2022 books
Jan. 28th, 2023 10:56 amI am once again asking myself to actually USE Dreamwidth. Today’s low-effort attempt at posting: all the books I read in 2022. The first couple were read in January, then I read a whole lot of nothing, and then in June I rediscovered reading (truly, it’s been a dark few years) and borrowed a LOT of books through the network of various local libraries that have reciprocal agreements with my town. I’m keeping track this year, too, so I’m interested in how many I end up with by next year. Anyway:
のみxしば 1-3 — 田倉トヲル
A Marvellous Light — Freya Marske
Heartstopper 1-4 — Alice Oseman
None of the Above — I.W. Gregorio
The Passing Playbook — Isaac Fitzsimmons
Going Off Script — Jen Wilde
Under a Painted Sky — Stacey Lee
Nick and Charlie — Alice Oseman
Undercover Princess — Connie Glynn
Princess in Practice — Connie Glynn
The Lost Princess — Connie Glynn
This Winter — Alice Oseman
Honey Girl — Morgan Rogers
Date Me, Bryson Keller — Kevin van Whye
Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro
All Systems Red — Martha Wells
Artificial Condition — Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol — Martha Wells
Exit Strategy — Martha Wells
Less — Andrew Sean Greer
Network Effect — Martha Wells
Fugitive Telemetry — Martha Wells
The Tea Dragon Society — Kay O’Neil
The Tea Dragon Festival — Kay O’Neil
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating — Adiba Jaigirdar
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
The Charm Offensive — Alison Cochrun
Evvie Drake Starts Over — Linda Holmes
Boyfriend Material — Alexis Hall
Husband Material — Alexis Hall
What if it’s Us — Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Here’s to Us — Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Camp — L.C. Rosen
One Last Stop — Casey McQuiston
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy — Becky Chambers
My Aunt is a Monster — Reimena Yee
Glitterland — Alexis Hall
Every Heart a Dooryway — Seanan McGuire
Lavender House — Lev A.C. Rosen
The Long Way to a Small, Angry, Planet — Becky Chambers
A Closed and Common Orbit — Becky Chambers
I Kissed Shara Wheeler — Casey McQuiston
Legends & Lattes — Travis Baldree
Ducks — Kate Beaton
Some notes:
My favorite book of the year was Network Effect. I read it so many times…SO MANY. My favorite 2022 book (as in, book published that year) was Lavender House. (Very much looking forward to its sequel.) I wish I could call I Kissed Shara Wheeler a runner up, because it was such an interesting concept and I loved the side characters and the plot about the fight with the school, but the obliviousness of the main characters was too frustrating for me. So the runner up should probably go to Ducks. I mean, it made Obama’s list for a reason, ya know?
[deleted rant about the Husband Material ending]
To this day, I don’t know how or why I powered through THREE of the Undercover Princess books. I hated them so much (though I really, really wanted to like them). Plenty of DNF books left off this list. This list is finished books only. The Reading Glasses podcast has helped a lot with freeing myself of the guilt of dumping books when I’m just not feeling it.
のみxしば 1-3 — 田倉トヲル
A Marvellous Light — Freya Marske
Heartstopper 1-4 — Alice Oseman
None of the Above — I.W. Gregorio
The Passing Playbook — Isaac Fitzsimmons
Going Off Script — Jen Wilde
Under a Painted Sky — Stacey Lee
Nick and Charlie — Alice Oseman
Undercover Princess — Connie Glynn
Princess in Practice — Connie Glynn
The Lost Princess — Connie Glynn
This Winter — Alice Oseman
Honey Girl — Morgan Rogers
Date Me, Bryson Keller — Kevin van Whye
Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro
All Systems Red — Martha Wells
Artificial Condition — Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol — Martha Wells
Exit Strategy — Martha Wells
Less — Andrew Sean Greer
Network Effect — Martha Wells
Fugitive Telemetry — Martha Wells
The Tea Dragon Society — Kay O’Neil
The Tea Dragon Festival — Kay O’Neil
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating — Adiba Jaigirdar
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
The Charm Offensive — Alison Cochrun
Evvie Drake Starts Over — Linda Holmes
Boyfriend Material — Alexis Hall
Husband Material — Alexis Hall
What if it’s Us — Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Here’s to Us — Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Camp — L.C. Rosen
One Last Stop — Casey McQuiston
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy — Becky Chambers
My Aunt is a Monster — Reimena Yee
Glitterland — Alexis Hall
Every Heart a Dooryway — Seanan McGuire
Lavender House — Lev A.C. Rosen
The Long Way to a Small, Angry, Planet — Becky Chambers
A Closed and Common Orbit — Becky Chambers
I Kissed Shara Wheeler — Casey McQuiston
Legends & Lattes — Travis Baldree
Ducks — Kate Beaton
Some notes:
My favorite book of the year was Network Effect. I read it so many times…SO MANY. My favorite 2022 book (as in, book published that year) was Lavender House. (Very much looking forward to its sequel.) I wish I could call I Kissed Shara Wheeler a runner up, because it was such an interesting concept and I loved the side characters and the plot about the fight with the school, but the obliviousness of the main characters was too frustrating for me. So the runner up should probably go to Ducks. I mean, it made Obama’s list for a reason, ya know?
[deleted rant about the Husband Material ending]
To this day, I don’t know how or why I powered through THREE of the Undercover Princess books. I hated them so much (though I really, really wanted to like them). Plenty of DNF books left off this list. This list is finished books only. The Reading Glasses podcast has helped a lot with freeing myself of the guilt of dumping books when I’m just not feeling it.