2022 Books Read

 2022 Reading Goals:  Along with an online challenge...or two...I hope to achieve the following:

1. to read an average of one book per week = minimum of 52 books
2. to read half of my goal from my own TBR pile = 26 books (these will be bolded).
3. to complete books for book clubs before the meeting time (love book clubs!)
4. to read more series (love series!)
5. to completely read more professional books 
6. to read more ebooks 
7. to continue to read more young adult books
8. to read a classic...or four!

Chronological Reading List:

1. Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1-8)
2. Christmas Next Door by Susan Page Davis and Vickie McDonough (1-8)
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
4. The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry (Lyon College Book Club)
5. Leota's Garden by Francine Rivers (Lifeverse Book Club - Facebook) (1-16)
6. Starlit Winter Nights by Nora Roberts
7. Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven (12 Books/12 Friends)
8. Cross Her Heart (Bree Taggert Series, Book 1) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
9. See Her Die (Bree Taggert Series, Book 2) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
10. Drown Her Sorrows (Bree Taggert Series, Book 3) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
11. Right Behind Her (Bree Taggert Series, Book 4) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
12. Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane Series, Book 1) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
13. Her Last Goodbye (Morgan Dane Series, Book 2) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
14. Bones Don't Lie (Morgan Dane Series, Book 3) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
15. The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott (Lyon College Book Club - February)
16. Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah (12 Books/12 Friends)
17. What I've Done (Morgan Dane Series, Book 4) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
18. The Distant Shore by Karen Kingsbury (LifeVerse Bk Club - online - Ebook)
19. Secrets Never Die (Morgan Dane Series, Book 5) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
20. Save Your Breath (Morgan Dane Series, Book 6) by Melinda Leigh (Ebook)
21. Unbound:  The Art and Life of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott
22. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (young adult - SCHS Library)
23. Rogue Winter Novella Collection by Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh (Ebooks)
24. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (SCHS Student Book Club)
25. The Priority Unit (Maine Justice Series - Book 1) by Susan Page Davis
26. Fort Point (Maine Justice Series - Book 2) by Susan Page Davis
27. Concealed by Christina Gonzalez (ALA Book Club - March 2022)
28. Yellow Wife by Seqeda Johnson (ebook)
29. Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau (Book 2)
30. Hope's Highest Mountain by Misty M. Beller (Book 1)
31. Love's Mountain Quest by Misty M. Beller (Book 2)
32. Faith's Mountain Home by Misty M. Beller (Book 3)
33. The Calhouns of Montana by Juanita Kees (Books 1-3) ebooks
34. The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain (ebook - Girlfriend Bk Club - Facebook)
35. Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau (Book 3)
36. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (4-11) (Lyon College Book Club)
37. Emma Griffin FBI Mystery by A.J. Rivers (Books 1-3) (ebooks)
38. One Little Lie by Colleen Coble (LifeVerse Book Club)
39. Encountering God by Kelly Minter (Bible Study)
40. Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake (ebook)
41. The Maid by Nita Prose  (Facebook Girlfriend Book Club April Pick - read in May)
42. The Blake Brier Series (Books 1-3 - ebooks)
43. The Sound of Rain by Gregg Olsen (Book 1 - ebook)
44. The Weight of Silence by Gregg Olsen  (Book 2 - ebook)
45. Brides of Seattle Collection by Kimberly Rose Johnson (ebook)
46. Open Season and Savage Run by C.J. Box (Joe Pickett Series, Books 1-2 - ebook)
47. Two Reasons to Run by Colleen Coble (Pelican Harbor Series, Book 2 - ebook)
48. The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton (12 Books in 12 Months)
49. Lowcountry Boil by Susan M Boyer (Lowcountry Boil Book Club - January:  started in June!)
50. Lowcountry Bombshell by Susan M. Boyer 
51. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (Facebook Girlfriend Book Club - July Book - ebook)
52. Double Minds by Teri Blackstock (LifeVerse Facebook - April title)
53. Highland Prodigy by Willa Blair (ebook)
54. It's His Kiss by Julia Quinn - A Bridgerton Novel - (CLI Blind Date with a Book)
55. While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin (LifeVerse Facebook - June title - ebook)
56. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (SCHS Reads - Book 1 - June 2022)
57. Dark Is the Grave by TG Ried - DCI Bone Scottish Crime Thrillr - Book 1 - ebook
58. Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper (book suggestion by Bethany W.)
59. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeny (loan from Abby Barker)
60. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - ebook
61. Three Missing Days by Colleen Coble (Book 3 - Pelican Harbor - ebook)
62. Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen (ebook)
63. The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake (Big Library Read - ebook)
64. In Polite Company by Gervais Hagerty (Facebook Lowcountry Book Club)
65. River's Song by Melody Carlson (Facebook LifeVerse Book Club)
66. Deconstructed by Liz Talley (Facebook Lowcountry Book Club - ebook)
67. Unwritten by Charles Martin (LifeVerse Facebook Book Club - ebook)
68. The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake (ebook)
69. Emotional Poverty by Ruby Payne
70. Nightwork by Nora Roberts
71. The Amish Suspect by Diane Burke
72. The Noble Calling by Rhona Weaver (Paper Chase Book Club)
73. The Old Testament - September 29
74. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict/Victoria C. Murray (LC Book Club)
75. A Witch Too Late/A Witch Too Hot by Paula Lester and M.E. Harmon
76. This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash (Lyon College/Nov)
77. Twelve More Extraordinary Women (Bible Study)
78. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
79. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
80. A Killer Among Us by Lynette Eason
81. A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr - ebook
82. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickents (Paper Chase Book Club) - gift from Mayfen
83. Coming Home for Christmas by RaeAnne Thayne (purchased at Goodwill/2022)
84. An Amish Christmas Bakery (Anthology) - (purchased at Goodwill/2022)
85. Silver Bells by Luanne Rice (purchased at Goodwill/2022)
86. Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton (SCHS Reads...Dec...finally!)
87. On Folly Beach by Karen White (Lowcountry Boil Book Club - Facebook - ebook)
88. The Wish Book List by Lynn Austin (LifeVerse Book Club - Facebook - ebook)
89. The Measure by Nikki Erlick (The Girlfriend Book Club - Facebook - ebook)
90. The New Testament

