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2023
My Year in Books
40,135
pages read
Carly Hardwell
110
books read
Carly Hardwell
A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry
Shortest Book
82
pages
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
Longest Book
572
pages
Average book length in 2023
364
pages
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
Most Shelved
3,048,157
people also shelved
Good Girls Die Last by Natali Simmonds
Least Shelved
1,902
people also shelved
Carly’s average rating for 2023
3.8
3.8
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.43 average
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

Carly’s first review of the year

it was ok
I was so disappointed with this book! It had been hyped up so much on bookstagram so I was excited to finally read it but I barely managed to get to the end.

There were so many things that irked me: the ridiculous and unrealistic relationship between the female lead, Sarah, and the town sheriff - AS IF a police department would let a defence attorney sit in on interviews or let her call the shots in a murder investigation. Also the relationship b ...more
CARLY’S 2023 BOOKS
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
it was amazing
The Choice by Alex Lake
Girl A by Abigail Dean
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Make Me Clean by Tina Baker
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
Spare by Prince Harry
The Catch by T.M. Logan
The Institution by Helen Sarah Fields
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
it was amazing
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
This Is How It Started by Stacy Finz
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter
After the End by Clare Mackintosh
it was amazing
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Serial Killer’s Wife by Alice Hunter
The Mother by T.M. Logan
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
The Doll's House by M.J. Arlidge
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Marriage Act by John Marrs
Happy Place by Emily Henry
it was amazing
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
Single Bald Female by Laura Price
The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne
The Hike by Lucy Clarke
The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves
The Fall by Louise Jensen
The Echo Man by Sam Holland
really liked it
Don't Look Back by Jo Spain
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole
59 Memory Lane by Celia Anderson
Night by Night by Jack Jordan
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
The Red House by Roz Watkins
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
it was amazing
The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
The Inmate by Freida McFadden
Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
The People Watcher by Sam Lloyd
Drowning by T.J. Newman
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
The Beach Party by Nikki Smith
The Other Guest by Heidi Perks
Beach House Summer by Sarah Morgan
The Beauty of Rain by Jamie Beck
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
it was amazing
I Know What You Did by Cayce Osborne
Conviction by Jack Jordan
Good Girls Die Last by Natali Simmonds
The New Wife by J.P. Delaney
The Sweetest Revenge by Lizzy Dent
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
it was amazing
Eye For An Eye by M.J. Arlidge
Penance by Eliza Clark
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins
The Woman Who Lied by Claire Douglas
You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
it was amazing
Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
All of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary
really liked it
A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry
The Twenty by Sam Holland
American Girl by Wendy Walker
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
Let Him In by William Friend
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
it was amazing
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
Forever Home by Graham Norton
A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
The F**k It! List by Melanie Cantor
A Wedding in December by Sarah Morgan
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

Carly’s last review of the year

liked it
I absolutely loved The Maid and I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that our favourite maid was going to be returning to the pages. Molly Gray, Head Maid at The Regency Grand Hotel, is still very much endearing and likeable and I enjoyed being among her thoughts again, three years after we were last with her.

In The Mystery Guest, we are taken on a journey via Molly’s POV across two timelines - the present day following the suspicious dea ...more
2023 Reading Challenge Img rccompleted
2023 READING
CHALLENGE
Carly Hardwell read 110 out of 100 books.
 
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