Hopes for 2021 (including TBR list)

I must admit, it’s hard to think about my hopes for 2021 this year. So I kept most of them small.

First of all, and this is something major, my partner and I REALLY want to start living together this year. This means I would have to move out of my current place, which has been my home for almost 18 years! That’s almost half of my life! And I will also be moving out of town. It took both of us a while to get to this place, where we are both ready at the same time, and prepared for it. It will be exciting in both a positive as a scary way.

Secondly I need and want to continue working on my health. It’s something I must always do, but last year I decided to take it to the next lever and this year I will continue that. There was a major setback last year after my falling accident, but I CAN DO THIS! Life is about falling and getting back up anyway right? So let’s get back up again. And again.

I also want to continue exploring my crafty side. I have noticed last year I really like drawing, water coloring and painting. This is so new to me. But with a year of being home alone for most of the time (well, until the move anyway) it’s a perfect year to keep trying new crafts and techniques or just the ones I discovered I like. 🙂

As for the allotment garden, I am not sure what to do yet, mostly because of the move. I will start preparing soon, but I have to figure out what I can do and what plants must be moved with us to our new home. Since we haven’t exactly bought something yet, I have no idea what will be possible in our back garden.

And of course there will be books. For 2021 I am setting my reading goal at 80 books! I also hope to read more than 26.000 pages. And go above the 3.5 star average rating. Just like last year, I looked at the books I already own (or have at home/ordered from the library) and prepared a list of books I definately want to read. The list is currently 40 books long.

Another thing related to books is that I will be transitioning from Goodreads to theStorygraph. As they say themselves: “The StoryGraph helps you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes. Because life’s too short for a book you’re not in the mood for.” The day after Christmas I exported my history to theStorygraph and was able to see my statistics over 2020. So much more interesting! The recommendations are far better than Goodreads. I also love that it’s development is still active, where Goodreads just gives you a big FUCK YOU every time you find a bug…

So let’s get to the list of books I want to read in 2021!

1. The winter people by Jennifer McMahon
2. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
3. Weird things people say in bookshops by Jen Campbell
4. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
5. The house at Pooh corner by A.A. Milne
6. Moon of the crusted snow by Waubgeshig Rice
7. The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy: the trilogy of four by Douglas Adams (part 3 and 4)
8. Mostly harmless by Douglas Adams
9. The eight mountains by Paulo Cognetti
10. Perfume: story of a murderer by Patrick Süskind
11. Evolution by Ursula Visser DNF-ed
12. Man’s search for meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
13. The owl only hunts at night by Samuel Bjork
14. Where wizards stay up late by Katie Hafner
15. The vanishing season by Dot Hutchison
16. The dead list by Jennifer L. Armentrout
17. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
18. Dead to me by Cath Staincliffe DNF-ed
19. The survivors by Jane Harper
20. Birdman by Mo Hayder unhauled
21. On writing: a memoir of the craft by Stephen King
22. The crow trap by Ann Cleeves
23. And the mountains echoed by Khalled Hosseini
24. Phantom by Susan Kay
25. Making money by Terry Pratchett
26. The city of brass by S.A. Chakraborty
27. Hollow empire by Sam Hawke
28. House of leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski unhauled
29. Redemption by Leon Uris
30. The stand by Stephen King
31. Moving pictures by Terry Pratchett
32. 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
33. Stillhouse lake by Rachel Caine
34. Shadowland by Peter Straub
35. The power of meow by David Michie
36. The gunslinger by Stephen King (reread)
37. The drawing of the three by Stephen King (reread)
38. The bear and the nightingale by Katherine Arden (reread)
39. The girl in the tower by Katherine Arden (reread)
40. The winter of the witch by Katherine Arden (reread)

What are your hopes for 2021? Bookish or not? Do you have any of these books on your read list? Or any new things you want to try this year? Share with me in the comments, I would love to know!