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2023
My Year in Books
19,895
pages read
Tamar
55
books read
Tamar
Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson
Shortest Book
149
pages
Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser
Longest Book
640
pages
Average book length in 2023
361
pages
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most Shelved
6,231,593
people also shelved
The Prophetess by Evonne Marzouk
Least Shelved
132
people also shelved
Tamar’s average rating for 2023
4.2
4.2
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.55 average
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Tamar’s first review of the year

it was amazing
Holy s***. Could not put this book down. I haven't been this into a book since the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Good thing I don't have the second book yet or I suspect I wouldn't be getting up from my chair for the next two days. ...more
TAMAR’S 2023 BOOKS
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
it was amazing
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard
Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser
Vicious by Victoria Schwab
Severance by Ling Ma
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
it was amazing
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Wired for Love by Stephanie Cacioppo
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Indigo by Catherine E. McKinley
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Assassin of Reality by Marina Dyachenko
Babel No More by Michael Erard
The Hungry Brain by Stephan Guyenet
it was amazing
Burn by Herman Pontzer
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
American Nations by Colin Woodard
Half Bad by Sally Green
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
Color by Victoria Finlay
Poisoned by Jeff Benedict
it was amazing
Plucked by Maryn McKenna
The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Echo in Onyx by Sharon Shinn
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson
it was amazing
The Next Great Migration by Sonia Shah
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld
Diagnosis by Lisa Sanders
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
The Prophetess by Evonne Marzouk
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
it was amazing
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
it was amazing
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Tamar’s last review of the year

it was amazing
I decided to read the book because the title was intriguing, but I didn't have high hopes, since this isn't my typical genre preference. I was mistaken in my expectations: the book blew me away. The mystery of why Evelyn chose Monique wasn't the main point of the book, but it was an excellent story thread that kept pulling me forward. Evelyn and her relationships felt so real. I usually disdain adapting books into movies, but I actually can't wai ...more
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