{"id":3245,"date":"2022-01-25T11:01:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T09:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2022-01-31T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T09:55:27","slug":"2021-reading-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/2021-reading-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Year in Review: 2021 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today’s topic is New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2021. As the final wrap up type post for 2021, I decided to do a reading year in review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. CAWPILE rating system – created by Book Roast on Youtube<\/a>, I used this rating system from January to September. I stopped because keeping up with the spreadsheet was a bit much seeing as I read a lot of books, but I did like the stats it included such as pages read per month, publication year, author nationality etc. I’m not going to use it in 2022 as I’m trying to simplify things this year, but for anyone looking for a tracking system or a good spreadsheet, I highly recommend you check it out. <\/li>
  2. I read the most books I’ve ever read, yet coming up with a top ten list at the end of the year was not easy. For a while it felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again and barely anything stood out. Luckily, I read some gems at the end of the year. You can see my top ten books of 2021 here<\/a>. <\/li>
  3. Discovered signed \/ special editions of books which could be a dangerous-for-my-budget<\/em> level up in my book collecting. Neil Gaiman’s Pirate Stew and Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land are especially near and dear to my heart. <\/li>
  4. The start of my Scribd subscription also needs to be mentioned. For a while I was switching between Audible and Scribd but ultimately Scribd is the cheaper option and it does have a good selection of books I’m interested in. This is also why a lot of my reading in the latter half of the year was largely via audiobooks. <\/li>
  5. The year of reading challenges, readathons and reading experiments, some of them more successful than others. Check out my blog post on reading 30 books in 30 days here<\/a>. <\/li>
  6. The year I made an effort with my Bookstagram pictures and in turn didn’t make enough of an effort with my reviews on the blog (insert sigh here). The year of no official hauls, tbrs and wrap ups on the blog (with exceptions) as I mostly do those on Bookstagram and I like it better that way. You can follow me @readwithstefani<\/a> and help me reach my goal of 3000 followers. <\/li>
  7. So much reading and publishing drama which I was trying to keep up courtesy of Jess Owens’s<\/a> Book CommuniTEA videos on Booktube, but it all got to be a little too much so I also stopped keeping track. <\/li>
  8. I read lots of middle grade fantasy and joined many a reading sprint – thanks to Jadeyraereads<\/a>. <\/li>
  9. I discovered one my all time favorite epic fantasy series: The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne. <\/li>
  10. The year of 250 books – my personal since I started doing the Goodreads reading challenge in 2012. For my full year in books, check out this Goodreads link<\/a>. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What are your highlights of 2021? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Leave your TTT in the comments below. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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