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2023
My Year in Books
44,191
pages read
160
books read


The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee
Shortest Book
113
pages
Shutline 1 by Kyou .
Longest Book
1,392
pages

Average book length in 2023
276
pages

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Most Shelved
6,363,042
people also shelved
The Wolf Never Sleeps, Vol. 2 by Gonbe Shinkawa
Least Shelved
115
people also shelved

Lauren’s average rating for 2023
4.0
4.0

Berserk, Vol. 12 by Kentaro Miura
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.75 average

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Lauren’s first review of the year

it was amazing
A group of self-proclaimed thieves who go by The Gentleman Bastards and have a motto that is essentially “eat the rich”......? Yeah. I was bound to have fun with this book.

Stumbling across the synopsis for The Lies of Locke Lamora was too much for my weak, weak heart. My unread books suffer another day, because I shoved everything aside immediately upon finding out about this magnificent quote:

“Some day, Locke Lamora,” he said, “some day,
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LAUREN’S 2023 BOOKS
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
it was amazing
Orange, Vol. 2 by Ichigo Takano
Gangsta., Vol. 1 by Kohske
Bleach, Vol. 6 by Tite Kubo
Gangsta., Vol. 2 by Kohske
Gangsta., Vol. 3 by Kohske
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Spy x Family, Vol. 4 by Tatsuya Endo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
Berserk, Vol. 3 by Kentaro Miura
it was amazing
Orange Vol. 3 by Ichigo Takano
Bleach, Vol. 8 by Tite Kubo
Bleach, Vol. 7 by Tite Kubo
Berserk, Vol. 4 by Kentaro Miura
Gangsta., Vol. 4 by Kohske
Orange, vol. 5 by Ichigo Takano
orange Vol. 4 by Ichigo Takano
河川敷ロミジュリ抗争曲 [Kasenjiki RomeJuli Kousoukyoku] by トビワシオ
웻샌드 1 by Doyak
it was amazing
My Pretty Policeman 1 by Niyama
My Pretty Policeman 2 by Niyama
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Spy x Family, Vol. 6 by Tatsuya Endo
夏のてっぺんに咲く [Natsu no Teppen ni Saku] by 炬太郎
Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher
One-Punch Man, Vol. 3 by ONE
Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram
Orange by Ichigo Takano
it was amazing
Gangsta., Vol. 5 by Kohske
Gangsta., Vol. 6 by Kohske
Berserk, Vol. 5 by Kentaro Miura
Gangsta., Vol. 7 by Kohske
Bleach, Vol. 9 by Tite Kubo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
Death Note, Vol. 2 by Tsugumi Ohba
The Wolf Never Sleeps, Vol. 1 by Gonbe Shinkawa
The Wolf Never Sleeps, Vol. 2 by Gonbe Shinkawa
really liked it
The Gentleman's Book of Vices by Jess Everlee
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Bleach, Vol. 10 by Tite Kubo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
One-Punch Man, Vol. 4 by ONE
The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi
Fool Me Once by Ariana Nash
it was amazing
Wotakoi by Fujita
Berserk, Vol. 6 by Kentaro Miura
Wotakoi by Fujita
Spy x Family, Vol. 5 by Tatsuya Endo
Berserk, Vol. 7 by Kentaro Miura
Berserk, Vol. 8 by Kentaro Miura
Bleach, Volume 11 by Tite Kubo
Love for Sale by Dal HyeonJi
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The boy and the wolf by Z-Pico
Berserk, Vol. 9 by Kentaro Miura
it was amazing
Death Note, Vol. 3 by Tsugumi Ohba
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 18 by Gege Akutami
Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo
Restart After Coming Back Home by Cocomi
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 19 by Gege Akutami
it was amazing
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace by up-i
Berserk Volume 10 by Kentaro Miura
Berserk, Vol. 11 by Kentaro Miura
Bleach, Vol. 12 by Tite Kubo
Bleach, Vol. 13 by Tite Kubo
Gangsta., Vol. 8 by Kohske
Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
Berserk, Vol. 12 by Kentaro Miura
Death Note, Vol. 4 by Tsugumi Ohba
it was amazing
Death Note, Vol. 5 by Tsugumi Ohba
Cursebreakers by Madeleine Nakamura
Blue Lock, Vol. 2 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Bleach, Volume 14 by Tite Kubo
Bleach, Vol. 15 by Tite Kubo
Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
it was amazing
Henry Hamlet's Heart by Rhiannon Wilde
Blue Lock, Vol. 3 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Blue Lock, Vol. 4 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Blue Lock, Vol. 5 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Death Note, Vol. 6 by Tsugumi Ohba
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
From the Match by Adrian  Tkaczyk
Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
it was amazing
Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi
Death Note, Vol. 7 by Tsugumi Ohba
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 1 by Naoya Matsumoto
Time to Shine by Rachel  Reid
Bleach, Volume 16 by Tite Kubo
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

ENNEAD by Mojito

Lauren’s last review of the year

really liked it
Wishing death upon the god of life is ironic, but after witnessing what Osiris just did to Seth, someone needs to take him out (for good this time)! 🙏

This story is turning out WAY more dark and twisted than I anticipated when starting, but it’s done so well. There’s so much intrigue in the clashing interests of all the gods, and I really like how Mojito is slowly unfurling Seth’s tragedy from it all. There’s not just one villain in this story, an
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