My Fifteen Favorite Fantasy Reads of 2020

Welcome to this year’s reading round up, in which I agonize over which of the books I read this year were my absolute favorites and share them with you!

I read a ton of books this year, and many of them were absolutely fantastic. But only 15 can make the list… because… well, because there have to be rules somewhere, and also, I don’t have enough time to talk about all 83 books I read this year (yep, EIGHTY-THREE!) (and we were wondering why Jenelle didn’t get any writing done this year… well, this is part of the reason. The rest of the reason can be summed up thusly: 2020).

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A Cozy Christmas Invitation

Friends! Are you looking for something fun and Christmassy and cozy and FREE to do with your family?

Then I highly recommend coming to the read-aloud of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. We attended via Zoom (and while Zoom is rarely better than in real life, this event is perfect for it) and it was really fun! The first of 3 read-aloud sessions was last night (link to watch included in actual post)

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Ghoulfire: Book Review

Deliciously spooky, with a good helping of humor

Warning, some mild spoilers for Ghostlight may be sprinkled throughout this review!

You may remember that I talked about the book Ghostlight by Rabia Gale in my Top 15 Favorite Reads of 2019 post last year, when I did mini-reviews of all my favorite reads that I hadn’t gotten around to reviewing throughout the year. grin It was such a delightfully spooky (but also sweet and charming) October read, that I’ve been saving the sequel until another October rolled around.

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