Books of 2022

 

How many books read in 2022:

 Techinically 101, but one of the books is a edited draft of one of my sister's fantasy books, but it is not yet published, so I couldn't add it to goodreads. On goodreads, it will show 100. 

How many fiction and non fiction?: 

Most were fiction, but I read four non-fiction. Want to try and read a bit more next year. 

Male/Female author ratio?: 

I read more female authors this year (I read several books by the same authors, but I only counted each author once). 

Favorite book of 2022?: 

Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey - the perfect ending to an amazing series and I'm so glad I gave this series I shot, I love it so much! 

The Last Command by Timothy Zahn - finally finished the Thrawn trilogy and I loved it! The final showdown at the end of this book was just pure awesomeness. Made me LOVE Mara Jade a lot. 

Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson - I loved this continuation and Spensa continues to be a favorite character of mine! Also loved M-Bot's character development.

The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers - A moving, encouraging book where people try to be the best and work through their issues. 

Sunreach/ReDawn/Evershore by Janci Patterson and Brandon Sanderson

Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn

The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 

Star Wars: Rise of the Sith comics by various 

The Sins of Our Fathers by James S.A. Corey 

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 

Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie 

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee 

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 

Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie 

Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan 

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan 

Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang 

Star Wars: Dark Times by Randy Stradley 

Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan 

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec 

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim 

Circe by Madeline Miller 

Crimson Empire 1-3 by Randy Stradley and Mike Richardson 

Kaikeyo by Vaishnavi Patel 

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells 

Jedi Search by Kevin J. Anderson 

The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare 

Kindred by Octavia Butler 

Know My Name by Chanel Miller 

Least favorite?:

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang 

The Maid by Nita Prose

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin 

Darling Girl by Liz Michalski 

and I had mixed feelings on both The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George and The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart. 

A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair was pretty goofy, but I had fun reading it and discussing it with my book club people (lots of laughing and a good time), so I can't really say it's a least favorite, even though I gave it two stars. 

Newest?: 

It looks like it was "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy, as it came out August of this year. Some others were Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel, The Sins of Our Fathers by James S.A. Corey, and The Maid by Nita Prose. 

Longest and shortest book titles?:

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia and The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages by Trenton Lee Stewart for longest title

Shortest titles would be, I believe, Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson and Warcross by Marie Lu 

Longest and shortest books?: 

Longest is Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson at 1087 pages 

Shortest is Hard Currency (Star Wars comic) by Randy Stradley that was 4 pages long 

How many books from the library?: 

I'd say 70 percent (this is a guess) were from the library. I did read some books I own, but not as many as I was wanting to :( That will be a goal for next year. 

Any translated books?:

Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi from Japanese (read five volumes)

The Girl from the Other Side by Nagabe from Japanese (read two volumes) 

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George from German 

Blue Flag by Kaito from Japanese (read 1 volume)

Most read author?: 

A toss up between Brandon Sanderson, Randy Stradley, and Jeff Lemire. 

Any re-reads?: 

 I was going to re-read The Fellowship of the Ring, but it went back to the library and I didn't get it back in time :( 

Favorite character of the year?

Mara Jade Skywalker (Star Wars)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

Leia Organa Solo (Star Wars)

Han Solo (Star Wars)

Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars)

Spensa Nightshade (Skyward)

James Holden (Expanse)

Teresa Duarte (Expanse) 

Naomi Nagata (Expanse)

Trần Diệu Lan (The Mountains Sing)

Jorgen Weight (Skyward)

San dan Glokta (First Law)

Dana (Kindred) 

Adunni (The Girl With the Louding Voice)

Perseophone (Legends of the First Empire)

Pei (Wayfarer)

Roveg (Wayfarer)

Zetian (Iron Widow)

Shiori (Six Crimson Cranes)

Dalinar (Stormlight)

Kaladin (Stormlight)

Shallan (Stormlight)

Mirith Sinn (Crimson Empire)

Kir Kanos (Crimson Empire)

Which countries did you go to through the page in your year of reading?:

China, Vietnam, Japan, Nigeria, Ghana, France, England, Ireland, Mexico, India, and many fantasy and sci-fi lands and worlds. 

