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I know it’s a bit late to start but I’m gonna do a thread of books I read in 2020 - there will be a few at once now while I catch up 
1) Little Women - 
I wanted to read this before the movie came out and ended up so obsessed with it that Rach got super mad at me bc I was reading it sneakily in the bathroom when I was meant to be getting ready to go out. Gonna be reading the sequels soon!
I wanted to read this before the movie came out and ended up so obsessed with it that Rach got super mad at me bc I was reading it sneakily in the bathroom when I was meant to be getting ready to go out. Gonna be reading the sequels soon!
2) Stories of Your Life and Others -
Obviously “Story of Your Life”, the longest story in here and the basis for the movie “Arrival”, is amazing, but I found a lot of the others just weren’t engaging enough and couldn’t get into them properly.
Obviously “Story of Your Life”, the longest story in here and the basis for the movie “Arrival”, is amazing, but I found a lot of the others just weren’t engaging enough and couldn’t get into them properly.
3) Normal People -
LOVED this. Totally 100% understand why everyone likes this so much. It was weird to read something set in Trinity where the characters do all the things I did for so long but I really really loved it & now can’t wait to read her other book.
LOVED this. Totally 100% understand why everyone likes this so much. It was weird to read something set in Trinity where the characters do all the things I did for so long but I really really loved it & now can’t wait to read her other book.
4) Heartstoper (Vol. 1) -
So, so, so sweet and lovely and well written. This is a graphic novel and the illustration is fantastic, and I just love it so much. Sweet but realistic gay fiction about two boys at an English grammar school. Gonna be ordering vol 2 asap!!
So, so, so sweet and lovely and well written. This is a graphic novel and the illustration is fantastic, and I just love it so much. Sweet but realistic gay fiction about two boys at an English grammar school. Gonna be ordering vol 2 asap!!
5) Red, White & Royal Blue -
There are no words. I cried on the train, the bus, and in the office kitchen. I walked down public footpaths with my kindle in hand because I couldn’t stop reading. This book is something very, very special.
There are no words. I cried on the train, the bus, and in the office kitchen. I walked down public footpaths with my kindle in hand because I couldn’t stop reading. This book is something very, very special.
6) Heartstopper Vol. 2 -
These are still so so cute and sweet and make my little gay heart happy
These are still so so cute and sweet and make my little gay heart happy
7) Play It As It Lays -
MAJOR depression trigger warning on this. It sounds depressing from the description and is actually 10x worse. But the writing is so intense and enthralling I started to have dreams about it.
MAJOR depression trigger warning on this. It sounds depressing from the description and is actually 10x worse. But the writing is so intense and enthralling I started to have dreams about it.
8) The Fifth Season -
This took a lot of getting into. It’s phenomenally well written, and the kind of book that feels like a jigsaw puzzle, but for some reason I just wasn’t motivated to figure it out. I will probably read the sequel, but I’m not running to get it.
This took a lot of getting into. It’s phenomenally well written, and the kind of book that feels like a jigsaw puzzle, but for some reason I just wasn’t motivated to figure it out. I will probably read the sequel, but I’m not running to get it.
9) You’re Crushing It -
I read this because I love Lex’s youtube videos, but her humour really didn’t translate at all and I found this really bland. Maybe I’m just not the target audience.
I read this because I love Lex’s youtube videos, but her humour really didn’t translate at all and I found this really bland. Maybe I’m just not the target audience.
10) The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet -
This is worth the hype for sure. I’ve already ordered the rest of the series. Lovely, comfortable, soothing, thoughtful book.
This is worth the hype for sure. I’ve already ordered the rest of the series. Lovely, comfortable, soothing, thoughtful book.
11) Trust Exercise -
In the first half of this I didn’t think I’d rate it above a 2. It felt stupid and annoying and like a hard slog. But having finished it, I want to reread it to take it to pieces and examine the whole thing. I want to read essays about it.
