Ep. 366 Best in books & reading 2021!

What was your favorite read this year? A novel you couldn’t put down? A collection of poetry that challenged or comforted you? A memoir you can’t stop thinking about? Join Meg and Sorta Awesome regular Katie Proctor as they relive 2021 through the books that stood out from the rest! From children’s books to non-fiction selections to romance to books worth the buzz, they bring you the best from the year, cover to cover! Wanna get in on that texting fun with Meg and the Sorta Awesome team? Come join the Super Star Awesomes and get the texting perk along with bonus episodes, ad-free episodes, a Super Stars-only Facebook group, and more! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: ThirdLove: Go to thirdlove.com/AWESOME for 20% off your first purchase Best Fiends: Download Best Fiends FREE on the App Store or Google Play Headspace: Go to headspace.com/AWESOME for a free one month trial LinkedIn: Post your first job for free at linkedin.com/AWESOME SHOW NOTES: Katie’s AotW: Vanilla Bourbon Coffee Meg’s AotW: Reading journal set-ups from Cassie’s Bookish Corner, mochibujo, A Clockwork Reader, readxchra KATIE’S LIST: NONFICTION spiritual: Wholehearted Faith by RHE Amazon | Bookshop memoir: A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett Amazon | Bookshop essays: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John green Amazon | Bookshop history: How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Amazon | Bookshop FICTION contemporary: The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot Amazon | Bookshop historical: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amazon | Bookshop mythology: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Amazon | Bookshop rom/com: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Amazon | Bookshop YA: This is My America by Kim Johnson Amazon | Bookshop MG: Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Amazon | Bookshop LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022 The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honoree Jeffers Amazon | Bookshop The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Amazon | Bookshop A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw Amazon | Bookshop MEG’S LIST: NONFICTION What is God Like? Rachel Held Evans, Matthew Paul Turner Spiritual: The Universal Christ, Fr Richard Rohr Amazon | Bookshop Memoir: Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile Amazon | Bookshop Essays: Broken (in the best possible way), Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop Sociological: The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker Amazon | Bookshop FICTION Women's Contemporary: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Elle Cosimano Amazon | Bookshop Also in contemporary fiction: How Lucky, Will Leitch Amazon | Bookshop Historical: Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid Amazon | Bookshop Science Fiction: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir Amazon | Bookshop Romantic: The Stand-In, Lily Chu Amazon YA: Any Way the Wind Blows, Rainbow Rowell Amazon | Bookshop MG: Starfish, Lisa Fipps Amazon | Bookshop LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2022 Finding Me, Viola Davis memoir (April 2022) Amazon | Bookshop Finlay Donovan Knocks Em Dead, Elle Casimano (Feb 2022) Amazon | Bookshop You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices