Read-at-Home Mom Report: December 2022 Wrap-Up

Books of the Year

If you like end-of-year favorites lists, don't miss my top 25 books of 2022! 

My Month in Books 

I read 44 books in December! 44! This is not at all a normal pace, even for me, and it will probably never happen again. I'm not going to be able to say much of anything about each book if I want to get this post done, so this month's wrap up is basically just a list, organized by star rating.

2 Stars

• The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones 

3 Stars

• To Get to the Other Side by Kelly Ohlert 
• The Other Family by Wendy Corsi Staub
• Eight Winter Nights by Liz Maverick (Audible original)
• Sun of York by Ronald Welch 
• The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch 
• Merry Ex-Mas by Courtney Walsh
• The Upside Down Christmas by Kate Forster (Audible original)
• Resting Scrooge Face by Meghan Quinn 
• The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis 

4 Stars

• A Holly Jilly Christmas by Emma St. Clair 
• Later On We'll Conspire by Kortney Keisel 
• Let It Snow by Michelle Stimpson (Audible original)
• Foster by Claire Keegan 
• The Pursuit of the Pilfered Cheese by Haley Stewart 
• The Curious Christmas Trail by Haley Stewart 
• A Not-so-Holiday Paradise by Gracie Ruth Mitchell
• A Newport Christmess by Jess Heileman 
• Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris 
• A Christmas Spark by Cindy Steel
• This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy 
• A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella 
• Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel 
• Evil Woman by Julie Mulhern 
• Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena 
• Once Upon A Christmas Carol by Karen Schaler (Audible original)
• Christmas Baggage by Deborah M. Hathaway
• Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney 
• Look Closer by David Ellis
• Find Me by Alafair Burke 
• Musical Tables: Poems by Billy Collins 
• The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Yan Glaser
• The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found by Karina Yan Glaser

5 Stars 

• The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken 
• A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas 
• The Romance of Chemistry by Keith Gordon Irwin
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 
• The Jesse Tree by Eric Sammons 
• Twelve Great Books by Joseph Pearce 
• Host for the Holidays by Martha Keyes 
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 
• The Vanderbeekers Make A Wish by Karina Yan Glaser
• The Vanderbeekers on the Road by Karina Yan Glaser 
• A Jury of her Peers by Susan Glaspell 

As for the rest of the family's reading....

A. (girl, 2 years 9 months)

• All Better, Baby by Sara Gillingham 
• Santa Mouse Bakes Christmas Cookies by Michael Brown 
• I'm a Little Snowman by Hannah Elliott 

R. (boy, 2 years, 9 months)

• The Animals' Santa by Jan Brett
• Countdown to Christmas by Roger Priddy
• Bizzy Bear: Snow Sports by Benji Davies 

E. (girl, 5 years, 2 months)

• A Very Mercy Christmas by Kate DiCamillo
• Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
• The School for Cats by Esther Averill 
• Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay

C. (girl, 7 years, 3 months)

• The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
• Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago by Evaleen Stein 
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz

M. (girl, 9 years, 1 month)

• The Great Depression: An Interactive History Adventure by Michael Burgan
• The Dust Bowl: An Interactive History Adventure by Allison Lassieur
• Kathleen's Shaken Dreams by Tracy Leininger Craven
• Kathleen's Unforgettable Winter by Tracy Leininger Craven 
• Kathleen's Abiding Hope by Tracy Leininger Craven 
• Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich 
• Hannah and the Perfect Picture Pony by Sara Goodman Zimet 

My husband 

• The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea
• Sun of York by Ronald Welch
• Pirates of Samarkand by Rita Ritchie 
• Tom Whipple by Walter D. Edmonds
• Emerson Lake & Palmer by Carl Palmer
• Keith Emerson Classic Edition by Chris Welch

Up Next For Me 

I've had a slow start to the new year, but my current reads are Arabella by Georgette Heyer (paperback), The Rom-Com Agenda by Jayne Denker (digital ARC from Edelweiss+), and The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis (audio).