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2023
My Year in Books
11,117
pages read
50
books read


Little Baby Bum Let's Sing! by Parragon Books
Shortest Book
10
pages
1954 by Pepper Pace
Longest Book
787
pages

Average book length in 2023
222
pages

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Most Shelved
9,864,160
people also shelved
Mirabai by Wilco Books
Least Shelved
0
people also shelved

Deviki’s average rating for 2023
3.8
3.8

Little Baby Bum Let's Sing! by Parragon Books
Highest Rated on Goodreads
it was amazing
5.00 average

Tales From the Bhagawat Purana by Wilco Books

Deviki’s first review of the year

it was amazing
Thank you, Goodreads, for adding this book to the system.

I wrote this review in January.

I forgot to bring along my Poppy War book to my cousin's house, but look what gem(s) I found in her stack of books!

I remember my father recounting this tale when we were little kids, and I still recall my dad showing us a very old movie of this story. It was full of dramatic dialogues and relentless songs. LOL

I think this is the movie, and yes, the special eff
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DEVIKI’S 2023 BOOKS
Tales From the Bhagawat Purana by Wilco Books
it was amazing
Mirabai by Wilco Books
Tales From the Bhagawat Purana by Wilco Books
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
Goosebumps by Jen Vaughn
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
The Color of Love by Sandra Kitt
The Drowning Faith by R.F. Kuang
Darkdeep by Ally Condie
Chained by Elise Marion
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Radhika's Story by Sharon Hendry
it was amazing
The Holly Dates by Brittainy C. Cherry
More of the World's Best Dirty Jokes by Mr. J
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Kind of Hindu by Mindy Kaling
Cast-Iron Cooking by Rachael Narins
Little Baby Bum Let's Sing! by Parragon Books
it was amazing
Max's Easter Surprise by Rosemary Wells
GILA GILA by Muliyadi Mahamood
Caught in You by Nia Arthurs
Past Mortems by Carla Valentine
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Simon Sues Vol. 3 by Myung Hee Kim
Invisible Trade by Gerrie Lim
Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
Bites Collection by Darcy Coates
it was amazing
A Chance at Destiny by Lilah K. London
Quest #1 by Jonathan Luna
A Match Made in Heaven by Trina Robbins
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead B... by Caitlin Doughty
Awakening by Pepper Pace
That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming
The Names You Call Me by Kelly Violet
1954 by Pepper Pace
Someone Cry for the Children by Michael; Wilkerson Wilkerson
John Wayne Gacy by Sam L. Amirante
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Frightlopedia by Julie Winterbottom
Beringia by Tierra Cox
Sunny Disposition by Deanna Grey
Notes on Love by Naaz Spencer
it was amazing
Open If You Dare by Dana Middleton
Verse Book 1 by Sam Beck
Verse Book 2 by Sam Beck
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
A Christmas Bestiary by Benni Bødker
it was amazing
Clue by Paul Allor
Enemies in Love by Alexis Clark

Enemies in Love by Alexis Clark

Deviki’s last review of the year

it was ok
I don't think I've ever rated a book below 3 stars for a nonfiction book, but this one, unfortunately was it!!

I was looking for this book for the longest time after I saw an YouTube interview of the author for this book, and when I finally read it, I couldn't say I was elated.

Don't get me wrong, I learned a lot from this book. I had no idea that the U.S. actually used POWs from World War II as cheap labor. I also had no idea that even during the
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2023 Reading Challenge Img rccompleted
2023 READING
CHALLENGE
Deviki read 50 out of 25 books.
 
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