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2023
My Year in Books
53,271
pages read
Deb Kiley
155
books read
Deb Kiley
A Planned Occasion by Angie Kim
Shortest Book
27
pages
The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams
Longest Book
642
pages
Average book length in 2023
343
pages
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Most Shelved
4,521,921
people also shelved
A Calculated Man #2 by Paul Tobin
Least Shelved
20
people also shelved
Deb’s average rating for 2023
4.4
4.4
A Mother's War by Helen Parusel
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.56 average
October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker

Deb’s first review of the year

it was amazing
After reading The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker, I was looking for more of her books to get lost in. This one popped up, I grabbed it, and I am so glad I did. I love historical fiction and this was a page turner of a story!
Del is a preacher's wife in hard luck Depression-era Kentucky and just can't take any more of his cheating ways, so she resolves to leave him without warning. After a chance meeting with some down on their luck people, Del ...more
DEB’S 2023 BOOKS
October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker
it was amazing
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams
The Sisterhood by Liza Mundy
The 47 People You'll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards
Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel
it was amazing
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Arca by G.R. Macallister
The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon
Daughter of the Shadows by Kerry Chaput
Queen of Thieves by Beezy Marsh
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
it was amazing
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley
The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly
A Right Worthy Woman by Ruth P. Watson
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
Trust by Hernan Diaz
The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
it was amazing
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
The Castle Keepers by Aimie K. Runyan
The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
really liked it
A Calculated Man #2 by Paul Tobin
A Calculated Man #1 by Paul Tobin
The Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Pumpkin Day at the Zoo by Susan Meissner
Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline
The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
The Lost Daughters of Ukraine by Erin Litteken
it was amazing
My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
Christmas in Three Quarter Time by Rachel McMillan
Spare by Prince Harry
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
Hardland by Ashley E. Sweeney
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
it was amazing
A Mother's War by Helen Parusel
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The Queen by Andrew Morton
The Road Home by Kristin Harmel
The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
The Woman With the Cure by Lynn Cullen
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
it was amazing
Chasing Eleanor by Kerry Chaput
V Is For Victory by Craig Nelson
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
How We Healed by Melody Fowler
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
Daughter of the King by Kerry Chaput
The Flatmate by Gemma Rogers
The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre by Natasha Lester
Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys
Drowning by T.J. Newman
it was amazing
A Planned Occasion by Angie Kim
In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce
Women of the Post by Joshunda Sanders
Weyward by Emilia Hart
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
Starring Adele Astaire by Eliza Knight
Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
it was amazing
All That She Carried by Tiya Miles
The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker
Life Sentence by Mark Bowden
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
The Madwomen of Paris by Jennifer Cody Epstein
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
it was amazing
The Last Masterpiece by Laura Morelli
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
March by Geraldine Brooks
The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
To Free the Stars by J'nell Ciesielski
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

Deb’s last review of the year

really liked it
What a perfect holiday book! I could picture the quaint Greenwich Village neighborhood and all of the characters that interact in the story. Loved this book about a fictional Christmas tree family selling trees in the heart of Manhattan. If you are looking for a book about neighborhood, holiday and family, I recommend this one!
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Deb Kiley read 155 out of 140 books.
 
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