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2023
My Year in Books
52,567
pages read
Liene
128
books read
Liene
1 like
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Shortest Book
108
pages
The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee
Longest Book
960
pages
Average book length in 2023
410
pages
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Most Shelved
2,324,540
people also shelved
Queen Amid Ashes and Other Stories by Christopher Ruocchio
Least Shelved
456
people also shelved
Liene’s average rating for 2023
3.6
3.6
Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.61 average
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Liene’s first review of the year

really liked it
I really enjoyed this, much more than I originally thought I would. I only read it because BotM lets you get one of the finalists for year's best for free, and I'd either read or was not interested in the others, so I grabbed this one.
What this book most reminded me of is the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? - but I don't want to set incorrect expectations, it is quite different and much less fantastical. This book does something similar to that ...more
LIENE’S 2023 BOOKS
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Kingdoms of Death by Christopher Ruocchio
it was amazing
Ashes of Man by Christopher Ruocchio
The Forgetting Moon by Brian Lee Durfee
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
it was amazing
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Queen Amid Ashes and Other Stories by Christopher Ruocchio
Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
it was amazing
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Voice of War by Zack Argyle
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
it was amazing
The Hood by Lavie Tidhar
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
it was amazing
Splendid by Julia Quinn
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
it was amazing
Ascension by Nicholas Binge
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
it was amazing
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
it was amazing
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Dark Age by Pierce Brown
The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
it was amazing
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors by Curtis Craddock
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
it was amazing
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin
Joyland by Stephen King
it was amazing
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Liene’s last review of the year

really liked it
In some respects, I completely see why this has stood the test of time and is now regarded as a classic of the genre. That being said, I feel this is a strong example of "X walked so Y could run" - by which I mean this book deserves credit for being among the first to explore some these themes, ideas, narrative tropes, character archetypes, and do so with a more modern sensibility, but authors like Robin Hobb and Patrick Rothfuss have taken the g ...more
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Liene read 128 out of 100 books.
 
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