I LOVE to read and by love I mean when I pick up a book I go all in. I tend to immerse myself pretty deep in the story when I pick up a book. It’s like an escape from everyday life (which everyone needs an escape now and then) and it just so happens this escape is completely affordable. I can pick up a book and go on an amazing journey with the characters (you’ll see very quickly I prefer fiction) and almost feel like I am experiencing the happiness, sadness, fear, love that they experience. I can’t tell you how many books I have sobbed through, laughed through, got scared when reading…you know an author is good when you can feel as if you are right in the book with the characters.
If you know me, you know I have the trusty series I return to when I seem unable to find anything I am drawn to read. Series like Harry Potter or Twilight (they are comfortable and I never tire of reading them, so they stay readily available). However, for my 2022 reading challenge, I am only going to count books I have never read, so my all-time favorites won’t be on this list (they can be another post for another day).
For my challenge, this year, I decided I would read at least 3 books a month (but hopefully more, because I want to do lots of book reviews). I will share my starting list of 36 here and if I get through all of those, I will keep adding to it. I will mark which one(s) I am currently reading (because, yes, sometimes I read more than one book at a time) and which ones I have read. Now without further ado, here are the books on my 2022 Reading Challenge List
A Daily Dose of Toni’s 2022 Reading Challenge
**These books are linked to my Amazon affiliate account so should you purchase I gain a few cents**
- The Chicken Sisters – Read
- The Last Thing He Told Me – Read
- Slammed – Read
- Points of Retreat – Read
- This Girl – Read
- Tiny Pretty Things – Read
- Shiny Broken Pieces – Read
- Mexican Gothic – Currently Reading
- Save The Date
- Like Home
- The Companion
- Invisible
- Dumplin’
- Without Merit
- All Eyes on Her
- Rules for Vanishing
- Beneath a Meth Moon
- Nine Women, One Dress
- Under the Bayou Moon – Read
- Girls with Rebel Souls – Currently Reading
- Rebel Daughter
- The Girls at 17 Swann Street
- The Death of Jane Lawrence
- Dear Mrs. Bird
- Shallow Graves
- Big Little Lies
- Malibu Rising – Read
- People We Meet on Vacation – Currently Reading
- The Final Girl Support Group
- We Are The Brennans
- These Toxic Things
- The Nightingale House
- The Paris Apartment
- The Overnight Guest
- Find Me
- The Good Son
So, there you have it, my (starting) list of 36 books I hope to read through this year. I hope to read much more than 36, but being a mom, wife, cheer coach (and all the other titles I carry) sometimes my reading time is limited. Some days I am free all day and could read an entire book and some books may take me a couple of weeks to read, if I am super busy. No matter, to read is to escape and we could all use a little escape!
George R.R. Martin stated it best, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads lives only one.” So, let’s get to living!
What are some books you are hoping to read this year?
Toni Patton
Latest posts by Toni Patton (see all)
- Sunsets Are My Reminder… - May 27, 2024
- Pensacola Beach’s “Bands on the Beach” 2024 Schedule Announced - February 21, 2024
- When The Baby Goes to College: I’m Not Ready…But, oh, How Ready She Is - August 22, 2023
