TIME The Year in Review

My Book Year in Review, 2021 and my TOP PICKS?
Another year of reading comes to a close and a new year of adventures begins with the next chapter.
I'm a "stats" girl and love to look back on my year of reading. People always ask "what are you reading now" or ask for recommendations. I'm always happy to talk books ?
Here is an inside look at my year:

STATS
?111 total books read
?Shortest Book 24 pages
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STATS
📕111 total books read
📕Shortest Book 24 pages
📕Longest Book 768 pages
📕Average book length in 2021, 240 pages

BREAKDOWN
📕Non Fiction 25
📕Paris 25
📕Children/YA 11 (plus approx 333 more 😅)
📕Reviewed for Author/Publisher 49
📕Launch Team Books 8
📕Audio 15

NOTE on 👆-I review all* the books I read. I post reviews on a min of 4 platforms, usually 5-6, and occasionally as many as 10. The books I am asked to review by authors/publishers get more platform placement. Same for Launch Team books.
*Childrens/YA books only get reviewed if I receive a copy from the author/publisher or if it is a chapter book I am reading with my granddaughter. (If I reviewed all the rest, I'd never leave my computer 😅)

TOP PICKS!
📕The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
📕The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
📕The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
📕A Promised Land by Barrack Obama
📕Chasing Shadows by Lynn Austin
📕A Picture of Hope by Liz Tolsma
📕The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe
📕The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin
📕The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman 2y

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TIME The Year in Review | Time Magazine

@Nute @Graywacke @batsy Thank you for your tags for #top21in21 #top21of21
Star Trek TOS 365 doesn't appear only because I couldn't get the cover to sit well in the collage, and the year's not yet over, so whether this is my final list ... 😏

batsy A super intriguing list! I love seeing the Rilke in there, and the rest I want to add to the TBR without delay :) 2y

Centique There are some fascinating looking books in there! I have recently discovered the joy of Alan Garner so I must get to this one too. 2y

TrishB Have screenshot 👍🏻 2y

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TrishB Just ordered the Bowie one for hubby for Christmas 👍🏻 2y

Bookwomble @batsy Yeah, the Rilke was a highlight 🌟 2y

Bookwomble @Centique I've got his most recent book (tagged) under the tree 🎄📖😊

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Bookwomble @TrishB Despite being a curated collection of media quotes about DB, I really loved that book. I'm sure your hubby will, too 💛👨🏼‍🎤🧡😊 2y

Graywacke I knew you would have a fascinating list and unlike any other. Great stuff. (Tom Bombadil? I thought everyone skipped that part of LotR ☺️, and yet you found(!) and read a whole book on him and apparently it‘s pretty good.) 2y

Bookwomble @Graywacke I fell in love with Tim Bombadil and Goldberry the first time I read LoTR, and though my recollection is a little hazy 🤔 I think I might have read The Adventures of... first, from my primary school library. Fun poems, which Tolkien pretends are traditional hobbit folktales from the Shire 😊 2y

Graywacke @Bookwomble had no idea he wrote them independently. 2y

Nute You‘re welcome, Michael!🙂 Fantastic reading this year! I remember your review on The Water Margin much earlier in the year. I made note of that book then. So glad to see that it claimed a spot on your Favorites ‘21 List. I am discovering so many new books because of everyone‘s choices. Reading through these posts is like a Saturday morning heavenly literary smorgasbord from some of my most favorite people on the planet! Such a delight!💕 2y

Bookwomble @Graywacke Tom was based one of his children's toys, about whom Tolkien made up stories to amuse them, and which eventually found their way into his writings. I love that the magical stories the world enjoys began as tales of a doting parent for his children 💖 2y

Graywacke @Bookwomble that‘s really cool. 2y

LeahBergen Mapp and Lucia!! ❤️❤️ 2y

Bookwomble @LeahBergen I read the whole series this year, but Mapp and Lucia is their apotheosis 🙂 2y

LeahBergen @Bookwomble It certainly is! I only have the last one left to read. 😢 2y

Bookwomble @LeahBergen Ah, but then you get to read them again, and knowing what's coming before the characters do is delicious! “There is a certain amount which I shan't mention publicly," Elizabeth said. "Things about Lucia which I should never dream of stating openly."
"Those are just the ones I should like to hear about most," said Diva. "Just a few little titbits.” ? 2y

LeahBergen Bahaha! That‘s glorious! And yes, I will definitely be rereading these. 2y

merelybookish What a great list! I'm also taking notes. Hearing Trumpet by Carrington made my life. I bet her life story is fascinating! 2y

Bookwomble @Nute The Water Margin was a wonderful surprise for me. I'd expected a typically rushed-off novelization of the TV show, but it was clearly a well-considered labour of love. I hope I'm not overselling it 😬🤞🏻 2y

Bookwomble @merelybookish I fell in love with Leonora reading that book! 💖 The Hearing Trumpet is fantastic, isn't it? I must track down her short stories next year. 2y

merelybookish @Bookwomble I wouldnt have thought surrealism was my bag but the Hearing Trumpet was so much fun! I have a copy of her short stories. On the list for next year! 2y

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