books i read in 2020

wolfsong - t.j. klune
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “maybe not, but i would respect it. because ox is my best friend above all else, and i would have him any way i could.”
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— “maybe not, but i would respect it. because ox is my best friend above all else, and i would have him any way i could.”
ravensong - t.j. klune
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “if words are left unsaid, they will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “if words are left unsaid, they will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
heartsong - t.j. klune
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “i can’t wait to meet you. but i hope you understand that i’ll be fine with waiting on that meeting for a time. because when he gives you his heart, it will no longer be mine to hold. and i want to hold on to it for as long as i’m able.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “i can’t wait to meet you. but i hope you understand that i’ll be fine with waiting on that meeting for a time. because when he gives you his heart, it will no longer be mine to hold. and i want to hold on to it for as long as i’m able.”
the fever king - victoria lee
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “dara, who claimed he hated everything but secretly dreamed of counting the stars.”
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— “dara, who claimed he hated everything but secretly dreamed of counting the stars.”
the gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue - mackenzi lee
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “you might be the only person left on earth who thinks me decent.” “then everyone else doesn’t know you.”
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “you might be the only person left on earth who thinks me decent.” “then everyone else doesn’t know you.”
infinity son - adam silvera
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “we know better than anyone that loved ones don’t always come home.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “we know better than anyone that loved ones don’t always come home.”
vicious - v.e. schwab
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”
one of us is lying - karen m. mcmanus
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i guess we're almost friends now, or as friendly as you can get when you're not one hundred percent sure the other person isn't framing you for murder.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i guess we're almost friends now, or as friendly as you can get when you're not one hundred percent sure the other person isn't framing you for murder.”
the inexplicable logic of my life - benjamin alire sáenz
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “you saved my life, if only for a little while.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “you saved my life, if only for a little while.”
ninth house - leigh bardugo
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “he needed her and she needed him. that was how most disasters began.”
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “he needed her and she needed him. that was how most disasters began.”
the gravity of us - phil stamper
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “if you want to kiss me, kiss me because you like me. not because you think it’ll make me happy.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “if you want to kiss me, kiss me because you like me. not because you think it’ll make me happy.”
archenemies - marissa meyer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “no matter how long the list of things that attracted him to nova had become, he still found her feelings toward him to be a mystery, with an annoying shortage of evidence to support the theory that maybe, she sort of liked him too.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “no matter how long the list of things that attracted him to nova had become, he still found her feelings toward him to be a mystery, with an annoying shortage of evidence to support the theory that maybe, she sort of liked him too.
supernova - marissa meyer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “some people were always meant to be heroes. just like some people were always meant to be villains.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “some people were always meant to be heroes. just like some people were always meant to be villains.”
crier’s war - nina varela
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “if a spider weaves her web to catch flies and catches a butterfly instead, what does the spider do? she eats the butterfly.”
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— “if a spider weaves her web to catch flies and catches a butterfly instead, what does the spider do? she eats the butterfly.”
clockwork angel - cassandra clare
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “it’s all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. as long as they deserve it.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “it’s all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. as long as they deserve it.”
clockwork prince - cassandra clare
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “oh, but i do want it. more than anything in the world. i always have.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “oh, but i do want it. more than anything in the world. i always have.”
clockwork princess - cassandra clare
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “if there is a life after this one, let me meet you in it, james carstairs.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “if there is a life after this one, let me meet you in it, james carstairs.”
chain of gold - cassandra clare
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “matthew, who smelled of brandy and familiarity. matthew, who could be cruel but never to james.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “matthew, who smelled of brandy and familiarity. matthew, who could be cruel but never to james.”
the electric heir - victoria lee
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “besides, he didn’t see me the way other people did. and that had been worth more to dara than anything else life had given him.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “besides, he didn’t see me the way other people did. and that had been worth more to dara than anything else life had given him.”
lady midnight - cassandra clare
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “the stars will go out before i forget you, mark blackthorn.”
