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Thanks to Lilyyy for the prompts, who I believe got it from Jamie. Feel free to borrow it from me, but be sure to give them credit! This was a lot of fun to work on :) **2021 READING STATS** Number Of Books You Read: 58 Number of Re-Reads: 2 Genre You Read The Most From: YA Fantasy 1. Best Book You Read In 2021? Either Uprooted by Naomi Novik or The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. You're lucky I narrowed it down to two. 2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t? The Relic of Perilous Falls by Raymond Arroyo. *cries* 3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read? Hekkin Switch by A.S. King. Holy moly. And Voices by David Elliott, although it probably shouldn't have been. 4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)? Despite how much I blather about the books I read, I don't think any of my friends have read any of my recs yet? 5. Best series you started in 2021? Best Sequel of 2021? Best Series Ender of 2021? Best starter goes to The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin; best sequel To Darkness Fled by Jill Williamson (this is an easy win because the other sequels I read were exceedingly meh); and best ender is definitely Warriors of Wing and Flame by Sara B. Larson. 6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2021? I read everything Sara B. Larson has ever written this year after the "Sisters of Shadow and Light" duology exploded me into smithereens. That counts for something. 7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone? Sci-fi isn't necessarily out of my comfort zone, but it's definitely a genre I want to love more than I have. In that regard Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir blew my pessimistic expectations out of the water. 8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year? The Rule of Mirrors by Caragh M. O'Brien. I may have been stress reading just a little, but also the weird, stressful twist this took hooked me completely. 9. Book You Read In 2021 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year? The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He for blog purposes. It requires more thought than I was able to give it the first time around. 10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2021? I can't stop thinking about the cover to Uprooted. I was literally thinking about it last week. 11. Most memorable character of 2021? ROCKY ALL THE WAY (Project Hail Mary) 12. Most beautifully written book read in 2021? The Fifth Season. I read so much of it aloud to myself. Beautiful prose. Scratched the same part of my brain as Rushdie. 13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2021? I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux by Jean du Coeur de Jésus d'Elbée. Also, Switch. I'm reeling. 14. Book you can’t believe you waited until 2021 to finally read? Murder on the Orient Express. What is wrong with me?? 15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2021? Anything from I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux will do. I have a list at home and I'll fill this space in. 16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2021? Shortest: The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang (32 pages). Longest: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (878). 17. Book That Shocked You The Most (Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.) Project Hail Mary, hands down. (view spoiler)[When Rocky's ship appeared my jaw dropped, which was concerning to my family because that hasn't ever happened to me. I didn't read the inside flap, so I didn't know he was going to meet an alien that WAVES BACK *dies* (hide spoiler)] 18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!) HADES AND PERSEPHONE FROM LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME 1. 19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year Taako, Merle, and Magnus from Here There Be Gerblins (start here to join me in screaming about TAZ). 20. Favorite Book You Read in 2021 From An Author You’ve Read Previously The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis <3 21. Best Book You Read In 2021 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.: Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen. A delightful rec from a good friend. 22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2021? Either Finn from These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan, or Loukas from Warriors of Wing and Flame. 23. Best 2021 debut you read? Project Hail Mary and Switch are going to fight it out. 24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year? Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard. I feel like I visited all the places she took us. 25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read? Pugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve. I bet it made you smile just now too, didn't it? Also Project Hail Mary, don't @ me. 26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2021? Honestly, The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang. And of course To Darkness Fled because I'm a romantic fool. 27. Hidden Gem Of The Year? The Bright & the Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski. I actually really enjoyed this one. 28. Book That Crushed Your Soul? Pugs of the Frozen North. I kid. Willow by Julia Hoban was pretty soul crushing. I don't have any serious answers to this question I guess, sorry. 29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2021? Good Dream, Bad Dream/Sueno Bueno, Sueno Malo: The World's Heroes Save the Night!