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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Ep. 99: Best Books of 2021 and Bookish Superlatives with Susie from @NovelVisits

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

Arts, Books

4.7 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In Episode 99, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I share our favorite books from 2021, overall and by genre, along with a ton of bookish superlatives. We also talk about whether our reading has recovered from COVID and I reflect on the past year of the podcast.

This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). I also included Bookshop.org affiliate links.

Announcements

  • Upcoming "Ask Me Anything" podcast, airing December 8, to celebrate the 100th episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live!
  • Sarah's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
  • 2022 Rock Your Reading Tracker is coming soon! You'll be able to purchase it for $14.99 on my website OR Superstars Patrons will get it for FREE!

Highlights

  • My 2021 Podcast Overview — including top episodes based on download stats and polled favorites. 
  • Overview of our reading this year including key stats (including the ongoing impact of COVID-19).
  • Our favorite books of 2021: overall and by genre.
  • 2021 Bookish Superlative Awards.

Our Favorite Books of 2021 (Overall and by Genre) [17:09]

Susie

Sarah

2021 Bookish Superlative Awards [38:55]

Susie

Sarah

Other Books Mentioned

About Susie

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Susie has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Some of her fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, she began journaling about the books she read and turned that passion into writing about books. Her first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend's blog, but she soon realized she wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of her own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, she loves being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish.

Next Episode

In two weeks (December 8), Catherine (@gilmoreguide) and I will be celebrating the 100th episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live with the "Ask Me Anything" episode. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves. Each week I'm

0:15.5

talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love, and one new

0:22.7

release they're excited about. We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky about all things

0:28.3

books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your reader friends,

0:33.8

subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts. Let's get rolling.

0:39.7

Hey, everyone. Welcome to the 2021 year-in wrap-up episode. And I've got Susie from Novel

0:45.8

visits here with me. If you don't follow her already, make sure to go follow her on Instagram

0:50.5

at Novel Visits. And she also has a blog, which is Novelvisits.com.

0:55.9

And I will link to both of those in the show notes.

0:57.9

Welcome back, Susie.

0:59.3

Hi, Sarah.

1:00.2

It's so great to be back.

1:01.4

I love this episode.

1:03.3

Me too.

1:04.0

And so to the listeners.

1:05.3

We are doing this episode a little bit earlier than normal this year.

1:08.3

And there's a reason for that.

1:10.5

We are celebrating our 100th

1:12.6

episode coming up soon. The episode that that happens to fall on is the one where we would

1:18.9

normally do the year-end wrap-up. So I did not feel like we could do the 100th episode

1:24.3

celebration in the 99th episode. No. But that's why we're doing this early. And to celebrate the 100th episode celebration in the 99th episode. No. But that's why we're doing this early.

1:29.6

And to celebrate the 100th episode, Catherine will be joining me to do an ask me anything,

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