2022 Reading
My reading habits for 2022 suggest that this was the year life began to creep back toward normal. For that, I am profoundly grateful.
I read a total of 110 books (I’m not likely to finish 111 before midnight December 31). The vast majority were fiction, and of the novels, most were YA, because that’s my sweet spot. Most were published in 2020 or 2021, with some earlier, and a few current. That’s because most of my reading comes from libraries.
Several years ago, I started tagging books I loved as possible Top Ten books. This year, I refined that further, with Top Twenty and Top Five. Today, I compiled the lists, only to discover I had 12 books in the “Top Ten” list. Try as I might, I could not move them elsewhere. All but one “Top Ten” are YA novels; that one is a picture book. The other lists are much, much shorter.
As I compiled the lists, I noticed was how often the top listings came in groups. One particular library haul in August yielded three Top Tens and one Top Twenty.
And here <drum roll> they are, in reading order, with links to Bookshop.org:
Top Twenty:
1. Ryan, Tom and Robin Stevenson. When You Get the Chance. Running Kids Press, 2021. Audiobook. (8/16/2022)
2. Kulper, Kendall. Murder for the Modern Girl. Holiday House, 2022. (8/27/2022)
3. Emezi, Akwaeke. Bitter. Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. (10/18/2022)
4. William, Sean. Impossible Music. Blackstone, 2019. Audiobook. (11/23/2022)
Top Ten:
1. Williams-Garcia, Rita. A Sitting in St. James. Quill Tree—HarperCollins, 2021. (3/3/2022)
2. Dugan, Jennifer. Verona Comics. Listening Library, 2020. (6/29/2022)
3. Lo, Malinda. Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Dutton—Penguin Random, 2021. (7/25/2022)
4. Nedd, Alexis. Don’t Hate the Player. Bloomsbury, 2021. (8/14/2022)
5. Sharpe, Tess. The Girls I’ve Been. GP Putnam, 2022. Print. (8/25/2022)
6. Zentner, Jeff. In the Wild Light. Crown Books for Young Readers—Penguin Random House, 2021. (8/30/2022)
7. Wilson, Kip. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin. Versify—HarperCollins, 2022. (8/31/2022)
8. McBride, Amber. Me (Moth). Feiwel and Sons, 2021. (10/10/2022)
9. Stoeve, Ray. Arden Grey. Recorded Books, 2022. Audiobook. (10/26/2022)
10. Gilliland, Raquel Vasquez. How Moon Fuentes Fell in Love with the Universe. Simon & Schuster BYFR, 2021. (11/?/2022)
11. Price, Tirzah. Pride and Premeditation. 2021; HarperTeen, 2022. (11/26/2022)
12. Sonderguin, Alfredo. The Capybaras. Greystone Kids, 2021. (Picture book) (11/30/2022)
Top Five:
1. Albertalli, Becky. Kate in Waiting. Balzer + Bray—HarperCollins, 2021. (12/1/2022)
2. Reck, Jared. Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love. Alfred A. Knopf—Random House Children’s, 2021. (12/7/2022)
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Hi, I saw your Kendall/Capybara art. The art is gorgeous, but that’s my exact photo and it’s clearly based on my original post. Could you link it or tag me or something?
o ya fs i wasnt expecting anyone to see it. my bad!
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS YAYAYAY..... there was this post i almost reblogged one time that said some shit like “my 12 followers who always like my posts: y’all want anything from the gas station?” and i never ended up reblogging it but you were someone i had in mind for that....... seriously a real one my biggest supporter...... then when the first twitter to tumblr migration occurred you recommended my blog to people and i was like OMG and checked out ur blog and thought u were cool and followed and now it’s like i can’t remember life before mutual Angie.... real one from day one and now i got random capybara images in my camera roll such as the one i am including here and type yayayayay and shit..... tmmyHeart
KENDALL THIS IS SO SWEET I OWE U MY LIFE..... srsly tysm tmmyHeart x1000 i cant remember life before mutual kendall ^___^
your first impression of me vs impression of me now (anonymous or not)
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