Bookmarked by A

This hot mess of a year is already halfway over, and I can’t say I’m feeling nostalgic for the first half of it. The good thing about the year so far is that I’ve read so many amazing books. I’ve painstakingly and painfully (it was very hard) narrowed down the 49 books I read in the first half of 2020 to my top ten! Without further ado –

I don’t even know how to talk about the second quarter of 2020 without acknowledging the injustice happening in our world. In this three-month period, we saw senseless death at the hands of both Anti-Black police brutality and racism and COVID-19. Reading has been both a tool for education and a vehicle for joy during this quarter. I have committed to further diversifying my bookshelf and to prioritizing books by Black and IPOC authors in my everyday reading life. How about you?

Frances Cha’s debut novel, If I Had Your Face, is the Book Club by A pick for the month of June, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to connect with her and ask her some of my burning questions after reading her fantastic novel!

I haven’t been great during the month of June at sharing my book mail over on @bookmarkedbya on Instagram, so here comes a major roundup – complete with synopses – to make up for that! Check out the titles I’ve received from publishers lately + let me know if any are on your TBR.