Reading Goal: 75

Total Books Read: 100

Total Pages Read: 32, 383

First Book: The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary

Last Book: Tinsel by Sibeal Pounder

Top Genres:

Contemporary (39 books)
Romance (32 books)
Young Adult (22 books)
Mystery (17 books)
Middle Grade (12 books)

Most Shelved Book: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Longest Book: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (720 pages)

Shortest Book: So You Want To Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie (32 pages)

Highest Rated Book (with other users): The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (4.54)

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Book List:

January:

1. The FlatShare by Beth O’Leary
2. The Day the World Sneezed by Eddie Jones
3. A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
4. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
5. Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
6. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
7. Hideous Beauty by William Hussey
8. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
9. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
10. Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
11. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
12. Where the Crawdads Sing by Deliah Owens
13. Animal Farm by George Orwell
    
    February:
    
14. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
15. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
16. Dramarama by E. Lockhart
17. With Malice by Eileen Cook
18. Beach Read by Emily Henry
19. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
20. The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes
21. Caraval by Stephanie Garber
    
    March:
    
22. You Only Live Once by Jess Vallance
23. Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel
24. Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans
    
    April:
    
25. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
26. The Dog Share by Fiona Gibson
27. The Match by Sarah Adams
28. The Off Limits Rule by Sarah Adams
29. The Enemy by Sarah Adams
30. Up Close and Personal by Kathryn Freeman
31. Uncoupling by Lorraine Brown
32. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
    
    May:
    
33. Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
34. How Hard Can Love Be? by Holly Bourne
35. Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crosan
36. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
37. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
38. That Night in Paris by Sandy Barker
    
    June:
    
39. The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
40. Shipped by Angie Hockman
41. … And A Happy New Year? by Holly Bourne
42. What’s a Girl Gotta Do? by Holly Bourne
43. The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
44. The Lucky Escape by Laura Jane Williams
45. So You Want to Build a Library by Lindsay
46. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? by Holly Bourne
47. Johnny Be Good by Paige Toon
    
    July:
    
48. 31 Days of Wonder by Tom Winter
49. The Temporary Roomie by Sarah Adams
50. The Train to Impossible Places by P. G. Bell
51. The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
52. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
53. Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt
54. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
55. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
56. The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes
57. The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
58. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
59. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
60. The Sun Will Rise and So Will We by Jennae Cecelia
    
    August:
    
61. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
62. The Yearbook by Holly Bourne
63. A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
64. Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanders by Anna James
65. The Art of War by Sun Tzu [Penguin Great Ideas]
66. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
67. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
68. The Switch by Beth O’Leary
69. The Phone Box at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina
    
    September:
    
70. Pretending by Holly Bourne
71. First Day of my Life by Lisa Williamson
72. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
    
    October:
    
73. Celebrations at the Chateau by Jo Thomas
74. The Bewitching of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes
75. Gangsta Granny by David Walliams
76. The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor
77. Carrie by Stephen King
78. Two Night Stand by Portia Macintosh
79. Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens
80. The Danger Gang by Tom Fletcher
81. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
82. I’m A Therapist And My Patient Is Going To Be The Next School Shooter by Dr. Harper
83. I’m A Therapist And My Patient Is In Love With A Pedophile by Dr. Harper
84. I’m A Therapist And My Patient Is A Vegan Terrorist by Dr. Harper
    
    November:
    
85. Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
86. The Twelve Holidates by Emma St. Clair
87. My Fake Christmas Fiance by Julie Kriss
88. The Sun Down Motel by Simon St James
89. The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo
90. The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nell
    
    December:
    
91. The Christmas Pig by J. K. Rowling
92. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
93. Sugar and Spices by Monica Meyers
94. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
95. Christmas Crush by Brynn North
96. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
97. The Merry Christmas Project by Cathy Bramley
98. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
99. Wild Embers by Nikita Gill
100. Tinsel by Sibeal Pounder

Well, that’s it. My official reading wrap-up for 2021. Overall, I’m absolutely ecstatic about these end of year stats – and especially with the number of books read! Last year was my first year taking part in a reading challenge (aside from the summer ones you used to get back in primary school which I absolutely LOVED), and its encouraged me to read far more than I ever usually would. Now, I don’t even have to think twice about doing it every year!

2022 was a year of great change for me (which I’ll explain in another post), so I can’t wait to see what my reading wrap-up looks like at the end of it. At this point, I can’t predict what any of the stats are going to look like, but I am excited to be able to compare them with each month last year to see not only what genres of books I was really into reading, but also my progress!

That being said, there is still one more month to go until the end of the year, so I have a few more book goals left to complete. I’d like to make it to at least 70 books if I can (as my reading goal for this year was 50 books), but there are also a few new releases and proof copies I own that I would like to complete before 2023!

How has your reading been this year? Are there any books on this list that you haven’t read but would like to? Have you started making your reading goals for 2023?

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I realise that it’s also bizarre to be posting this in November of 2022, but if you hadn’t read my welcome post pinned to my homepage, I started this blog back in 2018 and fell out of love with it. I couldn’t think of fresh, exciting, interesting, intriguing ideas that I wanted to write about and share, and so I ended up neglecting this blog for the longest time, focusing my attentions more on Bookstagram from the end of 2020. During that time I’ve graduated from University, we’ve lived through a pandemic, and I left my job in retail after nearly 8 years… so a lot has been going on! Needless to say, it just felt like time to restart this blog – in a brand new headspace, with brand new content. And so, I am re-vamping and re-uploading a few of my older posts (this being one of them)!