2021 in Books

JANUARY

  1. What I Did – Kate Bradley – 4/5
  2. Half a World Away – Mike Gayle – 5/5
  3. Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin – 3.5/5
  4. The Hunting Party – Lucy Foley – 3/5

FEBRUARY

  1. The Coldest Winter Ever – Sister Souljah – 5/5
  2. Sleep – C.L. Taylor (re-read) – 4/5
  3. The Last Time We Say Goodbye – Cynthia Hand – 4/5
  4. The Evidence Against You – Gillian McAllister – 4/5
  5. Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid – 4/5
  6. 17 Church Row – James Carol – 4/5

MARCH

  1. Queenie – Candice Carty-Williams – 4/5
  2. Checkmate – Malorie Blackman – 5/5
  3. Double Cross – Malorie Blackman – 5/5
  4. Cross Fire – Malorie Blackman – 4.5/5
  5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower – 4/5
  6. Grown – Tiffany D. Jackson – 4.5/5
  7. How to Disappear – Gilliam McAllister – 4/5
  8. Still Alice – Lisa Genova – 5/5

APRIL

  1. Grief Works – Julia Samuel – 3/5
  2. Midnight in Chernobyl – Adam Higginbotham – 5/5

MAY

  1. Guantanamo Diary – Mohamedou Ould Slahi – 5/5
  2. The Sanatorium – Sarah Pearce – 5/5
  3. Still Life with Tornado – A. S. King – 5/5
  4. Dark Matter A Ghost Story – Michelle Paver – 3/5

JUNE

  1. The Guardians – John Grisham – 4/5
  2. True Crime Story – Joseph Knox – 5/5
  3. Animal – Lisa Taddeo – 3/5

JULY

  1. Ascent into Hell – Fergus White – 5/5
  2. Matilda – Roald Dahl – 5/5
  3. Blood Orange – Harriet Tyce – 4/5

AUGUST

  1. The End of Her – Shari Lapena – 3/5
  2. Lying with Lions – Annabel Fielding – 3/5

SEPTEMBER

  1. The Girl Gambler – Stacey Goodwin – 5/5
  2. The Devil’s Advocate – Steve Cavanagh – 5/5
  3. Three Women – Lisa Taddeo – 4/5

OCTOBER

Reading slump

NOVEMBER

Reading slump continued

DECEMBER

  1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom – 5/5