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
