📚 Best Books of 2022 & Books I'm Excited to Read in 2023 (hello cozy reading winter)

Hello, friends!

Happy New Year (really though...happy any-time-of-the-year)! I'm sending all you kindred book-nerds & reading enthusiasts BIG hugs ❤️

2022 was a bit of a reading slump year for me. I failed to reach my reading goal of 50 books...however, I unexpectedly feel freeee now that I've fallen short of my numerical expectations. I had begun to feel constrained by my 50-books-annually trend-- I found myself reading for quantity rather than quality. Honestly, I feel relieved to no longer be held to a number and to prioritize reading for quality, curiosity, education and FUN.

Even with the reading flop of last year, I did manage to read some really incredible books! Like...really really AMAZING. I'm also already excited about so many books I hope to read this year!

Happy reading,
Morgan

Here's a list of the books I mention in this video:

Best of 2022 (in no specific order):
The very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguch
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Devotions by Mary Oliver
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Next on My List of 2023 (in no specific order):
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
The Wild Swans by Jackie Morris
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim
My First Movie: Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk about Their First Film by Stephen Lowenstein

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