/Los Heroes del Mundo Salvan La Noche! by Juan Calle. This was such a fun concept, I've considered re-reading it, or purchasing it so I can look at it forever. 30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)? From Darkness Won by Jill Williamson. *shakes fist* So much unneccessary back-and-forth-ing! Augh! Or Switch, only in this case I mean mad as in crazy. I went a little insane. Bonus Questions? Favorite post you wrote in 2021? My review of These Hollow Vows. I had a lot of fun with this one. It gives you a solid dose of my sense of humor so the fact that it's out in the world is terrifying if I think about it too long. Note: The third and fifth spoilers aren't actually spoilers, I just like using the spoiler tags for comedic effect. This obviously backfires on itself because only maniacs or people who've read the book click on the spoiler tags, and all two of my subscribers miss out on my jokes. Les sigh. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2021? Started recording a podcast with my brother! Should be active some day, so it's early stages excitement. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year? I have a real human job. This prevents me from staying home and reading and writing reviews and blog posts all day every day. This became particularly difficult to deal with when the sun started going to bed before I did and the insidious SAD set in. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love? Read my review of Voices by David Elliott. It's completely serious, but marked the first foray into the kind of writing I'm hoping to have on my blog. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year? The Goodreads one, for the first time since I've been on here! Looking Ahead Questions 1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2021 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2022? Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell. The part of my heart that wants to DEVOUR EVERYTHING THE WOMAN HAS EVER WRITTEN was run over by my tbr :( no regerts 2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2022 (non-debut)? The Shadow and Bone trilogy. I want desperately to watch the show, I've had many friends tell me how great it was! 3. 2022 Debut You Are Most Anticipating? Book of Night by Holly Black. 4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2022? These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan. I must know how it endssss. 5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2022? Blog posts galore! Also here's hoping I can reach that Goodreads goal again! Someday I want to be one of those people that read 100 books in a year :O I'm not sure how realistic it is since I want to dissect the heck out of each book I read afterwards on my blog, which is a thing that actually exists now, kind of! It's boring, but it won't be for long. 2022 is looking up!
2021 was an interesting reading year for me. I was at my lowest point in my life after four years of being at my happiest. I was struggling with losing my dream career because of the pandemic, I was recovering from a major bipolar and schizophrenic episode that left me hospitalized and a shell of my former self, and I was shaken by my mother informing me that my dad had lung cancer and didn’t have much time left. I was emotionally compromised and completely vulnerable in 2021, and after I committed to myself that I would spend one year isolating myself in order to recover mentally and emotionally, I fell completely back in love with reading. As I was still mentally hazy from my time in the psych ward, I began reading graphic novels and comic books after my psychiatrist recommend me to start off slow. I branched out and tried to read some contemporaries (and one romance), and quickly realized my preferences before switching to reading young adult fantasy. I caught up on book series from my youth and began writing Goodreads reviews, which ironically got me back into contact with a friend from elementary school and high school who also shared a passion for reading. She would later pass away in late 2021, but the year we corresponded through book reviews and direct messages will always stay with me, and I’ll never forget how her little comments on my reviews and her book recommendations helped me through one of the hardest points in my life. (Rest in peace, Gillian.) I read my first nonfiction book in 2021, which was interesting as I always considered nonfiction as a genre that was strictly not my taste. I read a few series as I felt like it gave a sense of continuity and comfort to my time in isolation. I read the Shadowhunters series, the Millennium series, and a few trilogies as well. Some of my favourite stand-alone books were from this reading year as well. The Fall of Princes, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and Confessions are among these. My favourite book from this reading year, and my only five star read of this year, was On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, which resonated with me in ways I couldn’t have possibly imagined. I also began to read the Harry Potter series this year, and while it didn’t connect with me the way that it did so many others, I had fun reading them and I was glad to begin to cross off those books from my reading list. Overall, this was a tough time in my life but a great reading year, and this year easily reminded me of my love for reading, and I was so happy to reach 75 read books in one year, because each of them felt like a comfort that got me through one of the worst times in my life.
