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My Year In Reading: 2020

 2020 has been quite a year for many of us. I don't know of anyone that hasn't been negatively affected by the year that was. As the world descended into a pandemic all of our lives changed and were thrown into turmoil. It's been quite the chaotic year. I count myself as a lucky one though; I live in a country that hasn't been hit incredibly hard (although we are fighting a small second wave currently) and I have a full time job that wasn't affected by COVID. For those that don't know I work for Australia's largest book company and I build/run the AI chatbots for our website. Although it's difficult and takes up a lot of my time I really enjoy it. Also, book discounts are nice.  Personally, I have had quite the mediocre and chaotic year reading wise. It started off really well and then I read in patches. I managed to finish 20 books which is a decent amount but I read probably double if not triple that if you count poems and short stories that maybe woul

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