March Book Thread - Best book you read in 2021
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Anonymous
What was the best book you read in 2021, and a brief description of why. If you can't pick one - you can do more than one 
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Anonymous
| You’ll never believe what happened to Lacey, by Amber Ruffin |
Anonymous
| I love Klara and the Sun and The House in the Cerulean Sea (came out in 2020, but I read it last year). Both very different but very memorable. |
Anonymous
| Just finished the Only woman in the room by Marie Benedict. True story and amazing about the actress Hedy Lamarr and her life. |
Anonymous
| Circe - I liked Greek myths as a kid and I really like reading a book having to do with that & I also thought it was entertaining. |
Anonymous
| Travels with Charley in search of America. Someone recommended it here on dcum and I was surprised at how relevant it was to current events of 2021. |
Anonymous
| Caste. I read it for my work book club (on diversity committee). I’m a white middle aged woman. It’s very readable, and I cannot un-see the American caste system now. |
Anonymous
| I swear we just had a post on this. |
Anonymous
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Not just, but there was, and it has a lot of good responses.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1014881.page |
Anonymous
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The Umbrella ☂ Lady by V.C. Andrews.
As a Gen Xer who grew up reading her salacious novels - this one was surprisingly good. The sequel not so much. Worst ending ever! 😠 |
Anonymous
My bad! I forgot about the other one. I probably even responded to it too. |
Anonymous
I like that you are keeping book topics here, though. What do you have planned for future months? Reddit has some good repeating weekly/monthly prompts I’m some of the book subreddits. Like a monthly, what did you read, during the last week of the month, or maybe also top and bottom books you read, recommendations you liked from others, maybe a quarterly one on books you’re looking forward to, or even monthly local or virtual book events (B&N used to do stuff, not sure now. Scrawl in Reston has a newsletter for in person and virtual stuff). |
Anonymous
Also maybe best audiobooks. Some people’s voices are just amazing, may be fun to share those, too. |
Anonymous
So, one more vote petitioning for a separate forum? It’s very easy for these book threads to get lost in the Entertainment thread, and I rarely look for them when they’re not on the first page of listings. I re-read The Saturday Morning Murder : A Psychoanalytic Case — the first book in the series by Batya Gur. This is one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors. |
Anonymous
| My favorite book I read in 2021 was The Heart's Invisible Furies. It's on the list of my all-time favorites. Don't let the length dissuade you. It's the type of book where it doesn't feel as long as it is. I was actually sad when it was over. It is such a good story and while the subject matter is heavy, the author is so skilled at also including humor so it balances out. |