Goal: 100 books. Final count: 119 books. Avg: 2.82 LMAO. Overall: I guess it was a good year, except towards the end because I was (am) on a huge reading slump and the uni had my mental and emotional health hanging by a thread. I enjoyed a lot of my books and hope the next year they'll be better! (and let's hope that I don't add more books to my "big hype, big lie" shelf, lmao) January: ♡ A Court of Blood and Void by Meg Xuemei X. 1 star. ♡ Firelight by Sophie Jordan. 3 stars. ♡ Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas. 1 star. ♡ The Assassin and the Pirate Lord by Sarah J. Maas. 1 star. ♡ The Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo. 3 stars. ♡ Bone Crier's Moon by Kathryn Purdie. 3 stars. ♡ The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo. 4 stars. ♡ The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo. 4 stars. ♡ Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. 2.5 stars. ♡ Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. 3 stars. ♡ The Tailor by Leigh Bardugo. 4 stars. ♡ Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo. 3.5 stars. favorite book: tower of dawn. least favorite book: a court of blood and void. February: ♡ From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout. 0.5 stars. ♡ The Ruthless Man by Louise Bay. 0.5 stars. ♡ Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon. 3.5 stars. ♡ Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman. 5 stars. ♡ Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman. 5 stars. ♡ Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman. 5 stars. ♡ I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman. 4 stars. ♡ Scarlet Witch 1994 (#1-#4) 4 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 1. 4 stars ♡ Torment by Lauren Kate. 0.5 stars. ♡ A Court of Silver Flame by Sarah J. Maas. 2 stars. favorite book: I was born for this. least favorite book: From Blood and Ash. March: ♡ Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. 5 stars. ♡ Auschwitz Lullaby by Mario Escobar. 5 stars. ♡ Passion by Lauren Kate. 0.5 stars. ♡ Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout. 1 star. ♡ The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. 4.75 stars. ♡ Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. 5 stars. ♡ Little Knife by Leigh Bardugo. 4.75 stars. ♡ The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo. 5 stars. favorite book: Crooked Kingdom. least favorite book: Passion. April: ♡ The Last Days of Lorien by Pittacus Lore. 5 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 2. 3 stars. ♡ A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. 4.75 stars. ♡ I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. 5 stars. ♡ The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen. 5 stars. ♡ Awakening by Leigh Walker. 1 star. favorite book: The Bridge Kingdom. least favorite book: Awakening. May: ♡ Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. 1 star. ♡ Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. 1 star. ♡ The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas. 5 stars. ♡ Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman. 5 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 3. 3 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 4. 3 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 5. 4 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 6. 4 stars. favorite book: The Spanish Love Deception. least favorite book: Shatter Me. June: ♡ The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. 2.5 stars. ♡ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 5 stars. ♡ Loveless by Alice Oseman. 4.75 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 7. 4 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 8. 4 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 9. 4.5 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 10. 3.5 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 11. 3.5 stars. ♡ Thor: Son of Asgard 12. 5 stars. ♡ Wolverine: Origin. 3 stars. ♡ Wolverine: Origin II. 3 stars. ♡ Captain America. #255. 3.5 stars. ♡ Captain America and Bucky. #620. 3 stars. ♡ Captain America and Bucky. #621. 3 stars. ♡ Captain America and Bucky. #622. 4 stars. ♡ Captain America and Bucky. #623. 4 stars. ♡ Captain America and Bucky. #624. 4 stars. ♡ The Children's Secret by Nina Monroe. 1.5 star. favorite book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. least favorite book: The Children's Secret. July: ♡ One Night Only by Catherine Walsh. 5 stars. ♡ Captain America and Namor. #635.1. 3 stars. ♡ Magneto Testament 1 -3. 3 stars. ♡ Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 5 stars. ♡ Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 5 stars. ♡ Fury: Pacemeaker. 2 stars. ♡ Sub-Mariner: The Depths. 3 stars. ♡ Logan: Path of the Warlord. 1 star. ♡ Strange Tales #115. 3 stars. ♡ Doctor Strange: Season One. 3 stars. ♡ Mystic Arcana: Scarlet Witch #1. 