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2023
My Year in Books
45,800
pages read
jessica
114
books read
jessica
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A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
Shortest Book
134
pages
When a Moth Loved a Bee by Pepper Winters
Longest Book
893
pages
Average book length in 2023
401
pages
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Most Shelved
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people also shelved
Ending Eleven by Jerri Chisholm
Least Shelved
716
people also shelved
jessica’s average rating for 2023
3.6
3.6
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.65 average
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky

jessica’s first review of the year

it was amazing
‘the courage of the ukrainain people has inspired the whole world. it has renewed humanitys hope... and they have shown that it is not force that wins, but truth. not money, but values. not oil, but people.’

continuing my tradition of starting off the new year with some words of hope and perseverance (see previous years: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018).

i had the humbling opportunity to volunteer in ukraine for three months last summer, doing ...more
JESSICA’S 2023 BOOKS
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
it was amazing
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
King of Wrath by Ana Huang
Beneath the Alabaster Spire by Allison Carr Waechter
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Skye
Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik
really liked it
The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
Indigo Ridge by Devney Perry
Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young
Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara
Bad Mother by Mia Sheridan
Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson
The Hollow Gods by A.J. Vrana
The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew
A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Saint by Adrienne Young
it was amazing
Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair
Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
Stardust in Their Veins by Laura Sebastian
House of Pounding Hearts by Olivia Wildenstein
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless
A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand
When a Moth Loved a Bee by Pepper Winters
Thorne Princess by L.J. Shen
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
it was amazing
The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel
Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
Ending Eleven by Jerri Chisholm
Make a Wish by Helena Hunting
Do I Know You? by Emily Wibberley
The Hustler Next Door by K.A. Tucker
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
it was amazing
The Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy
This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman
What Happens After Midnight by K.L. Walther
A Tournament of Crowns by Elise Kova
really liked it
Only You by Samantha Young
A Fatal Affair by A.R. Torre
A Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Marriage Act by John Marrs
So Close by Sylvia Day
Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
it was amazing
The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
Lady of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent
The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker
The Angel Maker by Alex North
Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi
The Love Plot by Samantha Young
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Artifacts of an Ex by Jennifer Chen
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
it was amazing
Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra
Things We Hide From the Light by Lucy Score
Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe
Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley
These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
really liked it
The Infinity Between Us by N.S. Perkins
Before Us by Jewel E. Ann
Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak by Jennifer Hartmann
The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
it was amazing
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
Juniper Hill by Devney Perry
House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig
really liked it
Bewitched by Laura Thalassa
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
The West Wind by Alexandria Warwick
A Kingdom of Venom and Vows by Holly Renee
What Lurks Between the Fates by Harper L. Woods
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

jessica’s last review of the year

liked it
hmm. i feel like im missing something because everyone is waxing poetic over this sequel, but i personally dont think its as good as the first book.

does this tick a lot of boxes? yeah, it does. theres decent world-building, reliable fantasy elements, a plot that makes sense, and a romance the reader can root for. but boy, oh boy, is this lacking in a lot of other areas.

the main characters feels so bland compared to what they were in the first b ...more
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