End-of-the-Year Meme

It's that time of year again! Time to look back over the titles of the books you read this year and see if they "fit" any of questions in the End-of-the-Year meme. Meme doesn't feel like the right word anymore since 1) the meaning of the word has changed, and 2) I started creating this thread every year so everyone's answers would all be in one place so it isn't spread from person to person anymore (sorry and you're welcome). If anyone has any suggestions for a better name, please let me know.

The way this works is you answer a series of questions using only the titles of books you have read this past year. Sometimes it works out perfectly, sometimes you come up with a funny answer, and sometimes it's a struggle or a stretch. You could always look at your TBR stack and if you see a perfect title, try to squeeze it in before January 1. To get an idea of what people did in the past, I'd suggest you take a look at this thread from The Before Times: https://www.librarything.com/topic/313688#   If you really want to see last year's responses, I'll share the link, but let me warn you - a lot of people read All Systems Red LOL: https://www.librarything.com/topic/326663

Describe yourself:

Describe how you feel:

Describe where you currently live:

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:

Your favorite form of transportation is:

Your favorite food is:

Your favorite time of day is:

Your best friend is:

You and your friends are:

What’s the weather like:

You fear:

What is the best advice you have to give:

Thought for the day:

What is life for you:

How you would like to die:

Your soul’s present condition:

What was 2021 like for you?

What do you want from 2022?

Hooray, the end-of-year meme! I actually thought about this recently and started collecting my answers, so here they are:

Describe yourself: The Unsuspected (Charlotte Armstrong)

Describe how you feel: Yours Cheerfully (AJ Pearce)

Describe where you currently live: Imaginary Lands (Robin McKinley, ed.)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?: There and Back Again (Pat Murphy)

Your favorite form of transportation is: The Road Trip (Beth O’Leary)

Your favorite food is: The Coincidence of Coconut Cake (Amy E. Reichert)

Your favorite time of day is: The Morning Gift (Eva Ibbotson)

Your best friend is: The Companion (Ann Granger)

You and your friends are: Thick as Thieves (Megan Whalen Turner)

What's the weather like?: At the Edge of Summer (Jessica Brockmole)

You fear: Pride and Premeditation (Tirzah Price)

What is the best advice you have to give?: How to Walk Away (Katherine Center)

Thought for the day: Poison Is Not Polite (Robin Stevens)

What is life for you?: So Pretty a Problem (Francis Duncan)

How you would like to die: Death in Ecstasy (Ngaio Marsh)

Your soul’s present condition: Troubled Waters (Sharon Shinn)

What was 2021 like for you?: Battle Royal (Lucy Parker)

What do you want from 2022?: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction (Alan Jacobs)

Describe yourself: Still Waters - Vivica Stern

Describe how you feel: Valiant - Jack Campbell

Describe where you currently live: Orley Farm - Anthony Trollope

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?: Out Past the Stars - K.B. Wagers

Your favorite form of transportation is: Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith

Your favorite food is: Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Your favorite time of day is: Of Fire and Night - Kevin J. Anderson

Your best friend is: Circe - Madeline Miller

You and your friends are: All the Rage - F. Paul Wilson

What's the weather like?: Snowblind - Ragnar Jonasson

You fear: Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven

What is the best advice you have to give?: Magic for Liars - Srah Gailey

Thought for the day: This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohar

What is life for you?: The Better Part of Valor - Tanya Huff

How you would like to die: Hunting Shadows - Charles Todd

Your soul’s present condition: Relentless - Jack Campbell

What was 2021 like for you?: Consequences - K.K. Rusch

What do you want from 2022?: Panacea - F. Paul Wilson

>2 christina_reads:, >3 majkia: Hoping you achieve what you want in 2022!

Describe yourself: The Unknown Quantity

Describe how you feel: Slightly Dangerous

Describe where you currently live: Stasiland

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Cranford

Your favourite form of transportation is: The Iron Chariot

Your favourite food is: Rhododendron Pie

Your favourite time of day is: One Moonlit Night

Your best friend is: A Less Than Perfect Lady

You and your friends are: Scandalizing the Ton

What’s the weather like: Only Enchanting

You fear: The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-good Mr Wright

What is the best advice you have to give: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover

Thought for the day: Listen to the Moon

What is life for you: The Getting of Wisdom

How you would like to die: Seducing an Angel

Your soul’s present condition: The Absolute at Large

What was 2021 like for you? When We Cease to Understand the World

What do you want from 2022? Flowers from the Storm

I love this! I will come back at the end of the month or beginning of January to fill mine in.

