#20booksin2020

In 2018 I decided to challenge myself to read more books and track them. In 2018 it was18 books in 2018. I did not achieve my goal that year. However, 2019 was a comeback year and I have been at it ever since.

For the #20booksin2020 challenge I successfully surpassed my goal and read 28. It was a year of unlearning, learning, and understanding as far as the books I choose to read and how I thought about, interacted with, and processed them. There were some heavy lifts where it came to books on race and identity, which were compounded by the current events of the year. But, I was sure to feed my inner YA (young adult) loving self. I plan to read more books that challenge my thinking but will continue to incorporate the feel good, mushy, light at the end of the tunnel books as well. Because, after all, we need some goodness in our lives.

Without further ado, here is my 2020 list all in one place that some of you asked for. I've linked my Instagram reviews. Follow me there (@wattsnatural) to see what I'm reading in 2021.

Books on race:

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing

Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Kindred by Octavia Butler

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Poetry:

The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur

Doing Wattsnatural: Life in Words by Latoya Watts

Young Adult:

Camp Valor by Hof Williams and Scott McEwen

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga