2020 – My Year in Books

The last thing I did before Covid-19 closed down the world was go to the library. I picked up a stack of books, thinking this would hold me for a few weeks until things got back to normal.

Ha.

Here are brief descriptions of the books I read in 2020. I hope you will find some good choices here.

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Searching for oblivion

A tale of two audiobooks and a library book

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I’ve been looking for a book that I could immerse myself in and forget the world. I didn’t want to have to worry about the characters, or fume at the injustices they encountered, or fear for their futures; I do enough of that with the daily news.

 Things didn’t work out exactly as planned.

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My Year in Books – 2017

 

Photo: Jason Denys

At the end of each year, I share a list of books I’ve enjoyed that year. In 2017 I didn’t read as much as usual, thanks to our national trauma. But I hope you’ll find some good choices for your own reading.  Starting with fiction and followed by nonfiction, here is my year in books.

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My year in books – 2016

Photo: allposters.com

Photo: allposters.com

At the end of each year, I share a list of books I’ve enjoyed that year. (The ones I wouldn’t recommend don’t make it to the list). So here’s my year in books. I hope you will find some good reads here – and that you’ll share your recommendations with me.

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