While 2021 was not necessarily my best blogging year, it was a record year for reading. Not just in the amount of books I read, but also for the one genre I returned to again and again.

This has been one of my best reading years, between my desire for escapism and the pandemic-induced ‘downtime’. Thanks to many bloggers, blog tours, and other creators in the bookish sphere, I’ve found new favorite authors, kept up with ‘old’ favorites, and got more excited for new releases than I have ever been (I’m primarily a backlist reader).

2019 was a pretty great reading year for me. I found new favorite authors, picked up a few poetry collections, finished a series (and started more), and even revisited some old favorites. I mainly kept track of the books I read on Goodreads, although I also used a physical notebook as well. I’ll talk about the method I’m going to use in 2020 to track my reading, but first, a look at what I read in 2019.