The Excuses Challenge - hosted by readandbookmarked

A book bought/borrowed in 2020
A book you bought/borrowed during the pandemic when you thought you would have more time for reading.
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Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi

Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You

The Spiderwick Chronicles - Companion Books

Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi

142 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade reference adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 1 by Kazuo Umezu

Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 1

Cat Eyed Boy #1

Kazuo Umezu

532 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction comics horror manga dark slow-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

559 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

177 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories by Popy Z. Brite, Poppy Z. Brite

Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories

Popy Z. Brite, Poppy Z. Brite

185 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror short stories dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Oliver Sacks

262 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
Cilkan tarina by Heather Morris, Pekka Tuomisto

Cilkan tarina

The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2

Heather Morris, Pekka Tuomisto

405 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History by Vidya Krishnan

Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History

Vidya Krishnan

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction health history science challenging emotional informative medium-paced
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

464 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history funny informative medium-paced
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

249 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced