Monday, January 3, 2022

Books Read in 2021

 My 2021 reading goal was 40 books. Between my books and the read aloud chapter books with the kids, I ended the year at 45. Woo hoo! I made my goal.

Top 5 Favorite Books: 

(So hard to choose as I read A LOT of really good books this year!)

The Flatshare- Beth O'Leary

(This one was so fun, laughed out loud quite a few times). 

The Four Winds- Kristin Hannah 

(Hard to not love a book by Kristin Hannah, especially when the audiobook is narrated by Julia Whelan. Just so good.)

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle- Emily Nagoski

(Such a therapeutic, entertaining, knowledgeable science-based book that I should probably just own so that I can highlight it all).

The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down- Haemin Sunim

(So many amazing little nuggets of wisdom to ponder in this book. It really spoke to me). 


Other books that I read (and thoroughly enjoyed!):

With the Fire on High- Elizabeth Acevedo 

Sourdough- Robin Sloan

The Jane Austin Society- Natalie Jenner

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way- Amanda Ripley  (Still think about this one all. the. time.)

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know- Malcom Gladwell

The Fountains of Silence- Ruta Sepetys

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whitness- Austin Channing Brown

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism- Amber Ruffin

The Giver of Stars- Jojo Moyes

The Testaments- Margaret Atwood

Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid

Evvie Drake Starts Over- Linda Holmes

I Am A Mother- Jane Clayson Johnson 

The Lions of Fifth Avenue- Fiona Davis

The Midnight Library- Matt Haig

The Switch- Beth O'Leary 

Big Little Lies- Lianne Moriarty

The Vanishing Half- Brit Bennett

The Kitchen Front-Jennifer Ryan

The Mother-In-Law- Sally Hepworth

A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah Maas (Went outside my comfort zone reading this one, fantasy is not my genre of choice, but I ended up really liking it!)

Favorite Kid Read Alouds:

The Terrible Two- Mac Barnett (This book is just so funny and the audio is great. We all laughed our way through this on the way to Cooperstown last Spring).

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstilskin- Liesel Shurtliff (Big fans of a good fairy-tale retelling over here).

The Vanderbeekers of 141st street- Karina Yan Glaser (Perfect for Christmastime)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- J.K. Rowling (Of course! So fun to read HP with the kids, finally!)

Matilda- Roald Dahl (Roald Dahl is the best, so fun to watch the movie after we read this). 

Other Read-Alouds:

The Fairy-Tale Detectives- Michael Buckley

Cam Jansen and the Chocolate Fudge Mystery- David Adler

Lulu and the Brontosaurus- Judith Viorst

Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business- Lyla Lee

The One Thing You'd Save- Linda Sue Park

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Things- Lenore Look

What Are the Summer Olympics- Gail Herman

The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet (Secrets of Droon)- Tony Abbott

Invisible Inkling- Emily Jenkins

The Girl and the Galdurian- Tim Probert

Monster & Boy- Hannah Barnaby 

May B- Caroline Starr Rose

Thanksgiving on Thursday- Mary Pope Osbourne

Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret- Wanda Coven (Belen is really loving this series so I have a feeling we'll be reading quite a few of these together this next year, and I'm totally okay with it! Love seeing her find confidence in her reading).

Heidi Heckelbeck Casts a Spell- Wanda Coven

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