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Bridges Recap - Part 7 - 2021

Well, that was a year.  It looks like I read less than half as many books as I did in 2020.

For me, 2021 started off with me setting a lot boundaries around work. Any other teachers also taught students in person and students online at the same time will understand that it was a lot.  With my husband and I both being teachers and coaches, we hit a point where we had to set some boundaries between work and home because we found ourselves spending every waking moment on school.  The year ended with me being pregnant!  I can't think of a year that that I was more TIRED.  At least twice, I woke up and realized I had let an entire book play all night long, while I was sleeping.....not ideal.

In Bridges Recap - Part 1 - Audiobooks, I discuss audiobook options, and how I have chosen a lot of the books I listen to.  The first actual book log post is Bridges Recap - Part 2 - 2016.  All of the books in these posts were listened to on Bridges, which has now been discontinued.  I now listen on Libby.  This is mostly a book log for me.  It doesn't mean I liked or didn't like the book if it's listed or linked.  Most links are from Bookshop.org, which I am currently an affiliate.  

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Due to this list being shorter this year, there weren't a ton to choose favorites from.  A few books have stuck with me though, so I chose my most memorable books from the year.  As always, there were a few series's that I was cycling through, but most were a relisten this year.

A Promised Land was a great listen, as is anything from the Obamas, about the first portion of Barack Obama's presidency.  It sounds like he planned on doing one book, but split it into two parts.  If you've read Becoming by Michelle Obama, you'll know there was some overlap into the presidency.  I had listened to Barack's other books before Michelle's book, so there was already overlap that I find interesting.  The overlap between the books is cool to get different perspectives and to realize and point out that people experience the same events and be in the same room still have different perspectives on the situation.

Didn't See That Coming, Girl Stop Apologizing, and Girl Wash your Face were interesting to listen to someone's perspective and life experiences change over time.  All of these books set me on a path of figuring out what about myself is a social construct and living up to other people's expectations of me, and what about me is really me.  Not everyone will agree with everything in these books, and it would be weird if they did.  However, it is important to me that people not live in a world where they aren't comfortable to be themselves or where they are living to appease other people--when it's not hurting them.

Nineteen Minutes is always a tough one.  I had been putting this one off for a few years, but I finally just went for it.  As a person, it's a tough book to listen to.  Having been a student, it's a tough book to listen to.  As a pregnant person at the time, it's a tough book to listen to.  As a teacher, it's a heart breaking, gut wrenching book to listen to.  Make sure you're in a place where you're ready to handle this. 

It's interesting to see the books I don't even remember reading combined with the books that I still think about frequently.  This list of memorable books actually feels like a very contemporary explanation of who I am now.  So many of my favorites lists have books I have been reading since childhood that are still apart of me, but I just realized this combination feels more like I am an adult.

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