The Writers That Shook My World and Changed My Perspective
The books that forced me to confront some hidden truths.
2021 was the first year I ever actively counted the number of books I was reading or aimed to reach a specific number. Of the hundred, I read I had so many favorites and books I will without doubt return to. These aren’t the same as the tomes that have impacted me the most.
The first that comes to mind is My Dark Vanessa. A book that pulled me in so fast I found it impossible to look away from no matter how much I wanted to. Kate Russell told a story that needed to be out in the world starting conversations and exposing truths that have been long covered up both within ourselves and in society at large.
If you’d like to read more of my thoughts on this book and the points it raises, this is one of the articles I am most proud of in 2021.
The next was The Song of Achilles. A book which while it took me back through the landscapes of my favorite childhood escapism of the mythology and legends of Greece, it confronted…
