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2023
My Year in Books
18,168
pages read
Noel
63
books read
Noel
The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee
Shortest Book
20
pages
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
Longest Book
1,076
pages
Average book length in 2023
288
pages
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Most Shelved
4,922,929
people also shelved
Genealogical Memoirs of the Kindred Families of Thomas Cranme... by Robert Edmond Chester Waters
Least Shelved
0
people also shelved
Noel’s average rating for 2023
3.8
3.8
Era la Noche by Pedro Martín
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.52 average
Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

Noel’s first review of the year

liked it
This was our book club pick for January. Set in 17th century Quebec, the story revolves around a young girl, Cecile, her father, the apothecary, and the lives of the villagers. Cather does a tremendous job of creating a sense of place, of the streets, the weather, the shops, the villagers. But what gets in the way of the book is the relentless referral to Catholicism and not in an objective way although we do see how it clouds the thinking of the ...more
NOEL’S 2023 BOOKS
Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
really liked it
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Dust by Martha Grimes
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
Blue on Black by Michael Connelly
Switchblade by Michael Connelly
The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
it was amazing
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Local by Joey Hartstone
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
The Magdalen Girls by V.S. Alexander
The Shortest Day by Colm Tóibín
Partners by John Grisham
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Genealogical Memoirs of the Kindred Families of Thomas Cranme... by Robert Edmond Chester Waters
A Show of Faith by Greer Hendricks
Someone by Alice McDermott
The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee
it was amazing
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt
The Last Days of Café Leila by Donia Bijan
Search by Michelle Huneven
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Era la Noche by Pedro Martín
it was amazing
The K Team by David Rosenfelt
Citizen K-9 by David Rosenfelt
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
it was amazing
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Survival Lessons by Alice Hoffman
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Exiles by Jane Harper
The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line by Mari K. Eder
Zorrie by Laird Hunt
La melodía del tiempo by José Luis Perales
Tears of the Silenced by Misty Griffin
it was amazing
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
The Late Shift by Michael Connolly
Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg
Remember by Lisa Genova
The Partner Track by Helen Wan
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
it was amazing
Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly
Close to Home by Cara Hunter
French Braid by Anne Tyler
In the Dark by Cara Hunter
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Noel’s last review of the year

it was amazing
Read this many years ago and it was just as good if not better the second time around. The audiobook version was excellent.

My last finished book of 2023!
2023 Reading Challenge Img rccompleted
2023 READING
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Noel read 63 out of 52 books.
 
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