A Year of Books

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One positive thing about having to spend so much time off my feet is that I get a lot of reading done. In 2021, I read 62 books, by far the most books I've ever read in one year.

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I read a lot of good books, but my favorite, by far, was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I have never met a literary character that I loved as much as I came to love Rocky, in spite of his looks. (The carapace thing did sort of freak me out though.) If you read and liked The Martian by this author, do yourself a favor and read this book. It's even better.

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Another one of last year's favorites was The Witching Hour by Chris Bohjalian. Women accused of witchcraft has always interested me, starting in high school when I wrote my senior term paper on the subject.

I'm almost finished with my fifth book of 2022, so it looks like maybe this year will be another record-breaking reading year.

For brief reviews of these and other books I read in 2021, see the list in the left sidebar.

 

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On 01/25/2022, Nicole said ...

I loved those two books as well! You have some other interesting ones on your sidebar that I will have to look into.

On 01/25/2022, Ramey Channell said ...

Project Hail Mary is one of my favorites too! I just finished Hour of the Witch, and liked it a lot, after not liking it at the beginning.

On 01/26/2022, Barbara Anne said ...

Love to read and am always looking for authors who are new to me. I'll request these two books from the library but am aware that you enjoy much scarier books than I do.

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