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2023
My Year in Books
4,836
pages read
Barbara
16
books read
Barbara
Weird Horror #6 by Michael Kelly
Shortest Book
118
pages
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Longest Book
517
pages
Average book length in 2023
302
pages
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Most Shelved
478,887
people also shelved
Vastarien by Jon Padgett
Least Shelved
26
people also shelved
Barbara’s average rating for 2023
4.0
really liked it
4.0
Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.54 average
Into the Moon Garden by Shveta Thakrar

Barbara’s first review of the year

really liked it
I'm slightly biased because the author is a friend of mine, but this is a lovely, beautifully written story (and a wonderfully narrated audiobook) about a woman struggling to come to terms with grief and trying to reconcile her belief in science with the magic she's confronted with in the form of the Moon Garden, which makes for a highly imaginative setting. ...more
BARBARA’S 2023 BOOKS
When Things Get Dark by Ellen Datlow
really liked it
The Last Draft by Sandra Scofield
The Dream Runners by Shveta Thakrar
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
How to Write a Song that Matters by Dar Williams
Vastarien by Jon Padgett
Weird Horror #6 by Michael Kelly
Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Governance and Ministry by Dan Hotchkiss
Into the Moon Garden by Shveta Thakrar
really liked it
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Rouge by Mona Awad
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
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