In the first half of this I didn’t think I’d rate it above a 2. It felt stupid and annoying and like a hard slog. But having finished it, I want to reread it to take it to pieces and examine the whole thing. I want to read essays about it.
12) A Closed and Common Orbit -
This is just as good as the first in the series. Genuinely lovely books.
This is just as good as the first in the series. Genuinely lovely books.
13) Deep Work -
We read this at my work book club and while the central premise is good, the author is an unbearable asshole and this book could have said everything it needed to say in maybe 3-5 tweets. Waste of time.
We read this at my work book club and while the central premise is good, the author is an unbearable asshole and this book could have said everything it needed to say in maybe 3-5 tweets. Waste of time.
14) Record of a Spaceborn Few -
The last of this series so far and still fantastic! A little slower to get into than the first two but still lovely.
The last of this series so far and still fantastic! A little slower to get into than the first two but still lovely.
15) Forever... -
I’m too old for this but never read it at the age everyone else did and people talk about it being formative so I wanted to know why. Mostly it made me super glad to be gay and not a teenager.
I’m too old for this but never read it at the age everyone else did and people talk about it being formative so I wanted to know why. Mostly it made me super glad to be gay and not a teenager.
15) Meaty -
Samantha Irby is just unbelievably funny and clever and I love her books. Her second one (We Are Never Meeting in Real Life) is better if you want a starting point.
{I’m behind schedule on my goodreads challenge eep}
Samantha Irby is just unbelievably funny and clever and I love her books. Her second one (We Are Never Meeting in Real Life) is better if you want a starting point.
{I’m behind schedule on my goodreads challenge eep}
16) Once & Future -
This was a genius idea and a fascinating cast of characters but it felt so, so rushed
I wanted to go back after and rearrange parts of the story to make it make more sense. But it hooked me eventually & I’ll prob read the sequel
This was a genius idea and a fascinating cast of characters but it felt so, so rushed
I wanted to go back after and rearrange parts of the story to make it make more sense. But it hooked me eventually & I’ll prob read the sequel
I fucked up the numbers and put two 15s in this thread. that last was actually 17 whoopssssss
18) The Long Run -
This is great but needs more time. Mishka actually tells the story in much more depth in his book “I Swear I’ll Make It Up To You”, which you should read instead of this. but this was still v good
This is great but needs more time. Mishka actually tells the story in much more depth in his book “I Swear I’ll Make It Up To You”, which you should read instead of this. but this was still v good
19) Serpent & Dove -
For some reason this took me forever to get through, but it’s good! The characterisation is so-so and the writing is a bit tacky but the world is fascinating and the plot is a wild freaking ride. I will be reading the sequel
For some reason this took me forever to get through, but it’s good! The characterisation is so-so and the writing is a bit tacky but the world is fascinating and the plot is a wild freaking ride. I will be reading the sequel
20) The Invasion (Animorphs #1) -
Thus begins my glorious re-read of the Animorphs books. I loved these so much when I was younger & genuinely think they hold up well. Also how are they middle grade and insanely fucked up at the same time? I’m so happy they’re on kindle!
Thus begins my glorious re-read of the Animorphs books. I loved these so much when I was younger & genuinely think they hold up well. Also how are they middle grade and insanely fucked up at the same time? I’m so happy they’re on kindle!
21) The Visitor (Animorphs 2) -
I’m trying very hard to find all the tacky 90s covers for my tweets about these. They’re so good
I’m trying very hard to find all the tacky 90s covers for my tweets about these. They’re so good
22) In the Dream House -
Instant favourite. This book is a masterpiece. It’s so beautiful and sad and the structure is fascinating and I want to read essays analysing it. Spectacular.
Instant favourite. This book is a masterpiece. It’s so beautiful and sad and the structure is fascinating and I want to read essays analysing it. Spectacular.
23) Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame -
Something about this really rubbed me the wrong way and I can’t tell you what, but it really didn’t work for me.