Which book wouldn't you have read without someone’s specific recommendation? 

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust 

Stealing Light by Gary Gibson

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin 

What We Devour by Linsey Miller 

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman 

Which author was new to you in 2021 that you now want to read the entire works of?

Joe Abercrombie, Michael J. Sullivan, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, etc. I would say Octavia Butler, but some of her books hit a bit too

close to home for me, in how they relate to current things in out world. 

Which books are you annoyed you didn't read?:

The Kyrtos Trap and the rest of the X-Wing series :( I wish I had read a bit more Star Wars EU books. I read some but not quite as much as I'd hoped. Gonna remedy that in 2023!

I also wish I had gotten my re-read of The Fellowship of the Ring finished :( 

OwlCrate books like A Lesson in Vengeance (I have started this one), Sweet Bitter Magic, The Ones We're Meant to Find, etc. 

OHHH, and continuations to series like The Fires of Vengeance and Fevered Star. 

Our Violent Ends or any John Gwynne books and Camelot by Giles Kristian (cries forever)

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb since I'm halfway through it at the moment!

The Secret History by Donna Tartt, but I should be getting to the audiobook soon.

Did you read any books you have always been meaning to read?

YES! :)

I read several Star Wars EU works (books 2 and 3 of the Thrawn trilogy, Dark Times comics, Rise of the Sith comics, The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural, Crimson Empire comics [including Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil and Hard Currency], and Jedi Search). 

Leviathan Falls and The Sins of Our Fathers by James S.A. Corey (therefore finishing The Expanse series!)

Cytonic, Sunreach, ReDawn, and Evershore by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (caught up on the Skyward series)

Words of Radiance and Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight)

The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (finished Wayfarer!)

The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord 

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 

The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson (finished the Remnant Chronicles)

Anyway the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell (finished the Carry On trilogy)

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages by Trenton Stewart (finished that series)

Stealing Light by Gary Gibson

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 

Kindred by Octavia Butler 

Lore by Alexandra Bracken (OwlCrate)

The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, and The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie (read the entire First Law trilogy)

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (finished this duology)

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells 

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill 

The Hive by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnson 

Wicked Day by Mary Stewart (finished her Merlin series)

Age of Myth and Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan

The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov 

Circe by Madeline Miller 

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson 

After Atlas by Emma Newman 

Descender series by Jeff Lemire 

The Rise of Kyoshi and The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee (finished duology)

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan 

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin 

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim 

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 

In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce 

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendricks 

Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi (read the first five of the Eternal Edition volumes)

Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang 

Know My Name by Chanel Miller 

Warcross by Marie Lu 

What books are you planning to read in 2023?

SO MANYYYY

I do want to finish both A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee and Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, since I've started them but didn't manage to finish them before the end of 2022. I also want to re-read The Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 

I definitely want to continue my Star Wars EU/Legends read through and I want to make more progress in 2023! So I want to read: continue the X-Wing series and maybe try to finish it (I'll be starting with The Kyrtos Trap, since I've read the first two), read Dark Apprentice and Champions of the Force to finish the Jedi Academy trilogy (as I read book 1 in 2022), I Jedi, Callista trilogy, The Crystal Star, The Black Fleet crisis trilogy, The New Rebellion, Corellian trilogy, The Hand of Thrawn duology, Scourge, Survivor's Quest, re-read the Young Jedi Knights and Junior Jedi Knights series and I would like to at least get to Vector Prime (for New Jedi Order). I also want to read for comics: Rebellion, At War with the Empire, The Old Republic, and any others I can find. 

Defiant by Brandon Sanderson (it will be the last Skyward book and I am excited!)