I doubt if I will read any books between now and year's end that will change my entries so here is my meme:

2022 End of the Year Meme

Describe Yourself: A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams

Describe how you feel: Safe and Sound by Phillipa East

Describe where you currently live: Beyond the Trees by Adam Shoalts

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World by Jared Gulian

Your favorite form of transportation is: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

Your favorite food is from Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li

Your favorite time of day is: Dawn's Early Light by Elswyth Thane

Your best friend is: Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates

You and your friends are: Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie

What’s the weather like: Dark Days by Manel Loureiro

You fear: The Hand of Death by Margaret Yorke

What is the best advice you have to give: Nobody’s Perfect by Donald E. Westlake

Thought for the day: Now You May Weep by Deborah Crombie

What is life for you: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

How you would like to die: Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

Your soul’s present condition: As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner

What was 2021 like for you? Fighting to Survive by Rhiannon Frater

What do you want from 2022? Restoring Grace by Katie Fforde

Thank you for posting. I am mulling gently...

Here's what I've come up with:

Describe yourself: Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

Describe how you feel: in Big Trouble by Laura Lippman

Describe where you currently live: The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Interior Chinatown by Charls Yu

Your favorite form of transportation is: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome

Your favorite food is: Plum Lovin’ Janet Evanovich

Your favorite time of day is: An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo

Your best friend is: The Seal Wife by Kathyrn Harrison

You and your friends are: The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent by Susan Elia MacNeal

What’s the weather like: Whiter Than Snow Sandra Dallas

You fear: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

What is the best advice you have to give: Shut Your Eyes Tight John Verdon

Thought for the day: Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch

What is life for you: World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

How you would like to die: Fear in the Sunlight Nicola Upson

Your soul’s present condition: Chasing Fireflies Charles Martin

What was 2021 like for you? The Thing Around Your Neck byChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

What do you want from 2022? Redemption by Jussi Adler-Olsen

>2 christina_reads: It's fun being Thick as Thieves!

>3 majkia: Wow, impressive! I wish you success in all your endeavors.

>4 pamelad: I love feeling Slightly Dangerous. I need to check out your library. I enjoy historical romance, but didn't read many this year. Got into cat cozy mysteries instead for some reason.

>5 LibraryCin: I usually wait until the very end of the year, but might post sooner this time.

>6 DeltaQueen50: Nice. Sounds like you're in a good spot right now.

>7 Helenliz: Mull away! I read fewer books this year, so in some ways that makes it easier to decide.

>8 dudes22: Seems to me that speaking the truth can get you in trouble. Looking forward to longer days when I can be Home by Nightfall after work.

Fantastic responses!

Here's mine:

Describe yourself: Plum Lucky (Evanovich)

Describe how you feel: Alone in the Wild (Armstrong)

Describe where you currently live: The Dutch House (Patchett)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?: East of Suez (Engel)

Your favorite form of transportation is: Night Boat to Tangier (Barry)

Your favorite food is: Beggar's Banquet (Rankin)

Your favorite time of day is: Three Past Midnight: the Library Policeman (King)

Your best friend is: Shuggie Bain (Stuart)

You and your friends are: Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)

What's the weather like?: Cruel as the Grave (Penman)

You fear: The Dragon in the Library (Stowell)

What is the best advice you have to give?: How to Pronounce Knife (Thammavongsa)

Thought for the day: Nothing to See Here (Wilson)

What is life for you?: Bliss (Mansfield)

How you would like to die: After the Funeral (Christie)

Your soul’s present condition: A Boring Wife Settles the Score (Lavoie)

What was 2021 like for you?: Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)

What do you want from 2022?: A Cure For All Diseases (Hill)

I won't compile mine until December 31 or January 1, but I always love reading everyone's answers. I'll post when the year is complete because I'd hate to miss the "best answer" if it's a late December book.

>10 VivienneR: You'd like to die AFTER the funeral???? That sounds like you were accidentally buried alive!

