We did it (in my Kamala Harris voice)! I completed yet another reading challenge. My 2020 reading challenge was to read 25 books in one year, and I surpassed that goal by reading 30 books. It’s safe to say that I had a little extra time on my hands this year and I needed an escape. I’m increasing my 2021 challenge by five books, and I hope to surpass that goal as well. Looking back at my list, I definitely read a lot of fiction and thrillers, which was probably to help escape the ongoing saga of 2020. Right now I am elbows deep in one of the most anticipated memoirs – A Promised Land by our forever President Barack Obama.
I really miss him.
Anyway, I enjoyed the mysteries and thrillers that I read last year, so I think I will add a few more of those to my list. The top books that I read were Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, and The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey. And don’t forget my review of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere which was adapted into a mini-series on Hulu.
Are you reading A Promised Land as well? Let me know what you think of Obama’s storytelling and immaculate memory. If not, what books are you reading, and are excited to read this year?
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
My Word by Gizelle Bryant
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Baddest Bitch in the Room by Sophia Chang
Tinaca Jones by Matt Boren & Stephanie Lemelin
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope
The Getaway by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen & Emily Bauer
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
Husband Material by Emily Belden & Piper Goodeve
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I Invited Her In by Adele Parks
The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll
Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella
You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey & Michaela Angela Davis (Cowriter)
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (not listed)
