#Kiley Lynn

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Kiley Lynn

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🩵 Kiley Lynn

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Good Omens Aziraphale's Sad Bastard Breakup Playlist

After the breakup, Aziraphale has a new job in heaven, having taken Gabriel’s vacant position. Aziraphale is haunted by sad music reminding him of his time with Crowley. The songs are dramatic, tragic, melancholic, angry, wistful, romantic, and sentimental. How does he listen to music at his new job in the head office? Are material objects allowed? Does he keep a secret stash of tea, cake, and records and a phonograph player in his office? Does he have a celestial radio that can tune in Earth radio stations? Does he sneak off to Earth to hang out in record shops and bookstores? Or more dramatically and emotionally torturously, does he remember every note, every nuance, every feeling, of every song and replay them in his mind? He's stuffing his face with angel food cake and tea while crying and listening to sad bastard songs and hiding from Michael and the Metatron.

See note after list on song selection process.

Songs include:

“Lacrimosa” – Mozart, Requiem in D Minor, Vienna Mozart Orchestra

“Commendatore” – Mozart, Don Giovanni, Amadeus film soundtrack

“Ja, tot katoramu vnimala” – Rubenstein, The Demon, Nicolai Ghiaurov

“D’amour l’ardente flemme” – Berlioz, The Damnation of Faust, Maria Callas

“Liebestod” – Wagner, Tristan and Isolde, Waltraud Meier

“Ach ich fuhls” – Mozart, The Magic Flute, Gundula Janowitz

“Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth” – Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Janet Baker

“E lucevan la stelle” – Puccini, Tosca, Placido Domingo

“Celeste Aidia” – Verdi, Aida, Mario Lanza

“Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” Mahler, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“Der Wanderer” – Schubert, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“Love is a Plaintive Song” – Gilbert and Sullivan, Patience, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company

“I am a Courtier Grave and Serious” – Gilbert and Sullivan, The Gondoliers, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company

“The Gentleman is a Dope” – Rodgers and Hammerstein, Allegro, Blossom Dearie

“A Hymn to Him” – Lerner and Lowe, My Fair Lady, Rex Harrison

“Could I Leave You?” – Sondheim, Follies, Alexis Smith

“We Do Not Belong Together” – Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George, Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin

“On My Own” – Schonberg, Les Misérables, Frances Ruffelle

“As Long as He Needs Me” – Bert, Oliver, Judy Garland

 “Stranger in Paradise” – Wright and Forest, Kismet, Richard Kiley and Doretta Morrow

“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” – Sherwin and Maschwitz, Vera Lynn

“Night and Day” – Porter, The Gay Divorcee, Ella Fitzgerald

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – Porter, Born to Dance, Shirley Bassey

“Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” – Rodgers and Heart, Pal Joey, Sarah Vaughan

“They Can’t Take That Away From Me” – Gershwin, Shall We Dance, Fred Astaire

“Mon Deu” – Dumont and Vaucaire, Edith Piaf

“Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” – Dumont and Vaucaire, Edith Piaf

P.S.: Aziraphale likes Les Mis because it reminds him of that time Crowley rescued him from the Bastille. Don't tell anyone. It's a big secret.

P.P.S.: “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” reminds him of the time he and Crowley got drunk in the backroom at the bookshop the day the anti-Christ was delivered to Earth. Basically, this song reminds him of every time they went out for drinks or stayed in and drank.

P.P.P.S.: “I am a Courtier Grave and Serious” was the song Aziraphale planned to play when trying to tempt Crowley into learning the gavotte. It reminds him of the ball in the bookstore when he finally danced with Crowley.

P.P.P.P.S.: “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” is as close as Aziraphale can get to telling the world and Crowley to eff off. He has no more effs to give. Or at least he’s trying to convince himself he no longer gives a f***. He’s going off to his new job at the head office and Do Good.

Note on song selection:

I selected songs that thematically fit with the relationship between Aziraphale and Crowley. I think the songs tell a story of Aziraphale’s struggle to reconcile his conflicted motivations. They reflect Aziraphale’s fears and desires. He fears being hauled off to hell for disobedience. He fears Crowley’s death and being alone in the world. He desires to be emotionally intimate with Crowley. (Dare he risk physical intimacy with Crowley?) He feels self-righteously indignant, but he’s soft and squishy and weepy and misses his best friend.

