2020 was the year I stayed at home reading books. I discovered Libby and signed up using my Singapore National Library Card. I also started reading my flatmate’s books… which were just sitting on a shelf in the living room. It’s amazing what boredom can do, like making me notice what was always there, and challenging me to read outside my genre. My Top 5 are highlighted in bold. Enjoy scrolling!
Books:
1) The Gratitude Attitude by David & Lo-Ann Trembley (Jan)
2) Taking Your Soul to Work by R. Paul Stevens & Alvin Ung (Jan)
3) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Feb)
4) Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Feb)
5) Ironweed by William Kennedy (Feb)
6) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (Mar)
7) Outsiders by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Mar)
8) King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green (Mar)
9) Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret by Dr & Mrs Howard Taylor (Mar)
10) July, July by Tim O’Brien (Mar)
11) The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (Mar)
12) Falling for Rachel by Nora Roberts (Mar)
13) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Apr)
14) The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith (Apr)
15) A Dog’s Ransom by Patricia Highsmith (Apr)
16) Carol by Patricia Highsmith (Apr)
17) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (Apr)
18) Evil and the Mask by Fuminori Nakamura (Apr)
19) Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck (Apr)
20) A Quiver Full of Arrows by Jeffrey Archer (Apr)
21) Waterslain Angels by Kevin Crossley-Holland (May)
22) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (May)
23) Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor (May)
24) The Iron King by Maurice Druon (May)
25) Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan (May)
26) The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (May)
27) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken (May)
28) Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado (June)
29) The Radical Disciple by John Stott (June)
30) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (June)
31) Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson (June)
32) In the Kitchen by Monica Ali (June)
33) Know Your Why by Ken Costa (June)
34) Called out of Darkness; A Spiritual Confession by Anne Rice (June)
35) The Power of Patience by M.J. Ryan (July)
36) Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (July)
37) D.L. Moody on Spiritual Leadership by Steve Miller (July)
38) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Aug)
39) Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice (Aug)
40) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Aug)
41) HP and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Sep)
42) HP and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Sep)
43) HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Sep)
44) HP and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Sep)
45) HP and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Oct)
46) HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Oct)
47) HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Oct)
48) Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne (Oct)
49) The Secret of Happiness by Billy Graham (Oct)
50) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Nov)
51) The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Nov)
52) Envy: The Enemy Within by Bob Sorge (Dec)
Wan Phing Lim 