Decided to have some fun and make a tier list of all the books I read in 2023! Deciding what goes in each tier was easy but the specific order was surprisingly difficult in places.
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Decided to have some fun and make a tier list of all the books I read in 2023! Deciding what goes in each tier was easy but the specific order was surprisingly difficult in places.
As Lee Corso would say: Not so fast! I‘m not quite done with 2023 after all.
I went to the trouble to determine my #top23of2023 so the least I can do is post the list.
Since I also took the time to calculate some author stats, here they are:
-68 individual authors
-46 new to me
-49 women authors
-21 authors of color
In addition I read six books by LGBTQIA authors and/or with POV LGBTQIA characters.
Finally, here‘s my 23 in ‘23! I made this graphic to go with a yearly wrap-up post for my bookstagram. I post reviews much more frequently on Litsy still, but please give my bookstagram a follow if you are interested in more lengthy reviews and regular story updates.
My Instagram handle is @ readerlykimberly
pick2023 round up:
40 books read. 21 public library, 19 home library
Favorites: Hild, the street, stolen
I allowed myself to bail on a lot of books this year.
2024 challenge: 1:1 fiction to non-fiction.
Wish me luck!
2023 was an interesting reading year. #Clarissa was the longest book and greatest challenge of the year, and Don Quixote was plenty long as well. I don‘t really do simply favorites, instead also considering the books that I think will be the most memorable. As of this moment, these are those books of 2023 for me.
#ReadingStats #2023stats #DaiseysReadingSummary
Some graphs of my 2023 reading
All of my 5 star reads were rereads, but there were some great 4 star reads and only a single 1 star read.
#2023stats #ReadingStats #DaiseysReadingSummary
I love that The Storygraph tells you these less common stats!
I think my average time to finish was disproportionately affected by one audiobook that I started in 2022 but didn‘t finish until 2023.
I like these extra blurbs that The Storygraph adds to their reading wrap up!
*according to GR. I plan on posting my Storygraph stats tomorrow. They are a lot more accurate, since it differentiates better on ratings and pages read vs. minutes listened.
I generally am pretty stingy w/giving out 4 & 5 ⭐️ ratings, so I‘m not surprised my average is around 3.5.
While I definitely did read quite a few 500+ page books, I guess some of the shorter ones (thinking the new Saga issues) must have pulled the average length down.
My final Goodreads stats for 2023!
A couple database discrepancies meant my GR and Storygraph stats don‘t align perfectly; I actually finished a couple more total titles. I did have to reduce my original goal of 100 to something more achievable.
Life was good in 2023 (got married and bought our first home together!), but it did get in the way of reading. I had a major reading slump in the spring/early summer that got me off track.
And I read more pages today!!! I‘m quite pleased with that total. 🥳
*Finally* got round to posting my #top23of2023!
In no particular order, these are most of my 5 star reads of the year. There were another 10 or so that didn‘t quite make the list - very difficult to choose.
Thanks for the tag @BarbaraBB and for continuing @Cinfhen ‘s wonderful tradition.
I think I‘m finally able to finally post My Goodreads Year in Books.
How??! It‘s been 81 days since my world was shattered. It‘s been 81 days of pain, despair, heartache, fear, loss but also pockets of love, light and friendship. To everyone who has reached out to me, please know I‘ve seen your messages of support & prayers and I can‘t thank you enough. In these darkest days your rays of hope fill my heart. I honestly haven‘t read much since Oct7 but I still wanted to share my #Top23of23 👇🏼
#top23of23 My favorite books of the year! Some of these I adored while reading and were just amazing from start to finish, while others only made the list after reflecting on them months after completing (An Island) but all really spoke to me in one way or another! Missing Cindy here! @Cinfhen
Thanks to @BarbaraBB for getting this started!
And I think my top read of the year is NORTH WOODS. I just loved that book 🤍
The new edition of Buzz Books from Publishers Lunch is out and available for free download. I always like getting a copy of this ebook with so many excerpts of upcoming titles, it helps me decide which ones I want to try by reading a little sample first. They cover both fiction and non-fiction. The spring Romance Books should be out a bit later too, for those interested in that.
Download at: https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/
