Words That Shape Me: 2021 Reading List

Welcome to the Words That Shape Me series! In this series I’ll be posting my thoughts and what I’ve learned about each book. The books I review will be ones that have had a huge impact on my life and books that I believe can change your life as well.

Can you believe we are just a few days away from a new year? I don’t know about you, but I feel like 2020 both went by fast and slow at the same time. Is that even possible? Today I wanted to share the books I’m excited to read in 2021. If you’ve been following the blog all year, you’ll notice that I dropped the ball with this series this year. That is because I didn’t do much reading.  I want to prioritize reading more in 2021 because there are so many books that I want to read.

It’s safe to say that I didn’t meet my goal of reading 20 books this year. I did m

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«anage to read—-≥÷a few books off of my reading list though. Some of the books on this list will be from last year’s list as well, since I didn’t read as much as I wanted to. This year I’m going to set my goal small, in hopes to exceed it. In 2021 I want to read at least 12 books. Here are the books on my 2021 reading list. You’ll notice it’s a lot more than 12 books. Why my indecisive self didn’t stop at 12, I have no idea, but here we are.

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My 2021 Reading List

1. Do It Scared by Ruth Sukup
2. Seven Mile Miracle by Steven Furtick
3. Love Yourself Lighter by Suvin Nichols
4. It’s Okay Not To Be Okay by Sheila Walsh
5. Broke Millennial by Erin Lowry
6. Party Girl by Rachel Hollis
7. Good Morning Good Life by Amy Landino
8. Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley
9. You Are Already Amazing by Holley Gerth
10. Jesus >Religion by Jefferson Bethke
11. Emma by Jane Austin
12. Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don’t Want to Talk About by Ryan Casey Walker
13. The Introvert’s Edge to Networking: Work the Room. Leverage Social Media. Develop Powerful Connections by Matthew Pollard
14. Saving Social by Ryam Holmes
15. Fighting Forward by Hannah Brencher
16. The In-Between Place by Kat Armstrong
17. Know Yourself Know Your Money: Rachel Cruze
18. The Career Toolkit by Mark A. Herschberg
19. Winning The War In Your Mind by Pastor Craig Groeschel
20. Believe It by Jamie Kern Lima 
21. Meant to Be: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
22. Siri Who Am I? By Sam Tschida
23. Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
24. Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
25. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
26. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
27. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Hadish

What’s your reading goal for the new year? What books are on your 2021 reading list Let me know in the comments or connect with me via Goodreads.