Another year gone, another Goodreads challenge completed! After blowing my goal of 50 books in 2021 out of the water, I set a loftier goal of 75 in 2022 and am so pleased to report that I crushed it with 93 books in 2022.
Between Libby and Apple Books on my phone, my trusty Kindle (also synced to my phone in case of reading emergency) and numerous books scattered throughout my house, I was never without something to read or listen to. That’s right, I very much count audiobooks as books, too, and is one of the main reasons I’m able to consume so much awesomeness. I had a few Audible credits, plus I embraced Chirp and Scribd for the first time this year (not to mention audiobooks are the bulk of what I use Libby for).
Screenshots in reverse chronological order. What did you read this year? I’d love to hear what you loved!
I nearly bookended the year with the two latest Michael Connelly Renee Ballard novels (started with The Dark Hours last January and finished Desert Star a couple weeks ago), which were definitely among my favourites. Other standouts were The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, The Change by Kirsten Miller and Simu Liu’s We Were Dreamers I also discovered a few new (to me) authors that I really loved, such as Jasmine Guillory, Blake Crouch and Karin Slaughter.
Scattered throughout the year were also a great number of books on writing craft and publishing (if only I managed to write as much as I read!). As such, I’m going to keep my goal at 75 for next year and aim for more writing. But within the books I read I’m going to keep my previous goals of more diverse, more indie, and maybe even explore some new subgenres that I’m curious about.
Happy reading!
Thanks for being here,
Alyssa