My 2020 Book Review

Overall last year, I read 25 books and listened to 35 audiobooks. Below you can see a complete list. I will only highlight the ones I highly recommend but most of the books were pretty good. 

Books:

1. Night Road Kristin Hannah ★★★★
2. Firefly Lane Kristin Hannah ★★★★
3. Crenshaw (Read aloud)   Katherine Applegate ★★★★
4. The Paris Orphan Natasha Lester ★★★★
5. The Story Keeper Lisa Wingate ★★★★
6. The Boy on the Wooden Box Leon Lyson ★★★★
7. Flight of Dreams Ariel Lawhon ★★★★
8. The Christmas Promise Donna Vanliere ★★★★
9. Noel Street Richard P. Evans ★★★☆
10. When in Doubt, Add Butter Beth Harbison ★★★☆
11. Someone We Know Shari Lapena    ★★★☆
12. The Simple Art of Flying (Read aloud) C. Leornardo ★★★☆
13. Wir sehen uns unter den Linden Charlotte Roth ★★★☆
14. Girl in the Blue Coat Monica Hesse ★★★☆
15. The Lost Girls of Paris Pam Jenoff ★★★☆
16. Tell me 3 Things Julie Buxbaum ★★★☆
17. The German House Annette Hess ★★★☆
18. The Librarian of Auschwitz Antonio Iturbe ★★★☆
19. Room Emma Donoghue ★★★☆
20. Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber ★★★☆
21. Call Me Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber ★★★☆
22. Mr. Miracle Debbie Macomber ★★★☆
23. Emma in the Night Wendy Walker ★★☆☆
24. Candy Corn Murder Leslie Meier ★★☆☆
25. 1225 Christmas Tree Lane Debbie Macomber ★★☆☆

Audiobooks:

1. The Huntress Kate Quinn ★★★★
2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris ★★★★
3. The Hating Game Sally Thorne ★★★★
4. 99% Mine Sally Thorne ★★★★
5. Giver of Stars                                          Jojo Moyes ★★★★
6. The Subtle Art of Giving a F*ck Mark Manson ★★★★
7. Echo Pam Munoz Ryan ★★★★
8. Night Elie Wiesel ★★★★
9. Hannah's War Jan Eliasberg ★★★★
10. The Power of Habits                C. Duhigg ★★★★
11. Code Name Helene Ariel Lawhon ★★★★
12. The Mother-Inlaw Sally Hepworth ★★★☆
13. Educated Tara Westover ★★★☆
14. Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn ★★★☆
15. Evvie Starts Over Linda Holmes ★★★☆
16. The Friend Zone Abby Jiminez ★★★☆
17. Where'd you go Bernadette      M. Semple ★★★☆
18. The Most Fun we had Claire Lombardo ★★★☆
19. The Goldfinch          D. Tartt ★★★☆
20. The House of Kennedy James Patterson ★★★☆
21. The Turn of the Key Ruth Ware ★★★☆
22. My Southern Journey Rick Braggs ★★★☆
23. The Dutch House Ann Patchett ★★★☆
24. Atomic Habits James Clear ★★★☆
25. Braving the Wilderness Brene Brown ★★★☆
26. Chasing Harry Winston Laura Weisberger ★★☆☆
27. Atomic Girls Janet Beard ★★☆☆
28. The Year of Less                                   Cait Flanders  ★★☆☆
29. Little Women Louisa May Alcott ★★☆☆
30. Talking with Strangers M. Caldwell ★★☆☆

If you never tried listening to audiobooks, I highly recommend it. I use the Overdrive app and borrow the books for free thru my local library. People also like the Libby app. I now listen to the audiobooks on 1.25 speed, which took a moment to get used to but now sounds normal. My two most favorite books of 2020 were the audiobooks Echo and The subtle Art of Giving a F*. The first one was just superior because of the music. It would not have been the same if I have read it. Go listen to that one. The other one I listened to twice in a row as it provides very good advice and has a few informative anecdotes. 

Of course, all the other books with a 4-Star rating, mainly historical fictions surrounding WWII, and some romance novels (Sally Thorne's books) were superb as well. Usually the hubby reads with the kids at night, but in the beginning of the year, I read aloud a couple of books to them during the afternoon. One of our favorite books is Crenshaw. 

I also discovered a couple of new author's I liked: Natasha Lester, Sally Thorne and I continued my love for reading Ariel Lawhon, Debbie Macomber (Christmas books only) and Lisa Wingate's books. 

If you want to see last year's list, please click here. Now, here is my advice: