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    My Favorite 2020 Nonfiction Reads

    I admit nonfiction usually isn’t my go-to, hence why you won’t see quite as many books on this list than are on my previous two favorites lists (“My Favorite 2020 Fiction Reads” and “My Top 10 Favorite Reads from 2019”). Since I was a kid, I’ve leaned more towards fiction as a way to escape into fun adventures with characters who get to live lives vastly different from my own. But I’ve always loved to learn and research, too. (I find it all too easy to go down the Google hole.) And yet it’s rare that I pick up a nonfiction book for fun; however, my reading tastes seemed to…

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    Between the World and Me: Waking Up the Dreamers

    Books hold within them a great power–and no, not just the spellbook kind. Books have the power to inspire, to motivate, to educate, to delight. And during this strange time, I could really use a little bit of all of that. I’ve come to realize that books, and similarly, TV and film, are so powerful because they force us to do the one thing a lot of us aren’t too great at in our daily lives: listen. We’re so used to the constant chatter on social media that sometimes it feels like some of us have lost the art of heartfelt conversation. But when we’re ready to settle down and actually…