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2023
My Year in Books
30,260
pages read
Ally
91
books read
Ally
2 likes
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
Shortest Book
105
pages
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
Longest Book
778
pages
Average book length in 2023
332
pages
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Most Shelved
1,677,632
people also shelved
Bleeding Heart by Brittany M. Willows
Least Shelved
237
people also shelved
Ally’s average rating for 2023
4.4
4.4
Bleeding Heart by Brittany M. Willows
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.55 average
The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

Ally’s first review of the year

it was amazing
Got an arc from the publisher mailing list!

I thought this was something else when I requested it but hoo boy did I love it. A little bit Howl’s Moving Castle, a little bit Code: Realize (one of my fav video games) it’s got magic, rich description, what I found to be a poignant social commentary, and a magical rabbit who turns into a person so he can have bacon, what more could you want?

Additionally you cannot convince this is not about a girl dis ...more
ALLY’S 2023 BOOKS
Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall
The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry
it was amazing
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb
If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bulla
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell
The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
One for All by Lillie Lainoff
Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron
it was amazing
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Enter the Body by Joy McCullough
Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
The Immeasurable Depth of You by Maria Ingrande Mora
it was amazing
One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake
Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur
Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick
Cake Craft by Hannah-Freya Blake
Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald
Bleeding Heart by Brittany M. Willows
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
it was amazing
This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde
We'll Never Tell by Wendy Heard
Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan
Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo
The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson
Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See
Things I'll Never Say by Cassandra Newbould
The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar
it was amazing
Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine
You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard
Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro
The Wicked Unseen by Gigi Griffis
A Rulebook for Restless Rogues by Jess Everlee
A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero
The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley
it was amazing
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Damned If You Do by Alex Brown
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Tessa Miyata Is No Hero by Julie Abe
The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter
it was amazing
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
The Boy with Fire by Aparna Verma
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
The Witches of Bone Hill by Ava Morgyn
A Prayer for Vengeance by Leanne Schwartz
Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause
Beholder by Ryan La Sala
it was amazing
Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton
Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling
The Voice Upstairs by Laura E. Weymouth
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
it was amazing
Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt
The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
Merciless Saviors by H.E. Edgmon
it was amazing
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
It's a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft
really liked it
A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

Ally’s last review of the year

really liked it
Got an Arc from work!

I enjoyed this, it was good frothy romantic fun! I was a little confused as to the passage of time, not sure how long it had been from the beginning of the book to the Big Thing that happens at the end, but it’s supposed to feel like a fairy tale anyway so I wasn’t super pressed.

Tbh I was just glad they didn’t magically cure her degenerative magic disease by the end of it, I was so worried about that but nope! She’s still dis ...more
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