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2021 has been a wild year for me - I got promoted and became a homeowner! This also meant I was busier than ever and had less time to read.
Although I didn't read nearly as much compared to the previous two years, I somehow managed to finish 138 books in 2021 and DNF 5 books.
Of the 138 books, these were my favourites:
Top 10 Favourite Books I Read, Published after Jan 1st, 2021 (in no particular order):
Top 10 Books Favourite Books I Read, Published before Jan 1st, 2021 (in no particular order):
I didn't read as much in 2021 (compared to previous years), so I couldn't quite complete the following challenges...
Trying to fulfill the 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge:
✓ 1. A book that's published in 2021 - All the Tides of Fate
✓ 2. An Afrofuturist book - Wings of Ebony
✓ 3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - We Just Clicked
✓ 4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - Emily's Fortune
✓ 5. A dark academia book - Legendborn
✓ 6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title - The Empress of Salt and Fortune
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
✓ 8. A book that has won the Women's Prize for Fiction - The Song of Achilles
✓ 9. A book with a family tree - The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
✓ 11. A book about forgetting - Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
✓ 12. A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a ZOOM call, in a TV show, etc.) - A Court of Silver Flames
13. A locked-room mystery
✓ 14. A genre hybrid - The Good Sister
✓ 15. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - Once There Were Wolves
✓ 16. A book with something broken on the cover - Inside the O'Briens
✓ 17. A book by a Muslim American author - The Bad Muslim Discount
✓ 18. A book that was published anonymously - Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
✓ 19. A book with an oxymoron in the title - Second First Impressions
✓ 20. A book about do-overs or fresh starts -Concrete Rose
✓ 21. A magical realism book - The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.
✓ 22. A book set in multiple countries - The Girl with Seven Names
✓ 23. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021 - Bridge of Souls
✓ 24. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - Dot Journaling
25. A book whose title starts with "Q" "X" or "Z"
✓ 26. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) - The Cousins
✓ 27. A book about a social justice issue - The Skin We're In
✓ 28. A book set in a restaurant - Notes from a Young Black Chef
✓ 29. A book with a black-and-white cover - Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
✓ 30. A book by an indigenous author - Black Sun
✓ 31. A book that has the same title as a song - Black Sun
✓ 32. A book about a subject you are passionate about - Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design"
✓ 33. A book that discusses body positivity - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
✓ 34. A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list - The Skin We're In
✓ 35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels, anthology) - The Lives of Saints
✓ 36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Women of the Pandemic
✓ 37. A book you think your best friend would like - The End of Food Allergy
✓ 38. A book about art or an artist - The Kingdom of Back
✓ 39. A book everyone seems to have read but you - The Hero of Ages
✓ 40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - A book published in 2020 - Fable
ADVANCED
✓ 41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars
✓ 42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Warm Up
✓ 43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover - The Kingdom of Back
✓ 44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover - Nevernight
45. The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
✓ 46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't - The Oldest Student
✓ 47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing - The End of Food Allergy
✓ 48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random - Radio Silence
✓ 49. A DNF book from your TBR list - House of Earth and Blood
✓ 50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library) - This Is How We Fly
Trying to fulfill the 2021 Book Riot Read Harder Reading Challenge:
✓ 1. Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read - To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars
✓ 2. Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism - The Skin We're In
✓ 3. Read a non-European novel in translation - Kafka on the Shore
✓ 4. Read an LGBTQ+ history book - The Queer Evangelist
✓ 5. Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author - Black Sun
✓ 6. Read a fanfic - American Notes on British Baking by Airgiodslv (a Red, White & Royal Blue fan fic that you can read here
✓ 7. Read a fat-positive romance - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
✓ 8. Read a romance by a trans or nonbinary author - Cemetery Boys
✓ 9. Read a middle grade mystery - The Math Kids: The Triangle Secret
✓ 10. Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color - A Universe of Wishes
✓ 11. Read a food memoir by an author of color - Notes from a Young Black Chef
12. Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color
✓ 13. Read a book with a cover you don’t like - Nevernight
14. Read a realistic YA book not set in the U.S., UK, or Canada
✓ 15. Read a memoir by a Latinx author - Who Says I Can't: The Astonishing Story of a Fearless Life
✓ 16. Read an own voices book about disability - Funny, You Don't Look Autistic
✓ 17. Read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain - You Should See Me In A Crown
✓ 18. Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader - Becoming Kim Jong Un
✓ 19. Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist - Yellow Wife
✓ 20. Read a book of nature poems - Field Guide to Invasive Species of Minnesota
✓ 21. Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability - Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
✓ 22. Read a book set in the Midwest - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism
✓ 23. Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness - Heart Berries
✓ 24. Read a book featuring a beloved pet where the pet doesn’t die - Starsight
Although I didn't read nearly as much compared to the previous two years, I somehow managed to finish 138 books in 2021 and DNF 5 books.
