Top 5 Books 2022 📚

The very best books I read last year! A real range covering children's/ middle grade, fantasy, YA romance, Christian non-fiction, classics, & historical fiction. Let me know your favourite reads of 2022 in the comments!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:41 The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula K. Le Guin
2:12 A Girl of the Limberlost - Gene Stretton Porter
4:04 Pony - R.J. Palacio
6:05 Divine Beauty - John O'Donohue
9:18 The Rainbow - D.H. Lawrence
10:40 Honourable Mentions
10:59 Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell
11:32 Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
13:28 Fields of Home - Marita Conlon-McKenna

Mentioned:
📖 Readalongs/ book clubs
@katehowereads Kindred Spirits Book Club
Middle Grade March

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[katehowereads]

I was so excited to see A Girl of the Limberlost made your top five! It is an unusual novel but I love it so much. I really love the character of Elnora.
Pony is a book that I instantly couldn't wait to reread as soon as I finished it.

[bookrisingisclosed]

I love the writing of Ursula K. Le Guin - I'm glad you enjoyed the 2nd book in the Earthsea series. The passage you read by John O'Donohue was touching and you read it so well. Another wonderful video. :) TY for sharing.

[bookswithpetra]

I'm currently listening through the Little House series in audio first time ever and I'm enjoying them so much! I must check out Divine Beauty as it sounds so good. Thank you for another cosy video.

[ADuchessInside]

So nice to see another video from you! I wasn't the biggest fan of A Girl of the Limberlost, but still I have such fond memories of it thanks to our Kindred Spirits discussion. 🙂 I hope to get to The Rainbow this year. Your reading vlog about it was fantastic. I'm enjoying my Little House reread with the audiobooks so much! Next up for me is Little Town on the Prairie.

[TJ-kzul]

I always enjoy your videos. Hope you are feeling well.

[jilltatro]

YESSSS!!! Loved Pony! I think I've given out at least 5 copies of that book and pushed my copy into many hands!

[RandiLynnK]

I didn't fit in the group book for Middle Grade March last year, but I will certainly try to get Pony in this year!

[tstockto]

Divine Beauty sounds wonderful and right up my alley. Would love to read Rainbow this year too. My top 5 from 2022 were Demon Copperhead, North & South, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Secret History and Christmas Memories by Truman Capote

[amyofhearthridge]

What a gorgeous John O Donahue quote. You read it beautifully. 🥲🥹🥰 I’m rereading the Ingalls Wilder series with my younger kids. I may check into the audio. 😍 Christy by Catherine Marshall was a surprisingly favorite reread of mine last year.