01 - A Book Published in 2022

[Melissa]

I am super hyped for One Italian Summer

[Laura]

just finished the Lobotomist's Wife by Samantha Woodruff. Amazon freebie. I'm on pregnancy bedrest, and it kept me entertained for 2 days. nothing spectacular but definitely thought provoking.

[Ron]

So many books to look forward to that are being published this year.

I have a list of 8 that have not been released yet that I'm anxious to get to.

[Anshita]

I'm reading Wahala by Nikki May. I chose this after reading the blurb on Goodreads.

[Ron]

Okay so first book I got that has been published and on my list this year is The Nineties .

I was born in '88 so this looks like an interesting read that I'm sure will be filled with a lot of nostalgia.

*****

I'm normally not the type that reads the introductions, I prefer to dive right in, however I think with this one I just might read it. I'm curious to see where it goes and I want to savor it.

[Ron]

Finished The Nineties

This one was pretty fun. Definitely recommend it.

[Kelly]

I'm going to read Olga Dies Dreaming for this category.

[Dea]

Not gonna lie…every year my default for this prompt is to read whatever book Brandon Sanderson is releasing. So this year it will be The Lost Metal, which is excellent because I'm a hardcore Mistborn fangirl. (The only time it isn't is when the BS book fits another prompt.)

[Kim]

I read Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander.

[Ron]

So many great books coming out this year.

Even though I've already done this topic, I am certainly going to read more.

One in particular caught my eye since I've read this author/researcher before.

The Alpha Female Wolf: The Fierce Legacy of Yellowstone's 06

[LeahS]

Read Dance Move, a collection of short stories by Wendy Erskine. Picked quickly from the library, because I needed something published this year for the ATY February Readathon. All are set in Northern Island. Some very good stories, and a few I didn't get a feel for, but I liked her style.

[t ♡]

I read The Maid

[Jessica]

I am planning on reading I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys.

[Heather L]

I’m reading The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan, which was published in January. I’m a third of the way through it and it has been interesting so far. It’s well-organized, and the chapters are short and very readable. I don’t read much nonfiction, but am glad 60 Minutes brought this one to my attention. They did a segment earlier this year related to the book and cold case investigation. It piqued my curiosity, so when I saw the book on sale earlier this month I used a gift card to snag it.

[poshpenny]

Adding more I don't think I've seen yet, although I could have missed them and I'm really tired


The Family Chao - Lan Samantha Chang
Tell Me an Ending - Jo Harkin
The Violin Conspiracy - Brendan Slocumb
Peach Blossom Spring - Melissa Fu
All My Rage - Sabaa Tahir
Unraveling - Brandon Leake
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Atomic Anna - Rachel Barenbaum
Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong
The Candy House - Jennifer Egan
True Biz - Sara Nović
Rosebud - Paul Cornell
Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel
Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
Trust - Hernan Diaz
When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill
The Book Woman's Daughter - Kim Michele Richardson
Siren Queen - Nghi Vo
The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas
It's Alive! - Julian David Stone
Upgrade - Blake Crouch
Mercury Pictures Presents - Anthony Marra
Mademoiselle Revolution - Zoe Sivak
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy - Jamie Ford
Carrie Soto Is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O’Farrell
Fairy Tale - Stephen King
The Last White Man - Mohsin Hamid
Husband Material - Alexis Hall
Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng


Finding Me: A Memoir - Viola Davis
Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do - Tracy Dawson
Happy-Go-Lucky - David Sedaris
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
How to Raise an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis


Air - Monica Roe
The First to Die at the End - Adam Silvera
The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel - Dan Santat

[Britany]

Finished You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sherri]

I read Kaikeyi

[Erin]

If you love high fantasy, you'll want to read this brand new author, published this year

Hands Like Secrets

[Kaia]

I read The Boy from Boomerang Crescent, a memoir from Indigenous Australian Rules football player Eddie Betts. Because he played in the local team for many years, I thought I wouldn't get my hands on this until next year because everyone would have it on hold at the library. Instead, it was sitting there when I went to return books yesterday.

I read it in one about 6 hours, only taking a break to feed me and the dog. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it this much. A fascinating look at racism in Australia, told through the lens of sport.

[Hrishika]

I enjoyed Olga Dies Dreaming!

[Rachel]

A book published in 2022:


One Last Day of Summer by Scottish author Shari Low is a contemporary romcom mainly set on a plane trip to tropical Saint Lucia in which four strangers get to know each other. This is a feel good “found family” style of beach read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

Love Marriage by Bengali English author Monica Ali is a complex multilayered story of two families in London and the relationships between them. I found it insightful and had some thoughtful comments to make on immigrants, racism, feminism and islamophobia. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Taiwanese Canadian author Judy I. Lin is a YA fantasy where the fantasy world is based on ancient China and uses a magic system involving brewing tea. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

Snowy Mountains Cattleman by Alissa Callen Is an Australian rural romance set in the beautiful Snowy Mountains ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

The Highland Hens by Judy Leigh is a contemporary romance set in Glen Carrick House in Scotland, the home of 88-year-old Mimi Solitaire a retired showgirl who continues to sparkle, her three handsome sons, and new arrival Jess Oliver. ⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

The Angry Women's Choir by Australian author Meg Bignell is an empowering feminist read about Tasmanian housewife Freycinet Barnes who joins a choir of women which meets to sing out their anger and heartache. She meets a cast of zany characters who help her deal with the curly challenges life throws her way and band together to promote freedom from oppression. Here is my review

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn is a historical fiction based on the story of Lyudmila Pavlichencko, a Ulkrainian sniper known by the Russians as Lady Death for her part in fighting against the German invasion of her homeland in WW2. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

The Bangalore Detectives Club by Indian author Harini Nagendra is a cozy mystery set in 1920s Bangalore. The first in a series featuring the mathematical and forward-thinking Kaveri, an enjoyable read with yummy recipes at the end. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

[Sarah]

Maggie Stiefvater is finishing up her Dreamer Trilogy (the follow-up series to The Raven Cycle) with Greywaren, which releases on Tuesday! (Although I might get my copy before then- apparently my order is shipping today and it's only coming from an hour away...) I haven't loved this series as much as TRC, but I read the first book last year for the prompt "a book about art/artists" and I'm currently reading the second for "a book by an author you read last year."

[Vaish]

Sweet Love and Country Roads is Camilla Isley’s latest book in the First Comes Love series. It is the seventh book in this series, but can easily read as a standalone.

The novelty of these stories has gone away, or the writing has gone downhill. Whatever the case may be this book did not hold my attention.

3/5