2021 was my most ambitious reading year to date. After blowing my 2020 goal of 75 books out of the water, I thought that 100 books would be easy peasy. While I did reach my goal in 2021, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I should have. I feel some serious reading burnout, and am making some changes to my plans for 2022. (Come back to the blog tomorrow for more on that!)

One Star

• Desdemona & the Deep by CSE Cooney

Two Stars

• The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean
• What’s Left Unsaid by Emily Bleeker
• Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
• A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
• Her Perfect Life by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Three Stars

• The Survivors by Jane Harper
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• The Da Vinci Code by Suzanne Collins
• The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
• Origin by Dan Brown
• You Are A Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero
• The Crowns of Croswald by D.E. Night
• The Girl With The Whispering Shadow by D.E. Night
• The Words of the Wandering by D.E. Night
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
• The 100 by Kass Morgan
• Day 21 by Kass Morgan
• Homecoming by Kass Morgan
• Rebellion by Kass Morgan
• Dust to Dust by Audrey Keown
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
• The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
• Endless Night by Agatha Christie
• One by One by Ruth Ware
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhig
• The Breakdown by BA Paris
• Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• False Witness by Karin Slaughter
• The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner
• The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
• The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
• Specials by Scott Westerfield
• Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
• Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris
• Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
• The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
• The Other Family by Wendy Corsi Staub

Four Stars

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• Defending Jacob by William Landay
• Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by Tara Schuster
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• The Missing of Clairedelune by Christelle Dabos
• Inferno by Dan Brown
• The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
• Never Tell by Lisa Gardner
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
• The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry
• Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo
• Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo
• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
• Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
• Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
• A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab
• A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab
• Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
• Nice Girls by Catherine Dang
• Broken by Jennie Lawson
• The Storm of Echoes by Christelle Dabos
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• Uglies by Scott Westerfield
• Pretties by Scott Westerfield
• The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
• The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
• The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
• The Maid by Nita Prose
• Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner
• Divergent by Veronica Roth

Five Stars

• Find Her by Lisa Gardner
• The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos
• Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
• The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
• When You See Me by Lisa Gardner
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
• My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
• Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
• A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
• The Myth of the Nice Girl by Fran Hauser
• Big Fish by David Wallace
• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
• Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
• Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

In 2021, I read a total of 103 books for a total of 31,358 minutes. I surpassed both of my goals, which feels good to accomplish. However, this reading goal really burned me out. I stopped enjoying reading, which sucked. One of my goals for 2022 will definitely be to get back to loving reading again, and not feeling like it’s a chore.

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