website!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Thanks! I'll keep that in mind 💞
Favorite: the girl who played with fire.
Least: heartless. Though I'm pretty sure it's going to get replaced by bunny because it's awful.
Top 5: Jane Eyre, Becoming, Carry On, The Glass Castle, & Salt to the Sea
Bottom 5: Les Miserables, A Game of Thrones,To Kill a Mockingbird, Uprooted, & North and South
I was SO disappointed with the first 3 in the bottom category. I wanted to love them so much,but I eventually DNFed it. 😔 But my top 5 so far are just magnifique 😗👌
sorcery of thorns was much better then i expected. nathaniel thorn is bae. there were a few things i didnt like but overall it was excellent. i mostly appreciated that it was a standalone, and literally like three books in one. didnt waste my time with slugging through different volumes.
I think you misinterpreted comments on Foundryside, it has a magic system that is conceptually extremely similar to the specific magic system in The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson, but I haven’t heard that the magic system is similar to Brandon Sanderson’s magic systems in general.
Aw that makes sense! I haven't read that one yet!
The theory from The Dark Forest definitely exists before, I had to read a paper on it in uni!
It's called the Great Filter
I have finished the three body trilogy and was blown away by everything. While I do agree on the somewhat misogynistic interpretion of Luo Ji's dream girl or whateves, but I think that was more the misogyny of the character personally and not the writer's, like he wanted to portray what sort typically males want despite being genius and not being able to go outside stereotypes. After all, he gave us Ye Wenjie. That woman was the real mastermind behind everything.
I have rarely come across books that are these terrifically beautiful and dark, not diluted. I am gonna check out everything by Cixin.
Thank you for the reviews.
Best books of this year: Remembrance of earth's past trilogy.
Worst book of the year: Forty rules of love.
I bought the Three Body Problem and Dark Forest ages ago from Bookoutlet.ca..... except the Three Body Problem never came 🙈🙈🙈
Favourite books so far are: Sword of Kaigen, Word of Radiance, Oathbringer and The Three-Body Problem.
Worst one: Darkdawn
Oh I really want to get to "sword of kaigen"!!
Did you also feel like Darkdawn's ending had a similar feel than the last book in the mistborn trilogy? XD
Her: I’ve only read 25 books so far, not great
Me: so... i’ve only read 14....
Since you said you wanted books with magic libraries: the invisible library :)
My best books so far:
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel, The Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, Villians Duology by V.E. Schwab, The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski.
Worst book: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett, I enjoyed Foundryside and I expected a lot because I really enjoyed his Divine Cities Trilogy, but Shorefall was just not a well executed sequel.
Some great faves there :p I still need to pick up The Midnight Lie! Glad it was worth the read!
Just reread Little Women and its sooooo good! And the newer movie was great too!
Best: The Poppy War
Worst: Serpent and Dove
I'm currently with audiobook of The Dragon Republic and it's sooooooooo good :)
Isabel Panadero oh god yay someone else who didn’t like serpent and dove. I thought I was the only one
Favourite book so far this year- The Shining. Least favourite so far- Crossed by Ally Condie.
I've somehow read 63 books this year? Sadly most of them are like 2-3 stars but I've found a few gems like: I'm thinking of ending things, the martian, the secret garden, a bit of a stretch, the entire wayward children series, the one
I've read so many books already it's mad (72 - 20ish physical ones).. I've been going crazy with those audiobooks. Some of the best books I've read so far: The Troop by Nick Cutter (friggin amazing horror), Beyond The Black Door by A.M. Strickland (dark fantasy with an asexual mc) and Not That Bad by Roxane Gay. I loved that one so much I bought it afterwards. My worst read is definitely There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins. It was so disappointing.....
The Troop is high on my TBR for the fall!!