Mae Polzine

Looking Back at What I Read in 2020

2020 was a tough year for a lot of us. I know I already talked a bit about this in my Happy New Year and Goals for January 2021 posts, but I thought I would make a dedicated post for going over the books that I read last year and if any of my thoughts have changed in regards to them. Since this last year really got me back into reading, as before other than Shadowhunters Chronicles which was the majority of my reading in 2019 I pretty much never read. But in 2020, I read at least six to eight books a month. If not, more as I often end up reading several books multiple times or re-reading various chapters repeatedly.

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Goals for January 2021

Considering how 2020 went, I’m not going to make plans for the year. Instead I’m going to take things month by month, and see how it goes. Mostly as I don’t know what the world is going to be like, nor my life for that matter. I’ve been trying my hardest with keeping busy to prevent too much idle time from getting to me, as I cannot handle being idle. Which results in me working full time from home, streaming at least four times a week for three to five hours each time, moderating other people’s streams, and running/moderating multiple discords. On top of other hobbies like reading and art… let’s just say I’m always doing something. And I don’t plan on changing that in 2021. So, I thought I would share some of my goals at least for January.

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Book Review of These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

This was January’s book club book over in a writers’ Discord by Rebecca Mix called The Word Garden (previously Chaos Sprinters) is These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong. I love Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Yes, it’s tragedy, and some things are questionable when you think about it but it’s a classic. So, when I first saw this pop up on Amazon while I was looking at books I instantly just got it. And the same week it arrived, my book club group picked it for the month of January. As I was planning on going to my mom’s for Christmas, I knew I wouldn’t have much entertainment while they had to work during the day so I brought this book along… and ended up finishing it in one day.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag

I wasn’t tagged to do the 12 Days of Christmas Book Tag, but I really liked the concept after seeing it on Ellie’s blog (Read to Ramble). So, I’m going to do it as well. This tag was originally created by Lizzie Loves Books.

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Thoughts on A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

There was no way I was taking a pause to read something else. I jumped straight into A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout after finishing From Blood and Ash. Especially on the cliff hanger that book left off on. And like the previous book, I COULD NOT put this book down and finished it in a day.

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Thoughts on From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I got this series and wanted to wait until it was fully out before reading it… but then TikTok videos would not stop showing up for it. So, rather than getting everything spoiled, I decided to read From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I was going to read other books first, but considering how many times I found myself wanting to get to this book before something major was spoiled like ACOTAR, Shadow and Bone, or Throne of Glass I moved this series up in the list.

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