Worst and Most Disappointing Reads of 2021

I like to end the year on a negative note so here’s my list of books I didn’t like in 2021.

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Best of 2021

Well, we’re at the end of another year so the round up begins. Let’s begin with the positives and end the year on the negatives.

As with every year, I’m only counting books I read for the first time, so no re-reads.

Review: Snowflakes Over the Starfish Café by Jessica Redland

Snowflakes Over the Starfish Café

Jessica Redland

Boldwood Books

420 pages

4/5

Never mind the romance, this book reads mostly like a love letter to the RNLI, which given the amount of shit they’ve been receiving from racists recently, I am not going to complain about it.

Review: Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop by Jessica Redland

Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop

Jessica Redland

Boldwood Books

253 pages

1.5/5

It’s time to go back to Whitsborough Bay for the first Jessica Redland book that has actively angered me.

Review: A Christmas Wish by Erin Green

A Christmas Wish

Erin Green

Aria

412 pages

3.5/5

Not bad. Not brilliant, but definitely not bad.

Review: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

Milly Johnson

Simon and Schuster

416 pages

3/5

So let the bells ring out for Christmas…

Review: Mistletoe at Moonstone Lake by Holly Martin

Mistletoe at Moonstone Lake

Holly Martin

239 pages

2.5/5

It’s December so it’s Christmas romance read time of the year. Just give me all the Christmas.

November 2021 Wrap Up

And so ends November, or as I like to call it: The month I read a load of books about Rome for a 500 word documentary commentary on a poem by Ennius. I got 88 for the assignment so I regret none of it.