Best Books Of 2022
I have read 34 books this year!
I read Twelve of these books with my book club (It's Time to read book club), and the others were a mix of audible and my kindle.
Let's talk favorite books of 2022! I asked the group for their favorite books of 2022, and they showed up for us!
Here's a list of some of their favorite books this year:
November 9th- Colleen Hoover *
It Ends With Us- Colleen Hoover *
Every Summer After- Carley Fortune *
Things We Never Got Over- Lucy Score *
The Maid- Nita Prose *
Carrie Soto is Back- Taylor Jenkins Reid *
I'll Be You- Janelle Brown
Meet Me In Paradise-Libby Hubscher *
The Push- Ashley Audrain
A Visit From the Goon Squad-
The Last Thing He Told Me- Laura Dave *
Lulu's cafe- T.I Lowe *
Under the Magnolias T.I Lowe *
I have not read ALL of these same books, but the ones I did read from this list are fantastic! * indicates the ones I have read!
Here is a list of what we read as a group:
JAN- The Love That Split The World- Emily Henry
FEB- The Maid- Nita Prose
MARCH- Reminders of Him- Colleen Hoover
APRIL-The People We Keep- Allison Larkin
MAY- Book Lovers- Emily Henry
JUNE-American Royals III: RIVALS (book 3)-Katharine McGee
JULY-Every Summer After- Carley Fortune
AUG-The Wild One- Colleen McKeegan
SEPT-Things We Never Got Over- Lucy Score
OCT- The Kiss Curse- Erin Sterling
NOV- The Bodyguard- Katherine Center
DEC- The Christmas Bookshop- Jenny Colgan
Now for my top 5...
-every summer after
-A court of thorns and roses (I'm counting these three books as 1)
-Things we never got over
-Anything I read by Colleen Hover (3 books- Verity, Reminders of Him & November 9th) Again, counting these three as 1...my blog, my rules!
-The Bodyguard
Honorable Mentions:
The Measure - a really neat concept for a book. I loved how they showed the divisiveness of the ones who did and the ones who didn't. Felt like an accurate depiction of the vaccine debates without being focused on a pandemic.
Local Woman Missing & When She Returned-
I have a habit of reading very light, fluffy, and happy beach reads all summer, so in the fall to pallet cleanse, I tend to go dark. At least, that's what I did this year. I read these two books back to back, and whew...they are good!
Not for me:
Before we jump into this, I want us to normalize not finishing books. If it is not your style, if it's not keeping your attention or if you don't like it, stop reading it! Because here's what happens. You force yourself to read; you don't enjoy it, you never finish it and you feel like you can't start a new book because you haven't finished the last one and it's a weird shame cycle that makes you stop reading! No more of that!
If you don't like a book, you don't have to finish it! But let's not go bash or leave a negative review. We can share our feelings without hurting other people's feelings. (Hi, I'm jeanette, and I am afraid to hurt people's feelings!)
Ok, now with that pep talk out of the way, here are a couple of books that weren't for me or that I left unfinished!
-Book Shop Around The Corner- I couldn't keep the people straight, and the story didn't click with me. I didn't finish it. Many gals in the book club loved this book and devoured the whole series!
-I read and liked the first three books of the Court of Thorns and Roses, but the fourth book was not for me. I didn't care for Nesta like I did her sister and Rhys.
-I listened to 5 of the 9 Bridgerton Books and had to stop. They are all just the same, and just so you know, they are MUCH steamier on Netflix than in the book, which I was thankful for!
Well, there you have it! Books I loved, books I read and books I set down!
I would LOVE to know what was your favorite book this year.
Do you set reading goals? Did you meet said goal?
