What was your favorite read this year? A novel you couldn’t put down? A collection of poetry that challenged or comforted you? A memoir you can’t stop thinking about? Join Meg and Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor as they relive 2021 through the books that stood out from the rest! From children’s books to non-fiction selections to romance to books worth the buzz, they bring you the best from the year, cover to cover!
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SHOW NOTES:
Katie’s AotW: Vanilla Bourbon Coffee
Meg’s AotW: Reading journal set-ups from Cassie’s Bookish Corner, mochibujo, A Clockwork Reader, readxchra
KATIE’S LIST:
NONFICTION
spiritual: Wholehearted Faith by RHE Amazon | Bookshop
memoir: A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett Amazon | Bookshop
essays: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John green Amazon | Bookshop
history: How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Amazon | Bookshop
FICTION
contemporary: The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot Amazon | Bookshop
historical: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amazon | Bookshop
mythology: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Amazon | Bookshop
rom/com: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Amazon | Bookshop
YA: This is My America by Kim Johnson Amazon | Bookshop
MG: Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Amazon | Bookshop
LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honoree Jeffers Amazon | Bookshop
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Amazon | Bookshop
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw Amazon | Bookshop
MEG’S LIST:
NONFICTION
What is God Like? Rachel Held Evans, Matthew Paul Turner
Spiritual: The Universal Christ, Fr Richard Rohr Amazon | Bookshop
Memoir: Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile Amazon | Bookshop
Essays: Broken (in the best possible way), Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop
Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop
Sociological: The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker Amazon | Bookshop
FICTION
Women's Contemporary: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Elle Cosimano Amazon | Bookshop
Also in contemporary fiction: How Lucky, Will Leitch Amazon | Bookshop
Historical: Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid Amazon | Bookshop
Science Fiction: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir Amazon | Bookshop
Romantic: The Stand-In, Lily Chu Amazon
YA: Any Way the Wind Blows, Rainbow Rowell Amazon | Bookshop
MG: Starfish, Lisa Fipps Amazon | Bookshop
LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022
Finding Me, Viola Davis memoir (April 2022) Amazon | Bookshop
Finlay Donovan Knocks Em Dead, Elle Casimano (Feb 2022) Amazon | Bookshop
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