What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
27
pages
Longest Book
518
pages
Average book length in
2023
337
pages
Most Shelved
3,475,266
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
6,016
people
also shelved
Dee’s
average rating for
2023
3.9
3.9
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.58
average
Dee’s first review of the year
liked it
What appealed to me most about this book was the premise - Desperate Housewives meets the Couple Next Door, both of which I loved. I can see somewhat of a comparison, but I found the first half to be incredibly slow, and lacking the liveliness, wit and humour I expected from these comparisons. I'm not entirely sure what the title has to do with the story, especially when we only get two POV's. It would have been fun to have a few more points of v
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Dee’s last review of the year
it was amazing
Happy Sunday! I just finished an extraordinary story...quite possibly my favourite historical fiction of the year. If you appreciate Fredrik Backman's writing style, this book is a must-read. For fans of character-driven stories with elements of mystery and historical fiction, particularly those set in small Midwestern towns, William Kent Krueger is an author worth exploring. "The River We Remember" is exquisitely written, thought-provoking, enth
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read
83
out of
75
books.
111%
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