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson 

Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong 

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord (if I can find a copy)

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter 

Camelot by Giles Kristian

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse 

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne 

Malice by John Gwynne

Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio 

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro 

The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan 

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson 

Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan 

The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley 

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky 

Children of Time by Adrian Tachikovsky 

Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear 

Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton 

The Nemesis by S.J. Kincaid 

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda 

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie 

Elatsoe by Darcy Little Badger 

Human Kind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman 

The Spear by Nicola Griffith 

Hild by Nicola Griffith 

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 

The Captive's War book 1 by James S.A. Corey (if it comes out in 2023)

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 

The Martian by Andy Weir 

The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes 

Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart 

The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He 

Sisters of the Snake by Sasha and Sarena Nanua 

This Poison Heart by Kaylyn Bayron 

Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone 

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan 

Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen 

The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman 

Only A Monster by Vanessa Len 

A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson 

Hote Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor 

Ballad & Dagger by Daniel Jose Older 

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez 

Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen

The Drowned Wood by Emily Lloyd-Jones

The Depths by Nicole Lesperance

The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew 

The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford 

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard 

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri 

The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan 

Escaping First Contact by T.S. Beier 

The Outside by Ada Hoffman

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Revalation Space by Alistar Reynolds 

Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree 

Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott

Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson 

First Light by Casey E. Berger 

Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings 

Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett 

Dreamships by Melissa Scott 

Nova War by Gary Gibson 

Artifact Space by Miles Cameron 

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov 

The Shattered Skies by John Birmingham 

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky 

Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky 

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikosvky 

Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky 

The Expert System's Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky 

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao 

The Skystone by Jack Whyte 

Noumenon Infinity by Marina J. Lostetter 

Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Mallory 

We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker 

The Odyssey by Homer 

The Sagas of the Icelanders by unknown

The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith 

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb 

Queen of Oak by Melanie Karsak 

The Druid by Jeff Wheeler 

Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott 

The Dawn of Yangchen by F.C. Yee 

Ascender by Jeff Lemire 

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan 

The Dragon's Promise by Elizabeth Lim 

Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord 

A Pho Love Story by Loan Le 

The Lonliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

XOXO by Axie Oh 

Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons 

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert 

The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Children of Ragnarok by Cinda Williams Chima 

System Collapse by Martha Wells 

How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana 

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez 

Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller 

Before Mars by Emma Newman

The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima (Seven Realms)

