My Favourite Books I Read in 2021

[@booksandquills]

It always stressed me out that there's still reading time left in the year when you post these 😅But what an excellent list! I hadn't heard of Goldilocks before, so I'm gonna take a look at that one. 👀

[@leenanorms]

Definitely reading Jews Don't Count next year! x

[@NemmaTode]

I've been really trying to get back into reading over the last 2 years and for the first time ever I've read more than 5 books in a year!! Somehow managed to bang out around 35 and, though its hard not to compare to people who reads 100s, I'm so pleased I was able to do it and just have a fun time reading again!! So far I'd say my favourite read was Angels in America. Absolutely devastating story but damn beautiful!

[@georgiasmith7876]

Try not to rule out reading next year, I actually used my kindle a lot on night feeds! The light was easier on the eye than a phone and it actually managed to keep me awake not send me to sleep! I’m pregnant with no. 2 now (followed with your TTC nearly simultaneously!!) and now a few weeks behind you. Really looking forward to following on with what you chose to share of your journey :)

[@SamWest96]

I did a lot of reading in her daytime naps. I promised myself I'd use naps for my needs so I either read, caught up on KZbin or took a nap. Now I'm back at work I've dropped reading again but hoping to pick it back up soon. Congratulations on baby number 2, so so exciting!

[@BrightonDestiny]

Came to the comments to say this as well. I put a pop socket on the back of my kindle so I can read one handed. It makes waking up four times during the night much more interesting

[@AnneleenRoesems]

I never realised that the seven husbands of evelyn hugo and daisy jones and the six were by the same author. They have been on my TBR list for sooooo long and now that I know that they're connected (and that there is a THIRD one), I'm even more excited to start reading them!

[@NikitaInArcady]

They are both SO good, definitely worth reading!

[@stephgreis705]

Re reading with a newborn: I was surprised how much I actually managed to read by listening to audiobooks while out walking, or while lying in bed while the baby naps next to me :)

[@okaykatieokay]

For the first time this year I included uni texts and book-length fanfics in my list of books I've read and it has literally made the list more than 5 times longer. Red, White, and Royal Blue was absolutely one of my highlights - read it in a day and a half

[@AshleyZieman]

You totally should, i mean your still reading.

[@Larissa_KD]

Omg please watch Pride, it's one of the best movies ever! I'm currently reading Record of a Spaceborn Few, really loving it!

[@iStacieN]

I've read 63 books so far this year and have recently finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo which I loved, it is up there as one of my faves this year. You have made me even more excited to read Malibu Rising!

[@valarya]

I don't even know how you guys keep track!!! I just read books and I have no idea how many or what I read by the end of the year. Are you tracking on Goodreads or somewhere else that's more helpful? I would love to get a year-in review for myself D:

[@leire9444]

@@valarya i use both goodreads and storygraph, you should give it a try!

[@riareanne]

I started reading again (post-university graduation) about a year ago and this year I’ve read 51 books so far! My original goal was 12 books so I feel very proud of myself! A couple favorites this year have been Heir of Fire (book three of the throne of glass series), Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, and true school man r books by Naomi Novik. Next on my list is The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

[@tegan6554]

i read Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom after seeing the netflix show and loved them!

[@beth2730]

Red White and Blue got me out of reading slump! 5/5, absolutely LOVED IT!

[@Maggie.can.hug.every.cat.]

I really love that you post book videos and don't read like a million books a year. I love watching booktube and bookish videos but I always feel like they are like here are the 20 books I read this week and that makes my reading feel so unimpressive and insignificant. But you are like I'm a normal human being and I will maybe read 40 books this year but I still love reading and here are my thoughts and feelings on books. It sometimes feels I guess like I can't claim to love books and reading when I don't read 100+ or even 50+ books a year. I know I shouldn't be comparing myself to other people but it's nice to see my own reading achievements reflected in someone who is just as passionate about books.

[@annatucci7631]

I've always set a 25 book goal even though I end up reading ~40 a year, I love having a low bar to reach lol. My friend convinced me to set a 50 book goal this year, so far I'm at 47! Which is the most I've ever read, but I'm still not sure if I like having the nagging feeling of having to keep up with my "goal". Thanks for sharing your reading with us, I always love your book videos! I'm super interested in Jews Don't Count, I'd love to hear more about your thoughts/feelings on being Jewish/Judaism

[@NikitaInArcady]

So many of these are going on my TBR, I finally discovered the joy of audiobooks this year so surpassed my reading goal for the first time! Favourites: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Feminists Don't Wear Pink, Love After Love, the Vanishing Half, Station Eleven and Felix Ever After 😊

[@pia2902]

I read The Vanishing Half this year, too. It is fantastic!

