Sara Anderlich- Assignment 2

This assignment is really interesting for me because I recently started to consistently list the books that I read every year. Last year I read six and so far this year I've read sixteen. I love to read and I love feeling like it's "okay" for me to do so. Sometimes with the stress of school, I feel like it's unproductive to sit down and read a book.. especially with how I like to read. I love to just pick up a book and read for hours until I've gone cover to cover. 

The books on my list for 2020 include:

-The entire Harry Potter series by JK Rowling (this was the first time I've read this series and I owe it all to one of my friends for buying me the first two)

-This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

-All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

-The Don't Close Your Eyes trilogy by Lisa McMann

-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

-The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

-The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

-The Teenage Brain by Frances E. Jensen

(it doesn't really matter, but if you counted, it's still 16 because I technically read the first Harry Potter book in December)

Then the books I tried to get through...
-Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
-Redcoats and Rebels by Christopher Hibbert
-The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The only reason I listed all of these is because I think I'm in a weird place with my reading. I used to be very into realistic fiction and light fantasy, but my taste is beginning to change. I'm a point where I don't really know what I like. I still love romance novels, and I'm trying to get into fantasy; but, I also have a book on my shelf called Shelter in Place by Alexander Maksik that's different. It addresses harder issues like bipolar disorder. I've enjoyed books like this in the past, but they can really be a "make it or break it" kind of thing if I don't feel like I've come to understand the character. I loved the Handmaid's Tale because of this, but it got very slow paced and I haven't picked it up in a while. If I'm being honest, this probably shows that I'm not always the most patient person/reader. I love to be immersed in a book and if I'm not getting that, it's hard to read.

What I'm looking for is a book with a really fun and interesting world that's not too complicated to be confusing. This would probably be science fiction or fantasy.. both are good for world building. So if anyone has any recommendations I would love to hear them...When I read The Rithmatist, though it seemed a little young for me, I really liked the world that the author created.