Liv The Book Nerd: 2021 Reading Wrap Up

Hey, all!

It's been a hot minute since I've been able to post, but I hope you forgive me. If you've been keeping track of my bookish shenanigans on Instagram, you'll know that I've contracted some sort of cold that has transformed itself into a sinus infection. The last week of 2021 was very strange and I had a hard time even reading my current reads.

In 2021, I read 115 books, graphic novels, manga volumes, and short stories.

Number of Pages Read: 33,143
Number of Books Read: 115
Number of Books DNF'd: 7
My 2020 average rating: 4.0 stars

Shortest Book: Leave the Window Open by V.E. Schwab (9 pages)
Longest Book: A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas (757 pages)

Average book length: 288 pages

Most popular: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (1,512,912 people shelved on Goodreads)
Least popular: So You Want to Be A Viking by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Takayo Akiyama, and John Haywood (66 people have shelved on Goodreads)
Highest Rated: A Royal Affair by V.E. Schwab (4.68 average on Goodreads)

J A N U A R Y reads:

Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill
How the Dukes Stole Christmas by Tessa Dare, Joanna Shupe, Sophie Jordan, and Sarah MacLean
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Check Please Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu
Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert
Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi
The Fairy Tale Detectives (Sisters Grimm #1) by Michael Buckley
The Unusual Suspects (Sisters Grimm #2) by Michael Buckley
The Problem Child (Sisters Grimm #3) by Michael Buckley
Once Upon a Crime (Sisters Grimm #4) by Michael Buckley
Desperate Measures (Wicked Villains #1 ) by Katee Robert
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya #1) by Hafsah Faizal
Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman
Lore Olympus Volume 1 by Rachel Smythe

F E B R U A R Y reads:

Bookish and the Beast (Once Upon a Con #3) by Ashley Oseman
A Court of Mist & Fury (ACOTAR #1) by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOTAR #3) by Sarah J. Maas

M A R C H reads:

A Court of Frost & Starlight (ACOTAR #3.5) by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Silver Flames (ACOTAR #4) by Sarah J. Maas
Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer

A P R I L reads

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) by Naomi Novik
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Only When Its Us by Chloe Liese
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
The Black Bull of Norroway (Norroway #1) by Cat and Kit Seaton
The Queen of the High Mountain (Norroway #2) by Cat and Kit Seaton
DNF- These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

M A Y reads:

- The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag

- My Hero Academia Volume 1 by Kohei Horikoshi

- Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

- Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

- Norse Mythology Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell

- DNF -- All the Stars & Teeth by Adalyn Grace

- Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed

- Well Played by Jen DeLuca

- First Kill by V.E. Schwab

- A Royal Affair by V.E. Schwab

- Rhapsodic by Lauren Thalassa

- DNF-- Sabriel by Garth Nix

- Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield

J U N E reads:

- The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

- Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

- One Last Stop by Casey McQuinston

- All the Feels by Olivia Dade

- A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady and Jules Zuckerberg

- DNF - Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

- So You Want To Be A Viking by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Takayo Akiyama, & John Haywood

- Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries

- The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego & Joe Whitt

- Neon Gods by Katee Robert

- Spy x Family Volume 1 by Tatsuya Endo

J U L Y reads:

- Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden
- A Sky Beyond the Storm (Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir
- Dream Daddy: A Daddy Dating Comic Book (#1-5) by Leighton Gray, Vernon Shaw, Wendy Xu, Lee C.A., C. Spike Trotman, Josh Trujillo, Ryan Maniulit, Jack Gross, Jarrett Williams, Drew Green, D.J. Kirkland, Matt Herms, Reed Black, Jeremy Lawson, & Kris Anka
- Bridge of Souls (Cassidy Blake #3) by Victoria Schwab

- This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab
- Wynd by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas
- The Archived (The Archived #1) by Victoria Schwab
- Lightfall by Tim Probert
- The Unbound (The Archived #2) by Victoria Schwab
- Leave the Window Open (The Archived #2.5) by Victoria Schwab
- Catwoman Soulstealer: The Graphic Novel by Sarah J. Maas, Louise Simonson, and Samantha Dodge
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

A U G U S T reads:

- The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
- The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan
- The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan
- Spy x Family Volume 2 by Tatsuya Endo
- Spy x Family Volume 3 by Tatsuya Endo
- Spy x Family Volume 4 by Tatsuya Endo
- Spy x Family Volume 5 by Tatsuya Endo
- The Way of the Househusband Volume 1 by Kousuke Oonu and translated by Sheldon Drzka
- Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity #2) by Victoria Schwab
- Isn't It Bromantic (Bromance Book Club #4) by Lyssa Kay Adams
- DNF - Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

S E P T E M B E R reads

- The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

- The Way of the Househusband Volume 2 by Kousuke Oonu and translated by Sheldon Drzka

- The Way of the Househusband Volume 3 by Kousuke Oonu and translated by Sheldon Drzka
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- The Way of the Househusband Volume 4 by Kousuke Oonu and translated by Sheldon Drzka
- DNF - Hot and Badgered by Shelly Larenston
- Slaughter House-Five (the graphic novel) by Kurt Vonnegut and Ryan North
- A Touch of Darkness (Hades x Persephone #1) by Scarett St. Clair
- Animal Farm the Graphic Novel by Odry and George Orwell
- It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey - ARC
- The Way of the Househusband Volume 5 by Kousuke Oonu and translated by Sheldon Drzka
- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

O C T O B E R reads

- Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicles #1) by Jay Kristoff
- Vicious (Villians #1) by V.E. Schwab
- Warm Up (Villians # 1.5) by V.E. Schwab
- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
- Blue Flag Volume 1 by Kaito
- Saint Young Men Omnibus #1 by Hikaru Nakamura
- Vengeful (Villians #2) by V.E. Schwab
- Extraordinary (#0) by V.E. Schwab
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal E.E. Mohtar and May Gladstone
- Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
- Manfried the Man by Caitlin Major
- For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
- DNF - The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton
- Saved by the Lumberjack by Kori Hart