[@paulhujsak1310]

117 books so far this year. I will have to read some of your recommendation. By the way, if you didn't know, in Astronomy there is term Goldilocks zone, that is for a planet that is the right distance from a star to have liquid water and sustain life. For me: Best of the year fiction is "The Age of Madness " trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Great grim dark series. Also up there is "The Hail Mary Project " by Andy Weir. Excellent scifi. For non fiction, "Fossil Men," by Kermit Pattison, about the discovery of the first Hominids. And the other best is "Sapiens."

[@GingerRootss]

Up-voting about the Goldilocks zone!! Came here to comment this!

[@amyjohnston2069]

This was the first year in quite a while where I wasn’t a student while working full time and actually had time to read for pleasure again, so I set a small goal of wanting to finish 10 books and a total of 5,000 pages. So far I’ve finished 15 books and am approaching 6,000 pages! Small goals, but I’m very pleased with them ❤️🥰

[@laurenmiller149]

I re-read some favs, got way more into audiobooks, also picked up a LOT of graphic novels to get through a reading slump in Jan/Feb, and found two new favorite YA contemporary authors. What a year it's been! I just finished book 150 yesterday 💕

[@CorinneDemyanovich]

My faves of 2021: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Cemetery Boys (Graveyard Gays) by Aiden Thomas The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Special shoutout to Taylor Jenkins Reid. I didn't read Daisy Jones this year, but that is also my favorite of hers!

[@anavargas2837]

I am only at 27 books so far and really going to try and hit 30 this year! Trying to up my goal yearly, especially since I'll be working on writing a novel this coming year so I need to read as much as possible 😅 adding so many of these to my tbr pile!! ❤️

[@lauraspruce2023]

This is the first favorite books of 2021 video I've seen. You officially started the season for my favorite videos of the year :)

[@kellycavolo5807]

Record of a Spaceborn Few is so good 😭 it's my favorite of all four of the Wayfarers books (although I love all of them)

[@kso4104]

I've been hearing Red, White, and Royal Blue is a great one, so I'll have to check it out! I'm loving Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner and I'm about to start Come As You Are!

[@frankynstein]

I thought I’d done a lot better this year in terms of reading but then I checked StoryGraph and I’ve finished…2 books 😅 I have a few that I’m close to finishing though, so maybe if my mental health gets back into gear I’ll finish those before the year’s out! 😂

[@bethbcrafts]

I rely on my 5 star ratings for finding my favorite books. I have a pretty generous rating system when it comes to the fact that I give 3-4 stars to almost every book I read (I usually only read books I want to read so almost no book gets below a 3), but my 5 star reads are held for those really special books.

[@bethbcrafts]

1. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 2. Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For by Ella Risbridger 3. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 4. Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson 5. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

[@morehannah]

Yeah I think that’s how I go about picking books to read/rating them too

[@emilyjames3110]

@@morehannah they all sound good

[@fienlinthout7821]

Oehhhh so happy to see your beautiful face on this ordinary day!! I really needed to see a friendly face and you delivered 😊😊

[@beckymasik5218]

Oh man. I live for these lists! Thank you Hannah. ❤

[@lfior]

Looove the bookish content and your hair is so dreamy I can't eeeven

[@laurenspellman858]

OMG I read Malibu Rising on a whim & LOVED it! I was just in a book shop & it was on their display table of a suggested read & I grabbed it. Then I couldn't put it down! I had no idea the author had other books that were similar! I know what to ask for for Christmas now!

[@MRJarwson]

I went from reading 60 books a year to now struggling to reach 30 :'D Probably my biggest complaint about work life. Gotta say among my faves this year is Bull by Weston Jost, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, and Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

[@lelaniadam]

South African politics see a lot of coalitions, to simplify it; a coalition is a collaboration. Two groups of people/parties, who otherwise do not see eye-to-eye, work together towards a common goal to beat third party. I consider allyship similar to friendship, an ally it is a safe space where trust, support and love grows.

