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2023
My Year in Books
33,946
pages read
101
books read


Bloody Summer by Carmen Maria Machado
Shortest Book
28
pages
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
Longest Book
778
pages

Average book length in 2023
336
pages

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Most Shelved
5,407,030
people also shelved
The Passing of the Dragon by Ken Liu
Least Shelved
2,584
people also shelved

Melanie’s average rating for 2023
3.7
3.7

Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.71 average

Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

Melanie’s first review of the year

liked it
1.) City of Bones ★★★
2.) City of Ashes ★★
3.) City of Glass ★★★
1.) Clockwork Angel ★★★
4.) City of Fallen Angels
2.) Clockwork Prince ★★★★
5.) City of Lost Souls ★★★★
3.) Clockwork Princess ★★★★★
6.) City of Heavenly Fire ★★★★★
*.) The Bane Chronicles ★★★
*.) Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy ★★★
1.) Lady Midnight ★★★★★
2.) Lord of Shadows ★★★★
*.) Ghosts of the Shadow Market ★★★★
3.) Queen of Air and Darkness ★★★★
1.) The Red Scrolls of Magic ★★★★★
1.) Ch
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MELANIE’S 2023 BOOKS
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
it was amazing
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Twisted Love by Ana Huang
Finale by Stephanie Garber
Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin
it was amazing
Bloody Summer by Carmen Maria Machado
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret  Rogerson
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
it was amazing
The Moth Keeper by Kay O'Neill
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
The Mythic Dream by Dominik Parisien
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 1 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky  Chambers
Witch King by Martha Wells
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
it was amazing
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
Night of the Living Queers by Shelly   Page
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
it was amazing
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 2 by Kamome Shirahama
Lore Olympus by Rachel  Smythe
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
it was amazing
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Losers by Harley Laroux
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell
Flawless by Elsie Silver
Heartless by Elsie Silver
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
it was amazing
Peach Pit by Molly Llewellyn
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
King of Wrath by Ana Huang
Beyond The Story by Myeongseok Kang
King of Pride by Ana Huang
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Divine Rivals by Rebecca   Ross
Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 3 by Mizuho Kusanagi
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
it was amazing
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
really liked it
Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1 by Gege Akutami
Lore Olympus by Rachel  Smythe
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
it was amazing
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey
Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 4 by Mizuho Kusanagi
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
In These Hallowed Halls by Marie O'Regan
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
Frieren by Kanehito Yamada
it was amazing
Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews
Saga, Volume 11 by Brian K. Vaughan
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
The Will of the Many by James  Islington
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
The Passing of the Dragon by Ken Liu

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Melanie’s last review of the year

really liked it
[2023 reread] ★★★★
“Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.”

i absolutely cannot believe that i read this six years ago, but i have decided to start realm of the elderlings series over from the beginning in 2024 (but i wanted a little bit of a jump start leaving 2023)! i still really adored this first installment - my heart breaks for fitz, but my heart is also filled with so much joy from loving him, too.

basically this first book, in a v
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Melanie read 101 out of 100 books.
 
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