I read "only" 103 books in 2021. I say that because in 2011, I read 208 books (160 adult and YA books + 48 children's books). I think I'll just list books read in the coming year, maybe even without rating them. That's mostly because I see that I really didn't have a very good reading year; I didn't rate many as excellent. Was it the pandemic? Was it me? Even books I tried to re-read didn't work out. I abandoned books by favorite authors that I was reading because they were so good the first time around, I expected them to be wonderful again. They weren't. Maybe it was a combination of ennui, staying home because of COVID, days running together, and not getting out.
Word of the Day
en·nui /änˈwē/ noun = a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. Example: "He succumbed to ennui and despair." Synonyms: apathy, languor, melancholy, sadness, tedium, weariness, blahs, doldrums, lassitude, listlessness.
What's new? The year coming up, but otherwise it's still the same ole same ole.
Idiom of the Day
"Same ole same ole" is used to indicate that things remain unchanged.
I agree that 2021 was an odd reading year. I had a number of books that I thoroughly enjoyed and even books that I rated 5/5. But, none of them stick out to me as in years passed when there were books that I LOVED.
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