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “the stars will go out before i forget you, mark blackthorn.”
lord of shadow - cassandra clare
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “that is love, son of thorns. we welcome its cruelest blows and when we bleed from them, we whisper our thanks.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “that is love, son of thorns. we welcome its cruelest blows and when we bleed from them, we whisper our thanks.”
queen of air and darkness - cassandra clare
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “some lights were never meant to burn for long.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “some lights were never meant to burn for long.”
the lightning-struck heart -by t.j. klune
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i wish i could find that one person made for me so that way i can show them why i was made for them.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i wish i could find that one person made for me so that way i can show them why i was made for them.”
a destiny of dragons -by t.j. klune
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “because once upon a time, he told me that he looked upon the stars and wished for nothing more than me. and that’s not something i can ever let go.”
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “because once upon a time, he told me that he looked upon the stars and wished for nothing more than me. and that’s not something i can ever let go.”
the consumption of magic -by t.j. klune
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— ”you told me once, back in a dragon’s keep, that you looked upon the stars and wished for nothing more than me. but what if wishing for me will only hurt more in the end?”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— ”you told me once, back in a dragon’s keep, that you looked upon the stars and wished for nothing more than me. but what if wishing for me will only hurt more in the end?”
a wish upon the stars -by t.j. klune
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i chose you, little one, because a world in which i could not see your face isn’t a world i’m ready to live in.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i chose you, little one, because a world in which i could not see your face isn’t a world i’m ready to live in.”
we are okay - nina lacour
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i used to cry over a story and then close the book, and it all would be over.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i used to cry over a story and then close the book, and it all would be over.”
a poised nuisance - iris rivers
★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
— “they were together as one, joined by the cruelest of acts, permanently written in stone until the end of time.”
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— “they were together as one, joined by the cruelest of acts, permanently written in stone until the end of time.”
the poppy war - rf kuang
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “she was no victim of destiny. she was the last speerly, commander of the cike, and a sharman who called the gods to do her bidding. and she would call the gods to do such terrible things.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “she was no victim of destiny. she was the last speerly, commander of the cike, and a sharman who called the gods to do her bidding. and she would call the gods to do such terrible things.”
the dragon republic - rf kuang
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “fire and water looked so lovely together. it was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “fire and water looked so lovely together. it was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
the infinite noise - lauren shippen
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “isn’t everyone always lying when they say they’re fine?”
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “isn’t everyone always lying when they say they’re fine?”
a little life - hanya yanagihara
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “someday, he thought, somehow, he would find a way to tell some one, one person. and then he had, someone he had trusted, and that person had died, and he didn’t have the fortitude to tell his story ever again.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “someday, he thought, somehow, he would find a way to tell some one, one person. and then he had, someone he had trusted, and that person had died, and he didn’t have the fortitude to tell his story ever again.”
caraval - stephanie garber
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “dreams that come true can be beautiful, but they can also turn into nightmares when people won’t wake up.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “dreams that come true can be beautiful, but they can also turn into nightmares when people won’t wake up.”
the fever king - victoria lee (rr)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “dara had a way of making even the mundane extraordinary.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “dara had a way of making even the mundane extraordinary.”
the electric heir - victoria lee (rr)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “upon reflection, dara had loved noam since the moment they met.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “upon reflection, dara had loved noam since the moment they met.”
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo - taylor jenkins reid
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “evelyn hugo just wants to go home. it’s time for her to go to her daughter, and her lover, and her best friend, and her mother. tell them evelyn hugo says good-bye.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “evelyn hugo just wants to go home. it’s time for her to go to her daughter, and her lover, and her best friend, and her mother. tell them evelyn hugo says good-bye.”
the lightning thief - rick riordan
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. it is never anything but tragic.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “i have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. it is never anything but tragic.”
the titan’s curse - rick riordan
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “stars, she whispered. i can see the stars again, my lady.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “stars, she whispered. i can see the stars again, my lady.”
the battle of the labyrinth - rick riordan
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
— “be careful of love. it’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.”
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— “be careful of love. it’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.”
the last olympian - rick riordan
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “the world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “the world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”
the mark of athena - rick riordan
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “after all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together.“
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
— “after all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together.“
the blood of olympus - rick riordan
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— “no one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.”
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— “no one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.”