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CoffeeK8
The City We Became | N.K. Jemisin
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This was such an amazing year for books, and I read a ton of wonderful one. I was able to narrow it down to the 20 best. #20Bestof2020 #20of2020

readordierachel 🎉🎉🎉 4y
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squirrelbrain
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Pickpick

I loved this NF book that I added to my TBR following Holly‘s review @Hooked_on_books and thanks to @TrishB for stalking said TBR and sending me it as a pressie!

It‘s a subject I didn‘t know anything about - a security guard at the Atlanta Olympics who saved lives when he spotted a suspicious package, but was then pursued as the only suspect, leaving the actual bomber to wreak more destruction.

Definitely in my #20bestof2020 #NFedition

TrishB Always good when you get a late great read in the year! 4y
Hooked_on_books I‘m so glad you liked it! I remember hearing a bit about the story when it happened, but then it completely went off my radar. I think they were smart to write this years later rather than too soon. It gives it a bit more heft. 4y
Crazeedi I knew about the grave injustice this man suffered. And I think the lawyer who defended him was Lin Wood? Very sad that sometimes the pursuit of justice leads to easy answers instead of the truth . Adding 4y
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squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books - you‘re right, a much better book for having waited. The outcome for many of the MCs was sad though. 4y
squirrelbrain Yes, that‘s right Crazeedi, although I just had to look him up as I wondered why you knew him. He‘s certainly had an interesting career! 4y
Oryx I watched a film about this recently - crazy story! Recommend the film - I think it's just called Richard Jewel 4y
squirrelbrain I‘ll check the film out soon @Oryx - hubby said he might try the book but he might prefer the film... 4y
Cinfhen Oh...thanks for reminding me about this book, Helen!!!! 4y
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squirrelbrain
The Book of Essie: A novel | Meghan MacLean Weir
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Essie plots her escape from her extremely religious family, who make all of their money through an ongoing TV show.

This novel felt really realistic to me, even though I have no direct experience of such things but based solely on the aforementioned TV shows. Although I guessed Essie‘s terrible ‘secret‘ early on, I was still entranced by the rest of the book. It might even have made my #20bestof2020 but then what would I take out?!

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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4y
Nikki_E It was a really great audiobook too. I wish Liberty‘s book was real. 4y
GinaKButler I really enjoyed this one! 4y
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Cathythoughts Sounds like a good one 👍🏻 4y
rockpools Hope you‘re well Helen! Thank you for the prezzie ☺️. 4y
squirrelbrain @rockpools 🎁 😁🐿😘 4y
kaysworld1 Hello there I have just received a parcel from you today but it has nothing on to say when I should open it. I was just asking because I have 2 swaps coming 😂🤦‍♀️ 4y
Caroline2 Oh good. I‘m so glad you liked it. I really enjoyed it too. 😁 4y
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cathysaid
Freya | Anthony Quinn
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My #20BestOf2020 is actually only nine. Not nearly enough reading this year given that it‘s been...you know...2020. But still, these were really good and the best of what I did read. Several new to me authors and my favorite is tagged. These lists are really helping me get excited about my reading plans for the new year and it‘s nice to look toward to that.

batsy I loved The Tenant of Wildfell Hall! 4y
Cinfhen Dead Mountain and Apartment are both on my kindle waiting for me 🤗🤗🤗 4y
BarbaraBB I loved Apartment! Looking forward to another (and better) year following your choices! 4y
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cathysaid @batsy Right? I‘d never heard of it until my husband bought it for me 4y
cathysaid @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB I‘ve taken screenshots of both your posts 😁 4y
Megabooks So glad there are so many Teddy Wayne fans on litsy!! Cathy and @BarbaraBB 💙👍🏻 2020 was definitely a weird year (to put it mildly)! 4y
cathysaid @Megabooks Weird indeed 4y
CarolynM I love The Golden Age ❤️ 4y
cathysaid @CarolynM So glad I stumbled across it! 4y
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