Book Clubs

    Paper Chase Book Club

1. August:  The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott (read in Feb for LC) ✔
2. September:  The Noble Calling by Rhona Weaver ✔
3. October:  Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
4. November:  This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash ✔
5. December:  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ✔

    Lyon College

1. The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry (1-15)✔
2. The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott  (2-12)✔
3. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (4-11)✔
4. The Personal Librarian by (May)✔
5. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
6. This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash ✔

    Southside Charter High School

1. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (February)✔
2. The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
3. Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

    LifeVerse Book Club - Facebook

1. January:  Leota's Garden by Francine Rivers  (1-16) ✔
2. February:  A Distant Shore by Karen Kingsbury (2-13)✔
3. March:  One Little Lie by Colleen Coble✔
4. April:  Double Minds by Teri Blackstock ✔
5. May:  River's Song by Melody Carlson✔
6. June:  While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin✔
7. July:  Unwritten by Charles Martin✔
8. August: The Amish Suspect by Diane Burke✔
9. September: The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
10. October: A Killer Among Us by Lynette Eason ✔
11. November:  The Undoing Of Saint Silvanus by Beth Moore
12. December:  The Wish Book by Lynn Austin ✔

    Girlfriend Book Club - Facebook

1. March 29:  The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain✔
2. April:  The Maid by Nita Prose✔
3. May:  Yellow Wife by Seqeda Johnson (ebook)✔
4. July:  The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin✔
5. August:  Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus✔
6. September:  The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
7. October:  Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt✔
8. November:  Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak✔ - February 2023
9. December:  The Measure by Nikki Erlick ✔

    SCHS Reads

1. June:  Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell✔
2. July:  Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton ✔
3. August:  The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson

