All of the Books I Read in 2023

Happy New Year! Now that 2023 has come to an end it is time, again, for my yearly reading wrap up. Every year I usually set a goal of reading the end number in the year (for example 23 in 2023) as the number of books that I'll try to read. Also usually, I'd come up with challenges to try and diversify what I was reading. However, this year I decided to do away with the challenges because I thought that what I wanted to get out of the challenges I had achieved. I thought the challenges might be holding me back from reading as much as I could and what I really wanted to. And I think the fact that I finished my goal of reading 23 books this year in less than six months, I would say that, yeah... the challenges might've been holding me back.

In June I did post an article about the 23 books (plus a few extras) that I had already read in the first half of the year, which you can read here, and a one sentence review of each book. So this will pick up from where I left off my reading in June.

Books I Read in 2023, Part 2:

29. City in Flames by Tomas Hachard

what...?

30. Beach Read by Emily Henry

A mid-romance book tbh.

31. Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs

Honestly really don't remember this one... the first Temperance Brennan book is still my fave.

32. A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

Why does everyone like this? It's super repetitive, the story is a nice sentiment but predictable, and it keeps on saying the same stuff but just slightly different so that you almost don't realize how repetitive it is.

33. The Lairds Inheritance by George Macdonald

I wish the Laird had inherited sooner... not cause the book was super bad it just took FOREVER to read.

34. The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen

Have you ever wanted to read about a bunch of stuff happening on a small island in Norway, but it have the feel like nothing is happening, but still somehow be good?

35. Run Towards The Danger by Sarah Polley

By ⭐️Oscar-Award ⭐️⭐️winning ⭐️writer✨ Sarah Polley✨, WHO I MET! so obiouvsly had to read it and it was great! (She was supposed to write the newest Little Women adaptation!?!)

36. Dubliners by James Joyce

Some were good, some were meh... I think the one that I really liked was meant to mean the opposite of why I liked it?

37. Eats, Shoots, & Leaves by Lynne Truss

Have you ever wanted punctuation to be freaking hilarious?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

38. Funny Weather by Olivia Laing

I have so many issues with this book (that I could give a whole lecture on), I hate it more than Jane Eyre and if you know me you know that is the biggest offence!

39. The Golden Road by L.M. Montgomery

Sequel to The Story Girl which isn't my fave Montgomery book but it's Montgomery so it's obviously still great! (Better than whatever tf that ^ up there is *puke*).

40. The Devil Wears Parada by Lauren Weisberger

Different than the movie but still good.

41. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Extremely quick read! but I might need a second read through to understand it?

42. Track Changes: a Handbook for Art Criticism

I'm fine with art "criticism" being nice but then you cant call it CRITICISM!

43. How to Write About Contemporary Art by Gilda Williams

(Can you tell I was talking a class on writing about contemporary art?) This one is actually useful if you're interested in learning to write about contemporary art "critically", but as required reading in a class that was just going over the same stuff it became redundant... or maybe the class did?

44. Beartown by Fredrick Backman

See Fredrick Backman above, PLUS an unnecessary 200 pages.

45. Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection

This is an Audible exclusive with ✨ambience✨ and Stephen Fry's voice just make it ✨amazing✨.

46. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn

Extremely similar to the show (on Netflix! One of my faves!) and A NEW FAVOURITE BOOK! (And it's a modern romance? Wow. Who am I? It's like I like Jane Eyre now too- NO NEVER!)

Extras:

-The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️