26-ish books in 2022

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Shiny new thread for 2022.

I am setting my target at 25 this year.

I want to read at least a min of 5 in hardcopy and at least 4 non-fiction.

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

@ThesecondLEM you don’t have to keep up with anyone 😀. We will all slow down and it’s the journey, not the destination.

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.

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.

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

The Pull of Stars by Emma Donoghue A story about a nurse coping on a maternity ward during WW1 and the Spanish flu. I really enjoyed this, a great look into how they coped back then with limited knowledge in both medicine and pandemics. A great contrast to today/Covid.

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!

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.

@StColumbofNavron

DonEmmanuel, your list always reads like my absolutes goals TBR.

That's the nicest internet compliment I've ever received!

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.

Welcome welcome

Ive got Betty on my Kindle. It seems my thing. I am a sucker for sad, miserable, morbid stuff.

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.

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.

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

@Tinkhasflown

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.

Both great books but, yes, give yourself something light hearted after those too. I highly recommend Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day!

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

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

My first DNF.

Londonstani, Gautam Maukani

I actually really like this book. It’s written entirely in ‘rude boy’ vernacular amongst Asian teens in Hounslow around the early 00s. I grew up in East London around similar groups. There is so much toxic masculinity and violence that I stopped. Not so much because of that, I think if I had read it per-kids this would be brilliant, but I have two teen boys and a pre-teen and I just can’t take it so I’ve stopped and I’m actually going to get rid of the book because it’s just made me feel all uneasy.

I’ve just finished number 4 American Dirt. I’m obviously late to the party with this one. Sadly I read some absolutely scathing reviews on Goodreads which threw me a bit - I wish I hadn’t seen those until I finished. I really enjoyed it which obviously makes me a racist xenophobe. Anyway I’m hoping my next read is a little lighter because I’ve also read Shuggie Bain this year and I can’t handle any more trauma involving small boys.

@17caterpillars1mouse

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

I've seen really mixed reviews for this one. I have it on my kindle but never seem to get around to reading it.

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
9. The Pull of Stars by Emma Donoghue

10. The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Set in 1620 Norway, during their witch trials. Atmospheric and moving, I really loved this book. Does anyone know of anything similar?

WeeFae I wonder if you would enjoy Burial Rites or The Good People by Hannah Kent?

Or The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson.

Although I haven't read The Mercies ; just going by what you say about it.

@highlandcoo I was going to suggest those two by Hannah Kent as well for @WeeFae

Also you might like The Bass Rock which I just finished

Finished 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' over the weekend. There were a few jarring notes, it was a little contrived at times, but it was a pleasant read.

On to 'Shattered', an account of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Thank you for the suggestions @highlandcoo and @KobaniDaughters, I'll check those out.