2021 Reading Challenge - Update

I failed miserably with my planned quarterly updates.  Two months left and I've read 46 of the 48 books I wanted to read this year.  I think I've mentioned before that I don't have a lot of time to read - I'm a little addicted to Netflix while I scrapbook and if I try to read in bed, I end up getting hit in the face as I fall asleep and drop my book!  So my reading time is confined to my lunch time and the ride home on the bus.  Four books a month seemed like a lot when I set the goal in January but it's been going very well.

I loved discovering Kate Quinn this year and I read a lot of World War II fiction as well as a healthy dose of books set in picturesque English villages with the odd Danielle Steel thrown in when I want a quick read and of course, you know me, a few Christmas books.  I still have 56 books on my Want to Read list and I keep adding to them with recommendations from fellow bloggers or when I go to Barnes and Noble, I snap quick photos of covers that appeal to me, and then request the titles from the library.

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Goodreads Reading Challenge - First Quarter 2021

Here's my first quarter Goodreads Reading Challenge tally - 16 books read out of my goal of 48 for 2021.  I'm happy to be a little ahead of the game because I doubt I'll get much reading done in July.

Quite a variety of genres here - light and easy reading in the Sisterchicks series, another Talyton St. George book from Cathy Woodman, a Christmas novel from Debbie Macomber, the final book in what started as the Red River of the North series by Lauraine Snelling, and several new authors, Fiona David, Kate Quinn, and Pam Jenoff.  Two more I've been wanting to read for a while, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan (loved it) and Snobs by Julian Fellows (meh, a disappointment).  My favorite this quarter was Moonlight over Paris by Jennifer Robson.  I love her books, this is book 3 of 3 in The Great War series.

Here's the lineup:

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