Saturday, January 1, 2022

2022 Reading Challenges


Published in the Current Year - 2022
1.  The Deepest of Secrets (#7 Rockton) - Kelly Armstrong
2.   Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel
3.  The Book of Cold Cases - Simone St. James
4.  Kismet- Lauren Blakely
5.  The Verifiers (#1 The Verifiers) - Jane Pek
6.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo
7.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance - Lisa Yee
8.  The Book Woman's Daughter -Kim Michele Richardson
9.  No Mercy (#1 Valerie Law, FBI Profiler) Blake Pierce
10.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) -  Paul Doiron
11.  The Night Whispers (#2 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell
12.  Four Treasures of the Sky - Jenny Tinghui Zhang  
13.  Upgrade - Blake Crouch  
14.  The Bookstore Sisters - Alice Hoffman
15.  Girl in Ice - EricaFerencik
16.  Desert Star - (Bosch/Ballard) - Michael Connelly

Middle Grade
1.  Alone (going to be a favorite!) 5
2.  The Last Cuentista (2022 Newbery Medal) 4
3.  Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo (5)
4.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance - Lisa Yee (4.5)

YA
1. In the Wild Light - Jeff Zentner (5)
2.  Seven Crowns (#1 Shadows & Starlight) E. Everest (3)
3.  Between Shades of Gray - Ruth Sepetys (5)
4.  Serpent & Dove (#1 Serpent and Dove) Shelby Mahurin (5)

Shorts
1.  The Bookstore Sisters - Alice Hoffman
2.   A Sugarplum Christmas - Viola Shipman

Series
1.  The Outcast Dead (#6 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths (4)
2.   Mastermind (#1 Jessica Blackwood & Theo Cray) - Andrew Mayne (3.5)
3.  Cyber Count (#2? Kat Munro) - S. L. Beaumont (3)
4.  The Loot (#1 Charlie McCabe) - Craig Schaefer (4)
5.   Seven Crowns (#1 Shadows & Starlight) E. Everest (3)
6.  The Deepest of Secrets (#7 Rockton) - Kelly Armstrong (3.5/4)
7.  The Insider (#2 Charlie McCabe}  - Craig Schaefer (4.5)
8.  The Trapped Girl (#4 Tracy Crosswhite) -Robert Dugoni (4.5)
9.   Serpent & Dove (#1 Serpent and Dove) Shelby Mahurin (5)
10.   Bad Memory (#2 Jessica Shaw) Lisa Gray (4)
11.  Tell Me (#2 Inland Empire) - Anne Frazer  (4)
12.  Crimson Lake (#1 Crimson Lake) Candice Fox (5)
13.  The Ghost Fields (#7 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths (4)
14.  Whispers from the Dead (#2 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins (3)
15.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo (4.5)
16.  Secrets in the Grave  (#3 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins
17.  The Woman in Blue (#8  Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths (3.5)
18.  Hidden in Plain Sight (#4 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins (3)
19.  No Mercy (#1 Valerie Law, FBI Profiler) Blake Pierce (3)
20.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) -  Paul Doiron (5)
21.  The Midnight Man (#1 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell (3.5)
22.  The Night Whispers (#2 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell (3)
23.  The Chalk Pit  (#9 Ruth Galloway) Elly Griffiths (3.5)
24.  Desert Star (#5 Renee Ballard) 

REAL Books
1.

Abandoned
1.  Black Cake

4.5 or 5 Stars
1. Twenty Years Later - Charlie Donlea (4.5)
2.  Alone - Megan E. Freeman (loved it!)
3.  Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren
4.  In the Wild Light - Jeff Zentner
5.  Between Shades of Gray - Ruth Sepetys
6.  The Insider (#2 Charlie McCabe) Craig Schaefer (4.5)
7.  The Trapped Girl (#4 Tracy Crosswhite) Robert Dugoni (4.5)
8.  A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw (4.5)
9.  Serpent & Dove (#1 Serpent & Dove) Shelby Mahurin 
10.   Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel (4.5)
11.  Thornyhold - Mary Stewart  
12.  Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo 
13.  Winter Cottage - Mary Ellen Taylor 
14.  The People We Keep - Allison Larkin 
15.  Crimson Lake (#1 Crimson Lake) Candice Fox  
16.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo (4.5)
17.  Pieces of Her - Karin Slaughter (5)
18.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance -  Lisa Yee (4.5)
19.  The Book Woman's Daughter - Kim Michele Richardson
20.  Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney
21.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) 
22.  Upgrade - Blake Crouch (4.5)
23.  Lost and Found Bookshop - (4.5)
23.  Gathering Dark - Candice Fox (4.5/5)

