Ushashi targeting 40 in 2021

[Ushashi]

I set my goal at 20 books in 2020 and managed to read over 30, but pandemic lockdown had a lot to do with it. I am setting 30 as my goal for 2021 too, which is quite high. But how will it be a challenge if it's too easy for me!!

Edit: I had a blast at reading in the first quarter. So I have decided to increase my goal from 30 to 40 books for the year (for now).

[Ushashi]

I will be keeping a list of all the books that I read this year here.

January 2021
1) Red Rising by Pierce Brown ★★★★
My Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3) Into the Water by Paula Hawkins ★★★★
4) Persuasion by Jane Austen ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5) Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6) The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ★★★
7)Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8)Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

February 2021
9) Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10) Dark Matter by Blake Crouch ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12) The Call of the Wild by Jack London ★★★★
13) Turtles All the Way Down by John Green ★★
14) The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ★★★★
15) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

March 2021
17) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ★★★★
18) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
19) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ★★★
20) Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
21) Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
22) Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay ★★★★
23) Liza of Lambeth by W. Somerset Maugham ★★★★
24) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★★
25) The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ★★★

April 2021
26) The Guest List by Lucy Foley ★★★★
27) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★
28) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Alyana]

You can do it!

[Ushashi]

Thanks Alyana :)

[Trisha]

Hey Ushashi, I agree with you. If not for the COVID-19 crisis, there would have been no working from home and cancelled trips, and definitely lesser time for books! I hope the situation gets better in 2021 but having said that, I still hope that we’ll be able to maintain our progress. Good luck with your goal! :)

[Ushashi]

Exactly what I feel too. Thanks Trisha!

[Lisa]

Good luck with your reading goals in 2021! :)

[Ushashi]

Thank you, Lisa :)

[Batul]

Hey Ushashi, I hope you reach your goal, good luck!

[Ushashi]

Thank you, Batul. Good luck to you too.

[Surabhi]

Hey Ushashi, you would reach your goal :) All the very best! and let us buddy read soon!

[Ushashi]

Hi, Surabhi! Thanks and good luck to you too. I will look forward to doing buddy reads :)

[Ushashi]

Finished my fist two books of 2021:

1) Red Rising by Pierce Brown ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Trisha]

Two already? That was quick!

[Ushashi]

Trisha wrote: "Two already? That was quick!"

Yeah I am mixing reading and listening. I prefer reading, but audiobooks are tremendous in time management 😁.

[Trisha]

Ushashi wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Two already? That was quick!"

Yeah I am mixing reading and listening. I prefer reading, but audiobooks are tremendous in time management 😁."

I’m yet to get Audible subscription. Reading is an expensive hobby, duh!

[Lisa]

Trisha wrote: "I’m yet to get Audible subscription ..."

Trisha, Libby is the answer :)

[Alyana]

Lisa wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I’m yet to get Audible subscription ..."

Trisha, Libby is the answer :)"

Libby became my best friend too! 😃

[Trisha]

Ladies, I applied for a library card in April 2020 and it's yet to be generated. The support folks don't help, I guess I just have to wait and pay for books until I get my card.

[Ushashi]

I am not even a member of any library. I keep spending on books. But I love doing that.
Btw, Librivox is a good place for free audiobooks if you like classics.

[Trisha]

Thanks Ushashi, I'll check it out.

[Ushashi]

Books 3 and 4 of the year:

> Into the Water by Paula Hawkins ★★★★

> Persuasion by Jane Austen ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ushashi]

Books 5 and 6:

> Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

> The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ★★★

[Ushashi]

Books 7 and 8:

>Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

> Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ushashi]

Books 9 and 10:

> Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor ★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

> Dark Matter by Blake Crouch ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ushashi]

Books 11 to 14:

> The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

> The Call of the Wild by Jack London ★★★★

> Turtles All the Way Down by John Green ★★

> The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ★★★★

[Ushashi]

Books 15 to 17

15) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

16) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

17) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ★★★★

[Ushashi]

Book 18 to 21

18) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

19) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ★★★

20) Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart ★★★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

21) Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ushashi]

Books 22 to 25

22) Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay ★★★★

23) Liza of Lambeth by W. Somerset Maugham ★★★★

24) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★★

25) The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ★★★

[Ushashi]

Books 26 to 28

26) The Guest List by Lucy Foley ★★★★

27) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★

28) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ★★★
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...