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2023 Books Cover Collage:
2023 Book Ratings:5 Stars
Silver Under Nightfall
The Ninth Rain
The Bitter Twins
The Poison Song
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
Year of the Reaper
Bonds of Brass
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Starling House
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
The Woman in Me
The Memory of Souls
4.5 Stars
The Bodyguard
Ninth House
Leech
4 Stars
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
Radiance
The Starless Sea
Indigo
The Writing Retreat
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1
Hell Bent
Oaths of Legacy
Six Impossible Things: The 'Quanta of Solace' and the Mysteries of the Subatomic World
Witch King
Witchmark
Magdalene: Poems
Into the Riverlands
Parable of the Sower
Alive At The End Of The World
Godkiller
The Jasad Heir
Ocean's Echo
The Hurting Kind: Poems
Camp Damascus
The Art of Description: World into Word
The Good Thief
The Ruin of Kings
The Name of All Things
The House of Always
The Discord of Gods
Unbreakable
3.5 Stars
Tread of Angels
Hither, Page
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
The Beautiful Ones
Untethered Sky
What Kind of Woman
Even Though I Knew the End
A House with Good Bones
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
3 Stars
Galatea
The Unhoneymooners
The Secret History
The Red Scholar's Wake
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance
The Salt Grows Heavy
Rose/House
Greek Lessons
Sea of Tranquility
The Mysteries
You Let Me In
Guardian Angels and Other Monsters
2.5 Stars
Divine Rivals
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour
2 Stars
Two Wrongs Make a Right
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
1 Star
DNF
Cemetery Boys - DNF at page 104. The writing style of this one just isn't working for me, and I think I may need to stop picking up YA.
Autonomous - DNF at page 85. Interesting premise and I enjoy the worldbuilding, but find myself not caring about the characters and uninterested in where their stories are headed.
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution - DNF at page 237 (43%). I really wanted to like this, but I found the characterization lacking and the writing lacking in nuance. If this was a shorter book I'd probably finish it but I didn't think I could manage another 300 or so pages.
Alice - DNF at page 157. I'm really not finding myself ever in the mood for something quite this dark and keep putting this down and not wanting to pick it back up. This is my second dnf with this author, perhaps her work is just not for me.
The Foxglove King - Just really meh
Popsugar 2023Progress: 33/50
Regular:
7 A book with "Girl" in the title - The Girl in the Tower, Girl Last Seen, A Girl Like Her, The Broken Girls
10 A romance with a fat lead - When Life Gives You Vampires, Swordheart
13 A book published the year you were born - Pet Sematary, The Woman in Black, Alanna: The First Adventure
18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 - Six of Crows
20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023 - Daisy Jones & The Six
21 A book set in the decade you were born - The God of Endings
24 A book with a rabbit on the cover - Bunny, Hell Bent
25 A book with just text on the cover - Dark Matter, Galatea, The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life
29 A book your friend recommended - The Historian, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Radiance
33 A book about an athlete/sport - Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
35 A book about divorce
36 A book you think your best friend would like - All the Living and the Dead: from Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
38 A book you read more than 10 years ago
39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again - Exhalation
Advanced:
41 A book written during NaNoWriMo - A Taste of Gold and Iron, Clockwork Boys
43 A book that takes place entirely in one day - Malibu Rising, Pumpkinheads
47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
Read Harder 2023:Progress: 7/24
1. Read a novel about a trans character written by a trans author.
2. Read one of your favorite author’s favorite books.
3. Read a book about activism.
4. Read a book that’s been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author.
5. Read a completed webcomic.
6. Finish a book you’ve DNFed (did not finish). - Paladin's Grace, Strange the Dreamer, The Refrigerator Monologues, The Fifth Season, Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
7. Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color. - Sorrowland
9. Read an independently published book by a BIPOC author. - A Girl Like Her
10. Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover.
11. Read a cookbook cover to cover. - (Serious) New Cook: Recipes, Tips, and Techniques
14. Read a book with under 500 Goodreads ratings.
15. Read a historical fiction book set in an Eastern country.
17. Read a YA book by an Indigenous author.
18. Read a comic or graphic novel that features disability representation. - Falcon & Winter Soldier Vol. 1
19. Read a nonfiction book about intersectional feminism.
21. Read a book of short stories. - Never Have I Ever
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
Buzzwordathon 2023:Goodreads Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
(Can be read whenever or in the month)
Progress: 12/12
- Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
- Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
- The Secret History
- A Strange and Stubborn Endurance
- The Salt Grows Heavy
- Guardian Angels and Other Monsters
- The Ninth Rain
- A House with Good Bones
- Witch King
- Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
- The Good Thief
- Ocean's Echo
23 in 2023 Physical TBR Challenge:progress: 14/23
3. Beach Read
5. Empire of Wild
8. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
11. The Fifth Season
12. Pet Sematary
13. The Broken Girls
14. Never Have I Ever
16. The Light Brigade
17. Network Effect
The Literally Dead Book ClubBooksandLaLa's book club. Runs each year from Feb-Nov.
Goodreads group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Unbreakable (other topics)The Foxglove King (other topics)
Unbreakable (other topics)
The House of Always (other topics)
The Discord of Gods (other topics)
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Completed: 10/27/2023
Progress: 52
THE 2023 LIST
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y- Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 12. A book by an author you read in 2022- A House With Good Bones3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list (A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman)- The Bitter Twins4. A book with an interracial relationship- Bonds of Brass5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries6. A book where books are important- The Writing Retreat7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title- What Kind of Woman8. An author's debut book- The Jasad Heir9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W- Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"- The Beautiful Ones11. A book about a person/character with a disability- Godkiller12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies- The Starless Sea13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover- Divine Rivals14. A book with a con, deception, or fake- Leech15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1- Rose/House16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3- Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun18. A book related to science- Six Impossible Things: The 'Quanta of Solace' and the Mysteries of the Subatomic World19. A book related to the arts- The Art of Description: World into Word20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel- Witchmark21. A book by an Asian diaspora author- Into the Riverlands22. A book with a faceless person on the cover- Indigo23. A book with a body of water in the title- Ocean's Echo24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy- Hither, Page25. A book with a tropical setting- The Unhoneymooners26. A book related to pride- Silver Under Nightfall27. A book by an author from continental Europe- The Red Scholar's Wake28. A book that is dark- The Serpent and the Wings of Night29. A book that is light- Alive At The End Of The World30. A book related to a chess piece- Witch King31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com- The Hurting Kind: Poems32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature (WILDCARD)- Oaths of Legacy33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923- The Bodyguard34. A novella- Untethered Sky35. A book with a school subject in the title- The Secret History36. A book that has been translated from another language- Greek Lessons37. A book with the theme of returning home- Year of the Reaper38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover- Sea of Tranquility39. A western- Tread of Angels40. A book with a full name in the title- Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists- Even Though I Knew the End42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter- Hell Bent43. A book that involves a murder- Ninth House44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal- A Strange and Stubborn Endurance45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books-Radiance46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe- The Salt Grows Heavy47. A book related to a geometric shape- Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story- The Ninth Rain49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023- Parable of the Sower50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt (#48)- The Poison Song51. A book published in 2023- Starling House52. A book with an unusual or surprising title- Two Wrongs Make a Right