Worlds Unlike Our Own

Hello readers, after a long break, I have a Bookish Lists post today! Three times a year, I post a list of my ten most anticipated titles for the season. In this new yearly bookish lists post, I’m going to take a look at these books – whether I read them or not, and how they turned out to be if I did.

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Image links lead to reviews where available.

Winter 2022

Best of Shelf: House of Sky and Breath, Aru Shah & Nectar of Immortality

Special Mention: These Deadly Games, I Must Betray You, Gallant

Pending: The Genesis Wars

My winter list generally turned out be a good set of reads, with several stand out titles. Of the 9 I read, everything ended up with a rating of 4 or higher, and several were the first instalments in very promising series, as the second books are proving this year. I’m having a little trouble starting The Genesis Wars and can’t seem to motivate myself to pick it up, but it’s on my priority backlist right now, so hopefully I’ll get to it soon.

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Summer 2022

Best of Shelf: none

Special Mention: Blade Breaker, All of Our Demise

Pending: Daughters of the Dawn

Summer was a little disappointing in that I added no titles to my best of shelf, and the ratings were a bit more scattered. Ballad and Dagger ranked on the lower end of the scale for me with a 3.5 star rating as did Rivals and Rise of the Snake Goddess, but Blade Breaker completely lived up to the hype and I rated it 4.5 stars, my highest for this season, along with All of Our Demise. The Final Gambit and All of Our Demise were fantastic conclusions to their series. Daughters of the Dawn is still pending but is coming up on my TBR within the next two months and I’m excited to read it!

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Fall 2022

Best of Shelf: none

Special Mention: The Ballad of Never After

Pending: Nona the Ninth, Stone Blind, Heart of the Sun Warrior, The Shattered City

Fall usually brings with it some pretty epic reads, and this year was no exception. The Ballad of Never After and The Golden Enclaves were my highest ranked with 4.5 stars (though the latter was a bit of a letdown in comparison to the previous books), and the remaining were all rated 4 stars. Children of Ragnarok was a promising start to a new series and Kingdom of the Feared was a excellent final instalment. Blood of Troy and The Ballad of Never After on the other hand, have set the scene for epic finales and I can’t wait to see what will happen. I have the largest backlog here with four unread titles, but three of them are on my blog schedule for February, so you should see reviews quite soon.

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Were any of these books on your 2022 TBR? How did your most anticipated reads for the year turn out? Are there any others you enjoyed not on this list? Let me know in the comments below!

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