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Mid-Year Book Freak Out

Since the civil unrest started several weeks ago, I've been listening more to Black voices via Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. This includes BookTube, which I consume but don't contribute to. (I'm too old and ugly to put my face out there for public consumption, which is why I blog.) One of the BT channels I have found is Ash at Bookish Realm. Ash is a Black woman and a librarian, and I really enjoy her content. She posted a video today on a "Mid-Year Freak Out," which is a thing I hadn't heard of ... but I love to talk about myself, so I will answer the questions below the link to her video. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tm36IZ4pNl0 I've only finished 34 books so far, so there may be some books that answer more than one question. 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2020 I'm not 100% sure on this one because I've read a number of really good books, but I'm going to say Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. This multigenerational story of a Korean fa