I don’t have much knowledge of opera or musical theater, but I have some experience with choir and solo performance. I did a lot of research into opera, art songs, musicals, showtunes, and standards to create a playlist on YouTube. Selections were based on availability, popularity, and sound quality. My big question was whether or not Aziraphale is a strict originalist or if he likes different versions of songs. In some places, I chose newer versions over original versions due to the sound quality of the recordings. I tried to keep selections accessible to a wide audience with varying degrees of musical knowledge. You may not like my choices, so your mileage may vary. You can make your own playlist.

You can listen to it on YouTube.

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book log - 2024 (so far)

diva by daisy goodwin

the heiress by rachel hawkins

only if you’re lucky by stacy willingham

the chateau by jaclyn goldis

just stay away by tony wirt

the other mothers by katherine faulker

middle of the night by riley sager

the disappearance of astrid bricard by natasha lester

every time i go in vacation, someone dies by catherine mack

the last caretaker by jessica strawser

just for the summer by abby jimenez

house of glass by sarah pekkanen

the mayor of maxwell street by avery cunningham

first lie wins by ashley elston

the phoenix crown by kate quinn

murder road by simone st. james

the fury by alex michaelides

happiness falls by angie kim

the house of last resort by christopher golden

run rose run by dolly parton

the chalice of the gods by rick riordan

there should have been right by nalini singh

the mysterious case of the alperton angels by janice hallet

darling girls by sally hepworth

the pieces around us by leigh fields

love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

the teacher by frieda mcfadden

x by jack croxell

iron flame by rebecca yarros

the only suspect by louise candlish

throwback by maurene goo

the housemaid is watching by frieda mcfadden

zara hossain is here by sabina khan

slice by angie caedis

the ways of the dead by neely tucker

orphan train by christina baker

a court of silver flames by sarah j. mass

come and get it by kiley reid

the drowning woman by robyn harding

when i bleed: poems about endometriosis by maggie bowyer

the house in the pines by ana reyes

only say good things by crystal hefner

the mother-in-law by sally hepworth

daughter of mine by megan miranda

lore olympus: volume four by rachel smythe

this time it’s real by ann liang

anna o by matthew blake

the girl with the louding voice by abi dare

where the forest meets the stars by glendy vanderah

a friend in the dark by samantha m. bailey

the wife app by carolyn mackler

howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones

the spanish love deception by elena armas

divide by jessa russo

lies and weddings by kevin kwan

the foxhole victory tour by amy lynn green

dying to tell by keri beevis

my father, the panda killer by jamie jo hoang

the wedding party by l.r. jones

girl gone mad by avery bishop

starter wife by bethany lopez

the queens of new york by e.l. shen

theater lovers by ciara blume

once upon a broken heart by stephanie garber

the surrogate mother by frieda mcfadden

crying in h mart by michelle zauner

don’t forget to write by sara goldman confino

the next girl by carla kovach

the paradise problem by christina lauren

ivy league liars by grace costello

every summer after by carley fortune

the ballad of never after by stephanie garber

a curse of true love by stephanie garber

the devil’s storybooks by natalie babbit

expiration dates by rebecca serle

the murmur of bees by sofia segovia

growing up hadley by dana harp

the vacation by john marrs

rum punch regrets by anna kemp

the five-star weekend by elin hilderbrand

people to follow by olivia worley

the treasure hunters club by tom ryan

you shouldn’t be here by lauren thoman

trophy wife by bethany lopez

seven summers by paige toon

veridian sterling fakes it by jennifer gooch

the friendship club by robyn carr

women of good fortune by sophie wan

the smuggler’s apprentice of guatemala by lachlan page

this summer will be different by carley fortune

natural selection by elin hilderbrand

the passengers by john marrs

asap by axie oh

island of shadows by christopher kvintus

swan song by elin hilderbrand

lore olympus: volume five by rachel smythe

blue hawaiian by carla luna

the villain edit by laurie devore

hermione granger and the order of the phoenix by sara baines-miller

the hotel nantucket by elin hilderbrand

bummer camp by ann garvin

pink glass houses by asha elias

cut and thirst by margaret atwood

the exception to the rule by christina lauren

#crimetime by jeneva rose

incidents around the house by josh malerman

the mistress by valerie keogh

kiki’s delivery service by eiko kadono

when we were friends by jane green

