PaperbackPirate reads 46 in 2022!

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PaperbackPirate reads 46 in 2022!

1PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: apr 26, 2022, 9:56 pm

Happy New Year!
Last year I tackled more big books than usual. I read 3 books over 500 pages, and one of those was close to 1,000. As a result I did not reach my goal of 45, but I think of it as a good reading year nonetheless. For the past few years I based my goal on my age so I'm going to do the same again and try for 46.

Previous threads in case you're interested:

2021 (43 books)
2020 (50 books)
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2019 (43 books)
2018 (44 books)
2017 (41 books)
2016 (43 books)
2015 (35 books)
2014 (33 books)
2013 (50 books)
2012 (43 books)
2011 (43 books)
2010 (42 books)
417 books in 10 years

I hope you stop by!

2PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 3, 2023, 1:24 am

January-March
1. Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce - finished 1/10
2. Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr. - finished 1/21
3. Sisters in Art: The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton by Wendy Van Wyck Good - finished 1/22
4. The Outsider by Stephen King - finished 2/11
5. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - finished 2/19
6. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave - finished 2/25
7. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson - finished 3/5
8. Gordath Wood by Patrice Sarath - finished 3/27

April-June
9. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse - finished 4/3
10. Skeleton Crew: Stories by Stephen King - finished 4/17
11. The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith - finished 4/22
12. The Starlight Barking by Dodie Smith - finished 4/26
13. Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson - finished 5/1
14. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis - finished 5/6
15. Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore - finished 5/29
16. Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia - finished 6/4
17. Saddle Up for Murder by Leigh Hearon - finished 6/14
18. Terror in the Trench: An Aquatic Horror Anthology by Jay Alexander - finished 6/24
19. The Institute by Stephen King - finished 6/28

July-September
20. Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell - finished 7/4
21. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - finished 7/12
22. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow - finished 7/19
23. Less by Andrew Sean Greer - finished 7/24
24. Granta 115: The F Word (Feminism) edited by John Freeman - finished 8/3
25. The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal - finished 8/21
26. Gerald's Game by Stephen King - finished 8/30
27. Book of Extraordinary Tragedies by Joe Meno - finished 9/10
28. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer - finished 9/30

October-December
29. The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory - finished 10/4
30. Insomnia by Stephen King - finished 10/24
31. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman - finished 10/30
32. The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories (Penguin Ink) by Angela Carter - finished 11/12
33. Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson - finished 11/29
34. Strange Tombs by Syd Moore - finished 12/10
35. The Change by Kirsten Miller - finished 12/26
36. Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory - finished 12/29
37. Serenity 2: Better Days by Brett Matthews & Joss Whedon - finished 12/29
38. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman - finished 12/29
39. Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters Volume 3 by Jason Ciaramella - finished 12/31

3PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 3, 2023, 1:24 am

Oh, the places I'll go by reading books this year!

USA
Alabama: Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
Alaska: Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
California: Sisters in Art: The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton by Wendy Van Wyck Good
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Connecticut: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Hawai'i: Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Idaho: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Illinois: Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Maine: The Institute by Stephen King
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Insomnia by Stephen King
Massachusetts: Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia
New York: Gordath Wood by Patrice Sarath
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Change by Kirsten Miller
Oklahoma: The Outsider by Stephen King
Texas: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Vermont: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Washington: Saddle Up for Murder by Leigh Hearon

Countries
England: The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Strange Tombs by Syd Moore
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
France: The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal
Poland: Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

4PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: dec 29, 2022, 8:02 pm

Monthly Key Word Challenge: COMPLETED!
Read 1 book that includes one or more of the key words in the title.

