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2023
My Year in Books
20,129
pages read
Jen Hassell
78
books read
Jen Hassell
The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear - Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm
Shortest Book
9
pages
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Longest Book
845
pages
Average book length in 2023
258
pages
The Shining by Stephen King
Most Shelved
2,623,419
people also shelved
The Traveling Camera by Alexandra S.D. Hinrichs
Least Shelved
180
people also shelved
Jen’s average rating for 2023
4.3
4.3
The Talk by Darrin Bell
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.65 average
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Jen’s first review of the year

really liked it
Another scary, exciting romp from the delightfully twisted mind of Grady Hendrix. Louise must return to her hometown to bury her parents, Nancy and Eric, with the help of her brother Marc. While attempting to prepare their parent's home for sale, long simmering resentments derail the process. And then there are all of Nancy puppets. A story of secrets and possession that at first seems farcical becomes terrifying and heart pounding. All this with ...more
JEN’S 2023 BOOKS
The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin
Punk Paradox by Greg Graffin
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
it was amazing
The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman
There There by Tommy Orange
Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 by Naoki Urasawa
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
it was amazing
Foster by Claire Keegan
Ejaculate Responsibly by Gabrielle Stanley Blair
American Midnight by Adam Hochschild
Outlawed by Anna North
The World According to Fannie Davis by Bridgett M. Davis
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
really liked it
Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff
Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Bitter Root, Vol. 1 by David F. Walker
The Shining by Stephen King
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
It. Goes. So. Fast. by Mary Louise Kelly
it was amazing
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham
Always Never by Jordi Lafebre
All Things Aside by Iliza Shlesinger
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
The Talk by Darrin Bell
The Landlady by Roald Dahl
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
That Can Be Arranged by Huda Fahmy
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
There Are Moms Way Worse Than You by Glenn Boozan
Nightmare Country, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
it was amazing
The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear - Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
Darkly She Goes by Hubert
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Let Him In by William Friend
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
it was amazing
Lore Olympus, Vol. 1 by Rachel Smythe
Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
The Traveling Camera by Alexandra S.D. Hinrichs
Uzumaki by Junji Ito
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla
it was amazing
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Just Because by Matthew McConaughey
Begin Again by Oliver Jeffers
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Earthdivers, Vol. 1 by Stephen Graham Jones
Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele
Going Into Town by Roz Chast
Assume the Worst by Carl Hiaasen
Billy Collins Live by Billy Collins
really liked it
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
Soldiers Don't Go Mad by Charles Glass
The Princess and the Fog by Anthony Lloyd Jones
it was amazing
Roaming by Jillian Tamaki
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
Whisper of the Woods by Ennun Ana Iurov
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Jen’s last review of the year

it was amazing
I like a book that challenges me to think about my own way of moving through the world. Lots to think about and act on.
2023 Reading Challenge Img rccompleted
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