My Life in Book Titles 2022

There are some fun memes popping up among book bloggers as 2022 ends, All you have to do is answer (almost certainly untruthfully) a questionnaire, using only the titles of books you have read this last year. I’ve chosen two.

Here’s the first, introduced to me by Booker Talk

In high school I was: What was promised(Tobias Hill) ⭐⭐⭐

People might be surprised by: (the) Ashes of London (Andrew Taylor)⭐⭐⭐

I will never be: Dolores (Lauren Aimee Curtis)⭐⭐⭐, or Cecily (Annie Garthwaite)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ or Joan (Katherine J Chen)⭐⭐⭐⭐

My life post-lockdown was: … I’m staying here (Marco Balzano)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My fantasy Job is: (on) The night boat to Tangier (Kevin Barry)⭐ ⭐⭐

At the end of a long day I need: A God in every stone (Kamila Shamsie)⭐⭐⭐

I hate being: Early one morning (Virginia Baily)⭐⭐⭐⭐

I wish I had: The wolf den (Elodie Harper)⭐ ⭐⭐⭐

My family reunions are: National Treasures (Caroline Shenton) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

At a party you’d find me: Night crawling (Leila Mottley)⭐⭐⭐⭐

I’ve never been to: Otherlands (Thomas Halliday)⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐

A happy day includes: Best of friends (Kamila Shamsie) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Motto I live by: Common decency (Susannah Dickey) ⭐⭐⭐

On my bucket list are: Owls of the Eastern Ice (Jonathan Slaght) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In my next life, I want to have: Shrines of Gaiety (Kate Atkinson ) ⭐⭐⭐

The next generation discovers the joy of reading

Then Cathy introduced me to Shellyrae’s version. Well, why not?

2022 was the year of: The sweet indifference of the world (Peter Stamm)⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I wanted to be: That bonesetter’s woman (Frances Quinn) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I was: Taking stock (Roger Morgan-Grenville) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I gained: Small things like these (Claire Keegan) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I lost: Miss Benson’s Beetle (Rachel Joyce)⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I loved: My phantoms (Gwendoline Riley) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I hated: Red milk (Sjón) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I learned:  To cook a bear (Mikael Niemi) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I was surprised by: Things that fall from the sky (Selja Ahava)⭐⭐

In 2022 I went to: The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 I missed out on: Midnight at Malabar House (Vaseem Khan)⭐⭐⭐⭐

In 2022 my family were: Between the assassinations (Aravind Adiga) ⭐⭐

In 2023 I hope (for): The romantic .. (William Boyd) … Silver shoals (Charles Rangeley-Wilson). Both ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Because all but four of these books were borrowed from North Yorkshire Libraries, which continues, even now, to buy a wide range of appetising new books, I dedicate this post to Bookish Beck’s Love your Library

Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

36 thoughts on “My Life in Book Titles 2022”

  3. Margaret, I love looking at your book lists. What a list! There are two books where we intersect, or books I’ve read that end up on your list – the owls and the Underground Railroad. You read much more than I do and I love perusing your book titles. Keep reading and sharing. Have a Happy New Year. Peace on Earth.

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  7. Lovely picture of little ‘un enjoying a book. You read such a variety, I’m terrible for sticking to the same authors or genre. I’ll give some of these a go! Happy New Year Margaret, all the best!

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    1. It’s reading book bloggers that has encouraged me to read more widely. In the press, I tend to read reviews of what I know already might interest me, but bloggers bump me up against all kinds of interesting stuff. Happy New Year to you too Helen, and a happy year of new adventures.

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  10. I really got stuck into Otherlands. I had to have my phone by me all the time so I could look up every weird and wonderful creature that got mentioned. Hope you enjoy it too.

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  14. I’m always tempted by these sorts of memes too and who knows… maybe one day! Meanwhile, love both your ‘lives’. Several there that I hope I’ll get around to one day and several more which intrigue me. Not too sure about the family assinations though… 🤔

    I’m sure it will come up again but Happy New Year 😊

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    1. Well, if you are ever tempted t re-enter the world of blogging, nobody will be better pleased than me. And no, we didn’t have any family assassinations. Just an eviction served on a mouse who’d decided to join the family, and who is now, we hope, experiencing life in a nearby field. Happy New Year to you too!

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  15. Absolutely fantastic. I always see these tags and think I have to do them, as well. But … so little time … Still, I might take you up on this.

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