Favorite Books of 2020

 

Red Rope of Fate by KM Shea
    
Read: January 2020
Favorite Quote:
 

The patrol leaders stared blankly at Tari, their teacups held in various poses
 
  


Much Ado About Nothing
 
Read: January 2020
Favorite Quote:  
 
"Can the world buy such a jewel?"
"Yea, and a case to put it into." 
 
 

Royal Magic by KM Shea
  
Read: January 2020
Favorite Quote:  
 
He momentarily fussed over his collar. "I properly insulted, right?" 


Summer Bird Blue
  
Read: April 2020
Favorite Quote: 

He laughs. “Come on. Goin’ hurt my feeling if you say no.”

“Your feeling? As in one?”

“I only have one left.”


The Merciful Crow

  
Read: June 2020
Favorite Quote:  
 
A smile sharper than steel cut beneath Fie's mask. There was a reason they called it the money dance.
 
 
Don't Date Rosa Santos
  
Read: June 2020
Favorite Quote:  
 
Then she grabbed my shoulders and said, “Scoop him up and throw some sprinkles on that. Drizzle the caramel. You get me? Doodle his name in that little journal of yours. Doodle it hard.”
“Is that a euphemism?” I asked, confused, but suddenly wanting ice cream.  
 
 

Finale by Stephanie Garber

Read: June 2020
Favorite Quote: 

“I’m not trying to win her hand. I’m offering her mine, and everything that comes with it, hoping she’ll take it and decide she wants to keep it.”
 
 
 
For the Broken Heart, For the Broken Girl by Lia Marie

Read: July 2020
Favorite Quote: 

 

the world moved on around us

but  we sat on the steps 

still as statues

and watched it all burn down

 

 
The Prince's Bargain by KM Shea
    
Read: December 2020
Favorite Quote:  
"We!" Wilford tried to draw himself up while still restrained. "Are His Majesty's trusted aides. How dare you!" He tried to raise his walking stick-as if to poke the angry lord.

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
   
Read: December 2020
Favorite Quote: 
 
#1: 
“Is that all?' said Zoya. 'Will you be taking up juggling as well?'
'Don't be ridiculous,' Nikolai replied. 'I already know how to juggle. Literally and figuratively.” 

    
#2: 
“She wished she had Inej’s gift for spywork or Kaz’s gift for scheming, but she only seemed to have Jesper’s gift for bad decisions.”
 
 
 
Love and Olives by Jenna Evans Welch
   
Read: December 2020
Favorite Quote:  
 
 “Kalamata, no one knows what they're doing. It's called life.”