2 stars. ♡ Ororo: Before the Storm. 5 stars. ♡ The Dare by Harley Laroux. 0.1 stars. favorite book: Daisy Jones & The Six. least favorite book: The Dare. August: ♡ The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner. 5 stars. ♡ Supernatural Academy: Year One by Jaymin Eve. 3 stars. ♡ Crave by Tracy Wolff. 2.5 stars. ♡ Eternals #1 by Peter B. Gillis. 3 stars. favorite book: The Romanov Empress. least favorite book: Crave. September: ♡ Le Médecin Malgré Lui by Molière. 2.5 stars. ♡ Eternals #2 by Peter B. Gillis. 2 stars. ♡ Eternals #3 by Peter B. Gillis. 3 stars. ♡ Eternals #4 by Peter B. Gillis. 3 stars. ♡ Eternals #5 by Peter B. Gillis. 4 stars. ♡ Eternals #6 by Peter B. Gillis. 3 stars. ♡ Eternals #7 by Peter B. Gillis. 3.5 stars. ♡ Eternals #8 by Peter B. Gillis. 4 stars. ♡ Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. 4.5 stars. favorite book: Wuthering Heights. least favorite book: Le Médecin Malgré Lui. October: ♡ Eternals #9 by Walt Simonson. 3 stars. ♡ Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe. 5 stars. ♡ Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco. 3.5. stars. ♡ Eternals #10 by Walt Simonson. 3 stars. ♡ Eternals #11 by Walt Simonson. 4 stars. ♡ Eternals #12 by Walt Simonson. 4 stars. ♡ A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Claire. 2.5 stars. ♡ The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. 3 stars. favorite book: Lore Olympus. least favorite book: A Touch of Darkness. November: ♡ Chernobyl. 01:23:40 by Andrew Leatherbarrow. 5 stars. ♡ These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong. 5 stars. ♡ Salomé by Oscar Wilde. 1.5 stars. favorite book: These Violent Delights. least favorite book: Salomé. December: ♡ Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. 5 stars. i guess just one book this month because of a slump and the depression is a sneaky bitch, so, yikes. next year it'll be, hopefully.
Reading Challenge: 161/21 Average Rating for 2021: 3.1 January (13) Lore Olympus, Season 1 ★★★★ How to Cure a Ghost ★★ The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1) ★★ Thirst The Queen's Gambit ★★★★ The Selection (The Selection, #1) ★ The Wedding (The Notebook, #2)★ Autumn (Seasonal, #1)★★ Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3) ★★★★ I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf ★★★ February (7) Fahrenheit 451 ★★ Atonement ★★★ The Saucy Jane Family ★★ The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) ★★★ Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) ★★★★ Thirteen Reasons Why ★★ The Book Thief ★★★ March (15) Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) ★★★ Siege and Storm (The Grisha, #2) ★★ Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) ★★ Sea of Strangers ★★★★ The Shadows Between Us (The Shadows Between Us, #1) ★ The Wrath & the Dawn (The Wrath & the Dawn, #1) ★★★★ The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath & the Dawn, #2) ★★★★ Heracles' Bow ★★★ We Were Liars ★★★ The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) ★★★★★ The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) ★★★★★ The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3) ★★★★★ Bright Dead Things ★★ Finding Audrey ★★★ April (13) The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1) ★ A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) ★ A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) ★★★★ A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.1) ★ A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) ★★★★ Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1) ★★★ Loveless ★★★ A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4) ★★★ May (20) A Thousand Splendid Suns ★★★ The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient #1) ★★ The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) ★★ Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles, #1) ★★ Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1) ★★★ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ★★ Counting Down with You ★★ Blue Horses ★★★ A choice of three ★★★★ The Unhoneymooners ★★★ The Hating Game ★★ How to Overcome Your Childhood ★★★ From the Desk of Zoe Washington ★★★ The Great Gatsby ★★ Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) ★★ A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone, #1) ★★ Maurice ★★★★ June (20) Destroy Me (Shatter Me, #1.5) ★★ Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) ★★★ Fracture Me (Shatter Me, #2.5) ★ Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) ★★★★ Reveal Me (Shatter Me, #5.5) ★★ Shadow Me (Shatter Me, #4.5) ★★ Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5) ★★★★ Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) ★★★★ Imagine Me (Shatter Me, #6) ★★ Can You Keep a Secret? ★ Cruel Beauty ★ The Forest of Stolen Girls ★★ A Thousand Mornings ★★★ Dream Work ★★★ Instructions for Dancing ★★★★ One to Watch ★★ Ace of Spades ★★★ July (10) The Henna Wars ★★ Dog Songs ★★★ Here