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2023
My Year in Books
58,851
pages read
Barbara
183
books read
Barbara
Foster by Claire Keegan
Shortest Book
89
pages
The January 6th Report by The Select Committee to Inv...
Longest Book
1,388
pages
Average book length in 2023
321
pages
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Most Shelved
4,827,323
people also shelved
Have a Jolly Collie Christmas by Rosie A. Point
Least Shelved
707
people also shelved
Barbara’s average rating for 2023
3.4
3.4
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
Highest Rated on ŷ
4.61 average
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

Barbara’s first review of the year

it was amazing
This was obviously excruciating, but beautifully honest. Listening to this never felt voyeuristic, and instead felt like the least, but best, thing I could do to honor this beautiful baby boy and his shattered parents.
鴡’S 2023 BOOKS
Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Numb to This by Kindra Neely
Seed to Dust by Marc Hamer
it was amazing
In the Weeds by B.K. Borison
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl
The Darkling Bride by Laura Andersen
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
Bibliophile by Jane Mount
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher
it was amazing
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Ducks by Kate Beaton
really liked it
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” by Aubrey Gordon
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Bittersweet by Susan Cain
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
Parkland by Dave Cullen
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
it was amazing
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Foster by Claire Keegan
In Your Garden by Vita Sackville-West
The Push by Ashley Audrain
I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
it was amazing
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Crave by Tracy Wolff
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Spare by Prince Harry
Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
it was amazing
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
The January 6th Report by The Select Committee to Inv...
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Naked by David Sedaris
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones
it was amazing
Crush by Tracy Wolff
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir by Séamas O'Reilly
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Choosing to Run by Des Linden
Weyward by Emilia Hart
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
it was amazing
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
really liked it
Confessions by Kanae Minato
As You Wish by Cary Elwes
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
really liked it
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Comeback Summer by Ali Brady
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
The Possibility of Life by Jaime Green
it was amazing
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Jane & Edward by Melodie Edwards
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Pageboy by Elliot Page
The Come Up by Jonathan Abrams

Barbara’s last review of the year

liked it
This would have been better not on audio—the same readers were used for so many different people that it became hard to follow.
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