Not-so-great-quality novels read this year:
2.  A Not So Meet Cute - Meghan Quinn, 2021 Audible, 402 pgs. (776 pgs.)
6.  Three Simple Rules - Nikki Sloan, 2015 Chirp, 288 pgs. (2094 pgs.)
20.  Put Me In Detention-Meghan Quinn, Kindle (3)
22.  The Heart Principle - Libby (3?)
23.  Bad Guy: A Science Fiction Romance - Ruby Dixon
34.  Finding Kyle Chirp 4/23 (4-really enjoyed this!)
39.  The Krinar's Informant 5/13 Chirp
40.  The Accidental Kiss 5/16
42.  Kismet - Lauren Blakely - 2022 (3.5) 5/27
46.  Daisy's Decision - Ruby Dixen (Ice Home#16) 6/8
59.  Risking It All - Chirp (1)
70.  My One Week Husband - Lauren Blakely, Audible 11/27
81.  Wild Passion - Mari Chirp?

Novels Read in 2022 (that I can be proud of, LOL!)
January (10)
1.  The Outcast Dead (#6 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2014 Audible (4) 374 pgs.
3..  Mastermind (#1 Jessica Blackwood & Theo Cray) Andrew Mayne, 2021 Audible (3.5) 332 pgs. (1108 pgs.)
4.  Twenty Years Later - Charlie Donlea, 2021 Libby (4.5) 368 pgs. (1476 pgs.)
5.  Cyber Count (#2? Kat Munro) - S. L. Beaumont, 2021 Kindle (3) 330 pgs. (1806 pgs.)
7.  The Loot (#1 Charlie McCabe) - Craig Schaefer, 2019 Audible (4) 329 pgs. (2423 pgs.)
8.  Alone - Megan E. Freeman, 2021 Kindle (5) 404 pgs. (2827 pgs.)
9.  Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren, 2018 Libby, (5) 432 p.
10.  The Last Cuentista -  Donna Barba Higuera, 2021 Audible (4) 336 pgs.
February (8)
11.  In the Wild Light - Jeff Zentner, 2021 Audible (5!) 432 p. GR
12.  Seven Crowns (#1 Shadows & Starlight) E. Everest, 2020 Kindle (3) 318 p.
13.  Between Shades of Gray - Ruth Sepetys, 2011 Chirp (5) 344 p. onGR
14.  Exo - Fonda Lee, 2017 Chirp (4) 384 pgs. GR
15.  Hard Cash Valley Chirp - Brian Panowich, 2020 Chirp (4) 304 p. GR
16.  The Paths Between the Stars - Amira K. Makansi, 2021 Kindle (2) 324 p. GR
17.  The Deepest of Secrets (#7 Rockton) - Kelly Armstrong 2022 Audible (3.5/4) 341 p. GR
18.  Last of the Moon Girls - Barbara Davis, 2020 Kindle Unl/Audio (3+5=4) 397 p. GR
March (9)
19.  The Insider (#2 Charlie McCabe}  - Craig Schaefer, 2020 Audible (4.5) 329 p. GR
21.  The Trapped Girl (#4 Tracy Crosswhite) -Robert Dugoni, 2017 Audible (4.5) 378 p. GR
24.  A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw, 2021 Libby (4.5) 354 p. GR
25.  The Desert Sky Before Us - Anne Valente, 2019 Chirp (2.5) 429 p. GR
26.  We Belong Together - Beth Moran, 2021 Kindle Unl (4) 363 p.GR 
27.  Within These Wicked Walls - Lauren Blackwood, 2021 Libby (3) 336 p. GR
April (8)
28.  Serpent & Dove #1 Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin, 2019 Kindle & Aud (5) 513 p. GR
29.  Bad Memory (#2 Jessica Shaw) Lisa Gray - 2019 Kindle & Aud, (4) 311 p. GR
30.  The Taste of Ginger. - Mansi Shah, 2021 Kindle 4/12/22 (3) 317 pgs. gr
31.  Tell Me (#2 Inland Empire) - Anne Frazer  2021 Audible & Kindle (4) 285 pgs. 4/14/2022
32.  The Cheat Sheet - Sarah Adams, 2021 Audible (4) 4/17/2022 
33.  Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel 2022 Libby (4.5) 225 pgs.
35.  The Book of Cold Cases - Simone St. James, 2022 Libby (3) 344 pgs.