[@BellaHardcastle]

I love all your book related videos even though I haven't properly read any books basically since I had my son 😔 but I do love listening to audio books so some of these will go on my TBL list 😁

[@vanessacampbell1520]

I love these videos so much! As of today, I have read 40 books. I want to read "Red, White and Royal Blue". You are amazing, Hannah!

[@RoisinsReading]

My friend with a newborn said that audiobooks were a godsend during those night feeds so maybe you'll manage a couple of books!

[@louisachalarca6494]

It sounds beautiful. When I am with other brown and black adoptees it is such an ‘exactly’ nourishing experience. I’ll pick it up.

[@Musicsinger299]

I set my goal for 30 books and also read 37 so far!! May try 40 books next year.. 🤔 Thanks for a fun video!

[@autism_and_niamh]

Unrelated but your hair is GORGEOUS 😍 I've just had to revise my reading goal to 50 books (started with 80...then to 52) because I'm a sore loser I guess, haha 😂 But I'm on 46 finished books now so should be able to make it!! LOVE your book videos Hannah!!

[@RachelSimmet]

I would highly recommend getting into audiobooks with a newborn. Helps when you're doing the more "mundane" baby stuff with them.

[@marbooksofc]

I think you would love “They both die at the end” It’s not about death, but how to enjoy life. I really do love this one.

[@nurialopezvazquez8233]

I loved red, white & royal blue too!! And tomorrow sex will be good again has been on my TBR for so long thanks to you, hopefully next year! 🤗 love your videos about books!! This year I also loved an education by Tara Westover and I have a name by Chanel Miller. Highly recommend both! 💛📚🌿

[@morehannah]

Oooh I’ve read education - such a great book!

[@emcieslinski8275]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January and Lovely War were surprise favorites of mine this year!

[@fu4realtalk952]

I’ve read about 200 books this year but nearly all of it was non-fiction, and it was very much a year of escapism through words. Next year I’d like to keep enjoying reading but I’d be happy to read less books but perhaps include some more challenging reads, not just pure “feel-good”. Definitely taken note of your recs, your book videos have always been some of my favourites

[@annatucci7631]

I'm curious what kind of "feel-good" nonfic you're reading? Nonfiction usually feels much more serious to me, I can't really imagine it being light and fluffy the way fiction can be

[@fu4realtalk952]

@@annatucci7631 sorry that was a mistype! I meant fiction :)

[@ellenkarlsson9490]

It's around this time of year that I bring out children's books and any short comedy book I own. Penguin's little blacks are great, too! I'm currently at 22 books and my goal is 30. I will for sure check out Goldilocks. I've recently had the realisation that I really like reading sci fi and you comparing it to The Handmaid's Tale (which I'm currently reading, and loving) convinced me. And to answer your end of video questions: My favourite book of the year was Artemis by Andy Weir. I've also read lots of retellings of Greek myths, most of them feminist, and my favourite of those was The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. I track my reading in a reading journal. I basically just write down title, author, date and any comments. I've been doing it consistently since 2010.

[@ellenkarlsson9490]

Update: I got Goldilocks, The long way to a small angry planet, along with some other sci fi from the library today. One chapter challenge will ensue!

[@tegan6554]

41 books this year! I've gotten back into reading after loving it as a child and falling out of it for the last 6ish years. My favorites this year include White Fragility, Somebodies Daughter, The Flatshare, and Six of Crows.

[@emmadarms8394]

I've read both Red, White and Royal Blue and Malibu Rising and they're also part of my favourites of the year :)) Some others would be Beach Read and People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry and If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio. I've read 70 books so far this year and hoping to squeeze in a couple more before the year's up!!

[@9thgalaxy778]

Hannah! You should read "For Small Creatures Such As We", it's a really beautiful book about life, but also definitely grapples with having a complex relationship with your heritage, specifically Jewish heritage.

[@ClipsByLaura]

HANNAH! WATCH THE MOVIE PRIDE! Seriously though, do it. I watch a pretty insane amount of films and that one remains one of my absolute favorites.

[@emhob]

just finished record of a space born few the other day and it's definitely one of my top reads of the year so good

[@annatucci7631]

Oh also, your hair looks so nice! I kept getting distracted by it lol.

