Happy (almost) 2023!
It’s time again for the annual end of year survey that Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner hosts to reflect back on the books we’ve read throughout the year.
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2022 Reading Stats
Number Of Books You Read: 131 (I wanted to stop at 130 to have a nice round number but read one more book by accident 😂)
Number of Re-Reads: 0 (because I suuuuuuck…😅)
Genre You Read The Most From: Nonfiction (and no one will be surprised about this 😏)
Best In Books
1. BEST BOOK YOU READ IN 2022?
The War That Made the Roman Empire | How the Wallflower was Won | Tutankhamun
2. BOOK YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT & THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO LOVE MORE BUT DIDN’T?
River of Shadows | House of Sky and Breath | Shades of Rust and Ruin
3. MOST SURPRISING (IN A GOOD WAY ̶o̶r̶ ̶b̶a̶d̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶) BOOK YOU READ?
An Education in Pleasure | Payback’s a Witch | The Love Hypothesis
4. BOOK YOU “PUSHED” THE MOST PEOPLE TO READ (AND THEY DID)?
Artemis Fowl | Airman | From Blood and Ash
5. BEST SERIES YOU STARTED IN 2022? BEST SEQUEL? BEST SERIES ENDER OF 2022?
The Good Girl’s Guide to Rakes | The Twice-Scorned Lady of Shadow | The Blood Curse
6. FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR YOU DISCOVERED IN 2022?
Mark McPherson | Ali Hazelwood | Grady Hendrix
7. BEST BOOK FROM A GENRE YOU DON’T TYPICALLY READ/WAS OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE?
A Coin for the Ferryman | My Best Friend’s Exorcism | I’m Glad My Mom Died
8. MOST ACTION-PACKED/THRILLING/UNPUTDOWNABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR?
A Shadow in the Ember | Blaze of Misery | Wicked Beauty
9. BOOK YOU READ IN 2022 THAT YOU WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO RE-READ NEXT YEAR?
A Coin for the Ferryman | The Love Hypothesis | Spellraiser
10. FAVORITE COVER OF A BOOK YOU READ IN 2022?
Wrath Goddess Sing | The Long-Forgotten Winter King | The House with the Golden Door
11. MOST MEMORABLE CHARACTER OF 2022?
The Other Half of the Grave (Bones) | The House with the Golden Door (Brittanica) | How the Wallflower was Won (Tabitha)
12. MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK READ IN 2022?
The Letter Carrier | What Moves the Dead | The Story of the World in 100 Moments
13. MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING/ LIFE-CHANGING BOOK OF 2022?
The First Fossil Hunters | The Story of the World in 100 Moments | The Map of Knowledge
14. BOOK YOU CAN’T BELIEVE YOU WAITED UNTIL 2022 TO FINALLY READ?
The Little Prince | The Night Realm | Heir
15. FAVORITE PASSAGE/QUOTE FROM A BOOK YOU READ IN 2022?
“Color. It’s all color,” says Zorzo. “That’s where it begins and ends. Venetians understand. Color is mood, love, sorrow, life. Color is what the world is built of.”
16. SHORTEST & LONGEST BOOK YOU READ IN 2022?
Ancient Greece (shortest) | House of Breah and Skye (longest)
17. BOOK THAT SHOCKED YOU THE MOST
Crimson Petticoats | Beneath the Surface | Blaze of Misery
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (YOU WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP!)
The Twice-Scorned Lady of Shadow (Saber & Zak) | Wicked Beauty (Helen & Achilles & Patroclus) | The Blood Curse (Clio & Lyre)
19. FAVORITE NON-ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP OF THE YEAR
Wrath Goddess Sing (Achilles & Meryapi) | The Long-Forgotten Winter King (Saber & Ríkr) | Dark Class (Ellie & Paxe)
20. FAVORITE BOOK YOU READ IN 2022 FROM AN AUTHOR YOU’VE READ PREVIOUSLY
The War That Made the Roman Empire | The House with the Golden Door | A Shadow in the Ember
21. BEST BOOK YOU READ IN 2022 THAT YOU READ BASED SOLELY ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM SOMEBODY ELSE/PEER PRESSURE/BOOKSTAGRAM, ETC.
The Love Hypothesis | My Best Friend’s Exorcism | Ice Planet Barbarians
22. NEWEST FICTIONAL CRUSH FROM A BOOK YOU READ IN 2022?
Electric Idol (Eros) | A Shadow in the Ember (Nyktos) | How the Wallflower was Won (Finn)
