Merry Christmas and welcome to my 2022 book haul post!
The funny thing is that I intended to add very few physical books to my shelves this year and managed to keep myself from buying any books for most of 2022 – until my birthday, which is when it all went out the window and now I have a good sized pile of new books after all. Let’s take a look!
Continue readingWelcome to my annual post discussing my best of shelf picks for 2022! My regular readers will know that I rarely rate a book above 4 stars and even fewer of those make this list. Of the nearly 150 books I’ve read so far this year, I’ve chosen 5 for this list – a much lower number than recent years.
As a reminder of the criteria I use for this list, the book has to be published in the same year, I should have given it a rating of 4 stars or higher, with something that I felt made it stand out over the other books. The titles are actually ranked for a change this year. I usually have a really hard time doing so, but this time, there were some reads that were simply head and shoulders above the rest, so I figured it would be a shame to not rank them. Without further ado, let’s check out my favorite books of 2022!
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Title: A Coin for the Ferryman
Author: Megan Edwards
Genre:Â Science Fiction, Historical Fiction
Published: March 1st, 2022Â (Imbrifex Books)
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Title: Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves
Author: Meg Long
Genre:Â YA, Science Fiction, Adventure
Published: January 11th, 2022Â (Wednesday Books)
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Title: Steelstriker
Series:Â Skyhunter #2
Author: Marie Lu
Genre:Â YA, Science Fiction
Published: September 28th, 2021Â (Roaring Brook Press)
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Welcome to Day 20 of Blogmas 2021! It’s finally time to share the post I have been adding to all year – my best of shelf picks for 2021! My regular readers will know that I rarely rate a book above 4 stars and even fewer of those make this list. Of the 150+ books I’ve read so far this year, I’ve chosen 11 for this list – a slightly higher ratio than usual, but these books were simply too good to leave any out.
As a reminder of the criteria I use for this list, the book has to be published in the same year, I should have given it a rating of 4 stars or higher, with something that I felt made it stand out over the other books. The titles are just in publication order this year because if I started trying to rank them, this post would still be in my drafts. Without further ado, let’s check out my favorite books of 2021!
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Title: Aurora’s End
Series: The Aurora Cycle #3
Author: Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: November 9th, 2021 (Knopf BYR)
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Title: Honor Lost
Series: The Honors #3
Author: Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: February 11th, 2020 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Title: Honor Bound
Series: The Honors #2
Author: Rachel Caine
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: February 19th, 2019 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Title: The Darkness Outside Us
Author: Eliot Schrefer
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: June 1st, 2021 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Hello readers! Welcome to my stop on the Ultimate Blog Tour for Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky! Thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads for including me in this tour and also to the author for the opportunity to read this book!
Title: Shards of Earth
Series: The Final Architects #1
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Genre: Science Fiction
Published: May 27th, 2021 (Tor)
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Title: Aetherbound
Author: E. K. Johnston
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: May 25th, 2021 (Dutton BYR)
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Title: Honor Among Thieves
Series: Honors #1
Author: Rachel Cain & Ann Aguirre
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: February 12th, 2018 (Katherine Tegen Books)
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Title: Victories Greater Than Death
Series: Universal Expansion #1
Author: Charlie Jane Anders
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: April 13th, 2021 (Tor Teen)
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Title: The Infinity Courts
Series: The Infinity Courts #1
Author: Akemi Dawn Bowman
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: April 6th, 2021 (Simon Pulse)
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Mini Reviews #13
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Hello readers, and welcome to Blogmas! It’s time for another round of Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. It’s been a while since I did one of these posts! With the hectic posting schedule I’ve had these past months, I haven’t really had the chance to share my thoughts on some of the other books I’ve been reading, so I figured it would be a great post to kick off Blogmas! This installment, let’s chat about: Hench, Rebel Spy, Heartstopper: Volume Two and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
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Title: Skyhunter
Series: Skyhunter #1
Author: Marie Lu
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Published: September 29th, 2020 (Roaring Book Press)
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Title: Aurora Burning
Series: Aurora Cycle #2
Author: Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman
Genre: YA, Science Fiction
Published: May 5th, 2020 (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
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Hello readers! It’s time for another round of Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment, let’s chat about: The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly, Girls With Razor Hearts and Heartstopper: Volume One.
Hello readers! It’s time for another round of Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment, let’s chat about: The Kingdom of Back, Girls With Sharp Sticks, Sword in the Stars and Aru Shah & the Tree of Wishes.
Worlds Unlike Our Own 