2023 Reading Wrap-Up

[Jeni]

This is my list of 2023 Books that I read (so far). Feel Free to add yours in this thread!

The Winter Garden

The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding

Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy―and the Sister She Betrayed

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

The Christie Affair

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Book Thief

A Bridge Across the Ocean

The Lindbergh Nanny

The Cartographers

The Paris Apartment

The Snow Child

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

Hello, Transcriber

The Mountain in the Sea

The Silent Patient

The Diamond Eye

The Librarian Spy

A Very Typical Family

Death of a Gossip

My Friend the Octopus

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

The Hotel Nantucket

Magpie Murders

Weyward

The Lighthouse Witches

The Lost Boys

Anxious People

Rock Paper Scissors

A Lullaby for Witches

Norse Mythology

Firekeeper's Daughter

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Cipher

A Long Way Down

A Different Dawn

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Air Raid Book Club

Thirteen Reasons Why

Shatter Me

The Keeper of Hidden Books

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

The Maid

Dracul

The Foundling

Mr. Mercedes

Finders Keepers

End of Watch

Holly

The Girl on the Train

The Outsider

Wild Is the Witch

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

[Janice]

And my list so far for 2023!

Northanger Abbey (again!)

Luke - NIV (reread and love <3)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Drama

Sunny Side Up

Remarkably Bright Creatures (LOVED!)

The Book of Isaiah - NIV (reread and love <3)

The Woman in White (LOVED)

Baking for the Holidays: 50+ Treats for a Festive Season

100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More

Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story

Backli's Ford: An A'lle Chronicles Mystery and the author lives in my area and was at one of my book club meetings :)

Persuasion (reread and love)

The Story of an Hour

Everything Is OK

The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel ( I wanted to know what all the hype has been about with the novel and show without committing to a long novel). I don't have a desire to read the original novel or watch the show.

Lady Windermere's Fan (reread and love)

Lessons in Chemistry(Honestly, I didn't think I would even like this, and I didn't, I loved it! )

Anne of Avonlea (reread and love)

Crumbs

Frontera

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan, Vol. 2 (cute!)

It Won't Always Be Like This

Lover's Vows

Northanger Abbey (reread and love)

Sandition

Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast: 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations

A Tangled Web

Mansfield Park (reread and love) I was also so happy to find a new copy at a wonderful Little Free Library in my town!)

The Heartstopper Yearbook (love this series!)

The Weight of Water

Venetia (I hope to read some more Georgette Heyer novels in the future) :)

Pride and Prejudice LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book!!! I read it at least once every year!

The Enchanted April Another book that I love and have read almost every year!

Somebody's Luggage

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Maybe in 2024 I will read the sequel A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

To the Lighthouse

Sense and Sensibility

American Dirt

The Little House in the Fairy Wood (love)

Christmas with Kim-Joy: A Festive Collection of Edible Cuteness

Scandinavian Classic Baking

Middlemarch (Reread and another book I love)

The Diary of a Nobody

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

Diary of a Provincial Lady (reread and love)

Bakeland: Nordic Treats Inspired by Nature (Beautiful book)

Preppy Kitchen: Recipes for Seasonal Dishes and Simple Pleasures (my daughter got this for Christmas 2022)

So far my reading for 2023 has been wonderful with lots of favourites!

[Jeni]

@ Janice. Impressive list!

I read Remarkably Bright Creatures. I loved it too!!

Holly and I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was a mixed bag of emotions.

How did you like American Dirt? I want to read that.