Something about this really rubbed me the wrong way and I can’t tell you what, but it really didn’t work for me.
24) Wow, No Thank You -
Everything Samantha Irby writes is flawless. This is fucking hilarious, please please buy it.
Everything Samantha Irby writes is flawless. This is fucking hilarious, please please buy it.
25) The Encounter (Animorphs #3) -
These are so good tbh. Who let someone write such fucked up stories for kids? This one has a suicide attempt in it. In first person perspective, in a kids’ book.
These are so good tbh. Who let someone write such fucked up stories for kids? This one has a suicide attempt in it. In first person perspective, in a kids’ book.
26) My Dark Vanessa -
This is astonishingly well written and 100% deserves the hype around it. Really gets inside how grooming and pedophilia actually work, so it’s obviously horrifying but also spectacular & feels necessary.
This is astonishingly well written and 100% deserves the hype around it. Really gets inside how grooming and pedophilia actually work, so it’s obviously horrifying but also spectacular & feels necessary.
27) The Message (Animorphs 4) -
“Why aren’t you reading all the animorphs in a row, Karen?”
Because there are fifty-four of them. Progress is happening. I like this one because Ax finally shows up in it.
“Why aren’t you reading all the animorphs in a row, Karen?”
Because there are fifty-four of them. Progress is happening. I like this one because Ax finally shows up in it.
28) The City in the Middle of the Night -
Devastated that I didn’t like this more because the first book by this author is an all time favourite, but it just felt so meandering. I kept feeling there was a deep point the author was trying to make but just couldn’t get there
Devastated that I didn’t like this more because the first book by this author is an all time favourite, but it just felt so meandering. I kept feeling there was a deep point the author was trying to make but just couldn’t get there
29) You’re Not Special -
I was an OG Meghan subscriber back in the day & recently got hooked on her podcast. This book is lovely - heartfelt, honest, and genuinely enjoyable to read. I loved it
I was an OG Meghan subscriber back in the day & recently got hooked on her podcast. This book is lovely - heartfelt, honest, and genuinely enjoyable to read. I loved it
30) What Belongs to You -
This is HAUNTING. The writing is so absolutely beautiful. I don’t think I’d ever call it a pleasant story as such but it’s so gorgeous and well written.
This is HAUNTING. The writing is so absolutely beautiful. I don’t think I’d ever call it a pleasant story as such but it’s so gorgeous and well written.
31) Expectation -
This is amazing. It absolutely sucked me in and I read it in two days. It’s a story about three women growing up in London and how their lives turn out differently than they wanted and it feels so real. Highly recommend this one
This is amazing. It absolutely sucked me in and I read it in two days. It’s a story about three women growing up in London and how their lives turn out differently than they wanted and it feels so real. Highly recommend this one
32) Make Time -
We read this in the book club at work and honestly if you’ve read any productivity advice before this is just very samey. I didn’t think there was much of anything in here that felt really original but some of the ideas are clever & I’ll be trying out a few
We read this in the book club at work and honestly if you’ve read any productivity advice before this is just very samey. I didn’t think there was much of anything in here that felt really original but some of the ideas are clever & I’ll be trying out a few
33) Exciting Times -
This is so funny and sharp and brilliant and honestly I have only infinite good things to say so everyone should please read this
This is so funny and sharp and brilliant and honestly I have only infinite good things to say so everyone should please read this
34) The Starless Sea -
I genuinely think this might be my favourite book of all time, or for sure one of my favourites. I want to spend my life untangling it. It’s kind of the story beneath a story? Stunning and complex and fascinating. I am obsessed.
I genuinely think this might be my favourite book of all time, or for sure one of my favourites. I want to spend my life untangling it. It’s kind of the story beneath a story? Stunning and complex and fascinating. I am obsessed.
whoopsie i’m like 25 books behind on this thread time to TWEET some BOOKS
