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Books read in January 2021 1. Clare Mackintosh - QuickReads: The Donor 2. Geronimo Stilton - Geronimo Stilton 3: De Piraten van de Zilveren Kattenklauw (Il Galeone Dei Gatti Pirati) (re-read) 3. Sankakuhead - Himouto! Umaru-chan 8: Volume 8 4. Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre - Cakes in Space (re-read) 5. Laura Ellen Anderson - Amelia Fang 1: Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball (re-read) 6. Julian Clary (ill. David Roberts) - The Bolds 1: The Bolds (re-read) 7. Gary Northfield - Julius Zebra 1: Rumble with the Romans! (re-read) 8. Dav Pilkey (col. Jose Garibaldi) - Dog Man 1: Dog Man 9. Liz Pichon - Tom Gates 3: Everything's Amazing (Sort of) 10. E. J. Copperman - Haunted Guesthouse Mystery 9: The Hostess with the Ghostess 11. Brandon Sanderson - Elantris (re-read) 12. Giles Sparrow - De Elementen: Koolstof (Carbon) 13. Carry Slee - Lijsters: Verdiet met Mayonaise 14. Sue Townsend - The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year 15. Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train 16. Diane Chamberlain - The Dream Daughter 17. Titia Hoogendoorn and Nienke Schuitemaker - Waarom je niet zomaar moet stemmen waar je ouders op stemmen Last Updated: 31-03-2021

Wow.. 2021! 2020 was.. a different year. As I'm writing this, on 28 December 2020, a lot of countries in the world are still dealing with Covid-19, which was first seen in the last quarter of 2020 (I'm being vague because I don't want to be wrong as I am not 100% sure of the date). I think most if not all of us on this forum, or at least all of the regular members, are still strugging with this and the effects of many aspects of life. I really hope that in 2021, with vaccines and common sense, we'll be safe and will be able to go out again and see people and go to shops etc. Personally, I bought a house in December 2019 and signed the final contract in February 2020. We spent some months doing DIY and house repairs etc (while still living with my parents at their place). My partner and I moved in August 2020. Welcome to my 2021 reading log! I didn't really update my 2020 log after a while.. I was busy with moving and I didn't feel like writing down thoughts on so many books that I'd read (and I don't get that many comments in here so I'm sure that a lot of books I read, are probably not that interesting to some people here. Which is fair, I read a lot of different things). I don't know how things will go, going forwards into 2021. I guess we will see. Links to my previous logs: Athena's Reading List 2013 Athena's Reading List 2014 Athena's Reading List 2015 Athena's Reading List 2016 Athena's Reading List 2017 Athena's Reading List 2018 Athena's Reading List 2019 Athena's Reading List 2020 Links to posts within this thread: Books read in January 2021 Books read in February 2021 Books read in March 2021 Books read in April 2021 Books read in May 2021 Books read in June 2021 Books read in July 2021 Books read in August 2021 Books read in September 2021 Books read in October 2021 Books read in November 2021 Books read in December 2021 Books abandoned/DNFed in 2021 Previous Statistics: Books read Jun - Dec 2012: 43 Books read in 2013: 143 Books read in 2014: 254 Books read in 2015: 502 Books read in 2016: 425 Books read in 2017: 236 Books read in 2018: 262 Books read in 2019: 213 Books read in 2020: 302 Pages read in Jun - Dec 2012: ~25000 Pages read in 2013: ~37000 Pages read in 2014: 62932 Pages read in 2015: 112787 Pages read in 2016: 95007 Pages read in 2017: 52853 Pages read in 2018: 60308 Pages read in 2019: 51572 Pages read in 2020: 78487 Link to my BookTube Channel Gaia Athena

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Your desk looks amazing! Belated Merry Christmas everyone! And a happy New Year!

I'm glad it's not just me and Willoyd, both of you, welcome to the club!

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Thank you Booknutt! That is good to know .

It's interesting to hear how public libraries in your area function now! Ours was shut from March to June I believe, open from June to November but with restrictions (you can order up to 5 books, there was also a mystery bag thing, in which you choose a genre and the library staff picks out 5 books of that genre) and now it is closed again (lockdown 5 weeks ends on 19th of January, though it may be extended). But even when they were open with restrictions, I decided I'd rather not take the risk. I have people nearby me who fall in risk categories. I was thinking about going, but then the library had to shut again because our government announced lockdown. Hopefully in 2021, once some people have been vaccinated, things will get better. Thanks for your reply! Same!

