Kimberlee K.

My favorite part of doing a Rec Roundup at the end of the year is realizing how many things I watched/read/listened to. I’m always surprised to look at my lists and think, I read that THIS YEAR?! Because once you reach December, January and February don’t just seem like months ago, they seem like a lifetime ago. So it’s nice to reflect on all the lifetimes I’ve lived in the course of one year.

Wanna relive them with me?

Here are my favorites of 2022:

Books

• The Night the Lights Went Out by Drew Magary
• I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
• The Gift of Forgiveness by Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt
• Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• No Happy Endings by Nora McInerny
• Beach Read by Emily Henry
• Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
• The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
• Get Your Life Back by John Eldredge
• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Podcasts

• Terrible, Thanks for Asking
• Correct Opinions
• Back to the Beach
• Workin’ On it Podcast
• Still Coloring
• Circle Time
• Brooke & Connor Make a Podcast
• Minnie Questions
• Podcast but Outside
• Funny Cuz it’s True

Movies

• Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
• The Tender Bar
• Father Stu
• Thirteen Lives
• Redeeming Love
• West Side Story
• Persuasion
• The Alpinist
• Where the Crawdads Sing
• Elvis

TV Shows

• Ghosts
• The Bear
• Abbott Elementary
• Conversations with Friends
• The Terminal List
• The Time Traveler’s Wife
• The Summer I Turned Pretty
• House of the Dragon
• The Man in High Castle
• Wicked Tuna

Music

• Sidelines by Wild Rivers
• Circles by LEON
• Good Person by Ingrid Andress
• Midnights by Taylor Swift
• Raised by Hailey Witters
• Harry’s House by Harry Styles
• Subject to Change by Kelsea Ballerini
• the farewell debut album by Avenue Beat
• Humble Quest by Maren Morris
• Renee Rapp EP by Renee Rapp

Misc

JVN Conditioning Hair Mask: My hair went through a *journey* this year and it was a fight to find products that made it happy. This was one of those products! It is super conditioning, but doesn’t weigh my hair down. I use a dime size of it once a week and it leaves my hair feeling so refreshed and soft. (find it here)

GooGoo Clusters: During the holidays my sweet tooth likes to shoot for the stars. So I figured if you’re anything like me, you need to know about these. I tried one for the first time a couple years ago and then completely forgot about it. But then when we went to Nashville in the spring, I was reunited with this absolute magic. My favorite are the pecan ones. Do yourself a favor and go buy some, you deserve it. (find them here)