Ep. 366 Best in books & reading 2021!

What was your favorite read this year? A novel you couldn’t put down? A collection of poetry that challenged or comforted you? A memoir you can’t stop thinking about? Join Meg and Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor as they relive 2021 through the books that stood out from the rest! From children’s books to non-fiction selections to romance to books worth the buzz, they bring you the best from the year, cover to cover!

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SHOW NOTES:

Katie’s AotW: Vanilla Bourbon Coffee

Meg’s AotW: Reading journal set-ups from Cassie’s Bookish Corner, mochibujo, A Clockwork Reader, readxchra

KATIE’S LIST:

NONFICTION

spiritual: Wholehearted Faith by RHE Amazon | Bookshop

memoir: A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett Amazon | Bookshop

essays: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John green Amazon | Bookshop

history: How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Amazon | Bookshop

FICTION

contemporary: The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot Amazon | Bookshop

historical: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amazon | Bookshop

mythology: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Amazon | Bookshop

rom/com: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Amazon | Bookshop

YA: This is My America by Kim Johnson Amazon | Bookshop

MG: Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Amazon | Bookshop

LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honoree Jeffers Amazon | Bookshop

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Amazon | Bookshop

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw Amazon | Bookshop

MEG’S LIST:

NONFICTION

What is God Like? Rachel Held Evans, Matthew Paul Turner

Spiritual: The Universal Christ, Fr Richard Rohr Amazon | Bookshop

Memoir: Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile Amazon | Bookshop

Essays: Broken (in the best possible way), Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop

Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop

Sociological: The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker Amazon | Bookshop

FICTION

Women's Contemporary: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Elle Cosimano Amazon | Bookshop

Also in contemporary fiction: How Lucky, Will Leitch Amazon | Bookshop

Historical: Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid Amazon | Bookshop

Science Fiction: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir Amazon | Bookshop

Romantic: The Stand-In, Lily Chu Amazon

YA: Any Way the Wind Blows, Rainbow Rowell Amazon | Bookshop

MG: Starfish, Lisa Fipps Amazon | Bookshop

LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022

Finding Me, Viola Davis memoir (April 2022) Amazon | Bookshop

Finlay Donovan Knocks Em Dead, Elle Casimano (Feb 2022) Amazon | Bookshop

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