I can’t remember what my reading goal was last year, but I’m pretty sure it was more than 12. It is what it is, and something is better than nothing I suppose!

I’m going to up the ante in 2023 and make my goal 20 books. I’m feeling pretty good about that!

With that, here are the 12 books I read in 2022…

1. Unbound by Tarana Burke
2. Atomic Habits by James Clear*
3. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
4. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
5. Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff
6. Lifepass by Payal Kadakia
7. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
8. Book Loves by Emily Henry*
9. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune*
10. The One You’re With by Lauren Denton*
11. The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Carlton Abrams *
12. Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy*

*highly recommend

This was very much a hit or miss kind of year in terms of books. The second half of the year fared much better, but I want to be better about picking out books that draw me in versus reading books/authors because everyone else is.

If you have any must read recommendations, please leave them in the comments or send me a DM on IG. I have a couple of books lined up, and even though I don’t want to follow the crowd this year, I’m always happy to get a personal recomendation!

Happy reading!

One of my favorite things to do, especially when it’s cold and gloomy outside, is curl up on the couch with a good book and a blanket.  Nothing like it!

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how my daily reading ritual fell to the wayside because of other priorities and stressors.  Because of that, I had no reading list, and I felt like my only option was to start from scratch.  Except it wasn’t.  I totally forgot about the reading list on my phone in my notes app.  Thankfully, I found it just in time!

The books on my list come highly recommended from friends and family, so you know they’re good.  And now, I feel the need to share them on MIS just in case some of you are in need of a winter reading list (or wanting to add to an existing one).

FICTION [in no particular order]

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

I’m Glad About You by Theresa Rebeck

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Here I Am by Jonathon Safran Foer

The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club by Marlena de Blasi

NONFICTION [in no particular order]

(What I’m currently reading) The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero

The Small Big by Steve Martin, Noah Goldstein, and Robert Cialdini

My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

Your turn – Have you read any of these?  What’s on your winter reading list?

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