2020 has been the longest year, but it’s over at last. On the blogging front however, it has been an amazing year and I’ve hit so many milestones! I wrote my 300th post in August, hit 500 followers both here on WordPress and on Twitter in September and Worlds Unlike Our Own officially turned 2 years old in October. Let’s take a look at 2020 on my blog and what’s new this year!

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2020 Recap

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Blog Statistics

Most Viewed Post: The Finished Books Tag

Most Liked Post: Reader Problems Book Tag

Most Viewed Book Review: The Betrothed by Kiera Cass

Most Liked Book Review: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Best of 2020

As always, I started out with an initial reading goal of 100 books, which I raised by 50 each time I came close to completing it. My final total stands at 212 books for 2021, a sizeable number of which were actually backlist titles.

Out of the 200+ books I read this year, 8 made it onto my best of shelf: many expected, others not at all. Check out the full post here and see below for individual reviews.

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New in 2021

My posting schedule is staying much the same this year, but I am picking up a new weekly meme: Let’s Talk Bookish that will be posted on Fridays. I will also be doing a Most Anticipated Reads for each month to complement the seasonal lists I already do – these will be posted within the first 3-4 of the month.

The major change though, is that I am not doing any reading challenges this year, and am planning to concentrate on reducing my backlist, particularly on the various series I’ve left unfinished in the past couple of years. Then there are of course, new books and ARCs which will continue to be a main focus (it’s four days into the year, and if you can believe it, I already have a backlog) – there are some titles I’m really excited for this year! The only other thing currently planned is a full series reread of Harry Potter because I saw the first movie over Christmas again and I’m feeling rather nostalgic now. My goal for the Goodreads challenge is once again starting at 100 books, a purposefully easy number for my reading speed so I can concentrate on my other goals more.

I want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all of you for your views, likes, comments and support over this year. Wishing everyone a safe and Happy New Year 2021!

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What were your favourite books of 2020? Do you have any reading goals for this year? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!

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Happy New Year 2021!!
This December was quite a hectic month for me as I attempted a 25 day Blogmas for the first time. Surprisingly enough, I actually managed to post everyday, and it was a lot of fun, so I’ll probably be continuing it going forward too! I read fewer books than usual this month, but I did spend much of my Christmas break catching up on TV shows and movies I’ve been meaning to watch for a while, so overall, a rather productive month!

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I can’t believe it’s already November! Hope you are all staying safe and had a great Halloween! October was a much better reading month than I expected, even if The Tower of Nero did send me into a mini reading slump (totally worth it). November is admittedly one of my favourite months of the year, mostly it’s my birthday month, but it’s also the time when the flood of new books has comparatively slowed down and I can finally start catching up. More importantly though, there’s just one month until A Sky Beyond the Storm is out, and I’m super excited! And now, onto the books!

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September was quite a busy month for me, and not just from a blogging perspective. The month has flown by so quickly! I was able to get back on track with my TBR, and am now finally caught up and ready for October’s releases, primarily The Tower of Nero and Lightbringer, both of which I’ve been looking forward to all year. Now that it looks like I’m going to be working from home for the rest of the year atleast, I’m hoping to reach my current reading goal of 200 books well ahead of December, and maybe catch up on some backlist titles too. In other news, I finally hit 500 followers this month! Thank you so much to all my followers for your support in reaching this milestone!

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August was comparatively a rather poor reading month for me, mainly because I had several heavier titles to get through, which meant I needed to take longer breaks between books. But fall is finally here, and with so many great books out in the next couple of weeks especially, I can’t wait to dive in!

