A nice and easy simple post for you all today showing all of the covers for the books that I read in 2020. I read 43 books and so, there are 43 covers in total. I know that’s not many compared to those of you who read 150 – 200+ books. But, factor in that I took a break from both blogging and reading for all of February and half of March too. Then there was COVID-19 and Coronavirus situation (still ongoing, though the approved vaccines give us some light in the dark and a future to look towards) and that, as a supermarket worker and low-paid and unskilled scumbag I suddenly became a keyworker and had to carry on working throughout the pandemic which made focusing on reading really hard for me. And, then, a brief stay in the hospital during April (and feeling like crap before that) sort of killed my reading for a part of that month too. Also, I didn’t read a book in December either, work was very busy, life was stressful and honestly, the year had killed both blogging and reading for me so I hid away in video games rather than read a book or focus on my blog for the last month of the year. I do feel that with all the shit that happened this year that I still had an OK if not a great reading year in terms of total books read and while my overall amount of books read is low, I still managed to read some absolutely amazing books.
So, I present to you all, hopefully in the order that I read them unless the WordPress gremlins have been f#cking about:
My Reading Year in Book Covers for 2020.
43 books is still amazing! You def don’t need ‘excuses’ for reading less. Also, you read some great books… a lot of which ended up on my TBR because of you 😁
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Some amazing covers! I love the epic fantasy feel of Raven Caller, the elaborate scrollwork of The Bone Shard Daughter and the simplicity of The Wise Friend. Map’s Edge is definitely eye-catching as well.
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I’m so excited for All Fall Down! I LOVED the first 8 books in this series…
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Whispers quietly, I haven’t read the first 8.😂
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Mouth drops on the floor ….
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An impressive array of covers, indeed, and the size you chose makes it all look like an inviting bookstore front… 🙂
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It does, something that WordPress surprisingly does right as the cover sizes look really good.😂
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You read more than me. According to goodreads, I read 37. I’m still stuck listening to The Stand right now.
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Ah, The Stand is about the length of four average size books though.😂
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Some great book covers on here. Have read a few and also have a few on my TBR.
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The only book we had in common was If It Bleeds by Stephen King.
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WP gremlins – what an apt description!
You had a tough year, Drew – hope 2021 will be better for you! Happy New Year! 🙂
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It is, possibly far more polite than WordPress at times deserves.😂
Thank you, I hope so too, alas, we all had it rough, here’s hoping that it is a better year for everyone everywhere.
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Yo, man, 43 novels is really good.
Hope this year is a much better one for you and you get some good reads too. 🙂
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Thank you, I’m hoping that it is too, it’s definitely a struggle to be better with how things are, but vaccines are a light in the dark, just hard to see.
It is, I shouldn’t beat myself up over 43, it just seems small and with so many reading more during the pandemic, I read less, it’s still a good number though, I just need to realise it.
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Did you review The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell? It’s on my TBR and want to see what you thought if it 😀
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I did, yes, it should be listed on the book reviews page. 🙂
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These are some great covers!
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I like the cover for The Home, Map’s Edge, and Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air.
Sorry to hear you had such a tough 2020. I hope 2021 is kinder to you.
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Ah the awful WordPress gremlins- I feel you! But the post looks great 😀 I think it’s a great number to have read!
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