the honey-don’t list by christina lauren

worst wingman ever by abby jimenez

the perfect couple by elin hilderbrand

home is where the bodies are by jeneva rose

the only good indians by stephen graham jones

roar by cecelia ahern

the wedding people by alison espach

look in the mirror by catherine steadman

fit to die by daniel kalla

uglies by scott westerfield

hideaway by nicole lundrigan

the fortune teller by natasha boydell

crazy rich asians by kevin kwan

the wish by nicholas sparks

how the penguins saved veronica by hazel prior

the plus one by s. c. lalli

the haters by robyn harding

china rich girlfriend by kevin kwan

rich people problems by kevin kwan

the haunting of moscow house by olesya salnikova gilmore

the lonely hearts book club by lucy gilmore

the measure by nikki erlick

somewhere beyond the sea by tj klume

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Name Predictions for Bates-Webster #5 - Girl

Just like we all knew was coming, on September 6, 2022, John and Alyssa (Bates) Webster announced they were expecting their fifth child, due sometime in spring of next year. While the sex has not yet been announced, I wanted to get my predictions out early, just in case they do a joint sex-name reveal. This first set of predictions is for girls’ names, partly because I have a strong feeling this baby will be a girl, but also because I have much more girl information to go off of!

Previous Naming Information

John and Alyssa already have four children, all daughters: Allie Jane (b. 2015), Lexi Mae (b. 2017), Zoey Joy (b. 2018), and Maci Jo (b. 2021). They also just got a puppy, who they named Mia. John and Alyssa’s naming style (at least for girls) is pretty consistent. All of their daughters have short, two syllable first names paired with short, one syllable middle names. Additionally, the first names are often traditionally nicknames for longer names or still have a young, nickname-y feel. 

Another thing to note is that while the Webster girls’ names have a cohesive feel and all end in the -ee/y sound, the first vowel sounds are all different and prevent the names from being too similar. So far they’ve used the short -a, the short -e, the long -o, and the long -a sounds. They also don’t repeat first initials. Also, at least until Maci Jo was born, all the middle names were pretty different too. 

Preliminary Predictions

This’ll be fun! I’m going to scroll through the Social Security Administration’s list of top 500 or so baby names and pick out the ones I think would fit in with Alyssa and John’s style, while excluding any that have already been used for other GrandBates. I will give special attention to names whose first vowel sounds are long -e, short -i, long -i, short -o, and -u, as those haven’t been used by them yet. This is admittedly less “scientific” than my other name predictions, I’m going off of vibes alone here.

Lily (#31)

Lucy (#47)

Ivy (#49)

Ruby (#62)

Sophie (#76)

Sadie (#78)

Rylee (#97)

Remi (#122) - the name of Katie’s dog so maybe not?

Daisy (#134)

Millie (#174)

Molly (#186)

Aubree (#190)

Marley (#215)

Harley (#306)

Demi (#366)

Heidi (#395)

Rory (#396)

Poppy (#401)

Hattie (#459)

Rosie (#461)

Some other maybes that aren’t within the top 500 might be Billie or Kiley/Kylie/Kylee. I feel pretty good about a lot of the names listed though. 

For the middle name, I am thinking a one-syllable name like Alyssa and John have used before and that fits the “old-school Southern name” vibes of Jane, Mae, and Jo specifically. I will give preference to middle names not used by other Bates’ couples previously, as thus far there is only one name, first or middle, repeated amongst the GrandBates. I’m also expecting this middle name to not start with a J-, as 3/4 of the others do. Making it 4/5 would make poor Lexi feel left out I’m afraid.

My Final Predictions

While I have a solid list of top ten names I feel comfortable with, it is hard to narrow that down to five! But I will do my best. Let’s go with Rory, Sadie, Millie, Rosie, and Lucy. These are all short and cutesy, fitting with John and Alyssa’s vibe, and all sound like shorter versions/nicknames of more formal names. This is also consistent with Alyssa’s style, at least with Allie and Lexi. Rory and Millie are particularly trendy at the moment. Additionally, Rory, Millie, and Lucy have vowel sounds that aren’t repeated in the other Webster kids’ names.

If picking a top five was hard, picking a top contender is even harder. My brain says Rory, but my heart says Sadie. A hard thing about making these predictions is putting what fits best for the couple above my personal preferences!

For the middle name, I’m feeling Paige or Kate. Similar to above, my heart is telling me Lynn too, but I want to shy away from choosing it because it has already been used for a GrandBates before. And last but not least, I’ll include my list of top ten first and middle name pairings.