The Library of Legends by Janie Chang 

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez 

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne Brown 

The IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah 

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

The Collapsing Universe by Isaac Asimov 

Enchantress by James Maxwell 

Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells

Warriors of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller 

Jade City by Fonda Lee 

All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace

Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo 

Battlecry by Emerald Dodge 

Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta 

Meru by S.B. Divya 

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo 

Wildcard by Marie Lu 

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 

The Woman Who Rides Like A Man by Tamora Pierce 

The Red Palace by June Hurr 

Crown of Feathers by Nicki Preto 

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White 

The Silence of Bones by June Hurr 

The Glittering Hour by Iona Gray 

Lovely War by Julie Barry 

The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal 

The Black Coast by Mike Brooks 

Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien 

More Than This by Patrick Ness 

House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess 

Winter Counts by David Weiden 

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow 

The Torchkeeper: The Raising by Steven dos Santos 

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang 

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

Freedom by Jay Kirkpatrick

Grass by Keum-Suk Gendry-Kim 

Axiom's End by Lindsey Ellis 

Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long 

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee 

The Summer I Wasn't Me by Jessica Verdi 

Wreath by Sigrid Undseat 

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett 

Sistersong by Lucy Holland 

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 

A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin 

Don Juan by Byron

The Hand of the Sun King by J.T. Greathouse 

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu 

Powwow Summer by Nahanni Shingoose 

Sense and Sensability Jane Austen 

The Farm by Emily McKay 

A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham 

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft 

Traitor's Blade by Sebastian de Castell 

Afrika by Colleen Craig 

The Wind from Hastings by Morgan Llywelyn 

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier 

Daughter of the Moon Goddess Sue Lyn Tan 

World After Susan Ee 

Love and Gelato by Jenna Welch 

Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett 

Gone Gone Gone by Hannah Moscowitz 

Blackwing by Ed McDonald 

The Silver Serpent by David Debord 

Stars Uncharted S.K. Dunstall 

The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard 

Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans by Francis Pryor 

The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele 

Alcestis by Euripides 

The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein 

This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero-Lacruz

Son of the Storm by Suyi Okungbowa 

Sailor Moon (finish) by Naoko Takeuchi 

A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima 

Akatsuki no Yona by Mizuho Kusanagi 

Blue Flag by Kaito 

Ultra Maniac by Wataru Yoshizumi 

Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura 

Shugo Chara by Peach Pitt 

Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu 

Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba

Moonshadow: The Nightmare Ninja by Simon Higgins

Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee 

2001: A Space Odyssey by Artur C. Clarke

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

To Explore Strange New Worlds by Elizabeth Barnes 

A Man Called Ove by Frederick  Backman

Real Knockouts by Martha McCaughey 

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong by Angela Saini 

Dark Space by Lisa Henry 

After by Amy Efaw 

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs 

The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 

Book Lovers by Emily Henry 

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik 

Federations by John Joseph Adams, etc

Veiled Alliances by Kevin J. Anderson

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

The Archive Undying by Emma Candon 

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 

The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu

Elvish by S.G. Prince 

The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman

Radium Girls by Kate Moore

Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth 

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku 

Imperium by Robert Harris 

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han 

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Fox Meadows 

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh 

The Vela by Becky Chambers and others (on spotify)

Odin's Child by Siri Peterson

Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney

Sølvhammeren by Vera Henriksen 

Rosewater by Tade Thompson 

Bookish Survey by the blogger "The Perpetual Pageturner" - https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/…/8th-annual-end-of-yea…

Number Of Books You Read:

Around 101

Number of Re-Reads:

Zero, cause my audiobook of The Fellowship of the Ring went back to the library :( (I want to listen to the Andy Serkis audiobook for my re-read).

Genre You Read The Most From:

Probably science fiction and fantasy, but I read some of other genres as well.

1. Best Book You Read In 2022?

(If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2021 release vs. backlist)

Science Fiction: Leviathan Falls, The Last Command, Cytonic, Dark Force Rising, Sunreach/ReDawn/Evershore, The Galaxy and the Ground Within, The Sins of Our Fathers, Rise of the Sith v.1 and v.2, Dark Times omnibuses 1 and 2, Iron Widow, Jedi Search, Light From Uncommon Stars, Crimson Empire 1-3, etc

Fantasy: Words of Radiance, The Last Argument of Kings, Age of Swords, Before They Are Hanged, Age of Myth, The Shadow of Kyoshi/The Rise of Kyoshi, Six Crimson Cranes, The Witch's Heart, Circe, etc

Historical fiction: The Mountains Sing, She Who Became the Sun, Kindred (it's sci-fi, but a lot of it involves history), Kaikeyi, Between Two Fires, Their Eyes Were Watching God, etc

Non-fiction: Know My Name and Say Nothing 

Contemporary: The Girl with the Louding Voice and Unpregnant 

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?

After Atlas started off strong and I was hoping to enjoy it, but the ending really killed it for me. I also was a bit disappointed in Homegoing, but that was more because I wanted to read more about Ghana and less about the US (as I know the history of black people in the US, but I don't know much about Ghana, so I always wanted to go back and learn more about that country and would be bummed when we were in the US). A really major disappointment for me was The Maid, since I'd heard it had a Neurodivergent main character, but yet again it was terribly written.

3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?:

While I had major issues with this book which keep it from being an all time fave, the good parts of The Sword of Kaigen were very impressive and the book managed to get me to cry, which hasn't happened in years.

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?:

No one reads my reccommendations :(

5. Best series you started in 2022? Best Sequel of 2022? Best Series Ender of 2022?:

Best series starter: Age of Myth, Iron Widow, and She Who Became the Sun

Best sequel: Cytonic, Before They Are Hanged, and Age of Swords

Best series ender: Leviathan Falls, The Last Command, and The Galaxy and the Ground Within

6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2022?

