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2023
My Year in Books
35,000
pages read
Samantha
91
books read
Samantha
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow
Shortest Book
31
pages
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Longest Book
1,007
pages
Average book length in 2023
384
pages
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Most Shelved
1,361,366
people also shelved
A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell
Least Shelved
1,003
people also shelved
Samantha’s average rating for 2023
3.8
3.8
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.68 average
This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede

Samantha’s first review of the year

really liked it
Really really fun! A super quick and entertaining read! The last 100 pages kind of dragged for me but I’m looking forward to book two!
SAMANTHA’S 2023 BOOKS
This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede
The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow
it was amazing
Undercover by Tamsyn Muir
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
it was amazing
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
World Running Down by Al Hess
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
it was amazing
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert
The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert
Offside by Avery Keelan
Iced Out by C.E. Ricci
Consider Me by Becka Mack
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart
Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long
it was amazing
The Warden by Daniel M. Ford
A Novel Arrangement by Arden Powell
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
it was amazing
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Shutout by Avery Keelan
Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri
Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
it was amazing
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows by Victoria Schwab
A Conjuring of Light by Victoria Schwab
A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell
All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows
The Fragile Threads of Power by Victoria Schwab
In These Hallowed Halls by Marie O'Regan
The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter
it was amazing
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs
Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier
Wolf, Willow, Witch by Freydís Moon
The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick
it was amazing
Labyrinth's Heart by M.A. Carrick
The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater
A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
Time to Shine by Rachel Reid
The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe
Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco
The Road of Bones by Demi Winters
The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles
A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles
Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
it was amazing
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
really liked it
The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat
it was amazing
Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat

Samantha’s last review of the year

it was amazing
That ending DESTROYED ME. I NEED the third book right now.

Some of these characters really need to get off their high horses and think for themselves for a second. They annoyed me so much that I considered taking a half star off but I think their POVs are very accurate for their pasts. Going to need to see some growth in the next book though. The new POVs in this book were particularly annoying but also effective in a way.
2023 Reading Challenge Img rccompleted
2023 READING
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Samantha read 91 out of 52 books.
 
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