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2021 February Update

Off to a nice start! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Eleven (32) audiobooks in!

  1. Up from Slavery by Washington, Booker T 5-stars

  2. Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Witherspoon, Reese 5-stars

  3. Camino Island (Camino Island #1) by Grisham, John 5-stars

  4. When No One is Watching by Cole, Alyssa 5-stars

  5. That's What Frenemies Are For by Littlefield, Sophie 4-stars

  6. The Good House by Due, Tananarive 4-stars

  7. Is There Still Sex in the City? by Bushnell, Candace 5-stars

  8. Breathe In, Cash Out by Henry, Madeleine 4-stars

  9. Binti (Binti, #1) by Okorafor, Nnedi 4-stars

  10. The Plus One by Archer, Sarah 4-stars

  11. The Wife by Burke, Alafair 5-stars

  12. That's What Frenemies Are For by Littlefield, Sophie 4-stars

  13. Yes No Maybe So by Albertalli, Becky 5-stars

  14. Dispossession by Jones, Tayari 4-stars

  15. So We Can Glow: Stories by Cross-Smith, Leesa 3-stars

  16. Sag Harbor by Whitehead, Colson 5-stars

  17. Those Girls by Stevens, Chevy 5-stars

  18. Charming as a Verb by Philippe, Ben 5-stars

  19. Hope and Other Punchlines by Buxbaum, Julie 5-stars

  20. Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Goodwin, Doris Kearns 4-stars

  21. Clap When You Land by Acevedo, Elizabeth 5-stars

  22. Fable by Young, AdrienneThe One by Marrs, John 5-stars

  23. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Van Ness, Jonathan 5-stars

  24. Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5) by Guillory, Jasmine 5-stars

  25. No One Is Coming to Save Us by Watts, Stephanie Powell 5-stars

  26. The Night Before by Walker, Wendy 5-stars

  27. Glass Beads by Dumont, Dawn 4-stars

  28. Fortune and Glory (Stephanie Plum, #27) by Evanovich, Janet 5-stars

  29. May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook by Bernstein, Gabrielle 4-stars

  30. Even If We Break by Nijkamp, Marieke 4-stars

  31. Your Irresistible Love (The Bennett Family, #1) by Hagen, Layla 5-stars

  32. Widows-In-Law by Miller, Michele W. 5-stars

#TBR (To Be Read) Pile

  1. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet by Harris, Carla A.

  2. Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) by Thomas, Angie

  3. Monday's Not Coming by Jackson, Tiffany D.

  4. All Is Not Forgotten by Walker, Wendy 



One (1) Book a Month Challenge (12)

January | Self-Help Title

May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook

by Bernstein Gabrielle 4-stars

February | Romance

The Plus One

by Archer, Sarah 4-stars

March | A book from celebrity book club

April | A book recommendation off social media

May | Biography/Memoir

June | A title by a diverse author

July | A book by your favorite author (new or reread)

August | Fantasy

September | Humor/Comedy

October | Thriller / Horror

November | Any book released in 2021

December | 2020 or 2021 debut author

READ 1 BOOK A WEEK BOOK CHALLENGE (52)

*done in any order

A title off the New York Times bestseller list | Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Goodwin, Doris Kearns

A book adapted for TV or the silver screen | The One by Marrs, John 5-stars

Any book released in 2021 | Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) by Thomas, Angie

2020 or 2021 debut author

A book by a female author | Hope and Other Punchlines by Buxbaum, Julie 5-stars

A book by a male author | Camino Island (Camino Island #1) by Grisham, John 5-stars

Goodreads “Book of the Year” or more than a million reviews 

A book from Oprah's book club

A book from Reese Witherspoon’s book club

A book from Jenna Bush’s book club

A book recommendation off Pinterest

A book recommendation from a You Tuber

A book recommendation off Instagram

A classic (new or reread)

Celebrity author | Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Van Ness, Jonathan 5-stars

Comedian author

Thriller / Horror | The Wife by Burke, Alafair 5-stars

Romance | Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5) by Guillory, Jasmine 5-stars

Fantasy | Fable by Young, Adrienne 5-stars

Humor/Comedy

A book you can complete in a day | Charming as a Verb by Philippe, Ben 5-stars

A family drama | Widows-In-Law by Miller, Michele W. 5-stars

Start a book series | Your Irresistible Love (The Bennett Family, #1) by Hagen, Layla 5-stars

Continue a book series | Fortune and Glory (Stephanie Plum, #27) by Evanovich, Janet 5-stars

A book based on a true story | That's What Frenemies Are For by Littlefield, Sophie 4-stars

Try a young adult title | Even If We Break by Nijkamp, Marieke 4-stars

Biography/Memoir | Up from Slavery by Washington, Booker T 5-stars

A book about health or fitness | Breathe In, Cash Out by Henry, Madeleine 4-stars

A title by an athlete or a sport

A book with two or more authors | That's What Frenemies Are For by Littlefield, Sophie & Lauren Gershell 4-stars

A self-help title | May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook by Bernstein, Gabrielle 4-stars

A book with a holiday setting

Latin-American author

African-American author | No One Is Coming to Save Us by Watts, Stephanie Powell 5-stars

Asian author

European author

A book that covers a controversial topic | When No One is Watching by Cole, Alyssa 5-stars

Historical Fiction

A book with magic | The Good House by Due, Tananarive 4-stars

A book with a one word title | Dispossession by Jones, Tayari 4-stars

A book with a four word or more title | Clap When You Land by Acevedo, Elizabeth 5-stars

A book with a number in the title | The One by Marrs, John 5-stars

A book with someone’s name in the title

A title with a very cool cover | Glass Beads by Dumont, Dawn 5-stars

A book with a very cool title

A book by your favorite author (new or reread)

A book set in the state or city where you live

A book set in a place you’d like to visit

A book with a city in the title

A oldest book on your “To be read [TBR] list” | Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Witherspoon, Reese 5-stars

Discover a new to you author | The Night Before by Walker, Wendy 5-stars

A title recommended by a family member or friend

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