Happy New Year’s Eve!

Per tradition, I’m wrapping up the year by sharing my 2022 reading list and statistics.

My reading was a bit down this year, from 88 books in 2021 to 80 in 2022. Those 80 books broke down to:

• 12 middle grade
• 54 young adult
• 14 adult

Most of those adult books were re-reads of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. And actually, because I’d read them before, I flew through them. I really enjoy re-reading books, and those usually are faster reads, so I may try to mix in more in 2023.

I tried something new in 2022, sharing a monthly reading wrap-up graphic on Instagram. I’m not sure I’ll do that in 2023, but I will definitely continue my sporadic mini-reviews here. As with last year, I find myself unable to choose favorite reads, so instead I’m going to just drop some notes behind a few of these. Also, as usual, if I reviewed the book in one of my roundups during the year, it’s linked.

1. Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma
2. When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord – Added to my permanent collection 😊
3. Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
4. Sunkissed by Kasie West
5. Drawn That Way by Elissa Sussman
6. Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park
7. Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed
8. The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson – A very powerful book I recommend for all MG readers!
9. In Every Generation by Kendare Blake – For the Buffy fans (like me 😉)
10. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
11. Just Right Jillian by Nicole D. Collier
12. Sway with Me by Syed M. Masood
13. Tahira in Bloom by Farah Heron
14. The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate – Added to my permanent collection 😊
15. Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas
16. Once More with Chutzpah by Haley Neil
17. We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley
18. The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
19. The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
20. An Offer From A Gentleman by Julia Quinn
21. Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
22. To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
23. When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
24. It’s In His Kiss by Julia Quinn
25. On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn
26. Daughters of a Dead Empire by Carolyn Tara O’Neil
27. Being Mary Bennet by JC Peterson
28. Love, Decoded by Jennifer Yen
29. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson – With every new book, Kip manages to both break my heart but also leave me hopeful. I read this historical verse novel in a single day!
30. Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter
31. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
32. Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
33. Only A Monster by Vanessa Len
34. Sense and Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price – Added to my permanent collection 😊
35. This Might Get Awkward by Kara McDowell – Added to my permanent collection 😊
36. A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert
37. This May End Badly by Samantha Markum
38. Rivals by Katharine McGee
39. We Are the Song by Catherine Bakewell – Added to my permanent collection 😊
40. Some Mistakes Were Made by Kristin Dwyer
41. This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey
42. Thelma Bee in Toil and Treble by Erin Petti
43. The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson
44. Girl On the Run by Abigail Johnson
45. American Royals: Inheritance by Katharine McGee
46. Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
47. My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth
48. Unbreakable by Kristin Smith – Added to my permanent collection 😊
49. Forging Silver Into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer
50. Love & Other Great Expectations by Becky Dean
51. This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede
52. Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
53. Lark and the Wild Hunt by Jennifer Adam – Added to my permanent collection 😊
54. No One Is Alone by Rachel Vincent
55. The Charmed List by Julie Abe
56. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes – Added to my permanent collection 😊
57. A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic by Debbie Rigaud
58. Etta Invincible by Reese Eschmann
59. Hot Dutch Daydream by Kristy Boyce – Will be adding to my permanent collection when it releases in 2023!
60. Amari and the Great Game by BB Alston
61. The Edge of Summer by Erica George
62. My Imaginary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows – Added to my permanent collection 😊
63. Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez – Couldn’t put this one down!
64. A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy by Jeff Bishop
65. Lia and Beckett’s Abracadabra by Amy Noelle Parks
66. Places We’ve Never Been by Kasie West
67. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
68. Better Together by Christine Riccio
69. Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
70. Flirting with Fate by J.C. Cervantes – Added to my permanent collection 😊
71. Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
72. Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
73. Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds
74. After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis
75. Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger – Auto-buy! And I loved this installment so much. Can’t wait for the last book in the series.
76. Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston
77. Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria by George Jreije – Added to my permanent collection 😊
78. The Do-Over by Lynn Painter
79. Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer
80. The Betrothed by Kiera Cass

As you can see, I read some fantastic books this year. I may yet write some more mini-reviews for a few of these in January. We’ll see if I get myself together to do so.

What did you read in 2022? Anything that was on my list?

I don’t have any particular reading goals for 2023, but I’m always looking for recommendations, so please drop any in the comments. I wish you all happy reading in 2023!