Most Anticipated Books Releasing In the First Half of 2022

What books am I looking forward to reading in this first half of 2022?

The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson (January 4, 2022)

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (January 18, 2022)

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry (January 25, 2022)

Pure Color by Sheila Heti (February 15, 2022)

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka (February 22, 2022)

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (February 22, 2022)

People Are Wild by Margaux Meganck (March 1, 2022)

The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird by Jack E. Davis (March 1, 2022)

French Braid by Anne Tyler (March 22, 2022)

Book Lovers by Emily Henry (May 3, 2022)

Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales by Doreen Cunningham (July 14, 2022)

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (July 19, 2022)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.   

Hurray! Hurray! The Cybils Award Finalists Are Announced!

After three months of 62 panelists reading 988 children's/young adult books in 12 categories, the Cybils Award Finalists have been announced!

The 2021 Board Book Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Fiction Picture Book Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Early Chapter Book Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Easy Reader Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Middle Grade Fiction Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Young Adult Fiction Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Young Adult Speculative Fiction Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novel Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Young Adult Graphic Novel Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Poetry Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Elementary Nonfiction Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 Middle-Grade Nonfiction Cybils Award Finalists:

The 2021 High School Cybils Award Finalists:

And, happily, I am proud to have nominated five of the finalists:

A Brand New Year! With a Link to a Wonderful 2022 Book Log...

  

Happy New Year, Everyone!

I was hoping 2021 would be better than 2020, and with the appearance and distribution of the vaccine, it was a little better. And then the variants began. 

We have gotten as vaccinated as possible and we risked getting together for Christmas with my son and his family and then with my dad and my sister. 

And then my husband and I woke up on December 25 with a lot of congestion. After days of scrambling around to find a rapid test, my brother-in-law found a couple and generously shared his with us, and, happily, we are negative for Covid. 

I feel a huge sense of relief as we are getting together on January 1st for a dinner to celebrate my dad's 95th birthday.

What I'm Reading 

The Kindness Workbook

Kindness Tales

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Diary of a Provincial Lady

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul

Ocean State by Stewart O'Nan

Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World

Midnight Chicken (& Other Recipes Worth Living For)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis

Inside Narnia: A Guide to Exploring the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Last week I posted here at Readerbuzz:

Best Books I Read in 2021

Butterflies in Arkansas

Small Joys of 2021

I was browsing blogs this morning, and I ran across a mention of a reading log that is excellent for compiling statistics at Book Riot. It's quite detailed, and I don't know if I can keep it up all year, but I will give it a try. The link to it is here.

I met all my challenges in 2021 here. I also made a lot of progress on my perpetual challenges here. 

For 2022, I plan to do the Nonfiction Reader Challenge, Japanese Literature Challenge, Back to the Classics Challenge (self-created), and Classics by Women Authors Chapter-a-Day Challenge (self-created). My 2022 Yearly Challenges are here. 

Good Thing #1

Santa brought two very-cool baking pans.

Of course I had to try some pumpkin bread in one of them.

Good Thing #2

Santa also brought a lot of books plus a fabulous mug for my morning afternoon coffee.

Good Thing #3

We were able to have Christmas 

with family. 💗

I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

• What was your week like?
• Read any good books? Tell us about them.
• What other bookish things did you do? 
• What else is going on in your life?

Other places where you may like to link up over the weekend are below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

My linkup for Sunday Salon is below. 

The First Book of 2022 + One Word for 2022

 

So what is First Book?  First Book is the first book you plan on reading in the New Year.  It can be a long-coveted read you have not had time for, a guilty pleasure read like a re-read of a favorite…  really it can be anything – it is, after all, YOUR First Book.

Make it AWESOME.

This year, I will read as my First Book of the Year...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Take a look at other First Books here and below:

My #OneWord for 2022? For the last three New Year's Days, I've stuck with the same word, Play. It reminded me to be in the moment, to be spontaneous, to enjoy my life, to draw upon the spirit of love and joy that abides within us at all times. Play.

But this year, I'm choosing a new One Word. Love. It will encourage me to engage Love as my default reaction to all situations. Love. My One Word.

Want to pick your own One Word? Take a look here.

Want to join a One Word Community? Take a look here.

Do you have a First Book for 2021? Have you chosen One Word? I hope you will share.