Rory Kate

Sadie Paige

Millie Pearl

Rosie Sky(e)

Lucy Jewel

Rylee Ann(e)

Molly Beth

Poppy June

Daisy Rue

Ivy Clair(e)

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The Mob (1951)

"Want a room?"

"Nah, I just came in to admire the decorations."

"Three bucks a day."

"What's that include?"

"Sheets on the bed."

"You got a register?"

"Don't be funny."

"Here, take my stuff upstairs."

"This ain't the Waldorf, friend."

"How long d'ya work here before you found that out?"

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Happily Ever After

September 21, 2018

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80 Young Adult Books by Black Authors

Supporting Black authors is something that I definitely need to start doing more, so I’ve compiled a list of 80 YA books by Black authors. I’m putting the ones that I’ve read at the top in bold, and the rest will be books that I have looked up and have put on my list to read. I can’t do much to change what’s going on in our world right now, but I can do my part to support the Black community in any way that I can. These are in no particular order and please feel free to add more!

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Odd One Out by Nic Stone

Jackpot by Nic Stone

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone - coming out 9/29/20

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi

Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy by Dream Jordan

Spin by Lamar Giles

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

The Belles Series by Dhonielle Clayton

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Voice in My Head by Dana L. Davis

I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

The Evolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Solo by Kwame Alexander

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

By Any Means Necessary by Candid Montgomery

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert

Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather

I am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Opposite Of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

The Effigies Series by Sarah Raughley

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

Nightmare of the Clans by Pamela E. Cash

Black Boy, White School by Brian F. Walker

Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

[thediverismylove]

every book i read in 2020

books i read for school are bolded, rereads are starred

paradise rot by jenny hval 

tin man by sarah winman

we were feminists once by andi zeisler

little weirds by jenny slate 

a girl is a half formed thing by eimear mcbride 

deaf republic by ilya kaminsky

reverie by ryan la sala 

the year of magical thinking by joan didion 

on beauty by zadie smith

dark and deepest red by anna-marie mclemore 

black dog of fate by peter balakian 

the elements of style by william strunk jr & eb white

tell the wolves i’m home by carol rifka brunt

long live the tribe of fatherless girls by t kira madden 

the fact of a body by alex marzano-lesnevich 

lovely war by julie berry 

foul is fair by hannah capin 

the king of crows by libba bray

the end we start from by megan hunter

uprooted by naomi novik 

the monster hypothesis by romily bernard 

the line becomes a river by francisco cantu

the queen by josh levin 

red hood by elana k. arnold 

the lying game by ruth ware 

bunny by mona awad

the last true poets of the sea by julia drake 

citizen by claudia rankine 

my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh 

the vacationers by emma straub 

their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston 

the virgin suicides by jeffrey eugenides

*dare me by megan abbott

the water cure by sophie mackintosh 

the chronology of water by lidia yuknavitch 

the subversive copyeditor by carol fisher saller 

*on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong 

how to do nothing by jenny odell 

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski 

future home of the living god by louise erdrich 

the nightingale by kristin hannah 

*a great and terrible beauty by libba bray

*rebel angels by libba bray 

the fountains of silence by ruta sepetys 

*the sweet far thing by libba bray 

the bluest eye by toni morrison 

the paper wasp by lauren acampora 

piecing me together by renee watson 

get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert

you’ll miss me when i’m gone by rachel lynn solomon 

the widow of pale harbor by hester fox

passing by nella larsen

my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell 

kindred by octavia butler 

beach read by emily henry 

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson 

the guest list by lucy foley 

the magic toyshop by angela carter 

the southern book club’s guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix 

