30 book reviews for 2020 based off the books I have read from January-June 2020<\/a>.\u00a0 Today we have the follow up post reviewing the 22\u00a0books I read in the second half of 2020.\u00a0 It’s not as impressive of a number as the 30 books from the first half of the year, but I did reach my goal of a total of 48 books for the year and I’m damn proud of that considering I’m still working part time and trying to help keep a little human alive.<\/p>\nTo be honest, 52 books in one year was a lot for me to handle and I will likely cut back going forward.\u00a0 I think a happy medium of 30 books for the year would be a great goal for 2021 and beyond (2.5 books per month).\u00a0 Reading 52 books in 1 year, for me, meant reading for a few hours most days.\u00a0 With my priorities on my daughter during her waking hours, this meant reading for ~1 hour in the afternoon while she napped and then for about 1-2 hours at night once she fell asleep.\u00a0 To be honest, I turned into a book hermit and I didn’t allow nearly enough time to just sit and do nothing, play board games with Nic, or converse with Nic enough during this downtime.\u00a0 Sure there were days that I wasn’t reading (especially in the summer) but I was definitely reading more than average.\u00a0 This was a great learning experiment for me and I’m glad to have read all 52 books, but I know going forward that I’ll be cutting back a bit.<\/p>\n
Our July-December Reading List<\/h2>\n
The following books are in my original reading order and not in order of preference.\u00a0 After each title\/author I rank each book on a scale of 1 o 5 stars (5 being the best).\u00a0 At the end I provide my top reads.\u00a0 All opinions stated below are my own.\u00a0 I apologize in advance for the ugly view of these images – for whatever reason the cleaner Amazon images could not get posted properly.<\/p>\n
\n- The Hacking of the American Mind<\/a> by Robert Lustig *****\n