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I'm not going to copy over all my reviews from GoodReads for the end of 2021. I'll just post links to them below. Then, my usual year-end wrap up and analysis of whether I met my reading goals.
No. 49: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
No. 50: Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn (graphic novel)
No. 51: The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia B. McConnell (unabridged audiobook)
No. 52: A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15) by Louise Penny (unabridged audiobook)
No. 53: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
No. 54: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris (graphic novel)
No. 55: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (unabridged audiobook)
No. 56: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
No. 57: For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend by Patricia B. McConnell (unabridged audiobook)
No. 58: I Was a Stripper Librarian: From Cardigans to G-strings by Kristy Cooper
Goals analysis
My main goal is always just around 50 books, though I set an official GoodReads goal of 55 and made it, plus a few. I used to try to limit my audiobooks to 20 percent, but I just don't care about that anymore, so it's not an official goal. However, despite listening to audiobooks a lot while traveling at the end of the year, I only ended up with 14 audiobooks out of my total of 58 books, or about 24% of my total books for the year.
My other sub-goals are just a way of encouraging me to read diversely:
X Non-fiction, 30 percent give or take: 20 out of 58 books, for approx. 34%
X Women authors, 50 percent or more: Approx. 67% this year, depending on how you count authors in anthologies. Plus, one known non-binary author.
X LGBTQ, at least 2: I read 13!
X POC authors, 10 percent or more: 20 out of 58 books, for approx. 34%
X Disabled authors, at least 2: I read 3 in 2021.
Commentary
First off, the "Stripper Librarian" book is out of order on this list. I read it in late May and early June as a beta reader but didn't add it to my list here and on GoodReads until a few months after it was published.
All goals met. I'm actually surprised my nonfiction count was so high, since I gave myself permission to just read for pleasure and not worry about goals after I hit 50 books in early November. On GoodReads, I typically give out 4 stars every year more than any other star rating. This year, I had a LOT of 5-star reads, fewer 4-star reads, only three 3-star reads, and nothing lower. It was a good year in reading!
( Books 1-48 read in 2021: )
No. 49: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
No. 50: Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn (graphic novel)
No. 51: The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia B. McConnell (unabridged audiobook)
No. 52: A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15) by Louise Penny (unabridged audiobook)
No. 53: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
No. 54: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris (graphic novel)
No. 55: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (unabridged audiobook)
No. 56: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
No. 57: For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend by Patricia B. McConnell (unabridged audiobook)
No. 58: I Was a Stripper Librarian: From Cardigans to G-strings by Kristy Cooper
Goals analysis
My main goal is always just around 50 books, though I set an official GoodReads goal of 55 and made it, plus a few. I used to try to limit my audiobooks to 20 percent, but I just don't care about that anymore, so it's not an official goal. However, despite listening to audiobooks a lot while traveling at the end of the year, I only ended up with 14 audiobooks out of my total of 58 books, or about 24% of my total books for the year.
My other sub-goals are just a way of encouraging me to read diversely:
X Non-fiction, 30 percent give or take: 20 out of 58 books, for approx. 34%
X Women authors, 50 percent or more: Approx. 67% this year, depending on how you count authors in anthologies. Plus, one known non-binary author.
X LGBTQ, at least 2: I read 13!
X POC authors, 10 percent or more: 20 out of 58 books, for approx. 34%
X Disabled authors, at least 2: I read 3 in 2021.
Commentary
First off, the "Stripper Librarian" book is out of order on this list. I read it in late May and early June as a beta reader but didn't add it to my list here and on GoodReads until a few months after it was published.
All goals met. I'm actually surprised my nonfiction count was so high, since I gave myself permission to just read for pleasure and not worry about goals after I hit 50 books in early November. On GoodReads, I typically give out 4 stars every year more than any other star rating. This year, I had a LOT of 5-star reads, fewer 4-star reads, only three 3-star reads, and nothing lower. It was a good year in reading!
( Books 1-48 read in 2021: )