catherine house by elisabeth thomas 

home before dark by riley sager 

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert 

what we lose by zinzi clemmons 

the burning girl by claire messud

godshot by chelsea bieker 

the thirteenth tale by diane setterfield

such a fun age by kiley reid

the party upstairs by lee conell 

my education by susan choi

the city we became by nk jemisin

the lightness by emily temple 

followers by megan angelo 

temporary by hilary leichter

the kingdom of back by marie lu 

the lady’s guide to celestial mechanics by olivia waite 

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia 

the bloody chamber & other stories by angela carter 

burn our bodies down by rory power

dangerous alliance by jennieke cohen

i’m thinking of ending things by iain reid 

pizza girl by jean kyoung frazier

i’ll be gone in the dark by michelle mcnamara 

the ghost map by steven johnson

luster by raven leilani

blood water paint by joy mccullough 

death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh

cemetery boys by aiden thomas 

madame bovary by gustave flaubert 

exciting times by naoise dolan 

blood countess by lana popović

the hazel wood by melissa albert 

jane doe by victoria helen stone

problem child by victoria helen stone 

eight perfect murders by peter swanson

heart berries by terese marie mailhot 

the austen playbook by lucy parker 

take me apart by sara sligar 

salt slow by julia armfield

the vanishing half by brit bennett

the price of salt by patricia highsmith

the last by hanna jameson

the comeback by ella berman

horrid by katrina leno

the clique by lisi harrison 

another brooklyn by jacqueline woodson

the great believers by rebecca makkai

heartburn by nora ephron

spoiler alert by olivia dade 

memorial by bryan washington 

will my cat eat my eyeballs?: big questions from tiny mortals about death by caitlin doughty

the lying life of adults by elena ferrante 

plain bad heroines by emily m. danforth

days of distraction by alexandra chang 

*bunheads by sophie flack

what we don’t talk about when we talk about fat by aubrey gordon 

pet by akwaeke emezi 

know my name by chanel miller 

the glass hotel by emily st. john mandel 

leave the world behind by rumaan alam 

a certain hunger by chelsea g. summers 

because internet by gretchen mcculloch 

writers & lovers by lily king 

averno by louise glück 

[thickdollbabe]

Kiley Lynn

[appleinducedsleep]

I finished Such a Fun Age by Kiley Read (3/5 stars) yesterday, next up is Murder By Milk Bottle by Lynne Truss.

[likeafolkssong]