JAN – Last, Kingdom, Girl, Dark, Winter, Light: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

FEB – Midnight, Into, Sun, Love, Good, Spell, Search: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

MAR – Fall, Loud, Queen, Woods, Nine, Beautiful, Crown: Gordath Wood by Patrice Sarath

APR – Red, One: The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

MAY – Black, Under, City, Cloud, Sing: Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore

JUN – Sea, You, Hate, Perfect, Shade, Beach, Little: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

JUL – Star, Word, People, Rise: Granta 115: The F Word (Feminism) edited by John Freeman

AUG – Day, Happy, Language, Stay: Serenity 2: Better Days by Brett Matthews & Joss Whedon

SEP – Bright, Here, Out, Life, Strange, Rule, Story, Salt: Strange Tombs by Syd Moore

OCT – House, Bone, Blood, Witch, Murder: The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories by Angela Carter

NOV – Boy, River, Fever, Down, Gold, Hill: The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

DEC – Still, Cafe, Night, Lake, By, Holiday, Fire: Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

5PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 3, 2023, 9:49 pm

What's in a Name Challenge: did not complete
Choose 6 books that have titles that contain a:

Compound word: The Outsider by Stephen King
Speed: Velocity by Dean Koontz (finished 1/3/23)
Person and their description: Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Mythical being: Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters Volume 3 by Jason Ciaramella
Season:
Color: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

6PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 3, 2023, 1:23 am

My first quarter favorites in the order I read them are:

Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
The Outsider by Stephen King
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

What were yours?

7PaperbackPirate
jun 29, 2022, 10:20 pm

My second quarter favorites in the order I read them are:

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Skeleton Crew: Stories by Stephen King
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia
The Institute by Stephen King

How about you?

8Copperskye
jul 6, 2022, 6:58 pm

Hi Pirate! Happy summer break to you!

>7 PaperbackPirate: I read some good ones this quarter, too. These are as of the whims of moment. I could add several more that I loved too!

The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (reread)
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
And a Dog Called Fig by Helen Humphreys (I think you’d like this one, too)
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

9PaperbackPirate
jul 13, 2022, 11:27 am

>8 Copperskye: Happy Summer to you!

What a great list of books! I loved Cloud Cuckoo Land so much.

Thanks for stopping by!

10PaperbackPirate
okt 23, 2022, 10:55 am

My third quarter favorites in the order I read them are:

Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Book of Extraordinary Tragedies by Joe Meno
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

What were yours?

11PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 3, 2023, 1:33 am

My fourth quarter favorites in the order I read them are:

The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Insomnia by Stephen King
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson
The Change by Kirsten Miller

And I also loved The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman, a single poem in one book, not an entire book of poems.

What were yours?

12PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 3, 2023, 1:31 am

Having a hard time bringing my list of 2022 favorites down to ten, so here's my long list:

Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
The Outsider by Stephen King
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder & Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia
The Institute by Stephen King
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Book of Extraordinary Tragedies by Joe Meno
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson
The Change by Kirsten Miller

13PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 3, 2023, 1:31 am

The long list helped. Here are my top ten of 2022 in the order I read them:

Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - my favorite of the year
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder & Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson - counting as one since they're from the same series
Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia
The Institute by Stephen King
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Book of Extraordinary Tragedies by Joe Meno
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Change by Kirsten Miller

What were your favorites?

14PaperbackPirate
Bewerkt: jan 4, 2023, 11:12 am

Time for end of the year book games! Yay! I found this one on carlym's thread a long time ago. To play along just answer the questions with titles of books you read in 2022. Think of it as Cards Against Humanity with book titles.

Describe yourself: Good Girl, Bad Blood
How do you feel? Terror in the Trench
Describe where you currently live: The House in the Cerulean Sea
If you could go anywhere...? Cloud Cuckoo Land
Favorite form of transportation: Saddle Up for Murder
Your best friend is: The Outsider
You and your friends are: The Caretakers
What's the weather like? Black Sun
Your favorite time of day is: The Starlight Barking
What is life for you? The Hill We Climb
You fear: The Bloody Chamber
Best advice: Braiding Sweetgrass
Thought for the day: Why We Can't Wait
How you would like to die: Born to Be Hanged

Want to play?