24: a 2020 recap episode of reads, action steps, and discussion

This is episode 24 and I’m recapping some of my favorite reads from 2020, some of the most meaningful action steps I took this year, and discussing what this year has held and what I hope for in 2021.

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SHOW NOTES:

• My favorite fiction read for this year: The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
• My favorite debut novel this year: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
• My favorite non-fiction read: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
• My favorite romance read: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez, and the sequel The Happy Ever After Playlist
• My favorite self-help read: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode— and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber
• My favorite memoir: Good Enough: Learning to Let Go of Perfect for the Sake of Holy by my friend Wendi Nunnery
• My favorite Christian read: Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places by Chuck deGroat and Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom by Kelley Nikondeha
• My favorite young adult read: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• My favorite poetry read: What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer
• My favorite thriller: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• My favorite fantasy read: A Court of Thorns of Roses, or the whole trilogy really
• The rings I get engraved with my word of the year
• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram
• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram