Favorites of 2021 and What I'm Excited About in 2022

 Favorites of 2021

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    One thing I LOVE to do every year in December is look over at all of the fun things I have done, its usually a lot more than I think. These gets easier with Facebook memories, Spotify Wrapped, Goodreads Year in Review, etc. Soo....I thought it would be fun to write up about my personal 2021 Favorites in relation to all things books!

So to start off, here are some fun random things that Goodreads told me about my reading habits (which are not entirely accurate as there are some books that aren't included in here as they were not on Goodreads when I read and reviewed or there were glitches and it wouldn't let me input a date...so it is marked as not being read during a specific year haha). 

My 2021 Reading Goal: 52

Books Read in 2021: 119 (with 3 in progress)

Shortest Book: 37 pages (haha yay freebies from newsletters and such)

Longest Book: 448 pages

Most popular (according to Goodreads shelves): Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Least popular (according to Goodreads shelves): Rock Art Romance by Kayla Oliver

*So little note on my least popular one. Y'all really need to look up her books on amazon and check them out. She has written 2 clean romance novellas and has poetry and photography books. She is a super lovely gal that is local to the town I live and the biggest sweetheart you'll ever meet. So let's give her books a little more love and attention*

Now for the fun stuff, my top 10 lists of this year (and I'm using top 10 loosely.. yes each list include my 10 favorites for that list. However, each 10 are not in a specific order. It really just however I wrote them down haha. So it's my top 10s in a random order).

Top 10 Author#

1. D.E. Malone

2.Rachael Bloome

3. Brittney Joy

4. Meg Easton

5. Kerry Evelyn

6. Megan Squires

7. Britney M. Mills

8. Ellie Thornton

9. Christina Herrera

10. Samantha Chase

Top 10 Books

1. Whisper in the Wind: Rachael Bloome

2. Christmas on Ice: Kerry Evelyn

3. Love, Lies, and Lemon Pie: D.E. Malone

4. Second Chance in Maple Bay: Brittney Joy

5. Faith in Flowers: Rachael Bloome

6. A Winter Cabin Christmas: Megan Squires

7. How to Not Fall For the Guy Next Door: Meg Easton

8. Finding Us: Heather B. Moore

9. All My Love, Alec Brock: Larissa Lopes

10. You May Kiss the Groomsman: Samantha Chase

Top 10 Series (Graphic shows the first book in each series)

1. Poppy Creek: Rachael Bloome

2. Silver Leaf Falls: Various Authors

3. Maple Bay: Brittney Joy

4. Pine Valley: Heather B. Moore

5. Harvest Ranch: Various Authors

6. Palmer City Voltage: Kerry Evelyn

7. Love, Austen: Britney M. Mills

8. Blueberry Point: D.E. Malone

9. Meet me at the Alter: Samantha Chase

10. How Not to Fall: Meg Easton

Top 10 Book Related Instagram Accounts

1. @faithy.readss

2. @judycorry

3. @halliekat_bibliolove

4. @the_reel_bookery

5. @cedarfort

6. @hsumanityreads

7. @a.uniquely.portable.magic

8. @shelvedthoughts

9. @acciobooksandflowers

10. @books.uncharted

Top 10 Book Related Facebook Pages

1. Melissa McClone

2. Timeless Romance Anthologies

3. Cozy Mystery Book Club

4. Team Clean Romance Book Club

5. Gelato Publishing

6. Storytellers in Zion

7. Once Upon a Time Book Club

8. Megan Squires, Author

9. Kaci Lane

10. Dana Mentink, reader page

Top 10 Book Related Facebook Groups

1. Rachael Bloome's Secret Garden Club

2. Cranes Cove Crew

3. Clean Christmas Romance Readers

4. Love Inspired Authors and Readers

5. Chick Lit Chat Hop HQ

6. Your Book Escape

7. Samantha's Romance Chasers

8. Storytellers in Zion Readers

9. Coffee, Cupcakes, and Contemporaries

10. Sweet Romance Reader Review Group

Top 10 Book Related Accomplishments

1. Started my bookstagram account

2. Met and doubled my reading goal for the year

3. Got one of my own personal recipes included in a book

4. Got my first few followers on this blog

5.Got over 1500 blog views

6. Finally set up my reading corner in my new craft room

7. Read over 200 different books with my toddler (yes they are short so this isn't huge haha but she got super into books this year)

8. Reached 200 followers on my Instagram account

9. Got more ideas drafted out for books I hope to one day write

10. Found my love for reading again

Hopes for 2022

Another thing I really LOVE to do during December is come up with an adventure list for the following year. It's not quite a bucket list or yearly goals and resolutions. It's more or less, activities I want to do, books I want to read, places I want to see, and things I want to work on for improvement. Since many of them don't involve books (but still SUPER exciting, we have some really awesome plans this next year I'll talk about later). 

10 Books I Want to Read in 2022

1. Ghost in Sacramento: Ellie Thornton

2. The Perfectionists: Sara Shepard

3. Lucky in Love: Kasie West

4. Where the Heart Is: Billie Letts

5. P.S. I Love You: Cecilia Ahren

6. Royally Crushed: Niki Burnham

7. Best of Me: Nicholas Sparks

8. In the Market for Love: Megan Squires

9. Cinderella's Dress: Shonna Slayton

10. Not Again: Maria Henriksen

10 Series I Want to Read in 2022 (Graphic shows first book in each series)

1. Ridgewater High: Judy Corry

2. Tattoo: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3. Nestled Hollow: Meg Easton

4. Destiny Clark: Cindy Ray Hale

5. Vampire Academy: Richelle Mead

6. Chance Romance: Maggie Dallen

7.Splintered: Ag Howard

8. Tangerine Street Romance: Various Authors

9.Luxe: Anna Godbersen

10. Prosperity Ranch: Heather B. Moore

My goal again for 2022 is to read 52 books, this year it was really easy to double that. Next year may be a bit more of a challenge due to some really fun adventures we have coming up in 2022. It will be fun to see how everything goes. I am so grateful for authors, books, and other readers. This year has been so much fun and I can't wait to see what next year has in store.