What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
64
pages
Longest Book
588
pages
Average book length in
2023
288
pages
Most Shelved
1,598,580
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
47
people
also shelved
Steve’s
average rating for
2023
4.6
4.6
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.65
average
Steve’s first review of the year
it was amazing
I enjoyed this creepy ghost tale with its unusual twists and turns. With an orphanage haunted by capricious children, a strict matriarch hiding secrets, and a distinctly dodgy preacher, it has all the ingredients of the classic southern gothic story. There is racism, bullying and the pathos of the lost children. But Gaston Hall is also more than this, with the intriguing perspective of its lead character, Elsie, whose tragic fate puts her in a un
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Steve’s last review of the year
it was amazing
I really enjoyed this chilling novella, with its gripping tale of a mother seeking the truth about her daughter’s suspicious death in a Welsh coastal village.
When her fiercely independent daughter Rowena is found dead in a water trough with arsenic in her system, Elinor is devastated. She suspects the enigmatic new priest, Father McKendrick, but he gives her a plausible explanation of events that allays her suspicions. In a desperate attempt to ...more
When her fiercely independent daughter Rowena is found dead in a water trough with arsenic in her system, Elinor is devastated. She suspects the enigmatic new priest, Father McKendrick, but he gives her a plausible explanation of events that allays her suspicions. In a desperate attempt to ...more
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