2022 End Of Year Wrap-Up

This year was one of my favorite years of all time. Especially in the reading category of my life. As a family, we had a lot going on, but I was still able to find extra time to relax in my favorite hobby: reading!

I had started a new job at the end of 2021, and figured I’d end up reading less so only set my goal for 80 books (I read 118 in 2021). I hit that goal in November and ended up adding an additional 20 books to the grand total!

Best Month: December with 18 books!
Worst Month: August with only 2 books (but to be fair, I was reading The Terror which is over 900 pages, and also listening to my paranormal podcasts all month!)

Favorite Read of the Year

Without a doubt, Artificial Condition by Martha Wells was my favorite read of the year. It was the most entertaining book I got to enjoy. I love this sassy, socially awkward, but totally awesome SecUnit so much!

Favorite Reads of Each Month

January – The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss – 4 ⭐
February – The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss – 4 ⭐
March – Piranesi by Susanna Clarke – 4 ⭐
April – Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo – 5⭐
May – Stargazer by Anne Hillerman – 4 ⭐
June – Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie – 5⭐
July – The Terror by Dan Simmons – 5⭐
August – What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher – 5⭐
September – Empire of Silence by Christopher Roucchio – 5⭐
October – The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik – 5⭐
November – Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood – 4⭐
December – Artificial Condition by Martha Wells – 5⭐

Year in Total

Hardback(📙)Paperback(📚)E-book(📃)Audiobook(🎧)
Re-reads(📖)Buddy Reads(👋)

January
🎧📖Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
📃Love in a Time of the Zombie Apocalypse by Rizzle – 2⭐
🎧📖Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
🎧The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss – 4⭐
🎧Quidditch Through the Ages by JK Rowling – 4⭐
🎧The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman – 3⭐
🎧Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono – 3⭐
🎧The Wolf by JR Ward – 3⭐
🎧📖Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
📚Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris – 4⭐
🎧📖Angelfall by Susan Ee – 4⭐

February
🎧📖World After by Susan Ee – 4⭐
🎧📖Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
🎧📖Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
📃Kate & the Kraken by Honey Phillips – 3⭐
🎧📖End of Days by Susan Ee – 4⭐
🎧The Original by Brandon Sanderson – 2⭐
🎧📖Devolution by Max Brooks – 5⭐
🎧The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss – 4⭐
🎧📖Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse – 5⭐
🎧📖Before the Storm by Christie Golden – 5⭐
📃The Demon’s Pet by Domino Savage – 4⭐
🎧📖World War Z by Max Brooks – 5⭐
📃The Demon’s Path by Domino Savage – 3⭐

March
🎧📖Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik – 5⭐
🎧📖Poison Princess by Kresley Cole – 5⭐
🎧📖Endless Knight by Kresley Cole – 5⭐
📚📃Piranesi by Susanna Clarke – 4⭐
🎧Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole – 3⭐
🎧📖The Shining by Stephen King – 4⭐
🎧📖Matilda by Roald Dahl – 4⭐
🎧Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs – 4⭐

April
📃An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
🎧Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs – 4⭐
📃Into The Dark by Emma H. Frost – 2⭐
🎧📖Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – 5⭐
🎧Arcana Rising by Kresley Cole – 4⭐
📚🎧Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo – 5⭐
📚📃What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Curry -4⭐
📃 Zombie by Iain Rob Wright – 3 ⭐
🎧Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris – 4⭐
🎧📖A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – 5⭐
🎧📖Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – 5⭐
🎧The Dark Calling by Kresley Cole – 3⭐

May
🎧📖The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik – 5⭐
📚📃Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie – 3⭐
🎧Stargazer by Anne Hillerman – 4⭐
🎧The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving – 2⭐

June
🎧Lover Arisen by JR Ward – 3⭐
🎧📖Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse – 5⭐
🎧Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel – 3⭐
📚👋Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie – 5⭐
🎧Illidan by William King – 4⭐

July
📃The Terror by Dan Simmons – 5 ⭐
📚 Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 1 by Gege Akutami – 5 ⭐
🎧📖 World War Z by Max Brooks – 5 ⭐
🎧 Guenhwyvar by RA Salvatore – 5⭐
🎧 Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson – 2⭐

August
📙What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher – 5 ⭐
📚One Punch Man vol. 17 – 5 ⭐

September
🎧The Sacred Bridge by Anne Hillerman – 4⭐
🎧📖Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones – 5⭐
📃👋Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio – 5⭐
📙The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers – 4⭐
📚One Punch Man vol. 18 by ONE – 5⭐
🎧Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin – 4⭐

October
🎧📃When Humans Nearly Vanished by Donald R. Prothero – 2⭐
📙🎧The Clackity by Lora Senf – 5⭐
🎧The Man Who Caught the Storm by Brantley Hargrove – 5⭐
🎧Moonshine & Magic by Bella Falls – 4⭐
📙🎧The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik – 5⭐
🎧The Ex Hex by Erin Stirling – 3⭐

November
📃Gallant by V.E. Schwab – 4⭐
📚🎧Ghost Story by Jim Butcher – 5⭐
🎧Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood – 4⭐
🎧Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood – 3⭐
🎧Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood – 4⭐
📃 Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher – 4⭐
🎧 The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah – 3⭐
📃 All Systems Red by Martha Wells – 4⭐ – Met reading goal 2022!
🎧 👋Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber – 4⭐
🎧 Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber – 3⭐

December
🎧 Dead Man’s Hand by James J. Butcher – 5⭐
🎧 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna – 3⭐
🎧 A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas – 4⭐
🎧 The Serpent in Heaven by Charlaine Harris – 4⭐
🎧 Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix – 2⭐
📃 Artificial Condition by Martha Wells – 5⭐
🎧 Suspects by Danielle Steel – 4⭐
📖🎧 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
📃 Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells – 5⭐
🎧 The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill – 4⭐
📖🎧 Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
🎧 Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood – 4⭐
📃 Exit Strategy by Martha Wells – 5⭐
📖🎧 Club Dead by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
📖🎧 Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris – 5⭐
🎧 Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection (Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly) by Don Roff – 4⭐
🎧 A Window into Time by Peter F. Hamilton – 4⭐
📃 Off With Their Heads by Mainak Dhar – 4⭐

Up Next for 2023: I really don’t have any idea where I’m headed in the book world but we’ll see what I come up with when I make my 2023 reading plan post next!

How did your 2022 go in reading? Did you hit all your goals? Were there any books you didn’t get to this year that you’ll put on your plan for 2023?

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