UwU so in 2019, I ended up finishing 44 books in real life. I'm not talking about Wattpad books. I mean ones that were published and I could hold in my hands, ya know? Anyway, this is a majorly drastic drop from the previous three years of reading 130-170 books a year, but I got a lot more writing done in 2019, so that would be why.
Without further ramblings, I'mma cut to the chase. This is a list of my favorite books that I read in 2019. Some of them did come out in 2019, but not all of them. These are just out of the ones I read this past year.
1. Best Book of the Year:
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
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Synopsis: High school senior Frank Li is a Limbo–his term for Korean-American kids who find themselves caught between their parents' traditional expectations and their own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance–"Date Korean"–which proves complicated when Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful–and white. Fellow Limbo Joy Song is in a similar predicament, and so they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. Frank thinks it's the perfect plan, but in the end, Frank and Joy's fake-dating maneuver leaves him wondering if he ever really understood love–or himself–at all.
Why I Loved It: This book was just so funny and down-to-earth. There was literally a scene in it that went like this: "Chang chong ching chong? Ching chong chang chang."
2. Runner Up:
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
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Synopsis: Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life - which means getting into the right high school to get into the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself.
Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.
Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness.
