Hi Reader! It’s that time of the year where I look back at my past reading and blogging year and wrapping it up. I ended up reading less than I expected because, life, and also blogged less because again, life.
I read 130 books in 2022. (Goodreads says 129 but that’s because one book wasn’t on there and I couldn’t track it) I have an average rating of 3.5 stars and read 40,057 pages ( minus 1 book)
Out of the 130 books I read:
- 123 are fiction and 7 are non-fiction
- 100 are women authored, 29 male authored and 1 non binary
- 113 are backlist titles (published in 2021 going back)
- 17 are new releases (published in 2022)
- 78 are physical books
- 50 audiobooks
- 2 ebooks
- 18 five star books (see the list here)
- 21 favorites (see the list here)
- 15 are classics (see list here)
I hauled 85 books in 2022
- I bought 36 books and I have read 22
- I was gifted/sent 49 and I have read 27
My top 5 genres in order (from the books I read in 2022)
- Contemporary Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Classics
My most read authors in 2022
- Toni Morrison with 9 books
- Colleen Hoover with 4 books
- Dennis Lehane with 4 books
I read 7 translated works
- The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segova translated from Spanish by Simon Bruni. Read my review here
- Tears of Amber by Sofia Segova translated from Spanish by Simon Bruni.
- Blood Feast by Malika Moustadraf translated from Arabic by Alice Guthrie.
- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux translated from French by Alexander Teixera de Mattos.
- Heaven by Mieko Kawakami translated from Japanese by David Boyd and Sam Bett.
- All The Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami translated from Japanese by David Boyd and Sam Bett
- The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa translated from Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai.
New authors of 2022
Now last year I had the pleasure of reading new authors who ultimately became favorites and I will definitely read everything they write and/or they have written.
- Toni Morrison
- Dennis Lehane
- Henry James
- Tia Williams
- Robert Jones Jr
- Chimeka Garricks
- Tsitsi Dangarembga
- Chigozie Obioma
- Petina Gappah
- Aiwonose Odafen
I also did a lot of rereading. Here are the 11 books:
- Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed. Read my review here
- She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore. Read my review here
- How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee. Read my review here
- Take A Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. Read my review here
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert.
- One Year of Ugly by Caroline Mackenzie
- Verity by Colleen Hoover. Read my review here
- Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. Read my review here
- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
I took part in 5 reading challenges. Some I did so well, some not so much
- #ReadingToni Challenge hosted by Joan. I read 8/11 books
- The Women Prize Shortlist Project. I read 7 books
- The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge. I read 3 books
- Classicsathon. I read 15 books
- The Something Bookish Reading Challenge hosted by Amyn. I completed 21/24 prompts
On The Blog
- I wrote a total of 42 posts
- 32 are book reviews
- 10 are non-reviews
My top 5 most read reviews
- When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- Essays In Love by Alain De Botton
- The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
- Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed
My top 5 blog posts
- I read A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- Where I get & buy my books
- 5 reading challenges I’m doing in 2022
- My 5 star reads of 2021
- 28 of my favorite books of 2021
There goes my 2022 in a nutshell. I would love to know, bookish wise, how was your 2022?
