After multiple years of following a personal Reading Challenge (generally including genres and subject matter that would stretch my normal reading habits), this year I just needed to allow my whims to guide me. I read 54 books in total, including lots of silly murder mysteries, and some fun re-reads.

I also published a book this year!! In case you don't already know, it's called, Are We There Yet? An Illustrated Journey of Coping & Creativity During COVID-19. I didn't write a review of it (that would be weird), but please visit my "About" page, if you want to learn more!

Here is my 2022 list. I've linked each to my book review, if I did one.

Top 5

• The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean

• Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo

• The Chronicles of Alice Trilogy: Alice, Red Queen, and Looking Glass, by Christina Henry

• Shrill, by Lindy West

• What Strange Paradise, by Omar El Akkad

Loved it (highly recommend!)

• Eight Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson

• An Elderly Lady Must Not be Crossed, by Helene Turston

• Lanny, by Max Porter

• Murder Most Festive, by Ada Moncrieff

• The Mystery of Three Quarters, by Sophie Hannah

• The Truly Devious Series: Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, The Hand on the Wall, and The Box in the Woods, by Maureen Johnson

Liked it (enjoyed it & would recommend)

• Call Us What We Carry, by Amanda Gorman

• The Color Purple, by Alice Walker

• The Conductors, by Nicole Glover

• A Cosmology of Monsters, by Shaun Hannill

• The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, by Axie Oh

• The Hotel Neversink, by Adam O'Fallon Price

• How High the Moon, by Karyn Parsons

• The Liar's Dictionary, by Eley Williams

• Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz

• Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, by Matthew Sullivan

• Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay

• Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko

• The Shadow & Bone Trilogy, and the Six of Crows Duology: Shadow & Bone, Siege & Storm, Ruin & Rising, Six of Crows, and Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo

• Sorrowland, by Rivers Soloman

• The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, by Hannah Tinti

• What's Mine & Yours, by Naima Coster

It was fine (read it if the subject matter interests you)

• Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue

• Between You & Me, by Mary Norris

• The Bookshop, by Penelope Fitzgerald

• Little Weirds, by Jenny Slate

• The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

• Mouthful of Birds, by Samantha Schweblin

• Sing to It, by Amy Hempel

• Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer

• Woman with a Secret, by Sophie Hannah

Did not like it (do not recommend!)

• Fifty Words for Rain, by Asha Lemmie

• Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz

• The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris

• Stardust, by Neil Gaiman

And a few great re-reads

• Bellweather Rhapsody, by Kate Racculia

• The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

• Raybearer, by Jordan Ifueko