Number of Books You Read: 148
Number of Rereads: LOTS! I reread almost all of Neil Gaiman's books before seeing him speak in May. I also reread a few of my favorites like Lord of the Rings and The Count of Monte Cristo.
1. Best Books You Read In 2022
Classics — The Count of Monte Cristo (reread)
Historical Fiction — The Rose Code, Lessons in Chemistry, and Love & Saffron
Historical Fiction — The Rose Code, Lessons in Chemistry, and Love & Saffron
Mystery — The Maid, The Club, The Murder of Mr. Wickham
Literary Fiction — The Shell Seekers and Oh William!
Nonfiction — Essentialism, These Precious Days, The Johnstown Flood, The Good Nurse
Fantasy — Lord of the Rings (reread)
Play — I and You, Poor Clare
Detective Story — The Maisie Dobbs series, Ink Black Heart and A World of Curiosities
Detective Story — The Maisie Dobbs series, Ink Black Heart and A World of Curiosities
Science Fiction — Sea of Tranquility, Annihilation
YA — A Place to Hang the Moon
Romance — Book Lovers
2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
Upgrade, I loved his previous two books, but this one was just meh.
3. Most surprising (in a good way) book you read?
3. Most surprising (in a good way) book you read?
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| A Christmas ornament of my fav 2022 books from my bestie. |
Remarkably Bright Creatures, one of the main POV characters is an octopus, and it was wonderful.
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
The Snow Child (one of my favorites last year)
5. Best series you started in 2022?
The Maisie Dobbs series, I read the first seven books this year and they are excellent!
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2022?
Rosamund Pilcher, I read both The Shell Seekers and Coming Home and loved them both.
Rosamund Pilcher, I read both The Shell Seekers and Coming Home and loved them both.
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
A World of Curiosities, it had me on the edge of my seat.
9. Book You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
Essentialism, so many great tips for prioritizing and learning how to say no.
The Cartographers and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
11. Most memorable character of 2022?
Maisie Dobbs, Six Thirty the dog from Lessons in Chemistry, and Lucy from Oh William! and Lucy by the Sea
The Sea of Tranquility, I loved it so much I read it twice.
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2022?
24/6 made me infinitely more aware of our dependence on being available at any moment and our obsession with our phones.
24/6 made me infinitely more aware of our dependence on being available at any moment and our obsession with our phones.
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2022 to finally read?
The Shell Seekers
15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2022?
“I believe that calling myself a Christian means living up to Christ’s example of brave, sometimes shocking love.” - Shauna Niequist
“This had often broken my heart, to realize that you never know the last time you pick up a child.” - Lucy by the Sea
"One must always have adventure in life, or the promise of it, at least." - Last Christmas in Paris
“The work is the pleasure but then always the judgment that can strip the pleasure like turpentine.” - Madly, Deeply
"This is a strange lesson of living in a pandemic: life can be tranquil in the face of death." - Sea of Tranquility
“It’s really something to return home after a month away. It would seem that the world should have changed in someway, as it to say, out of courtesy, we understand your journey was illuminating insignificant, and because it affected you so, the universe, two, is making a slight but noticeable shift.” - Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
16. Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2022?
A Short Guide to a Happy Life - 64 pages
The Count of Monte Cristo - 1,276 pages
17. Book That Shocked You The Most?
A World of Curiosities and Sea of Tranquility
A World of Curiosities and Sea of Tranquility
18. Favorite Couple?
Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache and Fern and "Wally" from The Good Sister
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship of The Year?
Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott (do they count as romantic or non-romantic?) and Alice and her father from This Time Tomorrow
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2022 From an Author You’ve Read Previously?
Troy by Stephen Fry and These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
21. Best Book You Read In 2022 That You Read Based SOLELY On A
Recommendation From Somebody Else?
The Swimmers, it was lovely. Fair Play was packed with tips for balancing the workload in a marriage.
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2022?
Charlie from Book Lovers
23. Best debut you read?
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, was just lovely and Lessons in Chemistry was excellent.
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Annihilation
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
Shit, Actually (pardon the title), this was a hilarious review of classic movies.
26. Book That Made You Cry in 2022?
Joan and Imogen's friendship in Love and Saffron
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
Dear Fahrenheit 451, a librarian wrote letters to her favorite and least favorite books and the result was too funny.
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
The Rose Code
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2022?
Comfort Me with Apples, this story is inspired by a well-known story, but you don't know that until the end. It was so strange, but I'm still thinking about it.
30. Book That Made You the Maddest?
Happy-Go-Lucky, no one can make me laugh out loud like Sedaris reading his own work.
32. Best Book to Film Adaptation?
99 Days, every character made such stupid selfish choices. Ugh.
31. Best Audiobook?Happy-Go-Lucky, no one can make me laugh out loud like Sedaris reading his own work.
32. Best Book to Film Adaptation?
Where the Crawdads Sing, the set of that film was just incredible!
Thanks to Perpetual Page Turner for originating this survey! It’s always so much fun to look at everything I read throughout the year and think about what I loved/hated.
Photos by me.
4 comments:
Wow! A lot of great-sounding books on your list!!! If I ever find more time I would like to check some of those out.
I love that ornament of your favorite books SO MUCH!!!!! What a clever idea!
Jinjer - Isn't that ornament perfect for a book lover!
Rereading favorites is a great way to manage the stress of house projects & moving. Good idea! In the midst of all that activity, you read a ton of books. Bravo! I reread The Shell Seekers this past year, too. It will wind up on my Best of 2022 list, along with These Precious Days. I'm eager to get a copy of Love & Saffron, which several friends have raved about. I have Remarkably Bright Creatures in my stacks for early 2023. Glad you liked it. Ah, yes. The Snow Child is a great book! My husband even enjoyed it. :) As soon as he finishes A World of Curiosities, I'm going to dive in! I listened to Dear Fahrenheit 451 a few years ago and loved it. I have a print edition that I bought just because I loved the audio so much. Thanks for the reminder to watch Where the Crawdads Sing. I loved that on audio!
Very cool Christmas ornament! Did you create it or order it online?
Les - The ornament was a gift from my best friend. She ordered it on Etsy! Sounds like we love so many of the same books! If you have any recommendations or favorites, please share! I've fallen in love with rereading in recent years. I love that though the story remains the same, each time I bring something different to the table depending on what I've experienced.
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