2021 reading summary

It’s hard to believe that I started this post in the first week of January, and here we are at the end of 2021, the final weeks of December, and another year around the corner. I will admit, I did worse than I thought I would but, with the mild literary burnout from last year,

First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

Half way through this book I decided to look through some reviews, something you should maybe do either at the start or finish but, here we are. And though there were many positive ones, some were negative, commenting on the strange writing style, or the at times uncomfortable themes which are presented in the text

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Having taken a month hiatus from reading and blogging may have been exactly what was needed in February. Now, I don’t know if it was just me but the month definitely threw me off and am glad to be through the first week of March. Getting into the book corner of the internet and adding

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Do you ever see a book and think that it will either be a great read or one that, though not entirely a complete waste of time, was not as amazing as you thought it would be? Well, this was that book for me. With the reviews on Goodreads being high, I thought I would

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Interestingly enough, like my previous read, I started it, took two days off, and then powered through the remaining 80% (give or take) over the weekend. Clearly, my reading productivity soars during these times, leaving me to get a review together early on in the week; it’s almost as if I had unintentionally planned it