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Another month has flown past! July was pretty packed for me in terms of my 2020 TBR and I had a very productive reading month! My NetGalley shelf is exploding yet again and my goal for August is to get it back to that elusive 80% that I had before. In other news, my blog was featured in Alison @ BossyLibrarian‘s post of Best Book Blogs to Read This Summer earlier this month and I’d like to say thanks again to her for including me in this list along with all these amazing bloggers!
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Happy Canada Day readers!! I can’t believe it’s July and we’re already halfway through 2020! June went by rather quickly despite yet another month of social distancing. While I didn’t read as many books as last month – my speed drastically slowed down this month for some reason – I am on track with my ARC reviews and nearly caught up on this year’s TBR. I am also only fifteen books from my updated reading goal, which probably means I’ll be increasing it again next month. I’m really hoping I can cross 200 books this year!
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May has been quite the productive month for me! Admittedly, I spent more of my reading time on comics this month than I intended to, but I did still manage to get some pretty good novels in there too. Another month of mostly staying home has gone by and it looks like I’m going to be working from home for a while yet, but in good news, the bookstores are finally open again! I’ve also been trying to find better ways to track my TBR and especially my ARCs this month and hopefully it’ll to be a lot more efficient going forward. And of course, I hit my first reading goal for the Goodreads Reading Challenge, which was 100 books and have now moved it up to the next goal of 150! Happy reading and stay safe!
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April felt like the longest month yet this year! Staying indoors freed up a lot more time for reading than usual, and I was able to check off multiple larger titles off both my TBR for this year as well as my backlist, just in time for the flood of new books that usually accompanies May.
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March has been a pretty crazy month and the last two weeks especially have flown by. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. We’re not on lockdown here in Toronto so far, but still trying to stay home as much as possible, which gets boring really quickly, but makes for a lot of added reading time at least.😃 Here’s a chance to work on that no doubt enormous TBR pile! But in other news, I got through quite a number of books this month, including some childhood favourites.
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February might be the shortest month of the year, but it was my busiest in quite some time! I’m still on track with all of my reading goals and I also made a major dent in my backlist this month, finally finishing the second longest book I had in there, just in time for March, which has nearly half a dozen of my most anticipated books for the year! Two days until Chain of Gold!!
My 2020 TBR page is now updated through April, and will continue to be updated as I finish reading and reviewing those books.
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I can hardly believe a month’s already flown by! January was a great reading month for me, and also a great start to my 2020. I finally managed to finish a book that was slowing me down since November, and more importantly, am completely on track with my 2020 reading list, no backlog this month! I’ve taken up three reading challenges this year as you’ll see below, along with the never ending quest to beat the backlist, but I’m feeling quite optimistic about it as I’ve got my reading schedule planned out much more closely than usual and I’m hoping to knock out a few of the bigger reads early in the year before the deluge of summer releases starts. Here are my reading stats for January 2020!
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2019 has been a big year! October marked one year of blogging, and I’ve made a lot of improvements and changes over the year. With that, I have here today my wrap up for the year and an introduction to 2020: my blogging plans, TBR and more!

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Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year 2020! Here’s hoping you all have a wonderful year ahead full of great books!
And here’s the final wrap-up for 2019! This was a much slower reading month for me since I was away on vacation for a while, but I took the time to reread a few favourites both old and new, along with a final few books from my 2019 TBR. Keep an eye out for my 2019 review post, coming soon!
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November was a less productive month than usual for me. While I did knock off a few major reads still pending on this year’s TBR, I still have a couple of mammoth books that I’m not sure I’ll be able to get to this year, namely The Priory of the Orange Tree and Alison Weir’s latest in the Six Tudor Queens series. I also finished my reread of both The Alchemyst series and finally, The Percy Jackson books (in audio). On the downside, I came across not one, but two books that caused me to have a reading slump of nearly a week – I’m still in the process of trying to finish one of them, but more on that when I write the review for it. Overall, a rather average month, but seeing as I’m well over my reading goals for the year, a good one all the same.
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This month marked my first blogversary – I can’t believe it’s been a year already, and what an amazing year it has been! Thank you to my wonderful readers for all your support and feedback! October was definitely a busy month – I completed The Heroes of Olympus series re-read I had planned for this year, and am halfway through The Alchemyst series as well. But more importantly, with the end of this month, I’ve completed my reading goal for the year, 150 books!
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September has been an interesting month and I got quite a lot done. I participated in my first blog tour and also caught up on most of my pending ARCs, leaving only 22 books on my 2019 TBR. I think I might actually be able to end this year without adding to my backlist!
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August has been a busy month! Most of my reads this month were ARCs in an effort to tame that bursting list, although I did manage to fit in a few backlist titles too. I published my 100th blog post earlier this month and also hit 200 followers! Thank you so much to my readers and subscribers for all your support!
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Another month gone, and a busy one at that! July was a little slower on the reading front, but I did blog a lot more than usual. I also find myself with more ARCs in hand than I can read, especially as I’m still (slowly) working my way through the BookCon pile, and I’m really excited for some of my newer eARCs, so keep an eye out for the reviews! August has some great books set to be released, and I’m looking forward to reading Roar by Cora Carmack and Crown of Coral & Pearl by Mara Rutherford in particular. Overall, a long and productive month on the reading front!

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