A Day of Small Things | 2021 Year End Review part-2 // My Favourite Books: 5-star books & my personal book awards! @adayofsmallthings | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 minutes ago.
I read just over 100 books last year and although it was a fantastic reading year overall, I only gave five books 5 stars. These are, in my opinion, the best of the best. I also include four books for special reasons in addition to the five. So here are my favourite books of 2021 for various reasons. Enjoy!

0:00 intro
0:28 Favourite Victorian Novel - 'Vanity Fair' by Thackeray
3:59 Most Thought-Provoking Novel - 'Transcendent Kingdom' by Yaa Gyasi
9:08 Best Teacher - 'A Swim in a Pond in the Rain' by George Saunders
12:11 Most Passionate Love Story - 'Anna Karenina' by Tolstoy
13:15 Best Christian Book - 'Being the Bad Guys' by Stephen McAlpine
15:00 Most Pleasant Surprise -
15:55 Most Bizarre / Whimsical / Random Author
17:05 Audio Production that Won My Highest Respect
17:55 Favourite Audiobook Voice

- My letter to Gifty on my blog post
nicolefu.co.uk/2021/05/22/transcendent-kingdom-a-letter-to-gifty
- Tony Foster reading 'The Rainbow' by D. H. Lawrence
youtu.be/qjXKNRjIWsM
- About the film when I read the letter to Gifty
The film was edited into a storyline by myself but the amazing footage was produced by Cottonbro which I downloaded from Pexel. This is the second time I made use of Cottonbro's footage. Please follow them on Instagram. Thank you so much!
pexels.com/collections/bro-sis-hijrfz8