15 Favorite Books of 2021

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Hadeer4 Comments

Last year I enjoyed so many books that I had to split up this post into three — speculative, non-speculative, and non-fiction. This year, The Year of the Reading Slump, I have 15 books in total that have made it onto the list, which is an indicator of how much my reading year kind of sucked, sadly. So, the fact that these books managed to stand out in the middle of one of my worst reading years ever should tell you how good they are!

They are absolutely in no particular order except maybe kind of chronological, going in order from December to January, but honestly, even that’s not accurate. Oh well. Doesn’t matter.

Onto the books!

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Best Books of 2020 (So Far!)

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020 Hadeer1 Comment

Now that we’re officially halfway through the year, and I have read 62 books, it’s time to talk about my ten faves of the year so far! These are arranged in the order in which I read them. It’ll be interesting to see which books make it to the best books of the year in December! These are in the order that I read them, because ranking them is too stressful. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(Note: I am choosing not to include nonfiction, as I’ve been reading more nonfiction this year and will probably just talk about all of them in a separate post at the end of the year.) Continue reading “Best Books of 2020 (So Far!)” →

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Best Books of 2019

December 30, 2019April 6, 2021 Hadeer2 Comments

2019 has been an odd reading year for me; I think that my reading tastes have been shifting quite significantly. I no longer read the massive amount of YA that I used to, and I’ve been reading quite a bit more fantasy. I feel like I’ve gone back to my roots, as my top three reads of the year are all straight-up secondary world fantasy, which has always been my favorite genre.

For the first half of the year I was…not in a slump, exactly, because I was still reading a lot, but I wasn’t really feeling super passionate about a whole lot of books, which is why you’ll see that I only have eight books on my list (out of 88 total read), with a good chunk of honorable mentions.

However, that means that the books that made the list are ones that I truly loved, books that pulled me out of my semi-slump and utterly captivated me, books that will stay with me for a long time. Continue reading “Best Books of 2019” →