Awww thank you Chrissy ! I'm currently reading Cerebral Palsy: A Story (Finding the Calm After the Storm) by Ilana Estelle. It's a memoir written by a woman with cerebral palsy. I started it yesterday evening, I'm not that far into it yet (page 14) but so far I'm liking it .

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I'm so glad you loved it!!

Today I finished Fablehaven 5: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull and My (Not So) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella. I really enjoyed both reads. Not sure what I feel in the mood to read next, I might take a break from reading for a day.

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They were closed for some months, then opened for a while, and now they are closed again (as cases are going up again since a few months). But even while they were open, I didn't think it would be worth the risk. I would have liked to go, but it is not a necessary life-and-death kind of thing (lunlike for example, getting my medication from the pharmacy machine) so I thought it better to not go and wait until 2021 when hopefully things will be safer as people get vaccinated etc. I do have books of my own to read, but for certain Dutch books/authors and genres, I would use the library. I did go to the supermarket nearby a little while ago (it has been rebuilt and I had not been there in at least several months), and found that some of the customers were not wearing masks and not social distancing. I felt really unsafe there, I was wearing a mask but I did not like those unmasked people getting so close to me and giving me no space to distance myself from them. It seems to really depend on the area and the people, in some areas it is gladly better. But while cases are still high, I don't want to risk it and would rather go hopefully some time in the second half of 2021 when hopefully a lot of people have been vaccinated. I have books of my own to read, so, while I do miss reading certain series, authors, etc, I am glad I still have lots of options as to what to read.

I love the idea of adding Monday the 4th!! Let's do that, since you three like the idea as well (though if anyone after this voices objections, I don't mean to exclude them.). I will edit the list above, thank you for the idea Hayley!

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I know it's a bit early but.. well I felt in the mood. I will post the preliminary schedule for BCF monthly read-a-thons in 2021. The following are set up as: 2021 [Month]: [Friday Date] [Saturday Date] [Sunday Date] January: 01 02 03 04* February: 05 06 07 March: 05 06 07 April: 02 03 04 May: 07 08 09 June: 04 05 06 July: 02 03 04 August: 06 07 08 September: 03 04 05 October: 01 02 03 November: 05 06 07 December: 03 04 05 Note: * -> starts on New Year's Day.. not sure about that as I tend to be exhausted then (from lack of sleep due to it being too noisy to sleep). Might move it depending on what those of you who want to participate, think. Feel free to comment down below with any related thoughts. EDIT: As per discussion we have added Monday the 4th of January to the January read-a-thon. If this is not easy to read for you, please let me know and I'll see if I can write it down in a way that is more easy for you to understand. I look forward to do more reading in 2021 !

Thank you Hayley! I hope so . True . Well done to you too !

Oh yay, I'm glad you are enjoying it much more this time around! Yes, it can really make me dislike a book if I'm in the wrong mood to read it.

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I'm glad the short stories were good! Shame about the Fleishman book . I hope The Power of Now will be a better read. Yesterday I felt too tired to read for most of the day, but later on in the day I managed to read Happy Howlidays! (book 2 in Dog Diaries series) by Steven Bulter and James Patterson (ill. by Richard Watson). I then started Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh, I went to bed when I got too sleepy to read. I hope you all had a good read-a-thon and a fun time this past weekend! I had fun . I will put up the schedule for next year's read-a-thons in a while. I have it already made, but I didn't want to post it too early in December.

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I've heard good things about this book, glad you liked it! I preferred book 3 (A Storm of Swords) over book 2. I hope you enjoy book 3 more .

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Nice !! I hope it gets better . I didn't read much yesterday during the day, as I could not concentrate on reading while I heard talking on the background. I did read for about an hour and a half in bed in the evening. Saturday: Andy Griffiths and Terry Danton - Treehouse 3: The 39-Storey Treehouse (re-read) Tim Collins - Diary of Dorkius Maximus 1: Diary of Dorkius Maximus (re-read) They both have a lot of illustrations in them, and they were both re-read so they read fast.