the Whole Time ★★★ Malibu Rising ★★★ The Spanish Love Deception ★★ City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) ★★ Running With Lions ★★ August (14) Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story ★★★ City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) ★★ Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke ★ XOXO ★★★★ House of Hollow ★★★ The Elite (The Selection, #2) ★ The Queen (The Selection, #0.4) ★ The Prince (The Selection, #0.5) ★ 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ★★★★ If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1) ★★★★★ The Magical Language of Others The Chase (Briar U, #1) ★ The Guard (The Selection, #2.5) ★ September (15) The Upside of Falling ★ The Heart Principle (The Kiss Quotient, #3) ★★★★ One Day in December ★ Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light ★ It Ends with Us ★★★★ Beach Read ★★★★ The Very Hungry Caterpillar ★★★★ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? ★★★★ Heartbreak for Hire ★★ The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2) ★★★ The Charm Offensive ★★★★ The Love Hypothesis (The Love Hypothesis, #1) ★★ Ugly Love ★★★ Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) ★★★ October (18) Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) ★★★ Warm Up (Villains, #0.5) ★★★ The Flatshare ★★★★ She Drives Me Crazy ★★★ Punk 57 ★★★★ 30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control In Personal Relationships ★★ Neon Gods (Dark Olympus, #1) ★ The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1) ★★★★ The Rainbow Fish ★ The Kingdom of Back ★★ The Doctor (Nashville Neighborhood, #1) ★ I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You ★★★ The Stoning of Soraya M.: A True Story ★★★ It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1) ★★ Lilah ★★★★ November (7) You've Reached Sam ★★★★ The Sweetest Oblivion (Made, #1) ★ The Love Poems of Rumi ★★ Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5) ★ The Soulmate Equation ★★★★ December (10) Marriage For One ★ Where Rainbows End ★★★ A RomaJuliette Christmas Special ★★★★★ The Silent Patient ★ The Spiders ★ Ghost Forest ★★ Evidence of the Affair ★★★★ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ★★★★★ Our Violent Ends ★★★★★ People We Meet on Vacation ★★★★ Best Reads of 2021 Felicity The Song of Achilles We Are the Ants The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1) The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1) Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2) Pachinko The Wall of Winnipeg and Me The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) People We Meet on Vacation A RomaJuliette Christmas Special (These Violent Delights, #0.5) Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights, #2)
Read Goal: 20 Books Bought: 50+ Books Read: 29 DNFs: 5 Average Rating: 2.5 The Cruel Prince by Holly Black ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Wicked King by Holly Black ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pumpkin by Julie Murphy ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price ⭐⭐⭐ Stitching Snow by R. C. Lewis ⭐⭐⭐ Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman ⭐⭐ Uprooted by Naomi Novik ⭐⭐ Legend by Marie Lu ⭐⭐ Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ⭐⭐ She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen ⭐⭐ War of the Foxes by Richard Siken ⭐⭐ When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey ⭐ Aetherbound by E. K. Johnston ⭐ The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner ⭐ Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine ⭐ Deep and Darkest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore ⭐ The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid ⭐ These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong ⭐ A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee ⭐ We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera ⭐
My Goodreads page says my average rating was 3.9 stars this year but I've only read several 5-star books so I feel a bit disappointed, to be honest. But here we go: Best Book of the Year: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Best Book Series: Red Winter Best middle grade book: Dead Voices Guilty pleasure of the year: Take a Hint, Dani Brown Best Re-read: I didn't re-read anything last year but 2022 is officially a re-read year. Best non-fiction book of the year: The Career Stories Method: 11 Steps to Find Your Ideal Career—and Discover Your Awesome Self in the Process, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know, Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need Best memoirs: Barack Obama – A Promised Land (yep, two years in a row, it's very long!) Best character and character development: Emi from Red Winter Best villain: Amarantha from A Court of Thorns and Roses Best relationship development: Emi and Shiro from Red Winter Dissappointment of the year: The Hollow Heart