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2023
My Year in Books
28,391
pages read
Natalie
87
books read
Natalie
Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovelace
Shortest Book
128
pages
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott
Longest Book
578
pages
Average book length in 2023
326
pages
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most Shelved
3,087,911
people also shelved
The Best Worst Summer by Elizabeth Eulberg
Least Shelved
722
people also shelved
Natalie’s average rating for 2023
3.8
3.8
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.74 average
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman

Natalie’s first review of the year

did not like it
I thought this would be a funny read since I’d just adopted a cat. It was not. The humor was gross, their was homophobia and classism depicted in the book. Ew.
NATALIE’S 2023 BOOKS
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman
This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris
it was amazing
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
Spare by Prince Harry
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Regrets Only by Kieran Scott
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra
Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry
it was amazing
The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert
Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
it was amazing
A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Duchess Goldblatt
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer
Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
really liked it
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
The Society of Shame by Jane Roper
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
When in Rome by Sarah Adams
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Daddy Diaries by Andy Cohen
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Quiver by Julia Watts
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
Hey, Hun by Emily Lynn Paulson
Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson
it was amazing
The Best Worst Summer by Elizabeth Eulberg
Stash by Laura Cathcart Robbins
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
it was amazing
The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman
My Murder by Katie Williams
Cultish by Amanda Montell
The Majority by Elizabeth L. Silver
Chloe Cates Is Missing by Mandy McHugh
You Say It First by Katie Cotugno
The Stories We Tell by Joanna Gaines
Brunch at Bittersweet Café by Carla Laureano
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow
Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey
it was amazing
Luck and Last Resorts by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
The Myth of Surrender by Kelly O'Connor McNees
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Fly Girl by Ann Hood
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
Dust by Dusti Bowling
I Left My Homework in the Hamptons by Blythe N. Grossberg
You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
Nothing Else But Miracles by Kate Albus
Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It by Kerry Winfrey
Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones
it was amazing
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
High Achiever by Tiffany Jenkins
We Came Here to Shine by Susie Orman Schnall
How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani
Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon
Smile by Sarah Ruhl
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
The Vanderbeekers on the Road by Karina Yan Glaser
Betsy Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
it was amazing
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey
A Cat Café Christmas by Codi Gary
Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovelace
The Vanderbeekers Ever After by Karina Yan Glaser
it was amazing
Lights Out in Lincolnwood by Geoff Rodkey
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace

Natalie’s last review of the year

really liked it
Has some outdated language in it, but otherwise just as delightful as the other books in the series.
2023 Reading Challenge Img rccompleted
2023 READING
CHALLENGE
Natalie read 87 out of 52 books.
 
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