Books and Backpacks

    As Goodreads  published its Year In Books, I've been thinking back to the 177 books I've read this year. Overall, my year was pretty successful, in terms of reading, at least. I had 14 favorites of the year, but many more 5 star reads. As an English major, I do read a lot for school, however, when I only include the books I read on my own on my Goodreads challenge. So I spent the first few months of 2021 reading only for school. As such, t he bulk of my reading occurred during the last 3/4ths of the year, which leads to the first question of this post.  What was the first book you read this year?  My first read of the year was Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun. With the Twilight Renaissance currently occurring online, this book felt as good as any to start my year off with. If you haven't heard of it, it's essentially a retelling of Meyer's 2005 novel, Twilight . While Meyer has done Twilight  retellings before (namely, the gender-bent novel, Life and Deat...