26-ish books in 2022

I'm so behind but

Book 2 finished - The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

I'd give it 3.5 stars. I didn't like at first and never really warmed to the main character but it got better as it went on and was quite interesting

5. The Bass Rock - Evie Wyld
Super gothic book that swung between times and characters with some through lines and some not. Staunchly feminist writing and a commentary on cyclical violence against women but great story telling and characters. Not the best book ever but a good read

3 Mrs Everything by Jennifer Weiner.
I love her books, this one is more political/historical than others and I really liked it.

Book 3 American Dirt I really enjoyed this book, although I'm not sure enjoyed is actually the right word. I did find myself holding my breath a few times. Thanks for all the recommendations here for this.

I've moved on to Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton about a school hostage situation. Think I'll need something lighter after these books.
I'm also reading the first book in A Series of Unfortunate Events to the children.

Finally got around to starting The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which has been lying on the coffee table waiting patiently for me for ages. So far so good.

Finding Murderous Contagion quite heavy going, but as the structure of the book lends itself to dipping in & out (each chapter focuses on a different disease), I've decided to have another book on the go.

I've just borrowed Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen from the library. It examines how burnout affects the way Millennials work, parent, and socialise, and the cultural shifts that attributed to this.

Hi everyone, is it ok if I join ?
I originally set my goal to 50 books this year but found my self skipping books with lots of pages to fit more in.
I have decreased my challenge now to make it more realistic.
I’m currently reading 1984,not read it before but am enjoying it.
I’ve also read The Keeper of lost things, Jane Eyre,The little voice, Anxious People and The Rosie effect so far.
I got the Dune trilogy for Christmas so will probably be reading that for quite a while.

Hoping to read about 25 -ish.

We already have 5 book titles for our bookclub but I am struggling a bit - could blame Covid, could blame laziness! I really miss reading on the bus but the masks make my glasses steam up.

I am struggling a bit with the first bookclub book which is The Tiger's wife. I cannot remember the other titles so I will come back when I have them!

1. The House at Old Vine by Norah Lofts
2. The House at Sunset by Norah Lofts
3. Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss
4. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Adi Dare
5. The Red Tent by Anita Daimant
6. The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett
7. Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney
8. Small Pleasures by Claire Chambers

Hi I've been reading away and also checking in on here thanks for the recommendations.

1. Small Pleasures - Clare Chambers. really liked this book and invested in the main character. Would recommend.

2. Betty - Tiffany McDaniel Wow heartbreaking some really tragic moments which are hard to read but what a book. Would highly recommend.

Don't worry @ThesecondLEM, it's not a competition. My first two listed were ones ai had nearly finished at the end of last year so it looks as though I have finished more than I actually have.

I am about to pre-order the new Robert Galbraith Strike book for August, that'll slow me down, I gather it's not quite as long as Troubled Blood but still pretty long.

2 The Beauty of Impossible Things by Rachel Donohue.
I just feel like I've read this book many times before!

1. The Shape of Darkness buy Laura Purcell. Gothic thriller about a silhouette artist whose subjects are being killed. She consults a child medium. It was a good read but I found the ending upsetting.

I not sure I can keep up with you lovely lot but this thread is great for recommendations

1. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend. Sniggered away at this - just as funny as I had remembered!
2. Bess Of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth, 1527-1608 by Mary S. Lovell. Fascinating biography of one of England's most powerful women of the Tudor era. Intricately researched and very enjoyable.

Currently reading The House of Glass by Hadley Freeman. Started this last year but my concentration span was very poor!

My next book is Death comes for the Archbishop by Willa by Willa Cather. It was written in 1927 and is about a catholic bishop trying to set up diocese in Mexico. I don’t know much about it other than it’s a classic I haven’t got around to yet.

I’m trying to mix up “easier” more familiar stuff with things to challenge me a bit. I’m gearing up to tackle The Sound and the Fury which I’ve been meaning to read for years but I’m intimidated by its reputation!

6. The Algebraist by Iain M Banks

This is the third time I’ve read it so it’s a firm favourite for me! If you like sci-fi then I strongly recommend it. It’s a rambling epic about the search for a formula that will reveal the location of a series of wormholes allowing cross galaxy travel. It’s set during the threat of a terrible war. It’s quite funny in places and quite moving.

@KobaniDaughters It's absolutely engrossing, I only wish that I could spend all day reading it!

@Theworkhouse I LOVED The Mercies and gifted it to quite a few friends this Christmas

4. Wayward by Dana Spiotta
Kind of forced myself to finish this one, in the vein of spilt white middle aged woman, had the potential to be so much more than it was but was ultimately just whingey. I don’t recommend

Will do!