So my AWW plans for 2021 derailed so far there isn’t even a good analogy or example to describe how badly it failed. NEVERTHELESS! Originally I thought I only had 7 but I went through my reads of last year and found a few more bringing it up to a grand total of 14. Yay… They’re also mostly picture books which is a weird one, wasn’t expecting that. But from my plan of reading 40 and reviewing 35 I am just glad I’ve gotten something. It was a shame too because 2021 was the last year of the challenge (the official challenge, you can still do your own AWW challenge) and it would’ve been nice to go out on a win. I have included some that were read previously but I reviewed in 2021 so blurring some lines there but at this point I need to take what I can get.
Coinciding with, but not as a result of, the AWW ending I’m pulling back my challenges this year. I’ll still have my bingo card, but a less official AWW, plus I’m going to see how long I can go not having a Goodreads challenge and try not to stress myself on my reading habits. Even though having these challenges has helped my reading, I am curious to see how I go without them.
So many unread Aussie women are on my shelves and I have got to find the push to make me pick them up. It frustrates me so much to have the desire but never actually picking them up. I think it’s still the fact reading a physical book seems harder than audios, but even they have fallen by the wayside of late. Who knows! But enough depressive talk, these are my beautiful 14 books I read for AWW 2021.
AWW 2021 Books Read and Reviewed
Heart and Soul by Carol Ann Martin
Hello to You, Moon by Sally Morgan
Hello, Honey Bee by Felicity Marshall
The Artist by Alison Binks
Joey and Riley by Mandy Foot
Who Cares? by Krista Bell
Alphabet Dating by Monique McDonell
The Flywheel by Erin Hough
Rusty by Chrissy McYoung – Review
The Fire Wombat by Jackie French
Theodore the Unsure by Pip Smith – Review
Darkest Place by Jaye Ford – Review
Meet Me at the Intersection ed. Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina – Review
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil – Review
While I have read a lot so far this year (she says when she’s actually three books behind schedule), it seems almost none have been Australian. With the first quarter of the year gone I need to step up my game because I will be very behind soon on my projected goal of reading 40 and reviewing 35 books for this year’s AWW.The fact I have only read one book is abysmal and even the fact I reviewed four they were all read in previous years so it’s not a good start.
King Theodore is the Ruler of the Whole Animal Kingdom.
Lost in a Good Book 