    2022 Lowcountry Boil Book Club (joined in June)

1. January:  Reader's Choice of a Liz Talbot Mystery - Lowcountry Boil ✔
2. February:  In Polite Company by Gervais Haggerty ✔
3. March: Deconstructed by Liz Talley✔
4. April:  The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey
5. May:  The Home Wreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
6. June:   The Bookshop at the Water's Edge by Pattie Callahan Henry
7. July:  Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe
8. August:  The Summer House by Lauren K. Denton
9. September:  The Land of Mango Sunsets by Dorothea Benton Frank
10. October:  Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
11. November:  On Folly Beach by Karen White ✔
12. December:  Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
    
    

Challenges:

12 Books...12 Friends...12 Months

1. January:  Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven (book all students are reading at SCHS/Jimmy Hodges)✔
2. February:  Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah (book suggested by Kristi Rounds)✔
3. March:  The Ninth Daughter:  An Abigail Adams Mystery, Book 1 by Barbara Hamilton (Kathy Walter gifted me books 2-3) ✔
4. April:  Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper (book suggestion by Bethany W.) ✔
5. May:  Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (book suggestion by Rhonda K.)✔
6. June:  John Adams by Dave McCollough (book suggestion by Kim C.)
7. July:  Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (book suggestion by Gabie E.)
8. August:  What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (book suggestion by Katie D.)
9. September:  West with Giraffes by Linda Rutledge (book suggestion by Krista U.)
10. October:  The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (book suggestion by Jessica S.)
11. November:  The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (book suggestion by Jessica S.)
12. December:  The Last One Home by Victoria Helen Stone (book suggestion by Ann B.)

52 Book Reading Challenges:  "52 Books in 52 Weeks is an annual challenge made up of 52 unique prompts. Match one book to each prompt for a total of 52 books throughout the year. The goal is to try new authors or genres, push ourselves to read more, read differently, and most importantly… to have fun!"

I will add titles as I select/read them and will highlight as I complete that read.

1. A second-person narrative
2. Featuring a library or bookstore:  On Folly Beach by Karen White
3. Title starting with the letter “E”:  Encountering God by Kelly Minter (Bible Study)
4. Title starting with the letter “F”:  Faith's Mountain Home by Misty M. Beller (Book 3)
5. Chapters have titles
6. Household object on the cover
7. A non-fiction bestseller:  Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven
8. Involving the art world:  Unbound:  The Art and Life of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott
9. A book that sparks joy
10. A book based on a real person
11. A book with less than 2022 Goodreads ratings
12. Set on at least two continents
13. Includes a club:  Christmas Next Door by Susan Page Davis and Vickie McDonough (sewing!)
14. A character with superhuman ability:  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
15. A five-syllable title:  Starlit Winter Nights by Nora Roberts
16. A book you’ve seen someone reading in a public place
17. A book picked based on its spine
18. Jane Austen-inspired
19. A book that has an alternate title
20. Related to the word “gold”
21. Published by Simon & Schuster:  A Distant Shore by Karen Kingsbury
22. An unlikely detective
23. Author with an X, Y, or Z in their name:  Concealed by Christina Gonzalez 
24. Addresses a specific topic
25. A wealthy character:  Unwritten by Charles Martin
26. Has an “Author’s Note”:  
27. Includes a map
28. Award-winning book from your country
29. Over 500 pages long
30. Audiobook is narrated by the author
31. Technology-themed
32. A book that intimidates you
33. A bilingual character
34. An author’s photo on the back cover  Silver Bells by Luanne Rice
35. From the villain’s perspective
36. Recommended by a favorite author:  The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry (Recommended by author Patti Callahan on Friends and Fiction on Facebook)
37. Set in a rural area
38. Don’t judge a book by its cover!
39. A middle-grade novel:  Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1-8)
40. A book with photographs inside
41. Involves a second chance:  Leota's Garden by Francine Rivers
42. An indie read
43. Author who’s published in more than one genre
44. An anthology: An Amish Christmas Bakery (Anthology)
45. A book with illustrated people on cover
46. A job title in the title
47. Read during the month of November:  Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
48. Re-do one of this year’s prompts but with a different genre
49. Book title starts with the same letter as your first name:  Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
50. A person of color as the main character:  The Personal Librarian
51. The word “game” in the title
52. Published in 2022