The 2020 BBNYA

 

Keep reading for the Top 9 Finalists and the 

WINNER of the first ever BBNYA!

2020 Book RoundUp

Here's my 2020 list of 112 reads.

2020 Year End Wrap Up

Favorite The Write Reads Tour Books of 2020

Today's post is something I made up. I've done quite a few tours this year with The Write Reads and got to thinking: some of the books have been bitchin' good! Wait, does anyone say "bitchin'" anymore? Or am I showing my advanced age? Oh, well. Fuck that noise. 

Anyway, I polled my fellow bloggers and asked which books they enjoyed the most. Of course, we're book bloggers and couldn't pick just one, but the numbers still add up. I've included First, Second, and Third Place as well as an Honorable Mention. That's not to say those were the only good books. There were A LOT of good ones in 2020 and I hope to have just as many great reads from The Write Reads in 2021. Hmmm, better start drafting that post for end of the year or I'll forget.

But wait! There's more! I also asked my fellow book bloggers if they wanted to say a few words about how Dave, Head Blog Tour Wrangler Number 1, at TWR has affected their blogging life. And they answered the call! To see what they had to say, be sure to keep scrolling after you see the books that won my Unofficial Poll (+/- 3% : btw, a number completely made up by me because I like threesomes. Ha! Just kidding. Or am I? ).

Audiobook Challenge 2020

Hosted by Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer

I'm joining the #2020AudiobookChallenge

Sign up here if you want to play along.

I'm aiming for: Level ~ Stenographer (10-15)

I used to listen to audios all the time, but now that I'm not listening each night with the kids (they're adults now) or delivering the newspaper, I just can't seem to carve out any time to listen. And since I don't live alone I can't exactly put a book on, out loud, while I clean. However, I bought a new 7" Fire just so I could have Audible. My old 1st gen Fire doesn't support that app anymore, so the new one should be perfect. It would be even better if I had some wireless headphones, but I didn't get any for Christmas. I guess I just need to buy them for myself. What else is new? *shrugs* I'm going to attempt 1 audiobook a month which seems a reasonable number to me since I'm trying to get back into the swing of listening. Plus, I'd like to get back on the treadmill, so 1 book a month should work to keep me occupied. We'll see how it goes. 

First, I need to clean up the old guestroom that is now the cat room and get stuff out of my way and off the treadmill. I mean, do the cats really need an old car seat box with a blanket in it on top of the treadmill? Well, yeah, they probably do, but it's got to go. lol I wish the room were bigger, but the treadmill and the elliptical take up nearly all of the floor space. Also, we'll see what the podiatrist says about my left foot. I did something to it a few months back when I was mowing and it's not getting any better. It would probably heal if I kept off it and remembered to take ibuprofen on a regular basis. Oh, well. I have appt with him today, so we'll see.