>12 BookLizard: Hahaha! I was wondering if anyone would catch that!

>13 VivienneR: >12 BookLizard:

Well, the other explanation involves someone getting a lot of money, a tropical island and no wish to be considered alive by the people who previously owned the money.

>14 AnnieMod: I like that much better! After all, I described myself as Plum Lucky!

Here’s mine, complete with snarky commentary. I omitted a few where nothing really worked well.

Describe yourself: The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett (even though I am a woman)

Describe how you feel: And Justice There is None by Deborah Crombie

Describe where you currently live: Castle Shade by Laurie R. King

Your favorite form of transportation is: The Box of Delights by John Masefield (also known as a Honda Fit)

Your favorite food is: The Herring in the Library by L. C. Tyler (preferably smoked herring, with toast)

Your favorite time of day is: The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

Your best friend is: Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

You and your friends are: The Land, the People by Rachel Peden

You fear: The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera (cue melodramatic organ music)

Thought for the day: You Are What You Love by James K. A. Smith

What is life for you: Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs (#genealogy)

How you would like to die: Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters

Your soul’s present condition: Rupture by Ragnar Jonasson

What was 2021 like for you? Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons / The Woodshed Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner (in other words, something nasty (if you know, you know))

What do you want from 2022? A Finer End by Deborah Crombie

>16 casvelyn: Thank you for bringing this to the top again!

Here is mine:

Describe yourself: Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

Describe how you feel: Third Girl by Agatha Christie

Describe where you currently live: Somewhere in Germany by Stefanie Zweig

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Your favorite form of transportation is: The Titanic Secret by Clive Cussler & Jack du Brul

Your favorite food is: In The Woods by Tana French

Your favorite time of day is: Never Never by James Patterson & Candice Fox

Your best friend is: The Warden by Anthony Trollope

You and your friends are: A Perfect Match by Jill McGown

What's the weather like?: Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

You fear: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

What is the best advice you have to give?: No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference by Greta Thunberg

Thought for the day: The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris

What is life for you?: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

How you would like to die: Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths

Your soul’s present condition: On A Rising Tide by Charlie Phillips

What was 2021 like for you?: The Blackhouse by Peter May

What do you want from 2022?: Stardust by Neil Gaiman

My least organized year! But I want to get this, at least, accomplished:

Describe yourself: I Had A Hammer (Hank Aaron)

Describe how you feel: Case of the Restless Redhead (Erle Stanley Gardner)

Describe where you currently live: Safe House (Chris Ewan)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Castle in the Air (Donald Westlake)

Your favorite form of transportation is: Another Man's Moccassins (Craig Johnson)

Your favorite food is: Lemon in the Basket (Charlotte Armstrong)

Your favorite time of day is: Light Thickens (Ngaio Marsh)

Your best friend is: The Quiet American (Graham Greene)

You and your friends are: Swing, Swing Together (Peter Lovesey)

What’s the weather like: Storm Rising (Sara Driscoll)

You fear: Imperfect Burials (Thomas Henry Pope)

What is the best advice you have to give: Hell is Empty (Craig Johnson)

Thought for the day: Everything is Jake (Jethro K Lieberman)

What is life for you: Battle Ground (Jim Butcher)

How you would like to die: Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)

Your soul’s present condition: The Delightful Life of a Suicide Pilot (Colin Cotterill)

What was 2021 like for you? Carte Blanche (Jeffery Deaver)

What do you want from 2022? Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)

Describe how you feel: The Little Sleep (Paul Tremblay)

Describe where you currently live: Inland (Tea Obreht)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)

Your favorite form of transportation is: Flyaway (Kathleen Jennings)

Your favorite food is: Bunny (sorry--Mona Awad)

Your favorite time of day is: Later (Stephen King)

Your best friend is: Literary Witches (Taisia Kitaiskaia)

You and your friends are: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Grady Hendrix)

What’s the weather like: After the Flood (Kassandra Montag)

You fear: Tiny Nightmares (anthology)

What is the best advice you have to give: Leave the World Behind (Rumaan Alam)

Thought for the day: True Story (Kate Reed Petty)

What is life for you: A Cosmology of Monsters (Shaun Hamill)

How you would like to die: How Quickly She Disappears (Raymond Fleischmann)

Your soul’s present condition: Nothing to See Here (Kevin Wilson)

What was 2021 like for you? Devolution (Max Brooks)

What do you want from 2022? Survivor Song (Paul Tremblay)

Everybody's responses to the 2021 and 2022 questions are so perfect!

