2022 Favorites

Favorite fiction: Kuragnaituku by Whiti Hereaka

Favorite non-fiction: Struggle Without End by Ranginui Walker

Favorite historical fiction: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Favorite fantasy: The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

Favorite Sci-fi: The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (must laugh at myself for this one as it was a re-read but I didn't realize until I'd almost finished it that i'd already read it. i'd even reviewed it on goodreads, apparently i liked it the first time, as well)

Favorite Romance: The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole

Most re-read book first read in 2022: Servant Mage by Kate Elliott

Most re-read author in 2022: This was a year of heavy re-reading with lots of Kameron Hurley, Courtney Milan and Kate Elliott in the mix


Beyond the pages...

TV:
Favorite - Marriage, Not Dating
Surprise hit - Lupin
Surprise blunder - Love in Contract

Video games:
Favorite - Paperback: The Game

 

Past Editions:

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Year in Books

 

NB: Child of Flame was a re-read since the audiobook came out so that should actually be 38hrs vs 916 pages 

Willy Nilly is that Least Shelved title. Sadly, if I want ISBN13 numbers in my goodreads records, I often have to choose the edition with no cover.

 

Another year of not reading as much as usual... or maybe I just don't read as much as I used to. I admit I don't have the patience I previously did. I've become a little pickier, quitting books with so few pages read they don't even make it on my "read, did-not-finish" shelf, and not wanting to read yet another version of the same old story unless it has some sort of variation that really pulls me in. 

I also don't think I click with current fads. Something about the pacing and voice of newly published works all read exactly the same to me. I took this as inspiration to re-read old favorites and to spend more time in the stacks. I have a feeling I'll be doing that again in 2023 (with, as always, the exception of my auto-buy authors:).