May (8)
36. Thornyhold - Mary Stewart -1988 Kindle (5) GR
37.  Well Matched - Jen DeLuca 2021 Libby (4)
38.  Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo 2018 Kindle (5)
41.  Winter Cottage - Mary Ellen Taylor, 2018 Audible and Kindle (5) 5/22
43.  Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski, 2012 (4) 5/30
June (4)
44.  The People We Keep - Allison Larkin, 2021 Libby (5) 6/6
45.  Crimson Lake (#1 Crimson Lake) Candice Fox, 2017 Audble (5) 6/8 gr
July (6)
47.  The Ghost Fields (#7 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2015 Kindle (4) 370 pgs.GR 7/5 gr
48.  Whispers from the Dead (#2 Serenity Adams) Karen Ann Hopkins 2015 Aud & Kindle (3 ) 7/6 gr
49.  The Hidden One (#14  Kate Burkholder) Linda Castillo 2022 Aud (4.5) gr
50.  Pieces of Her - Karin Slaughter, 2018 Libby (5) 7/17 gr
51.  Secrets in the Grave (#3 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins 2015 Aud & Kindle 7/22 gr
52.  The Woman in Blue (#8 Ruth Galloway) - Elly Griffiths, 2016 Aud, (3.5) 7/23 gr
August (4)
53.  Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult, 2000 Libby (4) 8/14 gr
54.  Maizy Chen's Last Chance - Lisa Yee, 2022 Kindle (4.5) 8/20 gr
55.  Hidden in Plain Sight (#4 Serenity Adams) - Karen Ann Hopkins, 2016 (3) 8/25 gr
56.  Stuck on You - Portia MacIntosh, 2020 Chirp (4) 8/27 gr
September (5)
57.  The Book Woman's Daughter -Kim Michele Richardson (5) 2022 Libby 9/8 gr
58.  No Mercy (#1 Valerie Law, FBI Profiler) Blake Pierce, 2022 Kindle (3) 9/13 gr
60.  Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney, 2021 Libby (5) 9/19 gr
61.  Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 
62.  Hatchet Island (#13 Mike Bowditch) -  Paul Doiron, Audible (5) 9/22   
63.  The Walled Garden - Robin Farrar Maass, 2022 Chirp, (4) 9/25 GR
October (2)
64. The Midnight Man - Kindle (#1 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell 2021 (3.5) 10/4 GR
65.  The Night Whispers (#2 Slayton Thrillers) Caroline Mitchell - 2022 Audible&Kindle (3) 10/6 GR
November (6)
66.  Four Treasures of the Sky - Jenny Tinghui Zhang, 2022 Libby (3) 11/13 GR
67.  Upgrade - Blake Crouch Libby, 2022 (4.5) GR
68.  The Chalk Pit  (#9 Ruth Galloway) Elly Griffiths -  Audible 3.5n GR
69.  The Bookstore Sisters - Alice Hoffman, 2022 Audible-Short Story 36 pgs.(3) GR
70.  A Sugarplum Christmas - Viola Shipman, Kindle - Short Story 35 pgs? (4) GR
72.  Girl in Ice - Erica Ferencik, 2022 Libby (3.5) 304 pgs. GR
December (9)
73.  Christmas Every Day - Beth Moran, 2019 Audible (4) 408 pgs. GR
74.  Things You Save in a Fire - Katherine Center, 2019 Audible (4) 320 pgs. GR
75.  Desert Star (Rene Ballard #5/Harry Bosch) Michael Connelly, 2022 Audible (4) GR
76.  The Lost and Found Bookshop - Susan Wiggs, 2020 Chirp (4.5)  GR
77.  Gathering Dark - Candice Fox -2020 Chirp (4.5/5) GR
78.  I Am Not a Serial Killer, Chirp (2.5) 12/15
79.  Wherever the Wind Takes Us, Audible/Kindle (1) 12/16
80.  She's Up to No Good, Audible (4) 12/27
81. (above) 
Total books read in 2022

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