Gloria Z Thompson | Books that Did Not Work For Me in 2021 @GloriaZThompson | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 12 minutes ago.
Please don't hate me! But these books just didn't work for me in 2021. These include my DNFs and 1 & 2 star reads. Also, don't forget to leave any questions down below for the 1K Q&A coming up!
Watch more:
2021 Favorite Nonfiction: youtu.be/LUVNG9hDZew
2021 Favorite Fiction: youtu.be/R1-p3d8xxww
Reading like my Enneagram Type: youtu.be/JxaGpYiGYmg
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Books mentioned:
DNFs
- The Immune System Recovery Plan by Susan Blum
- Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
- My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
- Night Film by Marisha Pessl
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
- Word by Word by Kory Stamper
- Everybody Always by Bob Goff
Historical Fiction
- Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
- The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
- A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe
- Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie
- The Yellow Bird Sings
- The Secrets We Kept
Nonfiction
- Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
- Wake
- Losing Earth: A Recent History
- The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
Thrillers
- Five Total Strangers
- They Never Learn
- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
- The Hawthorne Legacy
- Female of the Species
Literary/Contemporary
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
- Severance by Ling Ma
- Little Labors by Rivka Galchen
Sci / Fi Fantasy
- The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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In this video:
00:00 - intro
02:04 - DNFs
07:35 - historical fiction
10:38 - nonfiction
12:48 - mystery / thrillers
14:56 - literary / contemporary
17:12 - sci-fi / fantasy
20:04 - outro
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Find Me:
📚 Goodreads — goodreads.com/gloriazay
📚 Storygraph — app.thestorygraph.com/profile/gloriareads
✨ Instagram — instagram.com/gloriazthompson
📧 Email — zaytsev.gloria@gmail.com
✨ Wishlist — amzn.to/3q9tKOi
Equipment Used:
📷 Camera - Canon G7X Mark II
🎬 edited on iMovie, thumnbail w/ Canva
Please don't hate me! But these books just didn't work for me in 2021. These include my DNFs and 1 & 2 star reads. Also, don't forget to leave any questions down below for the 1K Q&A coming up!
Watch more:
2021 Favorite Nonfiction: youtu.be/LUVNG9hDZew
2021 Favorite Fiction: youtu.be/R1-p3d8xxww
Reading like my Enneagram Type: youtu.be/JxaGpYiGYmg
_______________
Books mentioned:
DNFs
- The Immune System Recovery Plan by Susan Blum
- Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
- My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
- Night Film by Marisha Pessl
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
- Word by Word by Kory Stamper
- Everybody Always by Bob Goff
Historical Fiction
- Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
- The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
- A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe
- Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie
- The Yellow Bird Sings
- The Secrets We Kept
Nonfiction
- Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
- Wake
- Losing Earth: A Recent History
- The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
Thrillers
- Five Total Strangers
- They Never Learn
- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
- The Hawthorne Legacy
- Female of the Species
Literary/Contemporary
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
- Severance by Ling Ma
- Little Labors by Rivka Galchen
Sci / Fi Fantasy
- The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
_______________
In this video:
00:00 - intro
02:04 - DNFs
07:35 - historical fiction
10:38 - nonfiction
12:48 - mystery / thrillers
14:56 - literary / contemporary
17:12 - sci-fi / fantasy
20:04 - outro
_______________
Find Me:
📚 Goodreads — goodreads.com/gloriazay
📚 Storygraph — app.thestorygraph.com/profile/gloriareads
✨ Instagram — instagram.com/gloriazthompson
📧 Email — zaytsev.gloria@gmail.com
✨ Wishlist — amzn.to/3q9tKOi
Equipment Used:
📷 Camera - Canon G7X Mark II
🎬 edited on iMovie, thumnbail w/ Canva
