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2023
My Year in Books
27,064
pages read
Joelle
113
books read
Joelle
Mrs. Meade and the Invisible Lodger by Elisabeth Grace Foley
Shortest Book
27
pages
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Longest Book
1,463
pages
Average book length in 2023
239
pages
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Most Shelved
2,335,771
people also shelved
Machines at Work by Mary Elting Folsom
Least Shelved
0
people also shelved
Joelle’s average rating for 2023
4.4
4.4
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson
Highest Rated on Goodreads
it was amazing
5.00 average
How to Encourage Your Children by Nancy Campbell

Joelle’s first review of the year

it was amazing
I highly recommend for anyone! Edification has been on my heart and I feel it is something I really need to dedicatedly work at! This book was such an encouragement and gave me so many practical ways to incorporate building up the people in my life not just children! I am not a mother yet though I hope to be one day, but this book was so helpful even I I am not blessed with children. The book is more a compilation of letters and articles sent to ...more
JOELLE’S 2023 BOOKS
How to Encourage Your Children by Nancy Campbell
it was amazing
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Nourishing Broth by Sally Fallon Morell
Fair Stood the Wind for France by H.E. Bates
Winter's Folly by Mrs. O.F. Walton
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Honor Girl by Marcia MacDonald
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A. Henty
it was amazing
The Woman at the Well. by Dale Evans Rogers
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Horse Chestnut Hideaway by Stella F. Rapaport
The Awakening The Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
My Spiritual Diary by Dale Evans Rogers
Nanek, Friend of Little Turtle by Zoe A. Tilghman
By Light & Love by Anna Augustine
Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin
A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter
it was amazing
Exit Betty by Grace Livingston Hill
Zia by Scott O'Dell
Helen of the Old House by Harold Bell
Westerfelt by Will N. Harben
The Desired Woman by William N. Harben
White Flower by Grace Livingston Hill
Mary Marie by Eleanor H. Porter
The Indifference of Juliet by Grace S. Richmond
Living Alone by Stella Benson
The Amazing Chance by Patricia Wentworth
it was amazing
Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott
Donna Parker Takes a Giant Step by Marcia Martin
The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith by Patricia Wentworth
Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon
Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day
The Radio Boys With The Revenue Guards by Gerald Breckenridge
The Little Colonel by Annie Fellows Johnston
The Annam Jewel by Patricia Wentworth
it was amazing
Beta read by Anonymous
A woman of feeling by Louise Maunsell Field 1916 [Leather Bound] by Louise Maunsell Field
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
The Woodcarver of 'lympus by Mary E. Waller
The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
Book of Genesis by Anonymous
Topper Takes a Trip by Thorne Smith
My Story That I Like Best by Ray Long
it was amazing
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Monitress Merle by Angela Brazil
Heart and Science by Wilkie Collins
The Trey O Hearts by Louis Joseph Vance
Dr. Kildare and the Magic Key by William Johnston
Machines at Work by Mary Elting Folsom
The Ginger Horse by Maureen Daly
The Italian Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Exodus by Anonymous
it was amazing
K. by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman
Against This Rock by Louis Zara
Bridge to Trouble by Elisabeth Grace Foley
The Sudden Guest by Christopher La Farge
Many Laughs for Many Days by Irvin S. Cobb
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
it was amazing
The Waltons by Robert Weverka
Island Boy by Robert R. Harry Sr.
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz
Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson
Ten Days' Wonder by Ellery Queen
Leviticus by Anonymous
Holy Bible by Anonymous
Numbers by Anonymous
Deuteronomy by Anonymous
it was amazing
The Three Weavers by Annie Fellows Johnston
Bonnie Prince Charlie by G.A. Henty
The Secret at the Hermitage by Carolyn Keene
The Nicest Girl in the School by Angela Brazil
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship by Margaret Burnham
The Jolliest School of All by Angela Brazil
Wishtress by Nadine Brandes
Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
The Diary of a Goose Girl by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott
A Brave Little Woman by Mrs. Mary A. Denison
The Black Star by Johnston McCulley
it was amazing
Mrs. Meade and the Invisible Lodger by Elisabeth Grace Foley
Seven Stories of Seven Wishes by Gertrude Alice Kay
When Beauty Blooms by Victoria Lynn
THE MOONSTONE by MALIK SHAHZAIN
it was amazing
The Dower House Mystery by Patricia Wentworth
The Hills of Refuge by William N. Harben
Hue and Cry by Patricia Wentworth
Robinetta by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Making His Way, Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward by Horatio Alger Jr.
The Witness on the Roof by Annie Haynes
The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Red Lacquer Case by Patricia Wentworth
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster

Joelle’s last review of the year

really liked it
This was a dear childhood favorite but apon a reread I was disappointed but how often eugenics were so intertwined into the story. Otherwise the story is just as endearing and hilarious as I remembered.❤️
2023 Reading Challenge Img rccompleted
2023 READING
CHALLENGE
Joelle read 113 out of 100 books.
 
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