Vanessa Grillone

To all the books I’ve read this year…

I LOVE YOU. You’ve gotten me through the long months of quarantine and held my hand during the warm summer months. I’ve borrowed you and shared you, I’ve ordered you online and picked you up at my favourite local stores (A Novel Spot & TYPE Books). I’ve downloaded you on my Kobo, spilled coffee on you and marked up your pages. I’ve stayed up late because of you and have fallen asleep with you on my lap.

You’ve been my mirror, my confidant, and my one constant.

Thank you!

Thanks to quarantine I’ve had a lot of time to read this year. Here’s a list of all of the books I’ve read so far. I’ve given them each a rating out of five stars. Please note that this rating is purely based on whether or not I liked the book. I am not going into plot or character development or writing, the stars are simply my overall feelings. My mood at the time that I read the book could have very well informed the star rating.

1. Ariel Levy – The Rules Do Not Apply 🌟🌟
2. Ann Napolitano- Dear Edward 🌟🌟
3. Patti Smith – M Train 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
4. Julia Armfield – Salt Slow 🌟🌟
5. Patti Smith – Just Kids 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
6. Karma Brown – Recipe for a Perfect Wife 🌟🌟🌟
7. Jia Tolentino – Trick Mirror 🌟🌟🌟
8. Kiley Reid – Such a fun Age 🌟🌟
9. Victoria James – Wine Girl 🌟🌟🌟🌟
10. Joan Didion – The Year of Magical Thinking 🌟🌟🌟🌟
11. Gail Honeyman – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
12. Samantha Irby – Wow, No Thank You 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
13. Emily St. John Mandel – The Glass Hotel 🌟🌟
14. Joan Didion – Blue Nights 🌟🌟
15. Jen Gotch – The Upside of Down 🌟🌟
16. Julia Alvarez – Afterlife 🌟🌟🌟🌟
17. Rachel Matlow – Dead Mom Walking 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
18. Desmond Cole – The Skin We’re In 🌟🌟🌟🌟
19. Jacqueline Woodson – Red At The Bone 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
20. Maya Angelou – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 🌟🌟🌟🌟
21. Celeste Ng – Little Fires Everywhere 🌟🌟🌟🌟
22. Julian Barnes – The Only Story 🌟🌟🌟🌟
23. Erin Morgenstern – The Starless Sea 🌟🌟🌟
24. Zoe Whittall – Holding Still For As Long As Possible 🌟🌟🌟🌟
25. J.D. Salinger – Franny and Zooey 🌟🌟🌟
26. Souvankham Thammavongsa – How to Pronounce Knife 🌟🌟🌟🌟
27. Fredrik Backman – Anxious People 🌟🌟🌟🌟
28. Teri Vlassopoulos – Escape Plans 🌟🌟🌟🌟
29. Zadie Smith – On Beauty 🌟🌟🌟🌟
30. Heather Morris – The Tattooist of Auschwitz 🌟🌟🌟🌟
31. David Chang – Eat A Peach 🍑 🍑🍑🍑🍑