Of the 138 books, these were my favourites:
Top 10 Favourite Books I Read, Published after Jan 1st, 2021 (in no particular order):
Top 10 Books Favourite Books I Read, Published before Jan 1st, 2021 (in no particular order):
I didn't read as much in 2021 (compared to previous years), so I couldn't quite complete the following challenges...
Trying to fulfill the 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge:
✓ 1. A book that's published in 2021 - All the Tides of Fate
✓ 2. An Afrofuturist book - Wings of Ebony
✓ 3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - We Just Clicked
✓ 4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - Emily's Fortune
✓ 5. A dark academia book - Legendborn
✓ 6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title - The Empress of Salt and Fortune
✓ 8. A book that has won the Women's Prize for Fiction - The Song of Achilles
✓ 9. A book with a family tree - The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina
✓ 11. A book about forgetting - Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
✓ 12. A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a ZOOM call, in a TV show, etc.) - A Court of Silver Flames
✓ 14. A genre hybrid - The Good Sister
✓ 15. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - Once There Were Wolves
✓ 16. A book with something broken on the cover - Inside the O'Briens
✓ 17. A book by a Muslim American author - The Bad Muslim Discount
✓ 18. A book that was published anonymously - Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
✓ 19. A book with an oxymoron in the title - Second First Impressions
✓ 20. A book about do-overs or fresh starts -Concrete Rose
✓ 21. A magical realism book - The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.
✓ 22. A book set in multiple countries - The Girl with Seven Names
✓ 23. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021 - Bridge of Souls
✓ 24. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - Dot Journaling
✓ 26. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) - The Cousins
✓ 27. A book about a social justice issue - The Skin We're In
✓ 28. A book set in a restaurant - Notes from a Young Black Chef
✓ 29. A book with a black-and-white cover - Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
✓ 30. A book by an indigenous author - Black Sun
✓ 31. A book that has the same title as a song - Black Sun
✓ 32. A book about a subject you are passionate about - Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design"
✓ 33. A book that discusses body positivity - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
✓ 34. A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list - The Skin We're In
✓ 35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels, anthology) - The Lives of Saints
✓ 36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Women of the Pandemic
✓ 37. A book you think your best friend would like - The End of Food Allergy
✓ 38. A book about art or an artist - The Kingdom of Back
✓ 39. A book everyone seems to have read but you - The Hero of Ages
✓ 40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - A book published in 2020 - Fable
ADVANCED
✓ 41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars
✓ 42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Warm Up
✓ 43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover - The Kingdom of Back
✓ 44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover - Nevernight
✓ 46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't - The Oldest Student
✓ 47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing - The End of Food Allergy
✓ 48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random - Radio Silence
✓ 49. A DNF book from your TBR list - House of Earth and Blood
✓ 50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library) - This Is How We Fly
Trying to fulfill the 2021 Book Riot Read Harder Reading Challenge:
✓ 1. Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read - To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars
✓ 2. Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism - The Skin We're In
✓ 3. Read a non-European novel in translation - Kafka on the Shore
✓ 4. Read an LGBTQ+ history book - The Queer Evangelist
✓ 5. Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author - Black Sun
✓ 6. Read a fanfic - American Notes on British Baking by Airgiodslv (a Red, White & Royal Blue fan fic that you can read here
✓ 7. Read a fat-positive romance - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
✓ 8. Read a romance by a trans or nonbinary author - Cemetery Boys
✓ 9. Read a middle grade mystery - The Math Kids: The Triangle Secret
✓ 10. Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color - A Universe of Wishes
✓ 11. Read a food memoir by an author of color - Notes from a Young Black Chef
✓ 13. Read a book with a cover you don’t like - Nevernight
14. Read a realistic YA book not set in the U.S., UK, or Canada
✓ 15. Read a memoir by a Latinx author - Who Says I Can't: The Astonishing Story of a Fearless Life
✓ 16. Read an own voices book about disability - Funny, You Don't Look Autistic
✓ 17. Read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain - You Should See Me In A Crown
✓ 18. Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader - Becoming Kim Jong Un
✓ 19. Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist - Yellow Wife
✓ 20. Read a book of nature poems - Field Guide to Invasive Species of Minnesota
✓ 21. Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability - Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
✓ 22. Read a book set in the Midwest - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism
✓ 23. Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness - Heart Berries
✓ 24. Read a book featuring a beloved pet where the pet doesn’t die - Starsight