{"id":9073,"date":"2021-01-01T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/?p=9073"},"modified":"2021-04-10T19:29:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T02:29:32","slug":"books-read-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/?p=9073","title":{"rendered":"Books Read in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Time for another reading round-up! I read 36 books in 2020, which was my goal. Some are books I purchased; many were from the library. Some were eBooks, some were physical copies, and many were audiobooks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiction: 28<br>Non-fiction: 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of my favorites were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Complicity in Racism<\/em> by Jemar Tisby. Highly recommend this one! Very important read.<\/li><li><em>Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine<\/em> by Gail Honeyman. I loved this one on audiobook. The narrator is excellent and does all the different character accents in a way that really makes it so enjoyable to listen to. <\/li><li><em>Holes<\/em> by Louis Sachar. This was my third time reading it (I think) but my first time reading it with Bree and Cate. We enjoyed watching the movie afterward. Great read-aloud for families with upper elementary kids. <\/li><li><em>Becoming<\/em> by Michelle Obama. Another one I recommend on audiobook, read by Michelle herself. It feels like she is talking to you and a group of friends, which makes it feel really personal.<\/li><li><em>1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus<\/em> by Charles Mann. If you like United States History, this is an interesting one, with its focus on the people who lived in our country before Columbus landed. Very good.<\/li><li><em>Americanah<\/em> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Interesting story about a Nigerian immigrant to the United States. Also great on audiobook.<\/li><li><em>Assimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith<\/em> by DL Mayfield. A collection of stories from the author as she works with refugees in Portland. <\/li><li><em>Piranesi<\/em> by Susannah Clarke. A fantasy with an interesting world-building aspect, which I enjoyed. <\/li><li><em>The Water Dancer<\/em> by Ta-Nehesi Coats. A cool retelling of the underground railroad from the perspective of a slave, or &#8220;tasked&#8221; person as they are referred to in the story. Very good.<\/li><li><em>The Trumpet of the Swan<\/em> by EB White. I cannot believe I had not read this one before! I read this with Bree and Cate, and they loved it. Cute book, especially if your children like birds as much as mine do. <\/li><li><em>The Poldark Series <\/em>by Winston Graham I also enjoyed (which explains why I read 8 of them and will continue the series in 2021.) I got into the story after watching the PBS series by the same name.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-1-870x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9076\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/?attachment_id=9076\" class=\"wp-image-9076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-1-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-1-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-1-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-1-1305x1536.jpg 1305w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-1.jpg 1625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-2-870x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9075\" data-link=\"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/?attachment_id=9075\" class=\"wp-image-9075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-2-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-2-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-2-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-2-1305x1536.jpg 1305w, https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2020-Books-Read-2.jpg 1625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another reading round-up! I read 36 books in 2020, which was my goal. Some are books I purchased; many were from the library. Some were eBooks, some were physical copies, and many were audiobooks. Fiction: 28Non-fiction: 8 Some of my favorites were: The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Complicity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,41],"tags":[124],"class_list":["post-9073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading","category-our-life","tag-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9077,"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9073\/revisions\/9077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noreimerreason.com\/amberandgreg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}