I have no intention of rehashing the trainwreck that was the past year for me. It was full of a lot of pain and trauma that I have rehashed way too many times already. So 2023 is staying in the past- except for my reading life, which is what I’ll be reviewing here.

While my year was peppered with several massive reading slumps, on the whole it was a good year for reading. I found some new to me authors to enjoy further, and found my new all-time favorite book (at least for now). And I made decent progress on getting through all of the long overdue review books that have been collecting dust in my Kindle.

Total books read: 93 (I only counted 1 of my re-reads of RW&RB, this number would be higher if I counted all of them)

Most read author: Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick

Re-reads: 7 (Only counted RW&RB once)

Review books: 36

New-to-me authors: 40

Series Completed: 8

5-Star Reads:

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
Champion by Marie Lu
Summoned to the Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons

The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer
Better Together by Christine Riccio
Truel1f3 by Jay Kristoff

Finale by Stephanie Garber
Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn
More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

All covers link to Goodreads