[@Cat-lp1be]

I am DESPERATE to do more reading but since I hit uni (especially uni exam season) I've had to prioritise course books over what I want to read. Not sure if I will count them in my reading goals/stats... tbd on that one. Gave myself a small goal of 20 books this year and still haven't hit it (mostly as I've been reading A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) series/lots of non-fiction and they can get HEAVY. Looking forward to finishing off some of my books soon and getting back to my bookish ways! 📚

[@anne4457]

I think you’ll love With You Forever by Chloe Liese! It has great ulcerative colitis and autism rep, as well as a sweet and steamy romance. My favorite read of the year was Seven Days in June by Tia Williams, and I highly recommend them both!

[@NataliaNNS]

Thanks for the rec, I added it to my list! Have you read any of the other books on this series (edit, I mean with you forever)?

[@anne4457]

@@NataliaNNS Yes! I’ve read each of the books and I love them! They can each standalone, but all of Chloe Liese’s writing includes some truly thoughtful chronic illness, disability, and mental illness rep. They are each really great romances with humor and amazing playlists!

[@NataliaNNS]

@@anne4457 thanks for the answer, I'm gonna check them out!

[@mollietoppe2902]

Had a baby in September and have gotten a lot of reading done! What worked for me was an e-reader (Kindle) and very light reads. I plowed through books while holding a baby during naps and middle of the night feedings.

[@tyrfishy6936]

A second meaning of the title Goldilocks is that it's referencing the "goldilocks zone" which is what we call planets that are close enough to their sun for liquid water (and also not too close that it would boil off) I believe.

[@morehannah]

Makes sense! JUST RIGHT!

[@TheJennifer122]

I have heard that audiobooks are good for still getting through books when you have a baby -- you can listen to a book while rocking a crying baby, feeding etc

[@kerricuthbert1995]

Ebooks are a bit easier than physical books too, according to my friend. They can be one handed so easier to read while holding a newborn.

[@madeleinehoward3418]

If you want to read while taking care of a baby definitely do audiobooks! You get to enjoy a book and your baby gets to be immersed in language a lot! It can get exhausting talking to your baby constantly so audiobooks are a great way to get in that language exposure

[@AshleyZieman]

I did audiobooks when I had a newborn to keep my sanity! :)

[@laurayoung6330]

The fourth (and final *cue sobs*) wayfarer book came out earlier this year! It's called the galaxy and the ground within ❤️

[@knz730]

My bookish friends who have had babies all said audiobooks really became their jam in that first year. Easier to multitask I guess!

[@just4pie]

I loooove the wayfarers series. Fun fact: there's another one out already! The Galaxy and the Ground Within. It's about different aliens coming together at a sort of interstellar pit stop and it's just as lovely as the first three :)

[@safskatoon]

So I don't measure how many books I read by calendar year I instead have just started to measure by how many I read between birthdays, so I can say oh these are all the books I read when I was 23 or whatever

[@ullabelullanailart]

For the first time in many many years I managed to read 12 books this year! I'm on my 13th one and I'd love to get to 15 but I'm still very proud of myself

[@ChloeexL]

I didn't think I could read 50 books this year (I read 12 last year) but here I am on book 53 so don't give up!

[@lindsayrioux]

My goal for the year was 30 books, and I didn't quite get there because I had a huge slump the last 4 months (I did get over 20 though!) Notable favourites: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (So excited for the sequel!)

[@honestlyholly7657]

i aimed for 50 books this year and have ended up reading 138, with a few more left to read before the end of the year! idk how

[@CazAvery]

Hannah, please, just watch Pride. You'll cry but you'll be happy about it. Spaceborn Few is my favourite of the Wayfarers books, I just... mmm it speaks to so many parts of my soul. My book target was 12, my current total is 22. I'm trying to read another 2 before the new year so I get a full 100% completion. I'm probably not going to up my number for next year though, I like being able to no-pressure achieve it.

[@ShadowSync]

The bit where you were talking about your 23 and Me results, I feel that. My Ancestry DNA reading has me at 50% European Jewish (aka my mom's side of the family) and the other 50% is various European countries (aka my Dad's side of the family). Comparing this to my brother and sister, who also had their ancestry DNA done at the same time, I'm the only one that was 50/50. It just amused me very much.

[@Genie2bt]

I just hit my 24th book of the year (my goal) and I am very proud of my little dyslexic brain thank god for audible

[@yosoysoya7944]

So I read the whole Wayfarer series after you recommended The long way and it's BRILLIAAAANT!!! I'm so sad there isn't more. Please someone recommend me more similar stuf!