Definitely want to read more from Michael J. Sullivan, Joe Abercrombie, Xiran Jay Zhao, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Shelley Parker-Chan, and Elizabeth Lim.

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?

The Mountains Sing. It's a historical fiction book that takes place in Vietnam and it was SO good. Really loved one of our main characters and I really enjoyed learning more about the history of Vietnam and what the country is like. I also felt like the author handled a lot of topics with care and compassion, which I found impressive.

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?

Leviathan Falls, The Last Command (that last section), Cytonic, and the three Skyward novellas.

9. Book You Read In 2022. That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year?:

Not sure, I probably want to focus on either books I haven't read yet or books I haven't read in a while. I do want to finish my re-read of The Fellowship of the Ring.

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2022?

Leviathan Falls, The Beauty of Darkness, Six Crimson Cranes, A Magic Steeped in Poison, The Sins of Our Fathers, Stealing Light, The Galaxy and the Ground Within, and Age of Myth.

11. Most memorable character of 2022?

The Expanse characters, Star Wars characters, Skyward characters, etc.

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2022?

She Who Became the Sun, Know My Name, The Witch's Heart, The Wicked Day, Circe, A Desolation Called Peace, and The Beauty of Darkness.

13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2022?

Leviathan Falls and The Sins of Our Fathers. The Skyward books always speak to me as well, since I highly relate to Spensa. The Sword of Kaigen also made me cry, so it will go here.

14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2022 to finally read?:

Peter Pan, Dark Force Rising/The Last Command, Jedi Search, The Eye of the World, In the Hand of the Goddess, and The Girl of Fire and Thorns.

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2022?

“I absolutely believe that people are more good on balance than bad,” he said. “All the wars and all of the cruelty and all of the violence. I’m not looking away from any of that, and I still think there’s something beautiful about being what we are. History is soaked in blood. The future probably will be too. But for every atrocity, there’s a thousand small kindnesses that no one noticed. A hundred people who spent their lives loving and caring for each other. A few moments of real grace.” 

-Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey 

“The stars are still there,” she said. “We’ll find our own way back to them.” - Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey 

“All people must accept that we have the potential to do terrible things. It is part of seeing our place in the universe, our heritage, and our natures. But in that acceptance we gain strength, for potential can be refused. Any hero who could have been a monster is more heroic for the choices he or she made to walk another road.” - Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson 

“I could be afraid, then become courageous. I could be small-minded, then come to understand. I could be selfish. Then move beyond it. I could start as human, then allow myself to become something more.” - Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson 

“Get better. Learn to accept that sometimes what you feel isn’t invalid, but that it doesn’t mean you have to act according to those feelings either.” - Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson 

“This one choice didn't answer everything for her, not even close. How could it? Life was never a matter of one decision alone. Life was just a bunch of tiny steps, one after another, each a conclusion that lead to a dozen questions more.” - The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

“Thank you, but I don’t deserve any mercy.” “Of course you don’t. That’s why they call it mercy. If you deserve it, they call it justice.” - The Sins of Our Fathers by James S.A. Corey 

“How do you take the fight out of half the population and render them willing slaves? You tell them they're meant to do nothing but serve from the minute they're born. You tell them they're weak. You tell them they're prey. You tell them over and over, until it's the only truth they're capable of living.” - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 

“I've been told endless lies since I was born. That I was not kind enough, considerate enough, humble enough, honorable enough, pretty enough, pleasing enough. And if I failed to meet the needs of those around me, I did not deserve to live.
Propaganda. All of it. Propaganda to keep me chasing after the approval of others on my bound and broken feet, as if being a good servant is the only thing I should be proud of.” - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 

“I swear, people cannot make up their minds about who are supposed to be the clueless infants who can’t live without supervision: men or women.” - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 

“You cannot appease someone into loving or respecting you.” - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.” Circe by Madeline Miller 

“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.” Circe by Madeline Miller 

“It is a common saying that women are delicate creatures, flowers, eggs, anything that may be crushed in a moment's carelessness. If I had ever believed it, I no longer did.” Circe by Madeline Miller 

“So many years I had spent as a child sifting his bright features for his thoughts, trying to glimpse among them one that bore my name. But he was a harp with only one string, and the note it played was himself.

