Forsan Flies, Flits, and Flutters 2021

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Goals for 2021

- read 50 books
- read a book for each monthly tag (+ casually follow Pursue/Book/Track)
- Fly the Skies
- Popsugar 2021
- Jade Dragons treasure hoarding

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Read a book for each monthly tag

January (mental-health)
- The Midnight Library
- The Silent Patient
---bonus (historical-fiction)
- Murder in Old Bombay
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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Fly the Skies

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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Popsugar 2021

1. A book that published in 2021
2. An Afrofuturist book
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
5. A dark academia book
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
- The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir?
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction
9. A book with a family tree
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
11. A book about forgetting
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
13. A locked-room mystery
- One by One?
14. A book set in a restaurant
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe? or a chef memoir
15. A book with a black-and-white cover
16. A book by an indigenous author
17. A book that has the same title as a song
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
19. A book that discusses body positivity
- One to Watch?
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
21. A genre hybrid
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
23. A book with something broken on the cover
24. A book by a Muslim American / Muslim British author - It's Not About the Burqa
25. A book that was published anonymously
- My Brilliant Friend!!
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts - The Midnight Library
28. A magical realism book
29. A book set in multiple countries
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
34. A book about a social justice issue
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Murder in Old Bombay
37. A book you think your best friend would like
38. A book about art or an artist - The Silent Patient
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

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A-to-Z around the world (country settings, except w and x)

A - Australia (The Light Between Oceans)
B
C - Canada (Heart Berries)
D - Dominican Rebublic (Clap When You Land)
E
F
G
H
I - India (Murder in Old Bombay)
J - Japan (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
K - Kenya (Unbowed)
L
M
N
O
P - Peru (The Bedlam Stacks)
Q
R
S - Sweden (Anxious People)
T
U - United Kingdom (It's Not About the Burqa)
V - Vietnam (The Refugees)
Y
Z

[Karin]

Your title reminds me of the song So Long, Farewell from The Sound of Music when Lousia sings "I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly."

[forsanolim]

Karin wrote: "Your title reminds me of the song So Long, Farewell from The Sound of Music when Lousia sings "I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly.""

I hadn't thought of that, but it definitely does sound a lot like the song!