23. BEST 2022 DEBUT YOU READ?
The Eater of Gods | I’m Glad My Mom Died
24. BEST WORLDBUILDING/MOST VIVID SETTING YOU READ THIS YEAR?
A Shadow in the Ember | The House With the Golden Door | The Color Storm
25. BOOK THAT PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE/WAS THE MOST FUN TO READ?
Payback’s a Witch | Love on the Brain | How the Wallflower Was Won
26. BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY OR NEARLY CRY IN 2022?
Het Moois Dat We Delen | The Blood Curse
27. HIDDEN GEM OF THE YEAR?
The Color Storm | A Coin for the Ferryman | The Letter Carrier
28. BOOK THAT CRUSHED YOUR SOUL?
Het Moois Dat We Delen | The Blood Curse | A Shadow in the Ember
29. MOST UNIQUE BOOK YOU READ IN 2022?
The Headsman | Nectar of the Gods
30. BOOK THAT MADE YOU THE MOST MAD (DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU DIDN’T LIKE IT)
Blaze of Misery | Cruel Summer
YOUR BLOGGING/BOOKISH LIFE
1. NEW FAVORITE BOOK BLOG/BOOKSTAGRAM/YOUTUBE CHANNEL YOU DISCOVERED IN 2022?
2. FAVORITE POST YOU WROTE IN 2022?
My book review of The War That Made the Roman Empire
3. FAVORITE BOOKISH RELATED PHOTO YOU TOOK IN 2022?
From my bookstagram
4. BEST BOOKISH EVENT THAT YOU PARTICIPATED IN (AUTHOR SIGNINGS, FESTIVALS, VIRTUAL EVENTS, ETC.)?
I haven’t been able to make it to any bookish events, sadly enough! 😭
5. BEST MOMENT OF BOOKISH/BLOGGING LIFE IN 2022?
Once again Nonfiction November was really fun this year!
My posts:
My Year In Nonfiction
Book Pairing
Stranger Than Fiction
Worldview Changers
New To My TBR
6. MOST CHALLENGING THING ABOUT BLOGGING OR YOUR READING LIFE THIS YEAR?
I went back to school this year and it has been a challenge to find reading time + not feeling guilty about relaxing with a book when I knew I could be working for school. It’s a hard balance to find.
7. MOST POPULAR POST THIS YEAR ON YOUR BLOG (WHETHER IT BE BY COMMENTS OR VIEWS)?
If I’m looking at views then this post was my most popular this year.
8. POST YOU WISHED GOT A LITTLE MORE LOVE?
I don’t have one particular post in mind so any post could use more love, always.
9. BEST BOOKISH DISCOVER (BOOK RELATED SITES, BOOK STORES, ETC.)?
I’m really sucking this year but I don’t think I have discovered any book related sites or bookstores.
10. DID YOU COMPLETE ANY READING CHALLENGES OR GOALS THAT YOU HAD SET FOR YOURSELF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR?
I reached my Goodreads goal of reading 50 books, and then some!
LOOKING AHEAD
1. ONE BOOK YOU DIDN’T GET TO IN 2022 BUT WILL BE YOUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY IN 2023?
The Diamond Eye | Elektra | Defend the Dawn
2. BOOK YOU ARE MOST ANTICIPATING FOR 2023 (NON-DEBUT)?
Hell Bent | Chain of Thorns | Love, Theoretically
3. 2023 DEBUT YOU ARE MOST ANTICIPATING?
Psyche and Eros | Forged by Blood | The Infinite Miles
4. SERIES ENDING/A SEQUEL YOU ARE MOST ANTICIPATING IN 2023?
A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction | Radiant Sin | The Temple of Fortuna
5. ONE THING YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH OR DO IN YOUR READING/BLOGGING LIFE IN 2023?
I hope to reread more books in 2023 and read more recommendations from fellow bloggers/readers.
6. A 2023 RELEASE YOU’VE ALREADY READ & RECOMMEND TO EVERYONE (IF APPLICABLE):
I haven’t read a 2023 release yet but would love some more recommendations from those who have.
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And that’s it again for the end of year book survey of 2022. See you all in 2023!
This is such a fun post! And you read so many books. I like the way you set your goal at 50 books, I may do that too😁
Wow! That’s a very in-depth end of year survey! I like it. I’m doing a list of my favorite books, but maybe this post will inspire me to do something a little different at the end of 2023.
I love Ali Hazlewood’s books too! I think I would like to re-read The Love Hypothesis next year as well. I loved The Diamond Eye very much, I hope you do too. I hope you and your family have a happy and healthy new year!
I love that you read one more book by accident 😉 And I was disappointed by House of Sky and Breath as well! Also I didn’t know that you only discovered Lonna’s feed on instagram this year! Happy new year Stephanie!
I’m not 100% sure if it was did year that I discovered her feed on instagram and I already knew Lonna from her book blogging days. She’s such a sweetie!
Lots and lots of book recs in here — thanks for all of these, I was looking for new stuff to get my greedy paws on. I hear you on House of Sky and Breath – did NOT like it. (Actually, did not like the 1st book much either.) Though I did hear that Maas’s ACOTAR series may be up for a TV series, so I’m looking forward to that!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t like House of Sky and Breath. I had such a hard time finishing it. But I did love the first book, it’s still one of my favorites so it was quite the surprise to me.
Ahhh! You have read so many interesting books this year! I am holding off reading House of Breath and Sky because it is just so long, so I am not surprised that it was the longest book on your list! I hope that 2023 brings you some more wonderful books to read! 🙂
Every year my longest book is either a Sarah J Maas or Cassandra Clare book 😂
Happy New Year! What an epic list and look back at your reading this past year!
It took so long to put this post together but I do love it!
I am loving all of the Annette Marie mentions! With Zak and Lyre, it was bound to be an amazing year 😉
Annette Marie has taken over my life LOL
I love your post and all the various details. So impressive. You have read so much and managed to review most of them I think. There are a few books that I have on my list as well. Good luck for next reading year.
Wow 131 books is an amazing amount and great to hear your enjoyed them so much too! Wishing you more wonderful reading in 2023. 😊