Every Book I Read in 2021
I read like crazy this year! I didn’t read as much as I usually do last year but I made up for it this year. I actually found a new love for thrillers as you will see among the book list. I’m usually intrigued by parenting, child education, and self-help books but fiction consumed my list this year. I read so many good books and found a new author I am OBSESSED with! I read every single one of her books this year. There were a few duds and one book that I specifically do not recommend reading.
Here’s every book I read in 2021:
Wild & Free - Hayley Morgan & Jess Connolly
How To Be a Happier Parent - KJ Dell’Antonia
Everything I never told you - Celeste Ng
Composting Inside & Out - Stephanie Davies
Gentle Discipline - Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Raising Good Humans- Hunter Clarke-Fields
Introverted Mom - Jamie C. Martin
The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena
The Wrong Family - Tarryn Fisher
The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave
Stranger in the House - Shari Lapena
An Unwanted Guest - Shari Lapena
The End of Her - Shari Lapena
The Woman in the Window - A.J Finn
Not a Happy family -Shari Lapena
The Homegrown Preschooler - Kathy H. Lee
All I See is You - Jessica Urlichs
Ready, Set, Breathe - Cara Naumburg
Every Vow You Break - Peter Swanson
The Perfect Marriage - Jeneva Rose
Siblings Without Rivalry - Adele Fabre
The Last Guest House. - Megan Miranda
The Trespasser - Tana French
The Wife Stalker - Liz Constantine
If You Tell -Greg Olsen
Let Them Be Kids - Jessica Smartt
Conscious Parenting- Pedram Shojai M.D. & Nick Polizza
Black Girls Die Exhausted - Jayne Allen
We Are Not Like Them - Christine Pride & Jo Piazza
How to Be Married - Jo Piazza
Home Body - Rupi Kaur
FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR:
We Are Not Like Them - Christine Pride & Jo Piazza
This book was everything. It’s just so spot-on for the current times that we are living in. I find myself so close to the characters and found myself evaluating my own experiences and friendships. The ending was what really got me. After finishing the book, my husband and I had a really good conversation and a good cry. If you pick any book to read from my list, it should be this one.
Now for the books, I do not recommend:
If You Tell - Greg Olsen: This book is based on real-life occurrences. I ended up doing a deep dive on the events throughout the book and after. This book was extremely disturbing and hard to get through, especially as a mother.
How To Be a Happier Parent - KJ Dell’Antonia - I’ve read a lot of self-help and parenting books and this one just ain’t it. Luckily I rented it from the library and didn’t buy it. The writing and advice were terrible in my opinion. To be honest I skimmed half of this book because I didn’t want to read it anymore.
I bought quite a few books this year, some from genres I’m not used to reading so I look forward to the books I’ll read in the new year.
Here’s every book I read in 2020.
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love & light,
Jalesa