#MustReadIn2021 Fall Update

Carrie Gelson at There's a Book for That started #MustRead as a way to address our GoodReads lists. This year Leigh Anne Eck at A Day In the Life and I are taking over for her.

 

How's your reading life going?

Are you on top of your goals? Are you asking yourself, what goals? If you joined up with the #MustReadIn2021 challenge, it's time for the optional checkin to update your progress. 

My original goals for this year are posted here. I update my progress on my goals every week and think it helps to keep me on track. Here's where I am at so far this year. 

NOVELS

Since the April update I'ver read 15 more books from my #MustReadIn2021 fiction list. This takes me up to 23/25 titles completed. To read more about the books on this list, check here. 

Amina's Song by Hena Khan

Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

Bloom by Kevin Panetta

Child of a Mad God by R.A. Salvatore

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

Jackpot by Nic Stone 

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley

Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

NONFICTION

I've read five more from my nonfiction list to equal 9/12. I'm currently reading The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce by Angie Manfredi et al. To read more about the books on this list, check here. 

The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World by Mike Winchell

Parts of this were fascinating - other times meh.

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

I appreciated reading this collection of essays. Davis always stretches my thinking about the inequities in the world.

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl

Reichl's stories of disguising herself to fool restaurateurs are heartbreaking and hilarious. 

A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency by Seth Klein

This brought me hope that, if only we can drum up the political will, we can address the climate crisis. 

The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard W. Wrangham

I was enthralled by this analysis of how we humans have managed to domesticate ourselves.

PICTURE BOOKS

I've read another 25 picture books from #MustReadPBIn2021. This brings my total to 48 out of the 100 books I planned to read. This is a list curated for their reviews of excellence. They are all 4 or 5 star books. 

I might not accomplish this goal. I admit to being sidetracked by the shiny covers and smell of new books. Writing this update sent me over to my local library where I put a hold on at least 10 books from the list. I'm not throwing in the towel just yet.

 To read more about the books on this list, check here. 

A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy

Almost Time by Gary D. Schmidt

And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano

At the Pond by Geraldo Valério

Bad Dog by Mike Boldt

The Bat by Elise Gravel

Because by Mo Willems

Blue Rider by Geraldo Valério

The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery by Sandra Markle

The Farmer and the Monkey by Marla Frazee

The Fog by Kyo Maclear

Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

I Promise by Catherine Hernandez

Hike by Pete Oswald

Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall

Julián at the Wedding by Jessica Love

Mr. Postmouse's Rounds by Marianne Dubuc

Mr. Postmouse Takes a Trip by Marianne Dubuc

My Day with Gong Gong by Sennah Yee

My Family, Your Family! by Kathryn Cole

Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki

Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O'Leary

Story Boat by Kyo Maclear

Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor

Terry Fox and Me by Mary Beth Leatherdale

The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling by Timothy Basil Ering

INDIGENOUS AUTHORS

I finished off another fourteen books for this category so I'm now ahead of the game with 28/25 books read. To read more about the books on this list, check here. 

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith et al
Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Louis Riel Day: The Fur Trade Project by Deborah L Delaronde
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby
Neekna and Chemai by Jeannette Armstrong
My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling

The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew

Sisters of the Neversea by Leitich Cynthia Smith

Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge by Catching Dreams by Cindy Blackstock

Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola I. Campbell

The Train by Jodie Callaghan

We All Play by Julie Flett

CANADIAN AUTHORS

I've read another 51 book by Canadian authors since April bringing my total to 78/100 so far this year. Here is what I've finished since then.  To read more about the books on this list, check here. 

DISCWORLD

I was heartbroken to finish up all the Discworld novels. If you are looking for a respite from the real world, these might work for you. Terry Pratchett provides us with a mirror to look at our own world in all it's glorious. Oftentimes he shows us the things that we think we need respite from. The thing is that he does it with such remarkable grace, humour, and tenderness, it makes the real world seem ok again. I am now a serious fan. 

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