>20 sturlington: I agree! Wonderful responses!

I especially like:
>16 casvelyn:'s fear
>17 MissBrangwen:'s friend
>18 mysterymax:'s soul's present condition
and >19 sturlington:'s favourite time of day!

Let's try that:

Describe yourself: The Ghost Collector (Allison Mills)

Describe how you feel: Running Blind (Lee Child)

Describe where you currently live: A Town Called Solace (Mary Lawson)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Where the Wild Ladies Are (Aoko Matsuda)

Your favorite form of transportation is: The Galleons (Rick Barot)

Your favorite food is: The Lobster Kings (Alexi Zentner)

Your favorite time of day is: Before Midnight (Rex Stout)

Your best friend is: The French Widow (Mark Pryor)

You and your friends are: Hidden in Plain Sight (Jeffrey Archer)

What’s the weather like: Whiteout (Ragnar Jónasson)

You fear: The Iron Sickle (Martin Limón)

What is the best advice you have to give: Hope for the Best (Jodi Taylor)

Thought for the day: Turn a Blind Eye (Jeffrey Archer)

What is life for you: Minor Detail (Adania Shibli)

How you would like to die: Chasing the Dime (Michael Connelly)

Your soul’s present condition: Force of Nature (C. J. Box)

What was 2021 like for you? Silent Winds, Dry Seas (Vinod Busjeet)

What do you want from 2022? The Doors of Eden (Adrian Tchaikovsky)

Excellent answers from everyone! I guess this just shows how well rounded our reading is.

I struggled a bit with it this year, but here is mine:

Describe yourself: The Good Sister

Describe how you feel: Love Like That

Describe where you currently live: A Good Neighborhood

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: A Town Called Solace

Your favorite form of transportation is: The Lincoln Highway

Your favorite food is: Egg Shooters

Your favorite time of day is: Survive the Night

Your best friend is: Good Company

You and your friends are: Difficult Women

What’s the weather like: The Cold Cold Ground

You fear: Unsettled Ground

What is the best advice you have to give: Just One Look

Thought for the day: The Most Fun We Ever Had

What is life for you:Such a Quiet Place

How you would like to die: With Our Blessing

Your soul’s present condition: The Unwilling

What was 2021 like for you? Many Rivers to Cross

What do you want from 2022? In the Name of Truth

The final couple of books I have on the go aren't going to alter my answers to the meme, so here goes:

Describe yourself: B is for Beauty

Describe how you feel: Rootbound

Describe where you currently live: English Street

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Into Africa

Your favorite form of transportation is: Overlander: Bikepacking coast to coast across the heart of the Highlands

Your favorite food is: A chip shop in Poznan

Your favorite time of day is: Midnight in Siberia

Your best friend is: Shakespeare

You and your friends are: Connecting with Life

What’s the weather like: Wintering

You fear: The Crow Folk

What is the best advice you have to give: The Nature Fix

Thought for the day: Don’t Step in the Leadership

What is life for you: The Stranger Times

How you would like to die: Back to Nature

Your soul’s present condition: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar

What was 2021 like for you? Hyperbole and a Half

What do you want from 2022? Music to eat Cake by

I think my year has been better than this makes out! This was just the best fit set of answers!!

Describe yourself: Her Father's Daughter

Describe how you feel: The Luckiest Guy Alive

Describe where you currently live: The House of Splendid Isolation

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Sicily (Genuinely, this book makes me want to visit Sciliy!)

Your favorite form of transportation is: The haunting of Tram Car 015

Your favorite food is: Milk and Honey

Your favorite time of day is: Yesterday

Your best friend is: Arabella

You and your friends are: We, the Survivors

What’s the weather like: Snow in May

You fear: Fools and Mortals

What is the best advice you have to give: A Woman is no Man

Thought for the day: Alexa, What is There to Know About Love?

