At the end of every year, I have a strong desire to look back at all of the books I read that year, reread my reviews, choose my favorites and least favorites in fiction and non-fiction, and write a post about it. Here is my 2021 report.
In 2021 I read and reviewed 68 books. 13 were non-fiction and 55 were fiction.
My favorite non-fiction books: I had two very favorite:
1. A History and Memories of Charles Overn and Libby Fox Peterson by my sister, Patricia Mickelsen I loved this book that taught me so much about my ancestors. I literally hugged it and cried when I was done reading it.
2. The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee. Wow! This was a powerful and memorable book. It opened the world to me. I live a sheltered and blessed life.
My favorite fiction book:
Though I gave several 5 stars and loved them, I think my favorite was
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata. This book made me count my blessings: my peace, my security, my family, my place to belong.
My least favorite non-fiction book:
Zlata's Diary. It was a diary of a child and difficult to read.
My least favorite fiction book:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini: This book still haunts me.
1. Here is a list of all of the books I read in 2021 and what I rated each one:
A Personal History: James L. Hinton
2. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T Sullivan 4 stars
The
Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan 4 stars
3. It’s Never Too Late by Kathie Lee Gifford 4 stars
4. The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis 3 stars
5. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
6. A History and Memories of Charles
Overn and Libby Fox Peterson by Patricia Mickelsen
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Samuel L Clemens 3 stars
7. My Story: Birth through Wedding by Pamela Gabrielsen Stratford
8. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 4
stars
9. Miracle on Palmyra’s Main Street by Smith
10.The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman 3 stars
11.State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 2 star
12.* The Murmur of Bees by Sofia
Segovia 5 stars
13.Matthew Cowley, Man of Faith by Henry A. Smith
14.Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes 3 stars
15. The Perilous Road by William O Steele 3 stars
16.
The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery 5 stars
17.* A Brief Guide to the Sound of
Music by Paul Simpson
18. The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo
Lee 5 stars
19.
Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland 3
stars
20. A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean 3 stars
21.
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks 3 stars
22.The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro 3 stars
23.The Great Divorce by C S Lewis 3 stars
24.Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason 3 stars
25.The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan 3 stars
26.*
Salt to the Sea 5 stars
27.Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah 2 stars
28.The Days of Wine and COVID by Elizabeth Berg 3 stars
29.
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr 3 stars
30.
Then Sings My Soul by Robert J Morgan 3 stars
31.
Bear Town by
Fredrik Backman 3 stars
32.Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery 3 stars
Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic 2 stars
34. * Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner 5 stars
35. Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood 3 stars
36.A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 3 stars
37.*
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 3 stars
38.The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 3 stars
39. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 3 stars
40.Animal Farm by George Orwell 3 stars
41.* Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim 4 stars
42.Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates 4 stars
43.The Museum of Rain by Dave Eggers 3 stars
44.*
The Colors of All the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith 4 stars
45.
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
3 stars
46.Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene 3 stars
47.Lovely War by Julie Berry 3 stars
48.The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen 3 stars
49. The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 4 stars
50.* Blessings by Anna Quindlen 4
stars
51.* The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejai Badani 4 stars
52.*Kira- Kira by Cynthia Kadohata 5 stars
53.*The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood 5 stars
54.The Likely Resolutions of Oliver
Clock by Jane Riley 4
stars
55.The Sea Glass Sisters by Lisa Wingate 3 stars
56.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3 stars
57.*
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata 5 stars
58.The Man I Didn’t Marry by Anna Bell 4 stars
59.*Still Life with Breadcrumbs by Anna Quindlen 4 stars
60.*Lil’s Bus Trip by Judy Leigh 5 stars
61.
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata 4 stars
62.A Mother Never Lies by Sarah Clarke 4 stars
63.The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last
Reunion by Fannie
Flagg 4 stars
64.The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris 5 stars
65.Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata 4 stars
66.Miller’s Valley by Anna Quindlen 4 stars
67.Checked by Cynthia Kadohata 4 stars
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