Thursday, December 30, 2021

Favorite Reads of 2021!

 I'm typing this post one-handed while cuddling our sweet 3 week-old baby girl with the other.  So please ignore any typos and chalk it up to my being a new-mom-of-two.  :-)

Happy New Year!  I know many people are looking forward to saying "farewell" (or maybe "good riddance!") to 2021.  Looking back, for our family, there were hard and beautiful moments alike, just as with every year.  Our daughter turned 1 in March!  My dad passed away in April.  I got a new tiny niece in August, amidst some severe health issues for her mom.  Thank God, they're both doing well now!  At the end of November I worked my last shift at the job I've had for almost 6.5 years.  It was a bittersweet day.  I'm blessed to get to be a stay-at-home-mom, but I'm definitely missing my work family a bit.  And our second sweet daughter made her arrival the beginning of December!

In the midst of all of that, I actually got to do a bit of reading!  So this is some of my favorite books that I read (or reread) this year, though for a change, not all of these were published in 2021.  And a couple of them are rereads that I still just really enjoyed.  So in no particular order, here's my list!  Oh, and if you click on the titles, it should send you to Amazon to read more about the books.  



Follower of the Word Trilogy by Morgan L. Busse
This series totally sucked me in!  I read the first one (I think I got it 
on a Kindle deal or something) and immediately had to get the other two!
Definitely one of my favorite series of the year!  Though I will say that reading
them all in a row, the second one felt super short to me, and the third one seemed 
to drag just a little, but still.  So. Good.


A Midnight Dance by Joanna Davidson Politano
This one also sucked me in!  All of Joanna's books that I've 
gotten to read have.  She's become an auto-read for me.  :-)



Autumn by the Sea by Melissa Tagg
I'm not normally big on rom-coms, but I have to make
an exception for Melissa's books!  I couldn't help but love Sydney and Neil.
Also, one of the very best meet-cutes ever, in my opinion. 


Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson
This is one of my rereads for the year.  Dee Henderson
has long been one of my favorite authors and I really enjoyed 
getting to revisit Ann and Paul's story.


Let It Be Me by Becky Wade 
The second book in the Misty River series!  It's late, I'm 
a little sleep deprived, and I read this book 7 months ago, so I'm honestly
not entirely sure what to say about it.  Haha!  But I remember really enjoying it!


Taken by Dee Henderson
Another reread!  And yes, another by Dee Henderson.
I love several of the conversations Matthew and Shannon
have throughout the course of the novel and their relationship in general.


This book probably gets "longest book title of the year" haha!
I loved the honesty and dry humor in this story!  And it also gave me some 
food for thought, which I almost always enjoy.



To Write a Wrong Jen Turano
I'd like to talk with anyone who reads Jen's books and doesn't laugh
out loud at least once.  Seriously.  My toddler just looked at me a couple times,
when I actually took a minute to read while she was awake.



When Twilight Breaks by Sarah Sundin
This book was an interesting - and at times heart-breaking - 
look at Germany before the US joined WWII.  I always love 
the characters in Sarah's novels and it holds true for this one!


Jewel of the Nile by Tessa Afshar
This one is another "I know I read it, but my brain
isn't working at full capacity right now" kind of comments.
I know it was a delightful read, with suspense, intrigue (and I was right!),
romance, and a cantankerous cook.



If For Any Reason by Courtney Walsh
I haven't read all of Courtney's books, yet, but this one is 
definitely one of my favorites!

So those are my favorites for the year!  What does your list look like?  I'm always up for recommendations, though my reading time is indubitably more limited than it was - for a very good reason.  :) 

  

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