2021 Reading & Books

My 2021 Reading Log & Book Tracker The fun stuff? I'll be sharing book reviews, reading challenges, author spotlights, reader tips, book-tube videos, book club reads and more. Be sure to check out the descriptions of each pin for details & links.

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Diane S. Loftis

Becky's Book Reviews: 2021 World War II Challenge

MY READER'S BLOCK: Vintage Scattergories: Vintage Mystery Challenge 2021

Turtle Recall is Coming Back! | Announcing Turtle Recall Reading Challenge 2021! – A Dance With Books

20 Reading Challenges

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My book pick for The Ultimate Reading Challenge 2021: [Trade Paperback 2015] sweet salt air by Barbara Delinsky #6 A Book Based in Maine

My book pick for The Ultimate Reading Challenge 2021: [ Mass Market Paperback 1936] Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier #19 A Book Based In A Different Country Than Where You Are Currently

Personal 2021 TURC Tracker

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The Serial Novel: A Brief History with 30 Examples [Infographic]

Everyone who is serious about self-improvement wishes to be well read. A while ago I pondered the question of what it means to be well educated. Now I’ve asked myself the following: “What does it mean to be well read?” According to Google, 129,864,880 books have been published in modern history. Needless to say, that’s a lot of books. Upon the myriad titles available, which ones should you read? Should you go out and get yourself a copy of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets, Don Quixote, The ...

Reading Tips

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Once There Were Wolves: An Evening with Charlotte McConaghy and Laurie Frankel - YouTube

Sharon Wright: Those Magnificent Women and their Flying Machines - YouTube

Song of Myself was included in Walt Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass. -photo credit: Three Lions/Getty Images

Author Spotlight

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Once There Were Wolves - Barbara Delinsky

Book Reviews

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I enjoyed A Gentleman in Moscow [2016] by Amor Towles via #audiobook, brilliantly read by Nicolas Guy Smith. This book kicked off the first ever Bunker Nation Book Club created by USA Today's BestSelling #author and #offgridder, Michael Bunker. For more information about the author: https://michaelbunker.com

Bunker Nation Book Club

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How to Make FLOWERS out of BOOK PAGES | Budget Friendly DIY | Ashleigh Lauren - YouTube

We have broken down how to create beautiful paper roses from old book pages. With this simple step-by-step guide, you will have a bouquet of roses in no time! Having paper flowers around your house adds beautiful texture, literary whimsy, and floral touches that never wilt. We have created a few book page flowers in the past, but we have to say–these roses might be our new go-to flowers. They are the perfect way to turn old book pages into something new!

D.I.Y. Crafty Reader

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Teach Reading Comprehension

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How to Stay Bookish When You’re Binge Watching

My first read of 2021: The Handmaid's Tale [1986] by Margaret Atwood. HuLu's t.v. series adpation of the #book orginally aired in 2017, ahead of the fourth season premiere, the series was renewed for a fifth season. Date TBA.

Book to Screen

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two women standing next to each other in front of a tree with the words once there were werewolvess

Once There Were Wolves

Once There Were Wolves: An Evening with Charlotte McConaghy and Laurie Frankel

Once There Were Wolves: An Evening with Charlotte McConaghy and Laurie Frankel - YouTube

The Lincoln Highway - Barbara Delinsky

some paper flowers are laying on top of each other

Flowers From Book Pages

Retirement Crafts

Book Page Flowers

Recycled Paper Crafts

How to Make FLOWERS out of BOOK PAGES | Budget Friendly DIY | Ashleigh Lauren

How to Make FLOWERS out of BOOK PAGES | Budget Friendly DIY | Ashleigh Lauren - YouTube

a gold vase with flowers in it and the words diy craft book page rose

DIY Book Craft: Book Page Roses - Maya Smart

We have broken down how to create beautiful paper roses from old book pages. With this simple step-by-step guide, you will have a bouquet of roses in no time! Having paper flowers around your house adds beautiful texture, literary whimsy, and floral touches that never wilt. We have created a few book page flowers in the past, but we have to say–these roses might be our new go-to flowers. They are the perfect way to turn old book pages into something new!

the cover of once there were werewolvess by charlotte mconagaghy, with trees in the background

Once There Were Wolves - Barbara Delinsky

an info sheet with the names and numbers of books in each book, as well as other

The Serial Novel: A Brief History with 30 Examples [Infographic]

How To Be Well Read

Good Articles To Read

How to Be Well Read -

Everyone who is serious about self-improvement wishes to be well read. A while ago I pondered the question of what it means to be well educated. Now I’ve asked myself the following: “What does it mean to be well read?” According to Google, 129,864,880 books have been published in modern history. Needless to say, that’s a lot of books. Upon the myriad titles available, which ones should you read? Should you go out and get yourself a copy of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets, Don Quixote, The ...