If you take a look at my book review postings from this year, I started out reading a lot and then dropped off in the middle. That happened in 2021 because I got divorced. This year, 2022, it was because I started dating again. Here's to learning, growing, overcoming challenges, and taking steps forward!
Anyway - back to the books. I had a goal to read 21 books and I only read 18, so I was close! I had goals to read specific authors, participate in the Back to the Classics reading challenge, and participate in Mindful Readers Bookclub (with my family). I read 10 books from my TBR. I also read a play and Christmas story - which I try to do every year.
1. The Arrows Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey (American, 1950- ) 9.6/10
2. Fahrenheit 451 (1953) - 8.6/10
by Ray Bradbury
(American, 1920-2012)
3. Battle Magic (2013) - 8/10
by Tamora Pierce (American, 1954-)
Back to the Classics 2022
I read books that fit into 9 of the categories, which gets me 2 entries into the drawing. I emailed Karen directly for my form of contact. I just noticed that I read LOTS of short stories this year! I believe I've switched up the categories on some of them since posting them initially, but here they are:
1. 19th Century Classic
by Louisa May Alcott (American, 1832-1888)
2. 20th Century Classic
by JRR Tolkien (English, 1892-1973)
3. Classic by a Woman
by Jane Austen (English, 1775-1817)
5. Classic Short Stories
Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old (2002) - Christmas
by 20 different authors
6. Nonfiction Classic
by CS Lewis (British, 1898-1963)
7. Classic on Your TBR Longest
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) - TBR
by Ray Bradbury (American, 1920-2012)
8. Classic in a Place You'd Like to (Re)Visit
by 14 authors, edited by Elizabeth Jordan (American, 1865-1947)
New York!
9. Wild Card Classic
Arms and the Man (1894) - Play
by George Bernard Shaw (Irish, 1856-1950)
Author Challenges - all TBR
The Arrows Trilogy
Tamora Pierce (American, 1954-)
The Circle Reforged Series
-The Will of the Empress (2005) - Sandry
-Melting Stones (2008) - Evvy (simultaneous to Will of the Empr.)
-Battle Magic (2013) - Briar (Prequel to Will of the Empress)
-The Will of the Empress (2005) - Sandry
-Melting Stones (2008) - Evvy (simultaneous to Will of the Empr.)
-Battle Magic (2013) - Briar (Prequel to Will of the Empress)
Mindful Readers - Family Book Club
(some are duplicates from above)
January - Mystery
by GK Chesterton (English, 1874-1936)
February - Romance
by Jane Austen (English, 1775-1817)
March - Feminism
by 14 authors, edited by Elizabeth Jordan (American, 1865-1947)
April - Fantasy
Fable (2020) (not pictured)
by Adrienne Young
(American, 1985- )
May - Comedy/Satire
by Ray Bradbury
(American, 1920-2012)
June - Thriller
by GK Chesterton
(English, 1874-1936)
July - Romance
by George Bernard Shaw (Irish, 1856-1950)
August, September, November
x, x, x
October - Thriller
The Call of Cthulhu (1928)
by HP Lovecraft (American, 1890-1937)
December - Christmas/Winter
by 20 different authors
16. The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) - 5.1/10
by GK Chesterton
(English, 1874-1936)
17. Arms and the Man (1894) - 5/10
by George Bernard Shaw
(Irish, 1856-1950)
18. Persuasion (1817) - 4.4/10
by Jane Austen
(English, 1775-1817)
Bottom of the Barrel
Books I started, but didn't finish:
The Moonstone (1868)
by Willkie Collins (English, 1824-1889)
Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights (1967)
by Ryu Mitsuse (Japanese, 1928-1999)
by Amos Tutuola (Nigerian, 1920-1997)
The Blazing World (1666)
by Margaret Cavendish (English, 1623-1673)
I hope the Back to the Classics reading challenge happens again next year, but, unfortunately, I doubt it. My family is doing the Mindful Readers bookclub again! I plan to focus on Mercedes Lackey and reading more of my TBR in 2023.
Another blog with my reading plans for 2023 will be coming soon!
Thanks for having warned me against reading The Man Who Was Thursday. I have a 2nd hand copy with few missing pages (that's why I never read it), and now you convinced me that I better forget it altogether! :P
ReplyDeleteYou've only read 18, but they are great books., so you must feel proud of yourself! I loved Persuasion (my favorite Austen so far).
If you haven't already, you could click the link to the Thursday blog above and get specifics as to why I wasn't a fan of it.
DeleteI'm proud of reading 18 books, but I had hoped to do the full 12 categories of BTTC - oh well.
Yeah - I think I'm just more of a Bronte fan than an Austen fan. Though, to be fair, I'd read Persuasion again before reading Wuthering Heights again.
Yeah for reading so many classics this year! :D
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Delete