2019 in Review

I think I speak for everyone when I say THANK GOD 2019 IS OVER. Golly, this has been a stressful and difficult year for me, to say nothing of the state of the social internet. But I’m so excited about 2020 and what it’s going to bring for me professionally, personally, and as a blogger.

It’s been an interesting year for me here at my third year at Never Not Reading. I set an all-time personal record, reading 74 books this year (mostly thanks to my children’s and young adult literature class). I “discovered” graphic novels and non-fiction. But I haven’t been blogging much. Non-review posts have basically dropped off my blog altogether this semester, and my bookstagram has come to a screeching halt a whopping three times this year. So the blog has had its ups and downs.

So thanks, y’all, for reading. This community is so amazing and supportive, and I love every one of y’all.

So! Let’s get to wrapping this year up!

Top 10 of 2019

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See full post here.

Milestones

1,000 blog followers

OH MY GOD! So that was basically my only milestone this year, but it was such a big one. Thank you thank you thank you thank you!

Favorite Posts

Discussion: Problematic Content in Historical Fiction
Top 5 Musicals Based on Books
More Religious Characters, Please
How I Use the Library to Buy Smarter
How Reading More Books Has Changed the Way I Remember Them
I Didn’t Know I Was Reading Wrong
I DNFed a book, but I didn’t hate it…
Balancing Blog + School + Work + Life
Why reading about people who look different than you matters

Reviews

Fiction

• An American Marriage
• My Sister the Serial Killer

Fantasy

• Circe
• The Kingdom of Copper
• The Priory of the Orange Tree
• The Starless Sea
• The Winter of the Witch

Science Fiction

• Chilling Effect
• An Ocean of Minutes
• The Psychology of Time Travel
• Space Opera

Historical Fiction

• Daisy Jones & the Six
• Leading Men
• Whiskey When We’re Dry

Romance/Chick Lit

• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
• Red White & Royal Blue
• Star-Crossed
• Waiting for Tom Hanks
• When You Read This

Young Adult

• Children of Virtue and Vengeance
• Enchantee
• The Gilded Wolves
• Gunslinger Girl
• Slayer
• Sorcery of Thorns
• Wayward Son
• With the Fire on High

Graphic Novels

• Click
• Pashmina
• The Prince and the Dressmaker
• Pumpkinheads

Non-Ficton

• The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
• The Feather Thief
• Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Calendar Girls

January: Happy New Year
Most Anticipated 2019 Release

February: Black History Month
Best Book by a Black Author

March: Women’s History Month
Favorite Book with a Strong Female Lead

April: April Fools
Favorite Book with a Surprise Ending or Twist

May: Mother’s Day
Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship

June: Pride
Favorite Book with LGBTQ+ Representation

July: Summer Lovin’
Bookish OTP

August: Book Lover’s Day
Best Book You’ve Read This Year

September: Pirate’s Life For Me
Best Book About Pirates

October: Pumpkin Lanterns
Book that Lit Your Way Out of a Reading Slump

November: Eleven
Strangest Book You’ve Ever Read

December: Christmahanakwanza
Best Diverse Cast