I met my Good Reads 2020 goal with 6 to spare thanks to quarantine. Check out my Instagram @fasterwaywithrobin to see all 46 of my 2020 reads!
Women of the Word by Jen Wilkin was probably my most important read of 2020. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it.
I had the HARDEST time narrowing down my top 3 fiction for 2020, but here they are along with some honorable mentions:
Honorable Mentions:
Summer of 69 - This was in my #1 spot for most of the year but my fall/winter reading edged it out. If you like Elin Hilderbrand, add this to your list! The cultural references are super fun, and I enjoyed the characterization and story line. I wish Summer of '79 was an entire novel!
The Hate U Give - Excellent read; the perspective was helpful and the main character, Starr, was so endearing. Seeing the circumstances through her eyes was very eye opening.
A Woman is No Man - This was my first read of 2020 and it stayed with me all year.
All Your Perfects - Her struggle in this story was similar to ours, and I thought Colleen Hoover handled it so well. I loved the main characters and watching them navigate this particular hardship in their marriage.
Top 3 Fiction:
3.
Winter in Paradise by ElinHilderbrand
I devoured all 3 books in this series in about a 3 week period between Thanksgiving and Christmas - it was perfection. As usual, Elin's characterization is just perfect, and I enjoyed the departure from Nantucket to St. John. It starts out with the unraveling of a husband's secret and the novel unfolds as his wife begins to uncover the truth behind the facade of what she thought was a solid marriage. Her sons are also primary characters giving the book depth and perspective. I loved each personality and the partial setting in Houston. The 3 books read in a row like one long novel. I wish there was a 4th!
2.
Happiness For Beginners by Katherine Center
I thought for sure this would be in the #1 spot once it edged out Summer of '69; I even voted for it as my favorite before I finished my number one pick which was my last read of 2020. I love a couple other Katherine Center books but kept skipping over this one because of the premise, but I fell in love with the characters and enjoyed the psychology behind it, and the transformation of the main character. Helen Carpenter is starting over. She knows she needs to do something extreme to help get her life out of the rut it's in, so she goes on a specific journey with some unexpected and unwanted companions.
1.
The Simple Wild and Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
The first novel in this series, The Simple Wild, kept popping up everywhere, and I'm so glad I gave it a shot. I preferred the second book in the series, but you need the first for the second! I'm currently reading the last one, but I'm reading it slowly because I don't want to say goodbye! Calla Fletcher apprehensively visits her estranged father in Alaska after some things of importance come to light. I was not a Calla fan at first, and was a little afraid it was going to be too predictable, but her transformation over the course of the novels is captivating, and I appreciated the twist the author throws in there. These are probably technically romance which is not a genre I ever choose on purpose, and I definitely skipped over parts so be warned.
Year end book reviews are my favorites - give me ALL the recs for 2021!
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