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2023
My Year in Books
20,727
pages read
Althea Ann
62
books read
Althea Ann
The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Shortest Book
43
pages
Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories / Heritage of St... by Clifford D. Simak
Longest Book
742
pages
Average book length in 2023
334
pages
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Most Shelved
364,781
people also shelved
Homeworld of the Heart by S.P. Somtow
Least Shelved
33
people also shelved
Althea’s average rating for 2023
3.6
3.6
Homeworld of the Heart by S.P. Somtow
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.82 average
Daughter of Hounds by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Althea’s first review of the year

it was amazing
Extra star for having the Providence East Side Tunnel in it! 😉
ALTHEA’S 2023 BOOKS
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
it was amazing
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Moscow But Dreaming by Ekaterina Sedia
The Magic City by E. Nesbit
The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
The Courier by Gerald Brandt
The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman
Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
really liked it
The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Heartless by Gail Carriger
Imprudence by Gail Carriger
Lionclaw by Nancy Springer
Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan
Prudence by Gail Carriger
Competence by Gail Carriger
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Daughter of Hounds by Caitlín R. Kiernan
it was amazing
Grotto of the Dancing Deer and Other Stories / Heritage of St... by Clifford D. Simak
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
Dark Blood by John Meaney
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth
Old Mars by George R.R. Martin
Antigone by Sophocles
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger
it was amazing
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Cthulhu 2000 by Jim Turner
Irresistible Forces by Catherine Asaro
The Exile Kiss by George Alec Effinger
Budayeen Nights by George Alec Effinger
The Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
The Strange Case of Edward Gorey by Alexander Theroux
A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park
Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
it was amazing
Kingdoms of the Wall by Robert Silverberg
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
Slade House by David Mitchell
it was amazing
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Whores of Lost Atlantis by Charles Busch
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Full Moon City by Martin H. Greenberg
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher
it was amazing
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Menewood by Nicola Griffith
Homeworld of the Heart by S.P. Somtow
Full Moon City by Martin H. Greenberg

Althea’s last review of the year

liked it
Great stories from Tanith Lee, Holly Black, Peter S. Beagle, and Holly Phillips.
The rest (including the Gene Wolfe piece!) were fine but not outstanding to me.
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