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2023
My Year in Books
66,125
pages read
Melissa
201
books read
Melissa
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Shortest Book
4
pages
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Longest Book
1,050
pages
Average book length in 2023
328
pages
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Most Shelved
8,048,647
people also shelved
Willie Boy & The Last Western Manhunt by Clifford E Trafzer
Least Shelved
18
people also shelved
Melissa’s average rating for 2023
4.0
4.0
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.55 average
The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Melissa’s first review of the year

it was amazing
An excellent finale to a long and uneven but overall excellent and amazingly creative series
MELISSA’S 2023 BOOKS
The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
it was amazing
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Babel by R.F. Kuang
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Spare by Prince Harry
A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
it was amazing
Where the Children Take Us by Zain E. Asher
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Grand Canyon, Inc. by Percival Everett
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
it was amazing
My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
Looking for Lorraine by Imani Perry
Maame by Jessica George
it was amazing
A Visible Man by Edward Enninful
The Peripheral by William Gibson
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
South to America by Imani Perry
The Address Book by Deirdre Mask
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith
it was amazing
Passing by Nella Larsen
One's Company by Ashley Hutson
Queen of Our Times by Robert Hardman
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
You Don't Belong Here by Elizabeth Becker
City of God by Sara Miles
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
it was amazing
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara
Unmentionable by Therese Oneill
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
it was amazing
Broken by Jenny Lawson
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Come Fly the World by Julia Cooke
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Strays by Emily Bitto
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
it was amazing
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Old in Art School by Nell Irvin Painter
Our Women on the Ground by Zahra Hankir
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Homecoming by Kate Morton
Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick
Persuasion by Jane Austen
it was amazing
Willie Boy & The Last Western Manhunt by Clifford E Trafzer
Proper Gauge by Hugh Howey
Home by Martha Wells
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Deadly Dinner Party by Jonathan A. Edlow
We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor
How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
it was amazing
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch
The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane
The House Is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Weiwei Ai
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
really liked it
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Forever Young by Hayley Mills
Monkeys Are Made of Chocolate by Jack Ewing
Drowning by T.J. Newman
Costa Rica by Barbara Ras
The Downloaded by Robert J. Sawyer

Melissa’s last review of the year

it was ok
Great premise and beginning, then it really goes down hill. Brendan Fraser's voicework is great, though, of course ...more
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Melissa read 201 out of 165 books.
 
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