Side, long, slightly angled view of a library book shelf. Light bulbs are hanging from the ceiling in front of the shelf, attached with rope.

Goodreads Dilemma

I find out that Goodreads is owned by the evil, corporate giant, Amazon. I should delete Goodreads immediately. But. I can’t.

Stack of five books, photographed at an angle on a thick wooden shelf. In the background is the back of a hardback book: the backcover is grey with white writing. This book is leant against a grey/blue wall. The other books are against a green/cream wall. From bottom to top of the book pile (spines only showing): My Name is Why by Lemm Sissay (hardback, white spine), The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell (cream with an illustration of part of a red scarf), Educated A Memoir by Tara Westover (Orange), I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell (mint with an illustration of a red heart in the middle), In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (Orange Spine)

Best of: Memoirs

Although in 2020 I read more fiction – probably as a way to escape from the doom of real life – memoirs are one of my favourite genres. Unlike biographies or autobiographies, in memoirs the author only details a particular event or a number of significant events that have shaped their lives thus far.

3 wooden shelves with books. first shelf also has a small world globe, two mini bull ornaments and 3D I and F decorated cardboard letters. Second shelf is colour coordinated books. Final shelf has cardboard letters R & J with more books

2020 may not have gone as planned, but I did read 52 books

In 2018 my bedtime routine involved idly scrolling through Insta for an hour or two before I turned the lights out. Unsurprisingly, I wasn’t sleeping very well.