Mid-Year Book Review Roundup

It has been a great year for reading so far!

I really enjoyed seeing other bloggers looking at their reading accomplishments in the first half of the year. It encouraged me to look back at what I’ve read so far for 2022. For the year of 2021, I read 24 books. I’m excited to say that I’ve already read 24 books halfway through this year! Yay! I’m hoping to have at least read 48 books for the year of 2022. I’ve shared some basic numbers below, and linked reviews divided up by genre.

January 2022 – June 2022 Stats

Total books read: 24 books

YA: 7 books

Historical Fiction: 10 books

Fiction: 3 books

Non-Fiction: 3

Juvenile Fiction: 1

Five Star Books

List of Books by Genre

YA	The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo They Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Skyward by Brandon Sanderson Parachutes by Kelly Yang Grown by Tiffany Jackson Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera Find Layla by Meg Elison Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Sea Kemp Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Historical Fiction	The Candlelit Menagerie by Caroline Brown The King’s Justice by E.M. Powell Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese The Master’s Apprentice by Oliver Potzsch Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey Illuminations by Mary Sharrat Plainsong by Kent Haruf A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Fiction	The Short Stories of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya In Five Years by Rebecca Searle
Non-Fiction	The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elizabeth Tova Bailey The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglas
Juvenile Fiction	The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera