2020 Reading Recap

My Favorite First-Time Read:
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

My Least Favorite First-Time Read:
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

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What I (Re)Read and/or (Re)Listened to in 2020:

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott ^{* † [CO = US]}
Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott ^{* † [CO = US]}
Little Women: The Official Movie Companion by Gina McIntyre ^{* † [CO = US]}
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster ^{** † [CO = US]}
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster ^{* † [CO = US]}
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman ^{* † [CO = SE]}
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman ^{* † [CO = US]}
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ^{* † [CO = US]}
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak ^{** † [CO = AU]}
Night: With Related Readings by Elie Wiesel ^{** † [CO = RO❃]}
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen ^{* † [CO = US]}
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland ^{* † [CO = US]}
Apologies that Never Came by Pierre Alex Jeanty ^{* † [CO = US]}
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ^{** † [CO = NL❃]}
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer ^{* † [CO = US]}
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Narrated by Ilyana Kadushin ^{** ‡ [CO = US]}
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck ^{* † [CO = US]}
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ^{** † [CO = US]}
Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer ^{* † [CO = US]}
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ( While Listening Along to the Audiobook Narrated by Nico Evers-Swindell) ^{** †‡ [CO = GB]}
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer, Narrated by Jake Abel ^{** ‡ [CO = US]}
MeruPuri, Vol. 1 by Matsuri Hino ^{** † [CO = JP]}
MeruPuri, Vol. 2 by Matsuri Hino ^{** † [CO = JP]}
MeruPuri, Vol. 3 by Matsuri Hino ^{** † [CO = JP]}
MeruPuri, Vol. 4 by Matsuri Hino ^{** † [CO = JP]}
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer, Narrated by Ilyana Kadushin ^{** ‡ [CO = US]}
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer, Narrated by Ilyana Kadushin ^{** ‡ [CO = US]}
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer ^{* † [CO = US]}
Wanted by Matsuri Hino ^{** † [CO = JP]}
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, Narrated by Ilyana Kadushin and Matt Walters ^{** ‡ [CO = US]}
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, Narrated by Jenny Sterlin ^{** ‡ [CO = GB]}
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer ^{** † [CO = US]}
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones, Narrated by Jenny Sterlin ^{** ‡ [CO = GB]}
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles ^{* † [CO = ES]}
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones, Narrated by Jenny Sterlin ^{** ‡ [CO = GB]}
The Host by Stephenie Meyer, Narrated by Kate Reading ^{** ‡ [CO =  US]}
Audio Bible – King James Version Narrated by Max McLean (Via YouVersion) ^{* ‡ [CO = N/A]}

2020 Reading Challenge

Lindsey completed her goal of reading 20 books in 2020.

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37 of 20 (185%)

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Breakdown by First-Time Reads vs. Rereads:
* 16 Total First-Time Reads
** 21 Total Rereads

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Breakdown by Reading Method:
† 26 Total Print or Digital Reads
‡ 10 Total Audiobook-Only or Primarily-Audio Reads
†‡ 1 Total Immersion Read (Reading & Listening)

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Breakdown by Country of Origin^[CO]

22 Books From the United States
5 Books From Japan
4 Books From the United Kingdom
1 Book From Australia
1 Book From the Netherlands^❃
1 Book From Spain
1 Book From Sweden
1 Book From Romania^❃
1 N/A Book (Various Authors, Origins, Etc.)

^❃ I’m classifying Night by Elie Wiesel as “Romanian” due to the author’s origins, even though it was first published in Argentina and France. I debated between classifying The Diary of a Young Girl as NL or DE due to Frank being German, but I went with the Netherlands since that’s where it was written and first published.

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