Life lately

Abby has finished nursing school and Sarah is starting a new job.

Reading lately

Abby read the novel We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman.

Sarah read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

Our year in books, 2022

We share the highs and lows of our reading year as well as our favorite books in the following categories:

Fiction: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar, How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman, The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik, The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Non-fiction: The Power of Fun by Catherine Price, How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith, and Listen to Me Good by Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes

Romance: Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane, Palace of Rogues series by Julie Anne Long, and Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigridar

Most enjoyable: The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Lady Harleigh series by Dianne Freeman, K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee, Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan, Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers, and the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells

Memoir: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad and Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C Ford

Read-aloud: Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr, Vanderbeekers on the Road by Karina Yan Glaser, and Little Witch Hazel by Phoebe Wahl

Audio: Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigridar, My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton, and How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

Eating lately

Sarah attempted this caramel sauce while Abby enjoyed two new cheese dips from Trader Joe’s.

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