What is life for you: Spirals in Time

How you would like to die: The Thursday Murder Club

Your soul’s present condition: On Borrowed Time

What was 2021 like for you? The Stranger Times

What do you want from 2022? A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

Describe yourself: I Me Mine

Describe how you feel: All the Devils Are Here

Describe where you currently live: Our Town

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Clanlands

Your favorite form of transportation is: Bullet Train

Your favorite food is: The Secret Life of Lobsters

Your favorite time of day is: The Celtic Twilight

Your best friend is: The Hobbit (we are both short and very fond of second breakfast)

You and your friends are: Herding Cats

What’s the weather like: Cold Earth

You fear: The Icepick Surgeon

What is the best advice you have to give: Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Thought for the day: Am I Overthinking This?

What is life for you: I Live a Life Like Yours

How you would like to die: The Deep Dark Sleep

Your soul’s present condition: Shadow in the Glass

What was 2021 like for you? Famous Last Words (“2021 has to be better than 2020…”)

What do you want from 2022? 10% Happier

>27 rabbitprincess: Your "What was 2021 like for you?" response is perfect. I hesitate to say it again this year in case I jinx 2022.

Describe yourself:
Strong Female Protagonist

Describe how you feel:
Are We Having Fun Yet?

Describe where you currently live:
Unsettled Ground

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
The Bells of Old Tokyo

Your favorite form of transportation is:
A Passage North

Your favorite food is:
The Emperor's Feast

Your favorite time of day is: Zero

Your best friend is: More than a woman

You and your friends are: Pandora's Jar

What’s the weather like: Bitter Wash Road

You fear: No one is Talking About This

What is the best advice you have to give:
Why be happy when you could be normal?

Thought for the day: Speak No Evil

What is life for you: The Pull of the Stars

How you would like to die: I Know What I Am

Your soul’s present condition: These Ghosts are Family

What was 2021 like for you? Great Circle

What do you want from 2022? A Town Called Solace

I’m new to the group and really enjoying this so I hope it’s okay if I add mine.

Describe yourself: Force of Nature - Jane Harper

Describe how you feel: Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly, No. 68, Winter 2020 edition

Describe where you currently live: The Country of the Pointed Firs - Sarah Orne Jewett

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Camino Island - John Grisham

Your favorite form of transportation is: The Long Ships - Frans G. Bengtsson

Your favorite food is: Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter - various authors

Your favorite time of day is: The World at Night - Alan Furst

Your best friend is: Simon the Fiddler - Paulette Jiles

You and your friends are: In the Best Families - Rex Stout

What’s the weather like: The Stormy Petrel - Mary Stewart

You fear: The Consequences of Fear - Jacqueline Winspear

What is the best advice you have to give: How To Stop Time - Matt Haig

Thought for the day: Where Love Is, God Is There Also - Leo Tolstoy

What is life for you: Folly and Glory - Larry McMurtry

How you would like to die: Assegai - Wilbur Smith

Your soul’s present condition: The Dry - Jane Harper

What was 2021 like for you? Buttered Side Down - Edna Ferber

What do you want from 2022? A Noble Radiance - Donna Leon

>30 marell: Great answers! The food one was the hardest for me to answer, so I'm glad you had the perfect title for that one :)

>31 rabbitprincess: Thank you. I especially like your choice for “You and your friends are”!

Describe yourself: The Personal Librarian

Describe how you feel: Broken (in the best possible way)

Describe where you currently live: The Dark Archive

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Cloud Cuckoo Land

Your favorite form of transportation is: A Yuletide Kiss

Your favorite food is: The Icing on the Corpse (as long as the icing is chocolate and the corpse is bacon)

Your favorite time of day is: Good Morning, Midnight

Your best friend is: The Seven-Year Witch

You and your friends are: Great Circle

What’s the weather like: Trust Exercise

You fear: It's Better to Be Feared, but The Wise Man's Fear

What is the best advice you have to give: Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

Thought for the day: Meet Me in Another Life

What is life for you: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder

How you would like to die: Mile High with a Vampire
(How I would likely die: Death By a Whisker -when my cat headbonks me in the face and his whisker goes up my nostril and stabs me in the brain.)

