Tag: 2022 books

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 4

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 4

    WillAuthor: Will Smith, Mark MansonPublication Date: November 2021Genre: nonfiction, biographyMethod: audiobook via TPL Going into this memoir, I knew next to nothing about Will Smith other than he was born and raised in west Philadelphia, but doesn’t everybody know that? Let me tell you what – I haven’t been able…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

    Greenwich ParkAuthor: Katherine FaulknerPublication Date: January 2022Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL I’m not usually the biggest fan of domestic thrillers but I devoured this debut by author Katherine Faulkner! Personally I loved the slow pace of this thriller, getting to know the main characters, their connections to one…

  • JANUARY 2022 READING WRAP UP

    JANUARY 2022 READING WRAP UP

    General stats Total: 13 booksPages: 2,298 Fiction: 8Nonfiction: 5 Audiobooks: 5Physical books: 8 Borrowed books: 9→ Library savings $178.97Personal collection: 4 2022 TBR: 42022 Release: 3Book of the Month: 2Buzzword Readathon challenge: 3Debut Work: 4 Genre Goals ☐ 5 books about antiracism → What White People Can Do Next by…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2

    The Girl Who DiedAuthor: Ragnar JónassonPublication Date: November 2018Genre: mystery, thriller Method: audiobook via TPL Picked this up on whim because it fit for January’s #buzzword prompt (who, what, where, when, why, and how), and it was available as an audiobook, which was definitely a good call because there’s no…

  • BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1

    BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1

    A Flicker in the DarkAuthor: Stacey WillinghamPublication Date: January 2022Genre: mystery, thrillerMethod: BOTM hardcover And to begin, story time. In June of 2021, in a small independent bookstore in Michigan, I found myself in conversation with a lovely woman pre-ordering a debut thriller written by her niece set to release…

  • 2022 READING GOALS + INTENTIONS

    2022 READING GOALS + INTENTIONS

    Keeping my goals short, sweet, and to the point this year! General Goals ☐ 70 books☐ 25,000 pages Genre Goals ☐ 5 books about race/racism☐ 4 classics☐ 3 translated works☐ 2 comedy/humor☐ 1 poetry collection Author Goals ☐ S.A. Cosby☐ Joan Didion☐ Alice Feeney☐ Roxane Gay☐ Elizabeth Gilbert☐ Kristin Hannah☐…