[@SamWest96]

I read some books this year! I don't know how many and I can't really remember what... Pretty sure a Jill Mansell, a Cecelia Ahearn and I'm pretty sure the maze runner series. My daughter was born last September so that's my explanation but I started to get into reading during every nap and then I went back to work and she dropped to one nap so that went out the window. I'll get back to it soon hopefully

[@alissa6380]

I have read about 85-87 books so far this year (haven't logged anything in a few weeks so not 100% sure), which is by far the most I've ever read and only possible mostly because I fully embraced reading as my main form of relaxation (as well as, ahem, procrastination), thereby neglecting movies, tv shows, and gaming. I tend to have pretty rigorous standards for giving books 5 stars -- I only do it if they've fully burrowed into my soul and I know I will be revisiting them again and again, which, as you might have guessed, happens quite rarely -- and so I don't believe I've given *any* books 5 stars this year. HOWEVER, despite the lack of true standouts among this year's crop, I read the Captive Prince trilogy at the tail end of last year and have kept thinking about (and rereading) those books pretty much every day this year, so I feel like that also counts?? Of the many, many 4 star reads (mostly historical M/M romance, contemporary romance, and or some sci-fi), the standouts are: - Think of England (which I actually read off Hannah's recommendation!), - The Magpie Lord trilogy (also by K.J. Charles, who I agree with Hannah's assistant is one of the best historical M/M writers) - The Kiss Quotient (love #ownvoices autistic rep!) - Cat Sebastian's entire catalogue (also mostly historical M/M, or at least historical queerness), of which my favorites would have to be The Lawrence Brown Affair, It Takes Two To Tumble, Peter Cabot Gets Lost, and Unmasking the Marquess. (If you've never heard of Captive Prince, basically the crown prince of an Ancient-Greece-type-place is betrayed by his brother and sent as a sex slave to the enigmatic crown prince of an enemy nation who has no intention of using him for the intended purpose but seems bent on harming him in other ways; he must escape before anyone realizes who he is and kills him for it, but nothing in this foreign palace is as it seems, and the more he learns of the layered schemes that surround him at every turn, the less he is able to leave them behind. It's Game of Thrones meets Pride & Prejudice -- gritty swordfights, court intrigues, disturbing sexual mores (big tw for sexual assault and csa, esp. in the first book), but also plot twist after plot twist, exquisitely crafted dialogue, and the most satisfying slow burn enemies-to-lovers development I've ever encountered. (This is not "hot guy was mean to me so now I hate him even though I still like him" kind of enemies-to-lovers, this is an examination of how badly you can harm someone and still find a way to something beautiful, like what could *possibly* make a person go from "I want to kill you" to "I would die for you" when neither of those feelings is abstract.) The prose rewards close reading and demands effort to be understood, the story is at times truly hilarious, even amid all the angst and intrigue and uncertainty, and it's just, it's so good. The first book is disturbing and morally complicated and most definitely not a romance, more of a setup, but the second and third ones I had to put down every fifteen minutes to whisper-scream at myself "it's SO GOOD!!" bc I didn't know what else to do with all the feelings I was having; it's the strongest reaction a book has elicited in me in about ten years.)

[@mariamironova3095]

My favorite Taylor Jenkins Reid is also Daisy Jones and the Six! I need to reread it soon. I am at 59 books so far this year😊 My favorites this year are Burnout, The three body problem, the house in the cerulean sea, take a hint dani brown, and Mistborn

[@morehannah]

Ooh heard so many good things about house on the cerulean sea

[@mariamironova3095]

@@morehannah it’s very popular on booktube, and it’s the most wholesome book i have ever read. Read it if you want all the good feels☺️

[@beccab2151]

I used to be able to read loads of books. This year I've not managed to read any because I'm in a slump. Hopefully this video helps.

[@gokulsv135]

Can you please do a reading vlog?

[@teresafoo]

Tomorrow Sex Will be Good Again was one of my favorites this year, too! Dread Nation, What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, and Upright Women Wanted were other favorites.

[@shaunashipman]

this year was so weird for me… i’ve only read 7 books and 5 of them were in the same two week period. my brain just decided no reading for 8 months for absolutely no reason and i’m just now starting to read again.