Your soul’s present condition: Meant to Be Immortal

What was 2021 like for you? Uncontrolled Spread

What do you want from 2022? Greater Good

Describe yourself: The Woman in the Mirror
Describe how you feel: Bowled Over
Describe where you currently live: Orley Farm
Your favorite time of day: The Nine
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Where the Heart Takes You
Your favorite form of transportation: The Tombigbee River Steamboats
Your best friend is: The Bookstore Cat
You and your friends are: Brabbling Women
Describe your job: The Family Tree
What are you eating: Murphy's Slaw
What's the weather like: The Mist
You fear: The Devil's Cave
What is the best advice you have to give: Magnify His Name
Thought for the day: If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name
How you would like to die: Sleeping Murder
Your soul's present condition: Anchored in Jesus: Holding on to Truth in a Drifting World
What is life for you: The Sweet Flypaper of Life
What do you want from 2022? Rediscovering God in America

Runners-up:
Describe yourself: A Real Southern Cook or The Only Woman in the Room
Describe how you feel: Bathed in Prayer
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: A Dance in Donegal
Your favorite form of transportation: The Happy Camper
You and your friends are: Fishing for Trouble
Describe your job: Lila Lou's Little Library
What's the weather like: Snow
What is the best advice you have to give: Read It and Weep
Thought for the day: All the Devils Are Here
How you would like to die: Unnatural Causes
Your soul's present condition: Near to the Heart of God
What do you want from 2022? All That's Good

Describe yourself: A Quiet Little Woman

Describe how you feel: The Little Grey Girl

Describe where you currently live: Haunted Shawnee, Oklahoma (I actually live here)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Lost and Found Bookshop

Your favorite form of transportation is: Float

Your favorite food is: Devil's Food

Your favorite time of day is: Twelve Sharp

Your best friend is: Strega Nona Meets Her Match

You and your friends are: The Whole Cat and Caboodle

What’s the weather like: The Ickabog

You fear: Tattoo: The Soul Reaper

What is the best advice you have to give: You're Strong, Smart and You Got This

Thought for the day: You Can Do All Things

What is life for you: Happily Ever After & Everything In Between

How you would like to die: When Sharks Attack With Kindness

Your soul’s present condition: Lost In Nowhere

What was 2021 like for you? Crappy Shorts to Make You Crap Your Shorts

What do you want from 2022? A Cat's Life

I've been able to read everyone's answers. Here are a few thoughts I had while reading them.

>2 christina_reads: I loved your answer to what you want from 2022.
>3 majkia: You and I must have the same address. My only other option was The House of Silk.
>4 pamelad: I'm not sure I want to eat Rhododendron Pie, but I do enjoy going to Roan Mountain when they are in season.
>6 DeltaQueen50: I wish I'd had a better answer like yours to the time question.
>8 dudes22: I like your answer to what is life for you.
>10 VivienneR: I hope I don't encounter that library dragon when I return to work.
>16 casvelyn: Yes, it can be dangerous to awaken Miss Prim. I love how you fit in the Alan Jacobs book.
>17 MissBrangwen: Shakespeare provided a great answer for you!
>18 mysterymax: Your best friend must be someone other than me. I love to talk too much although I can be quiet.
>19 sturlington: Good 2022 wish answer.
>22 AnnieMod: You got lobster! Aren't you lucky? I got stuck with the slaw!
>24 lsh63: Glad your neighborhood is good!
>25 Jackie_K: The Stranger Times describes the last two years perfectly.
>26 Helenliz: I think I agree with you on the time of day. Now I'm singing an old 60s song!
>27 rabbitprincess: I must be your friend because I'm always herding cats.
>29 charl08: I'm glad you were able to work in These Ghosts Are Family. It's such a clever title.
>30 marell: I liked your thought for the day.
>33 BookLizard: Death by a Whisker would be a great way to go.
>35 lowelibrary: How great you had one for your own city to describe your residence.

>35 lowelibrary: You win for the answer to what 2021 was like!

Describe yourself: A Spark of Light

Describe how you feel: Furiously Happy

Describe where you currently live: Ghostland

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Valley of Horses

Your favorite form of transportation is: Orphan Train

Your favorite food is: Suffering Succotash

Your favorite time of day is: Our Darkest Night

Your best friend is: The Sleeping Beauty

You and your friends are: The Clover Girls

What’s the weather like: Angry Weather

You fear: The Tattooed Witch

What is the best advice you have to give: Close Your Eyes Hold Hands

Thought for the day: Herbert has Lots for a Buck

What is life for you: Murphy's Law

How you would like to die: Frozen in Time

Your soul’s present condition: How Hard Can It Be?