Books Read in 2021

1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

2. My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

3. Maybe This Time by Kasie West

4. Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace

5. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth

6. The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth

7. The Enneagram Type 2 by Beth McCord

8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

9. Trade Your Cares for Calm by Max Lucado

10. Everybody, Always by Bob Goff

11. Villette by Charlotte Brontë

12. Dream Big by Bob Goff

13. Chasing Lucky by Jenn Bennett

14. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

15. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

16. The Attentive Life by Leighton Ford

17. I’ll Go Home Then, It’s Warm and Has Chairs by David Thorne

18. A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

19. Killing November - Adriana Mather

20. The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis

21. Hunting November - Adriana Mather

22. You’ll Get Through This - Max Lucado

23. The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz - Jeremy Dronfield

24. The 5 Love Languages of Children - Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell

25. Always Never Yours - Emily Wibberly

26. The Stranger Inside - Lisa Unger

27. The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

28. Be the Bridge - LaTasha Morrison

29. The Pieces of Ourselves - Maggie Harcourt

30. Something in the Water - Catherine Steadman

31. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood - Fred Rogers

32. The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

33. Live Fearless - Sadie Robertson

34. The More of Less - Joshua Becker

35. Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid

36. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

37. The Flight Girls - Noelle Salazar

38. The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn

39. Gentle and Lowly - Dane Ortlund

40. The Spirit of the Disciplines - Dallas Willard (read 56% then quit)

41. Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty

42. Throw Like a Girl - Sarah Henning

43. The Last Summer of Us - Maggie Harcourt

44. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

45. How Happiness Happens - Max Lucado

46. A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab

47. A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab

48. A Conjuring of Light - V.E. Schwab

49. Hunt, Gather, Parent - Michaeleen Doucleff

50. Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid

51. The Last Letter From Your Lover - Jojo Moyes

52. The Road Back to You - Ian Morgan Crone & Suzanne Stabile

53. August and Everything After - Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

54. You Have a Match - Emma Lord

55. The Guest List - Lucy Foley

56. Jesus - Max Lucado

57. Field Notes on Love - Jennifer E. Smith

58. Rhythms of Renewal - Rebekah Lyons

59. The Book of Two Ways - Jodi Picoult

60. The Firekeeper’s Daughter - Angeline Boulley

61. My Life with the Walter Boys - Ali Novak

62. The Enneagram of Belonging - Christopher L. Heuertz

63. The Chain - Adrian McKinty

64. The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

65. Satisfied - Alyssa Joy Bethke

66. Say You’ll Remember Me - Katie McGarry

67. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender - Leslye Walton

68. Girl Defined - Kristen Clark & Bethany Baird

69. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton

70. The Alice Network - Kate Quinn

71. Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid

72. Why Suffering - Ravi Zacharias & Vince Vitale

73. 5 Love Languages Singles Edition - Gary Chapman

74. The Final Girls Support Group - Grady Hendrix

75. The Hawthorne Legacy - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

76. More Than We Can Tell - Brigid Kemmerer

77. Confessions on the 7:45 - Lisa Unger

78. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers - Maxwell King

79. Truly Devious - Maureen Johnson

80. The Meaning of Marriage - Timothy & Kathy Keller

81. The Vanishing Stair - Maureen Johnson

82. The Hand on the Wall - Maureen Johnson

83. The Box in the Woods - Maureen Johnson

84. Animal Farm - George Orwell

85. Alex, Approximately - Jenn Bennett

86. Live No Lies - John Mark Comer

87. God and the Pandemic - N.T. Wright

88. The Secret History - Donna Tartt

89. Peter Pan and Wendy - J.M. Barrie

90. One Day in December - Josie Silver

91. Daring to Hope - Katie Davis Majors

92. The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman

93. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas - Agatha Christie

94. A Castle in the Clouds - Kerstin Gier

95. Take Back Your Family - Jefferson Bethke

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 The I read 65 books this year, which is significantly more than last year when I read 5. Here is my list of books I read in 2021:

An Ember in the Ashes - by Sabaa Tahir

A Torch Against the Night - by Sabaa Tahir

A Reaper at the Gates - by Sabaa Tahir

A Sky Beyond the Storm - by Sabaa Tahir

Midnight Sun - by Stephenie Meyer

These Violent Delights - by Chloe Gong

The Bear and the Nightingale - by Katherine Arden

The Girl in the Tower - by Katherine Arden

The Winter of the Witch - by Katherine Arden

Legendborn - by Tracy Deonn

We Hunt the Flame - by Hafsah Faizal

We Free the Stars - by Hafsah Faizal

The Bone Shard Daughter - by Andrea Stewart

The Slow Regard of Silent Things - by Patrick Rothfus

A Thief Among the Trees - by Sabaa Tahir

The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang

The Burning God - R.F. Kuang

Death on the Nile - by Agatha Christie

The Inheritance Games - by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Vicious - by V.E. Schwab

A Wise Mans Fear - by Patrick Rothfus

The Merciful Crow - by Margaret Owen

The Infinity Courts - by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Lies of Locke Lamora - by Scott Lynch

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue -  by V.E. Schwab

Blood & Ash - by Deborah Wilde

A Darker Shade of Magic -  by V.E. Schwab

Persephone Station - by Stina Leicht

The House in the Cerulean Sea - by TJ Klune

The Fifth Season - by NK Jemisin

The Obelisk Gate - by NK Jemisin

The Stone Sky - by NK Jemisin

The City of Brass - SA Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper - SA Chakraborty

The Empire of Gold - SA Chakraborty

Lore - by Alexandra Bracken

Lumberjanes Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy - by Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters with Brooklyn A. Allen (Illustrator)

The Lost Apothecary - by Sarah Penner

Get a Life, Chloe Brown - by Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown - by Talia Hibbert

Act Your Age, Even Brown - by Talia Hibbert

The Jasmine Throne - by Tasha Suri

Firekeepers Daughter - by Angeline Boulley

Red Seas Under Read Skies - by Scott Lynch

Six Crimson Cranes - by Elizabeth Lim

The Wolf and the Woodsman - by Ava Reid

The Kiss Quotient -  by Helen Hoang

The Atlas Six - by Olivia Blake

The Painters Apprentice - by Alexander Small

The Sword of Kaigen - by M.L. Wang

Ace of Spaces - by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Such a Fun Age - by Kiley Reid

An Enlightenment of Bees - by Rachel Linden

The Midnight Bargain - by C.L. Polk

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex - by Angela Chen

How We Fall Apart - by Katie Zhao

The Bones of Ruin - by Sarah Raughley

Mexican Gothic - by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Down Comes the Night - by Allison Saft

The Love Hypothesis - by Ali Hazelwood

For the Wolf - by Hannah Witten

This Poison Heart - by Kalynn Bayron

Dead Dead Girls - by Nekesa Afia

Outlander (reread) - by Diana Gabaldon 

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