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This is my blog post to keep track of the books I've read in 2022. I am participating in the Beat the Backlist reading challenge for the fifth year in a row. There is no sign-up for it this year. But there is an optional spreadsheet you can use this year, which I'm very grateful for. I am also going to include sections in this post for books I read in 2022 that don't qualify for this year's Beat the Backlist for various reasons. *

Books that don't qualify for Beat the Backlist 2022:

Books I started reading in 2021 or before and finished reading in 2022:

*Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (reread) started on 5/18/21 to 1/5/22

*Trader by Charles de Lint (partial reread) started on 8/3/21 and finished on 1/7/22

*The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman started on 10/12/21 and finished on 2/6/22

*Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde started on 10/13/21 and finished on 2/14/22

*Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (reread) started on 12/12/21 and finished on 1/6/22

Books I read in 2022 that were published in 2022:

*Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire started on 1/6/22 and finished on 1/7/22

*In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire (ebook edition, and short story) started and finished reading in 9/22

Books I started reading in 2022, but didn't finish reading until after 2022:

*What to do about Smearing by Kate E. Reynolds (ebook edition) start date unknown

*How Witchcraft Saved My Life by Vincent Higgenbotham (ebook edition) start date unknown

*Empty Cauldrons by Terence P. Ward (ebook edition) start date unknown

*Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport (ebook edition) start date unknown

*Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner start date unknown

*The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Gardner start date unknown

*Witchcraft for Tomorrow by Doreen Valiente (ebook edition) started on 10/17/22

*Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey (reread) started on 1/5/22 and finished on

*The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (reread) started on 9/6/22

*We Seek No Kings by T. Thorn Coyle (ebook edition) I believe started in 8/22 or 9/22 and finished on

*A Pine Barrens Odyssey: A Naturalist's Year in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey by Howard P. Boyd (partial reread and approved book 1 for AODA Candidate reading) start date probably 12/23/22

Books I started reading in 2022 or before and quit reading without finishing in 2022:

*Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (reread) started on 8/4/21 and quit reading on 1/6/22

*Maya's Notebook by Isabelle Allende started on 10/5/21 and quit on 1/6/22

*The Poetic Edda translated by Jackson Crawford (audiobook format) started sometime between 1/20 and 4/20? officially quit reading on 9/10/22

*Elements of Magic edited by Jane Meredith and Gede Parma begun on 5/14/20 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Wolf Speaker by Tamora Pierce started on 6/22/20 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*The Odyssey by Homer translated by Samuel Butler started on 5/15/21 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Around the Tarot in 78 Days by Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin started on 7/4/21 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Art & Numen by Lo started on 7/7/21 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Protection and Reversal Magick by Jason Miller started on 11/10/21 (?) and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Deepening Witchcraft by Grey Cat started on 12/22/21 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Walden by Henry David Thoreau, introduction and annotations by Bill McKibben (reread, but first time reading this edition) started on 1/13/22 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Diana of the Dunes by Janet Zenke Edwards started on 3/10/22 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*The Wood Wife by Terri Windling (reread) started on 3/10/22 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*The Witch's Path by Thorn Mooney started on 3/15/22 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*On the Gods and the World by Sallust translated by Thomas Taylor started on 3/17/22 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Lord of the Isles by David Drake started on 5/24/22 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Rebel Witch by Kelly Ann Maddox (ebook) started in 5/22-8/22 and officially quit on 9/10/22

*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (physical copy and reread) started on 11/12/21 and unknown official quit date probably sometime in October 2022

*The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson started on 9/10/22 and quit reading on 10/16/22

*Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May started on 9/10/22 and quit reading on 10/16/22

*A Still Life by Josie George started on 9/10/22 and quit reading on 10/16/22

*The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde started in 9/22 and quit reading in 9/22

*Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (Author's Preferred text and reread) started on 11/12/22 and quit reading date unknown, but before 12/11/22

Books that do qualify for Beat the Backlist 2022:

*The Spiral Dance: 20th Anniversary Edition by Starhawk started on 1/10/22 and finished on 1/31/22

*Reclaiming Witchcraft by Irisanya Moon started on 1/23/22 and finished on 2/2/22

*Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint (partial reread) started on 1/13/22 and finished on 3/10/22

*The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin started on 3/13/22 and finished on 9/2/22

*The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern started on 5/24/22 and finished on 9/8/22

*A New Monastic Way: Polytheistic Celtic Monasticism by Oisin Doyle (ebook) started in 2022 and finished on 9/2/22

*Polytheistic Monasticism edited by Janet Munin (ebook edition) started in Summer 2022, unknown completion date -- but sometime before November 1st, 2022

*Magic of the Iron Pentacle by Jane Meredith and Gede Parma (partly in ebook edition and partly in physical edition) I believe started in 2022 and finished on 10/10/22

*Circling the Star by Anthony Rella started in 2022 and finished on 10/24/22

*The Gnostic Celtic Church: A Manual and Book of Liturgy edited by John Michael Greer (ebook format and outdated/no longer official edition) unknown start date finished reading on 121/28/22

Re-reads:

Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs (From Alpha and Omega series) finished sometime prior to April (in Audiobook format)

The Wood Wife by Terry Windling finished on 4/8/18

First Test by Tamora Pierce (Audiobook and first time in that format) finished on 5/26/18 or 5/27/18

Page by Tamora Pierce (Audiobook and first time in that format) finished on 5/31/18

Squire by Tamora Pierce (Audiobook and first time in that format) finished on 10/14/18

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (Auidobook and first time in that format) I forget when I finished it. Probably sometime in Autumn

Fantasy:

Torment by Ray and Valerie Vallese finished on 5/29/18

American Gods by Neil Gaiman: Author's Preferred Text finished on 7/15/18

Chronic Illness and Disability:

The Alchemy of Illness by Kat Duff finished on 5/31/18

Religion:

Beyond Reason by Heather Freysdottir finished sometime prior to April

Book of Hours For Daily and and Seasonal Practice by Clann Bhride Children of Brighid finished on 5/13/18

Walking the Heartroad: The Devotional Path for Spirit-Workers by Silence Maestas finished 5/15/18

Mental Health/Mental Illness/Mental Wellness:

Beyond Borderline by John G. Gunderson and Perry D. Hoffman finished on 4/15/18

Conversations on Borderline Personality Disorder edited by Tabitha Martin finished on 4/29/18

Borderline: The Illusion of Insanity by Florence St. John finished sometime in 9/18

Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in Their Struggle for Self by Elan Golomb finished sometime in 9/18

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