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2022 GOAL:  I hope to read/listen to 30 books this year!

Book #41 Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett.

Book #40 A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson.

Book #39 The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich. 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction.

Book #38 Be Frank with Me, by Julia Claiborne Johnson. Loved it.

Book #37 Orange is the New Black, by Piper Kerman. Less exciting than I thought it would be.

Book #36 Wild, by Cheryl Stayed.

Book #35 Educated, by Tara Westover.  Very INTENSE.

Book #34 The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection, by Neil Gaiman.  A short children’s story.

Book #33 The Five Wounds, by Kirstin Valdez Quade.

Book #32  LaRose, by Louise Erdrich  EXCELLENT READ!!

Book #31 Walking with Ghosts, by Gabriel Byrne. An autobiography.

Book #30 The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig  I really, really like this book.

Book #29 How Beautiful We Were, by Imbolo Mbue. Dragged a bit towards the end.

Book #28 We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson. Highly recommend, if you are a fan of Stephen King.

Book #27 Wish You Were Here, by Jodi Picoult. A fantasy/sci-fi set during the Covid pandemic.

Book #26 The Ninth Hour, by Alice McDermott

Book #25 Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson. A Pulitzer Prize Winner.

Book #24 An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones

Book #23 Euphoria, by Lily King

Book #22 Stepsister, by Jennifer Donnelly. Fun revision of a fairy tale.

Book # 21  Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. I like to sneak in a classic once in a while.

Book #20  Dodger, by Terry Pratchett. The audiobook version is phenomenal!

Book #19  The Guest List, by Lucy Foley

Book #18 The Body, by Bill Bryson

Book #17 Sherman Alexie's You Don't Have to Say I Love You. Wow. I had to listen to this one in chunks. It is really intense at points.

Book #16  E.H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World. Very unique. Puts our current social-political situation in perspective.

Book #15 The Dutch House, by Anne Patchett.  Audiobook is really well done. I didn't want this one to end.

Book #14:  Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks.

Book #13 Sick Puppy, by Carl Hiaasen. Few authors can write books more deliciously hilarious than Hiaasen. Pure dessert to complement the comfort food.

Book #12 A Great Reckoning, by Louise Penny, the next Inspector Gamache installment. Comfort food!

Book #11  Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins.  Finally I got around to the conclusion of this interesting series. I still think the movies are better.

Book #10 Call of the Wild, by Jack London. A true classic.

Book #9 Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman. Lots of fun; not too serious, but frequently very sweet.

Book #8: The Nature of the Beast, the next Chief Inspector Gamache installment by Louise Penny. More comfort food.

My seventh book of 2022, the classic Brave New World, a dystopian novel written in 1931! I had to read this when I was in High School, back in the day.

Book #6: The Long Way Home, by Louise Penny. A murder mystery solved by the formidable Chief Inspector Gamache. I compare this book to comfort food. Not challenging, not enlightening, but still nourishing for the soul.

Book #5: Catching Fire, the sequel to Hunger Games.

My latest book completed was called Less, by Robert Petkoff. This novel won a Pulitzer Prize, and although well crafted, I don't think I would recommend it to teen readers.

My 3rd book was The Hunger Games, Book 1.  I had never read this before, and I have to admit, this is one instance where I felt the movie was superior to the written work itself.

Book 2:   Bram Stoker's Dracula, published in 1897!!! Wow that is one old manuscript!

First book completed for 2022:  The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize.  I learned a lot about the caste system of India in the present day.

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Mrs. Billing's 2022 Reading Goal: 50 books!

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Mrs. Billing's 2022 Reading Goal: 50 books!

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Book #50 "We are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Book #49 "Michigan vs. the boys" by Carrie Allen

Book #48 "Hearts Unbroken" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Book #47 "Violent ends : a novel in seventeen points of view" by Shaun David Hutchinson and 7 others

Book #46 "Seven Dirty Secrets" by Natalie Richards

Book #45 "What you Hide" by Natalie Richards

Book #44 "A snake falls to Earth" by Darcie Little Badger

Book #43 "Isaac's Storm : a Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" by Eric Larson

Book #42 "The Five People you meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom

Book #41 "Have a little Faith" by Mitch Albom

Book #40 "Murder on Hollywood Beach" by Carol Finizza

Book #39 "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom

Book #38 "The magic strings of Frankie Presto : a novel" by Mitch Albom

Book #37 "And Now There's You" by Susan S. Etkin

Book #36 "How the Word is Passed" by Clint Smith

Book #35 "A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a restless life" by Marcia DeSanctis

Book #34 "How the Word is Passed" by Clint Smith

Book #33 "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah

Book #32 "The Assignment" by Liza Wiemer

Book #31 "A Bed of Stars" by Jessica Love

Book #30 "Of Walden Pond Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Book #29 "An ABC of Democracy" by Nancy Shapiro

Book #28 "Cooler than Lemonade" by Harshita Jerath

Book #27 "That Weekend" by Kara Thomas

Book #26 "This I Believe: the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women"

Book #25 "The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride" by Joe Siple

Book #24 "The Ride of Her Life; the true story of a woman, her horse and their last-chance journey across America" by Elizabeth Letts

Book #23 "Golden Prey" by John Sandford

Book #22 "Eyes of Prey" by John Sanford

Book #21 "The Biggest Footprint" by Rob & Tom Sears

Book #20 "Ocean Prey" by John Sanford

Book #19 "The Prisoner and the Writer" by Heather Camlot & Sophie Casson

Book #18 "Night Runners" by Geraldo Valerio

Book #17 "An Elderly Lady is up to No Good" by Helene Tursten

Book #16 "Mountain Wolf Woman" by Nancy Oestreich Lurie

Book #15 "The Girl in White" by Lindsay Currie

Book #14 "Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen" by Kate McGovern

Book #13 "Beautiful Hope" by Many contributors

Book #12 "The Generosity Habit" by Matthew Kelly

Book #11 "Steelstriker" by Marie Lu

Book #10 "We Told Six Lies: by Victoria Scott

Book #9 "Someone's Watching" by Judith Kelman

Book #8 "Ice Run" by Steve Hamilton

Book #7 "Skyhunter" by Marie Lu

Book #6 "Fatal Tide" by Iris Johnsen

Book #5 "My Life with the Saints" by James Martin, SJ

Book #4 "Teen Killers Club" by Lily Sparks

Book #3: "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt

Book #2: "We Told Six Lies" by Victoria Scott

Book #1 read!  "Where the lost wander : a novel" by Amy Harmon.

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11th book: "A Nearly Normal Family" by M.T. Edvardsson

10th book: "A Court of Wings and Ruin" by Sarah J Maas

9th book: "Our Last Echoes" by Kate Alice Marshall

8th book: Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

7th book: Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

6th book: "Rules for Vanishing" by Kate Alice Marshall

5th book: "Six Months Later" by Natalie D Richards

4th book: "Steelstriker" by Marie Lu

3rd book: "Skyhunter" by Marie Lu

2nd book: "Teen Killers Club" by Lily Sparks

1st book: "We Told Six Lies" by Victoria Scott

Goal: 20 books

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