2022 Pick Your Poison--How Did I Do?

I realize that I have been neglecting this blog between the official Pick Your Poison posts, and thought I'd make a New Year's Resolution to try to be a little more active this year.  I had a couple of questions in the past about my "intent" for certain categories, or how would I define certain categories, and thought maybe I would share my list of books I read for 2022.  Some of my interpretations of what book to use for each category are pretty liberal.  I would encourage anyone doing a book challenge to be liberal in your interpretation.  Reading should be fun and if you get bogged down by a category on a challenge because you can't find anything interesting to fit it, well that's not fun.

I obviously didn't finish my challenge last year.  I've come close the last 2-3 years, but have come up short a few books.  Sometimes I find a book that just sounds so interesting, or get involved in binging a series, that I don't really care if they don't fit any categories. Again, reading should be fun.  I push the limit sometimes to force some of those books into categories, but I don't let myself regret reading if it doesn't work in a challenge.

	CATEGORIES	BOOK (READ OR PLANNED)
1	A to Z
	A book with the letter Z in the title	Kissing Ezra Holtz
	A book by an author whose name starts with A or Z	My Life As An IceCream Sandwich
	A book about letters	Letters From Cuba
	A "comprehensive" book	Why Cats Are Assholes
2	The Same, But Not
	A book with the color red or the word "read" on the cover	Moonflower Murders
	A book by an author whose last name could also be a first name	A Curious Incident
	A retelling of a classic	Three Ninja Pigs
	A "He said, she said" book	All The Feels
3	What's The Dish
	A book with a mug or cup on the cover	Elementary, She Read
	A book with a food related pun in the title	The Witching Flour
	A book about food from another culture
	A book about gossip	The Reluctant Dragon
4	Memories
	A book about memory loss	How Lulu Lost Her Mind
	An author whose name you remember easily	Dragons Wild
	A book with the word "remember" in the title	Elephants Can Remember
	A diary or memoir	Trans
5	Back to Basics
	A classic novel	The Thin Man
	A biography	I Am A Bacha Posh
	A book by a well known author	Beezus and Ramona
	A paperback	A Royal Pain
6	Time is Ticking
	A book with a clock on the cover	Murder Past Due
	A book about time travel	A Swiftly Tilting Planet
	A suspense novel	Oxford Murders
	A book to pass the time while your favorite author finishes their next book	Read on Arrival
7	Til the Fat Lady Sings
	A book about body image	I Do It With The Lights On
	A space opera	Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
	A book with the word "over" in the title	The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
	A book about a singer or musician	Shame Pudding
8	It's All Relative
	A book about animal families	Hamster Princess:Harriet the Invincible
	A book that relates to an interest you have	I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf
	A book about finding family	The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow
	A book with "aunt" or "uncle" in the title	Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
9	Geekery
	A book by an author who sounds like a geek	Body on Baker Street
	A book with a cover that reminds you of a video game	Aweto
	A book about an obsessive hobby	Cat Knit
	A book about a fandom or fanfic	The Cat of The Baskervilles
10	Working For A Living
	A book by an author whose name is a trade or profession	Emma (by Alexander McCall Smith)
	A memoir focused on the author's profession	Hooked
	A book where the protagonist works in a similar field to you	Classified As Murder
	A nonfiction book about worker's rights	Triangle
11	Cover Up
	A book with someone on the cover who could use some clothes
	A book with a blue cover	Text Don't Call
	A book with multiple fonts on the cover	Three Book Problem
	A book where the author's name is above the title	Well That Escalated Quickly
12	Taking The Plunge
	A book with a picture of a cliff or ocean on the cover	A Killer in King's Cove
	A book by an author you've always wanted to read	My Man Jeeves
	A book over 600 pages	The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
	A book someone dares you to read	Strange Practice
13	Shorts
	A book set somewhere you might wear shorts	The Love Hypothesis
	A book under 150 pages	King Bidgood's In The Bathtub
	A book of short stories	A Swim In The Pond
	A book wider than it is tall	Goodnight Lab
14	Locations
	A book with the word "attic" or "kitchen" in the title	The Castle in the Attic
	A book by an author who lives in another country	A Line To Kill
	A book about a movie being filmed on location	Plain Bad Heroines
	A book about your homeland	The Supremes at Earl's All You Can Eat
15	TBR Guilt
	A book that's dusty from waiting to be read	Herding Cats
	A book that someone gave you that you haven't read yet
	A book you've been meaning to read	Maisie Dobbs
	A new release you feel guilty reading because your TBR list is so long	Muder at the Royal Botanic Gardens
16	Crafty
	A book with a devious villain	Singapore Sapphire
	A book about a craft you do or would like to learn about	Needled To Death
	A book with a craft related pun in the title	Knit One Kill Too
	A book known for having an unexpected twist at the end	The Reader's Room
17	People We Should Know
	A book about women's issues	Dear Ijeawele
	A book by a BIPOC author	Dead Dead Girls
	A book with a LGBTQIA+ protagonist	Melissa
	A book written by an immigrant	Fly On The Wall
18	Heroes
	A book about a heroic event
	A non-fiction book about someone you admire	Yes I'm Hot In This
	A book with the word "feet" or "clay" in the title	There's Murder Afoot
	A book with a cape or cloak on the cover	The Red Sphinx
19	Crossing Over
	A book with the word "bridge" in the title	The Bridge Home
	A book about a ghost	The Girl On Legare Street
	A book that crosses two genres	Of Mice And Magic
	A book with and X or a cross on the cover	The Tale of Despereaux
20	Childhood Days
	Reread a childhood favorite
	A book about the circus
	A book set within 10 years of your birth	A Wind In The Door
	A coming of age story	Horse Trouble
21	Legends
	A book about a mythical creature	Vassa In The Night
	A book about a legendary hero	The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
	A book about a lost treasure	Murder In Old Bombay
	A book by an author you consider amazing	They Came To Baghdad
22	Alternating
	A book with alternating timelines or narrators	Liar's Dictionary
	A book that features a classic car	Magpie Murders
	A book that takes place on both land and sea	Baltimore: The Plague Ships
	An alternate history	Her Royal Spyness
23	Musical Inspirations
	West Side Story: A tragic love story	Keturah and Lord Death
	Sweeney Todd: A book about revenge	The Sentence Is Death
	Phantom of the Opera: A book about a hidden world	The Okay Witch
	Chicago: A book set in a jail or prison
24	Other Lands
	A book translated from another language	Pippi Longstocking
	A book by an author from a country you'd like to visit	Immodest Acts
	A book set in an area geographically different from your home	A Scandal In Scarlet
	A book with the word "land" in the title
25	Timely Topics
	A book about a pandemic	My Boyfriend Is a Monster
	A book about climate change	The Lorax
	A book about a social movement	Disasterama
	A book about space travel	The Tea Master and the Detective
26	Stories with Grit
	A Western	The Sisters Brothers
	A book with a desert on the cover	The Merchant and the Alchemist
	A beach read	The Book of Candlelight
	A gritty detective story	The High Window
WILDCARD BOOKS	Wildcards
	A book by an author under 30
	A 2021 release
	A comic book
	A book by two or more authors	You'll Never Believe What Happened To Lacey
	A collection of essays	100 Essays I Don't Have Time To Write

I hope to continue to make posts about some of the books I'm reading.  I also hope to do some posts about spinning, since this blog was originally created with the intention of sharing my fiber journey with folks.  We'll see if I can keep this resolution.