Happy New Year! 2022 was a great year for our family, but a pretty down year for reading. I can't believe I only finished nine books during the year. I got bogged down in a few long books, both hardcopy (I'm looking at you Midnight Sun) and Kindle, which really slowed me down. Oh, well. There's always 2023!
Here's my year of reviews in review:
Best Fiction Book I Read in 2022
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
This was a fun murder mystery set during a fictional late Apollo moon mission. From my review: The author of this book is an experienced former astronaut which brought a lot of veracity to these fictional events. It was fun to see historical figures like Al Shephard and Gene Kranz pop up in this story and I’m always down to read about the Apollo years."
Best Non-Fiction Book
The Long Slide by Tucker Carlson
Tucker 2024! From my review: "When I bought this book I thought it was more of an autobiography. I was actually pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t that. It was very interesting to read these articles and think back about what previous decades were like and reflect on how much has changed."
Worst Book I Read in 2022
Ugh. Just complete, trite, Good Person(tm) fantasy. From my review: "The first third-or-so of the novel was very entertaining. Good characters, nice details about life in the town, and an interesting story about hockey. Then the book completely veered and became a capital-N Novel about Important Things. Gag. It was such a predictable take and frankly, really patronizing about rural and small-town people."
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