“You have always been the worst of my children,” he said. “Be sure to not dishonor me.”

“I have a better idea. I will do as I please, and when you count your children, leave me out.” Circe by Madeline Miller 

“They say a witch used to live in these woods, a long long time ago,” she began. And this is what the little girl would tell her children and what they would tell their children long after the ones who came before were gone. “They say an old witch lived in the east, in Iron Wood. And there, she bore the wolves who chase the sun and moon. They say she went to Asgard and was burned three times upon a pyre and three times she was reborn before she fled. They say she loved a man with scarred lips and a sharp tongue; a man who gave her back her heart and more. They say she loved a woman too, a sword-wielding bride of the Gods; as bold as any man and fiercer still. They say she wandered, giving aid to those who needed it most, healing them with potions and spells. They say she stood her ground against the fires of Ragnarok, until the very end, until she was burned a final time. All but her heart reduce to ashes once more. But others say she lives yet.”

- The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec 

“The ending doesn’t matter. What matters is how we get there. To face what’s ahead with as much dignity as we can muster and make the most of the time we have left.” - The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

“It’s sort of like coming home … only it isn’t. I’ve never really stood here and just looked at the city like this. The Emperor... I don’t think he ever saw the Imperial City as people and lights." - The Last Command by Timothy Zahn 

“Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.” - Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 

“You sent him to the sky to die, assassin," Kaladin said, Stormlight puffing from his lips, "but the sky and the winds are mine. I claim them, as I now claim your life.” - Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 

18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)

(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)

Luke x Mara

Spensa x Jorgen

Alanik x Arturo

James Holden x Naomi Nagata

FM x Rig

Leia x Han

Persephone x Raithe

Mirith Sinn x Kir Kanos

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year

The Roci crew

Mara and Leia had good interactions and I want them to be friends!

FM and Alanik's friendships with Jorgen were nice

I like Dalinar and Kaladin's interactions

Lyft and Wendel

Shallan and Pattern

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2022 From An Author You’ve Read Previously

Leviathan Falls, The Last Command, and Cytonic.

21. Best Book You Read In 2022 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.:

First Law trilogy, probably.

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2022?

I guess James Holden?

23. Best 2022 debut you read?

Kaikeyi

24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?

I always felt like Roshar has really good world building in Stormlight Archive. A Desolation Called Peace has a good world as well. Stealing Light had some cool world building reveals at the end but the beginning was kinda bad.

25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?

The Galaxy and the Ground Within :)

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2022?

The Sword of Kaigen made me weep :(

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?

Between Two Fires and The Galaxy Game

28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?

The Sword of Kaigen, Leviathan Falls, Kindred, etc.

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2022?

Light from Uncommon Stars

30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?

The Dragon Republic. I couldn't stand it. I also didn't like The Enchanted April or Darling Girl or The Maid. But The Dragon Republic was the worst since I HATE Rin so much. She committs genocide and it feels like the author wants us to like her. She is also not even a good villainous lead, in that she screams, cries, and throws a tantrum when someone is mean to her and expects the reader to feel bad for her when I really just want to punch the bitch. I can't stand soggy wet blanket characters who lash out and act all entitled and she is the worst I've come across. I also have issues with how Kuang writes white people, she doesn't seem to write any that aren't evil (looking at all of her work, this is showing to be a pattern).

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2022 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2023?

A Lesson in Vengeance (which I've started), Assassin's Apprentice (which I'm halfway through), The Fires of Vengeance The Secret History, Fevered Star, and most of the Star Wars EU books.

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2023 (non-debut)?

Defiant, CAUSE YAYYYYYY (last Skyward book). And the new James S.A. Corey book if it comes out in 2023.

3. 2023 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?

Don't know about any debuts yet.

4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2023?

Defiant! :)

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2023?

I want to get father into the Star Wars EU read through (try and get to Vector Prime!), continue finishing series, and continue doing more than one blog post a year.

6. A 2023 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone (if applicable):

Haven't read any (don't get ARCS).