The 73 Books I Read in the First Half of 2022

From January 1, 2022 to June 15, 2022 (aka the halfway point of the year, kinda sorta, just go with it!!!), I read 73 books. My goal for the year is 150, so I’m on track and feeling great about things (even though I do secretly still really want to read 200 books for the year because it’s just SO MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE but i digress).

Long gone are the days of me posting monthly review and wrap-ups here on the blog in addition to on Goodreads and on Instagram and StoryGraph and ALL THE PLACES, but I know people often search for books to see my reviews, so I wanted to have a searchable list here for you with links to my thoughts and ratings for each book.

Here are the 73 books I read in the first half of 2022:

1. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley // 2/5 - review

2. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaghan // 3/5

3. Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness by Tara Brach // 3/5 - review

4. It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark // 5/5 - review

5. So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow // 5/5 - review

6. The Maid by Nita Prose // 5/5 - review

7. Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman // 3/5

8. Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman // 4/5

9. Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman // 3/5

10. The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson // 3/5 - review

11. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo // 2/5 - review

12. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover // 5/5 - review

13. Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho // 2/5 - review

14. Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri Nouwen // 5/5

15. Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey // 5/5 - review

16. The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee // 5/5 - review

17. Yinka, Where Is Your Husband? by Lizzie Camilla Blackburn // 5/5 - review

18. Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths by Rachel Lindsay // 3/5 - review

19. Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman // 4/5

20. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite // 2/5 - review

21. Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu // 3/5 - review

22. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams // 5/5 - review

23. Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukase // 3/5 - review

24. Lease on Love by Falon Ballard // 5/5 - review

25. Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace by John Mark Comer // 4/5 - review

26. Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson // 3/5 - review

27. Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma // 4/5 - review

28. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan // 3/5 - review

29. The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag // 3/5 - review

30. Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing and Light by Nikita Gill // 5/5 - review

31. The Monarchs by Kass Morgan // 3/5 - review

32. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey // 4/5 - review

33. How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice by Jemar Tisby // 5/5 - review

34. Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix // 4/5 - review

35. Hostage by Clare Mackintosh // 4/5 - review

36. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera // 4/5 - review

37. When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord // 4/5 - review

38. My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between by Mari Andrew // 5/5 - review

39. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen // 3/5 - review

40. The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan // 4/5 - review

41. Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant // 4/5 - review

42. Adultolescence by Gabbie Hanna // 1/5 - review

43. The Art of Pressed Flowers and Leaves: Contemporary Techniques and Designs by Jennie Ashmore // 4/5 - review

44. Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey // 4/5 - review

45. There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing— A Memoir by Ruthie Lindsey // 4/5 - review

46. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig // 5/5 - review

47. You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle // 4/5 - review

48. One True Loves by Elise Bryant // 4/5 - review

49. The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb // 4/5 - review

50. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain // 5/5 - review

51. Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans // 5/5 - review

52. The Sunday Scares: Invitations to See Beauty, Embrace Mystery, and Cultivate Play by David Cary Lane // 5/5 - review

53. Here and Now: Living in the Spirit by Henri Nouwen // 4/5 - review

54. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes // 3/5 - review

55. Caraval by Stephanie Garber // 3/5 - review

56. Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez // 5/5 - review

57. Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Susan // 4/5 - review

58. Legendary by Stephanie Garber // 5/5 - review

59. Finale by Stephanie Garber // 5/5 - review

60. Book Lovers by Emily Henry // 5/5 - review

61. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz // 3/5 - review

62. The Bright Side Running Club by Josie Lloyd // 4/5 - review

63. This May End Badly by Samantha Markum // 5/5 - review

64. I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working by Shauna Niequist // 5/5 - review

65. From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke // 4/5 - review

66. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett // 3/5 - review

67. Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins // 3/5 - review

68. Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams // 4/5 - review

69. The Stand-In by Lily Chu // 3/5

70. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley // 3/5 - review

71. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan // 4/5

72. The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare // 4/5

73. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill // 3/5 - review

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