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2021 in Books
Jan. 3rd, 2022 20:01Happy New Year! Like the tweet says, it is the circumstances' turn to improve.
2021 Reading Stats
You can tell the kind of year it was from the marked increase in the number of rereads--and I didn't even get to most of the ones I had planned. I stalled out on the Michelle West reread after Hunter's Oath, partly because I joined her Patreon and I've been reading the forthcoming novel Hunter's Redoubt almost as she writes it. I joined a few more author Patreons and Discords this year and it's been a good decision. I am making progress on the comics, truly, which is gratifying. I did reread Sabriel in advance of Terciel and Elinor, and I would like to go back to read the other four books at some point. I don't know, it was a year. I survived.
Best of 2021
2021 Reading Stats
- Books read: 110, of which 15 (14%) rereads
- By gender: 37 (34%) by men, the rest by women and other genders
- By race: 33 (30%) by authors of color, the rest by white authors
- By language: 1 in translation, plus 1 in Japanese
- New books: 49 (45%) published in 2021
- Books owned before 2018-ish: 3 (3%)
- New-to-me authors: 22
- Read 125 books ==> Failed, but did not decrease from last year.
- Read 25 physical books owned since 2018 or earlier ==> Failed. Gotta do better!
- Read 30 books by authors of color ==> Success!
- Read 10 books in translation ==> Failed
- Read 15 books in Japanese ==> Failed. I need to read these stacks of manga, argh.
- Read all the comics bought before 2021, both physical and digital ==> Progress is being made.
You can tell the kind of year it was from the marked increase in the number of rereads--and I didn't even get to most of the ones I had planned. I stalled out on the Michelle West reread after Hunter's Oath, partly because I joined her Patreon and I've been reading the forthcoming novel Hunter's Redoubt almost as she writes it. I joined a few more author Patreons and Discords this year and it's been a good decision. I am making progress on the comics, truly, which is gratifying. I did reread Sabriel in advance of Terciel and Elinor, and I would like to go back to read the other four books at some point. I don't know, it was a year. I survived.
Best of 2021
- M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors
- Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun
- Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves
- Kristin Cashore, Winterkeep
- Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
- Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful
- Shelley Parker Chan, She Who Became the Sun
- N.K. Jemisin and J. Campbell, Far Sector
- Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, DIE (4 vols)
- Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry
- Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club
- Read 125 books
- Read 25 physical books owned since 2018 or earlier
- Read 35 books by authors of color
- Read 10 books in translation
- Read 15 books in Japanese
- Read all the comics bought before 2022, both physical and digital