2022 In Review | Reading

January

• Razorblade Tears by S.A. Crosby (★★★★★)
• Chronicles of a Radical Hag by Lorna Landvik (★★★★★)
• The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren (★★★★☆)
• How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams (★★★★☆)
• The Neighbor (Dective D.D. Warren #3) (★★★★☆)
• The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (★★★★☆)
• Outlawed by Anna North (★★★★☆)
• Winter Solstice by Elin Hildebrand (★★★★☆)
• UNSUB by Meg Gardiner (★★★★☆)
• Survive the Night by Riley Sager (★★★☆☆)
• Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese (★★★☆☆)
• Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make to Them Stick by Jen Sincero (★★☆☆☆)

February

• In Order to Survive by Yeonmi Park (★★★★★)
• The Maid by Nita Prose (★★★★☆)
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (★★★★☆)
• 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard (★★★☆☆)
• The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon (★★★☆☆)
• Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (★★★☆☆)
• The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary (★★★☆☆)
• Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier (★★★☆☆)
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (DNF)

March

• Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (★★★★★)
• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (★★★★★)
• State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton(★★★★★)
• After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid (★★★★☆)
• Will by Will Smith (★★★★☆)
• Game On by Janet Evanovich (★★★★☆)
• Code Girls by Liza Mundy (★★★★☆)
• Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan (★★☆☆☆)
• The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (★★☆☆☆)

April

• Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore (★★★★☆)
• You Got Anything Stronger by Gabrielle Union (★★★★☆)
• The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell (★★★★☆)
• The Dating Plan by Sara Desai (★★★☆☆)
• It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey (★★★☆☆)
• How to Save a Life | The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy by Lynette Rice (★★★☆☆)
• When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (★★★☆☆)
• Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner (★★☆☆☆)

May

• Finlay Donovan Knocks ’em Dead by Elle Cosimano (★★★★★)
• Empire of Pain by Patrick Madden Keefe (★★★★★)
• Hail Mary by Andy Weir (★★★★★)
• The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (★★★★★)
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (★★★★★)
• The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams (★★★★☆)
• The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (★★★☆☆)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (★★☆☆☆)
• Conversation with Friends by Sally Rooney (★☆☆☆☆)

June

• We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (★★★★★)
• Wild by Cheryl Strayed (★★★★★)
• Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein (★★★★☆)
• The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (★★★★☆)
• Dopesick by Beth Macy (★★★☆☆)
• The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (★★★☆☆)
• The Shift by Gary Foster (★★☆☆☆)

July

• Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley (★★★★★)
• Think Again by Adam Grant (★★★★☆)
• Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (★★★★☆)
• Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins (★★★★☆)
• Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto (★★★★☆)
• Year Book by Seth Rogan (★★★★☆)
• A Killing in Costume by Zac Bissonnette (★★★★☆)
• The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf (★★★☆☆)
• Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb (★★★☆☆)

August

• The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman (★★★★★)
• The Villa by Rachel Hawkins (★★★★★)
• The Tobacco Wives by Adele Meyers (★★★★★)
• A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp (★★★★☆)
• Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri (★★★★☆)
• Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss (★★★★☆)
• The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore (★★★★☆)
• Atomic Habits by James Clear (★★★★☆)
• Our Anxious Selves by Efrat Gingot (★★★★☆)
• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (★★★★☆)
• The Prisoner by B.A. Paris (★★★☆☆)

September

• The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman (★★★★★)
• Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (★★★★★)
• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (★★★★★)
• Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano (★★★★★)
• The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake (★★★★★)
• The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden (★★★★☆)
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (★★★★☆)
• Book Lovers by Emily Henry (★★★★☆)
• Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak (★★★★☆)
• Dead and Gondola by Anne Claire (★★★★☆)
• A Guide to Being Just Friends by Sophie Sullivan (★★★☆☆)
• The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas (★★★☆☆)
• No One to Help Her by Kate Watterson (★★★☆☆)
• Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman (★★★☆☆)
• The Break-Up Agency by Shelia McClure (★★★☆☆)

October

• The Winners by Fredrik Backman (★★★★★)
• A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (★★★★★)
• Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (★★★★★)
• Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton (★★★★☆)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
• Tribe by Sebastian Junger (★★★★☆)
• Death at Paradise Palms by Steph Broadribb (★★★★☆)
• Things We Do In the Dark by Jennifer Hillier (★★★★☆)
• In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead (★★★☆☆)
• The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (★★★☆☆)
• Daisy Darker by Alice Feeny (★★★☆☆)
• How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent (★★☆☆☆)
• Verity by Colleen Hoover (☆☆☆☆☆)

November

• The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsley (★★★★★)
• The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand (★★★★☆)
• The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh (★★★★☆)
• Upgrade by Blake Crouch (★★★★☆)
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (★★★★☆)
• Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich (★★★★☆)
• Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (★★★★☆)
• Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton (★★★★☆)
• Death Checked Out by Leah Dobrinska (★★★★☆)
• Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (★★★★☆)
• It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell (★★★☆☆)
• Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson (★★★☆☆)
• Death by Tea by Alex Erickson (★★★☆☆)
• Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett (★★★☆☆)
• Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica (★★★☆☆)

December

• A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (★★★★☆)
• Storm Front by Jim Butcher (★★★★☆)
• Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardner by M.C. Beaton (★★★★☆)
• Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah (★★★★☆)
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (★★★★☆)
• The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager (★★★☆☆)
• Death by Vanilla Latte by Alex Erickson (★★★☆☆)
• In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren (★★★☆☆)
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (★★★☆☆)
• Death by Pumpkin Spice by Alex Erickson (★★★☆☆)