Tag: 2022 reading
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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…
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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…
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BOOKS I WANT TO READ FROM BLACK AUTHORS IN FEBRUARY
My personal goal is to read from exclusively black authors in the month of February in honor and celebration of Black History Month! While I’d love to read all of these, realistically I think I’ll read eight to ten. My top priorities are Blacktop Wasteland, Razorblade Tears, The City We…
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MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022
With a new year comes publication of thousands of new books. Here are a few titles at the top of my list! Mostly mysteries and thrillers, from both familiar and new-to-me authors, but also a smattering of contemporary fiction, historical fiction, romance, science fiction, and short story collections. My most…
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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☐…
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2022 TBR – INTRODUCTION
The 30 books, new and backlist titles, I hope to read throughout 2022 I can’t be sure what possessed me to make a 30 book TBR at the end of 2020 to guide my reading in 2021, but I’m so glad I did! Of the 30 books selected for 2021,…
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BUZZWORD READATHON + READING CHALLENGE 2022 – INTRODUCTION
A look ahead to what I hope to be reading in 2022 I’m so excited to start planning and reading for the buzzword readathon, created and hosted by Kayla of Books and Lala on booktube! In her words, “The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week…
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