What was 2021 like for you? Such a Quiet Place

What do you want from 2022? In the Mood for Peace

>17 MissBrangwen: Love this one:
What is the best advice you have to give?: No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference by Greta Thunberg

>38 LibraryCin: Your weather describes ours today. It's definitely blustery, and we're supposed to have a threat of tornadoes later.

Describe yourself: The Custodian of Marvels (Rod Duncan)

Describe how you feel: Falling Free (Lois McMaster Bujold)

Describe where you currently live: Land of Careful Shadows (Suzanne Chazin)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: All These Worlds (Dennis Taylor)

Your favorite form of transportation is: Saturdays at Sea (Jessica Day George)

Your favorite food is: Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury)

Your favorite time of day is: In the Night Garden (Catherynne Valente)

Your best friend is: The One and Only Ivan (Katherine Applegate)

You and your friends are: Sea People (Christina Thompson)

What’s the weather like: Sky of Swords (Dave Duncan)

You fear: The Curse of the Werepenguin (Allan Woodrow)

What is the best advice you have to give: Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)

Thought for the day: Cat Breath Takes No Prisoners (Brooke McEldowney)

What is life for you: Twice Magic (Cressida Cowell)

How you would like to die: A Perilous Undertaking (Deanna Raybourn)

Your soul’s present condition: Gathering Moss (Robin Wall Kimmerer)

What was 2021 like for you? Just One Damned Thing After Another (Jodi Taylor)

What do you want from 2022? Caffeine (Michael Pollen)

>41 antqueen: I definitely want caffeine too!

Here's my contribution:

Describe yourself: Decider

Describe how you feel: Shattered

Describe where you currently live: John Sevier: Tennessee's First Hero (I live in Sevier County TN)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

Your favorite form of transportation is: Stage-Coach and Tavern Days

Your favorite food is: The Golden Egg

Your favorite time of day is: After

Your best friend is: The Woman They Could Not Silence

You and your friends are: Independent Dames

What’s the weather like: Spring

You fear: The Devil’s Cave

What is the best advice you have to give: Uncommon Decency

Thought for the day: We’ll Meet Again

What is life for you: Race Against Time

How you would like to die: After the Funeral

Your soul’s present condition: All Clear

What was 2021 like for you? The Plague and I

What do you want from 2022? A Time of Gifts

>37 sturlington: 2021 was personally worse than 2020
>41 antqueen: A truer statement has never been made Cat Breath Takes No Prisoners

>44 lowelibrary: I'm hoping your 2022 will be a better year for you then.

>43 cbl_tn: I thought about using The Golden Egg there, but I was glad I used Murphy's Slaw instead.

>40 thornton37814: Oh no! I hope the tornadoes didn't develop for you.

>47 LibraryCin: No tornadoes. I did awaken to 2.5 to 3 inches of snow. I did not go outside to measure, but I'm pretty good at judging the depth. The ruler usually confirms my estimate. I saw one of the newscasts say we had 3 inches in Morristown, but I don't think it was quite that high at my house. I estimated 2.5 inches.

>48 thornton37814: A nice chunk of snow, but I'm glad to hear no tornadoes.

Describe yourself: On the Move: A Life

Describe how you feel: A Woman is No Man

Describe where you currently live: The Beautiful Room Is Empty

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Brave New World

Your favorite form of transportation is: Footsteps in the Dark

Your favorite food is: Salty, Bitter, Sweet

Your favorite time of day is: The Golden Day

Your best friend is: The Man Without Qualities

You and your friends are: Normal People

What’s the weather like: Storm and Fury

You fear: I have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

What is the best advice you have to give: What is Not Yours is Not Yours

Thought for the day: Less

What is life for you: Uncharted Territory

How you would like to die: The Radiant Way

Your soul’s present condition: Future Home of the Living God

What was 2021 like for you? Preludes & Nocturnes

What do you want from 2022? In a Free State

>50 Kristelh: Great meme answers--especially your fear and what is life for you!