[@ameliamangham4460]

My fave book this year was “ the oposite of butterfly hunting” by evanna lynch tw for eating disorder if you read it tho (but it’s mostly about recovery)

[@ritacavalheiro7710]

Not a massive reader, but tend to re-read a lot of books (big ones)... Should I count them in?? 🤔

[@isabelledyer4270]

The year my firstborn arrived, was the year I read more than any other year! Now I have two and seem to never have time 😭

[@Marika_e]

I was planning to read 150 books this year, so far I've read 133 and I don't think I'm gonna meet my goal :D

[@KatieFirthTheDiaryofaGinger]

Love me an audiobook! Any recommendations for books that worked really well as audiobooks??

[@madeleinehoward3418]

Anything that’s multi POV generally works really well with audiobooks since you get multiple narrators!

[@BeachBaileyGirl]

I've read 21 books this year. I was really hoping to make it to 24 but I don't know if I'll be able to make it! My favorite books this year have been - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Circe by Madeline Miller - My Life as a Whore by Tracy Beach My Life as a Whore was particularly fascinating! It was about a brothel owner in Colorado. She ran one of the most successful brothels that ran through the 1940s and how she influenced the town and provided a safe place for sex workers. It was an amazing read!

[@fifinurmania1765]

Hey,can you recommend book of sustainable fashion ?

[@meganabbott7711]

I was actually disappointed by Malibu Rising. I'd LOVED both Daisy Jones and the seven husbands by TJR, I just didn't find the writing style or the characters as gripping in Malibu Rising. I think because it was so hyped up and I'd loved the first two I'd read so so so so much I probably assumed that Malibu Rising would also be a 5 star read for me, which really taught me about the dangers of '5 star predictions'. However, anything that TJR writes in the future I will probably buy because of how much I loved her other books.

[@wonderyearsdouche475]

May your light of Parenthood sparkle like a Star on a dim sky miss⭐️

[@bethbcrafts]

Have you looked into your Jewish heritage and its relation to Crohn's? I find that stuff fascinating.

[@mattb5881]

Her hair is looking scrumptiously soft

[@mickb.8925]

WOW, all of the comments are people who read loads of books this year! My reading goal for this year is 12 and I started book number 12 yesterday :D

[@Caithlin92]

I put 25 books in my reading challenge and read 50 already. :)

[@sydneyyoung3]

I’m sorry hoooow, did I not notice that TJR’s books are in the same universe? What?!? Time to reread I guess

[@morehannah]

It’s VERY subtle!

[@selmalarsson8920]

I was so confused reading Malibu rising because I knew I recognized Mick Riva and then I realized he's one of Evelyns husbands

[@abeautifullittlefool1758]

Just gotta say I am so curious about that Jews don't count book now that you mention it! I had no idea it existed but I will have to read it. I have Jewish family but religious and cultural Jewish practices weren't a big part of my life especially being raised Roman Catholic. What I've found interesting is that whenever people in my life find out about my Jewish family people say oh so that means you're a Jew and I always have to explain like this whole essay about my experience and it's just like a lot. People don't understand anything to do with being Jewish

[@Sora_Halomon]

If you need to hit ur goals better you should try cramming some goosebumps in the endcap!

[@karamelle18]

I *might* hit 11 of my 25 goal. After hitting my 25 goal almost a month early in 2020 I’m trying to go easy on myself but it’s hard!

[@iviee.jonsson2462]

You'll easily hit 50 books next year if you count all the children books

[@AlthenaLuna]

I have had years where I've read/reread a great many books, but because they're manga (and thus take a lot less time to read than non-illustrated stories), I have a hard time counting them as reading. I know they count, but there's a lot of BS social stigma that likes to shout otherwise and sometimes my asshole brain reminds of it.

[@glrreid96]

I think the discussion in what white people can do next about capitalism is so interesting. I feel like a lot of things that are talked about nowadays as a 'race' issue is really a class/socio-economic issue but has become simplified to race.

[@malachorfives]

I'm sorry YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED PRIDE I am 100% sure you would absolutely love it

[@daisymayo999]

I went to a lit festival and bought a copy of What White People Can Do Now and I got it signed by the author after her talk! She was so nice! 💚

[@Linaker22]

I have read 0.75 books this year 😅

[@lauramathews3151]

Hitting me hard in the Jewishness. Mom is, dad not not practicing religiously how Jewish am I identity crisis. Phew.

[@drumnbasskim]

Thank you for including & providing a brief summary of What White People Can Do Next. Been on my tbr for months now ❤