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2023
My Year in Books
28,195
pages read
Jo Lisa
100
books read
Jo Lisa
R.U.R. by Karel Čapek
Shortest Book
58
pages
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
Longest Book
702
pages
Average book length in 2023
281
pages
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most Shelved
6,262,320
people also shelved
When the Chenoo Howls by James Bruchac
Least Shelved
268
people also shelved
Jo’s average rating for 2023
4.4
4.4
The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5 by Clint McElroy
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.69 average
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Jo’s first review of the year

it was amazing
If I could give this more stars I would! It was nothing like I expected. This is not my favorite genre, but this had the feel of literary fiction. Just a great read!
JO’S 2023 BOOKS
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
it was amazing
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Selected Poems of Robert Frost by Robert Frost
No Exit by Taylor Adams
it was amazing
Ring by Kōji Suzuki
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Adventure Zone Vol.1 by Clint McElroy
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Becoming by Michelle Obama
it was amazing
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Shrill by Lindy West
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Winter by Ali Smith
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
it was amazing
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
I Would Leave Me If I Could by Halsey
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Carrie by Stephen King
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
it was amazing
Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem by Kate DiCamillo
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman
Queer by Meg-John Barker
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
it was amazing
Funny Farm by Laurie Zaleski
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Out of Character by Annabeth Albert
Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Memorial by Bryan Washington
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
it was amazing
The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
The Giver by P. Craig Russell
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Journey Begins by Peter David
X by Ilyasah Shabazz
Unraveling by Peggy Orenstein
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Champion by Leigh Dragoon
Z by Therese Anne Fowler
it was amazing
Vampire Academy by Leigh Dragoon
Do Penguins Have Knees? by David Feldman
Rage by Jonathan Kellerman
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Evil Serial Killers by Charlotte Greig
LOOP by William Kely McClung
Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian
The Monster's Bones by David K. Randall
Mary by Nat Cassidy
it was amazing
The Golem of Hollywood by Jonathan Kellerman
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
When the Chenoo Howls by James Bruchac
The Adventure Zone Vol. 2 by Clint McElroy
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
it was amazing
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
There There by Tommy Orange
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
The Adventure Zone Vol. 3 by Clint McElroy
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. Stevenson
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
it was amazing
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Adventure Zone Vol. 4 by Clint McElroy
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
R.U.R. by Karel Čapek
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5 by Clint McElroy
Lumberjanes, Vol. 2 by N.D. Stevenson
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

Jo’s last review of the year

it was amazing
Let me tell you!!!!! I LOVED this book! It twisted and turned every which way. I enjoyed the chapters going back and forth in time and also some dedicated to specific characters. If you want to simply enjoy a reading experience, this is the book!
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