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2023
My Year in Books
74,337
pages read
Julia
222
books read
Julia
A Magical Betrothal by Sarah Courtney
Shortest Book
38
pages
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Longest Book
936
pages
Average book length in 2023
334
pages
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Most Shelved
3,470,175
people also shelved
The Spingarn Brothers by Katherine Reynolds Chaddock
Least Shelved
4
people also shelved
Julia’s average rating for 2023
3.2
3.2
Salvage Right by Sharon Lee
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.69 average
To Kill a Troubadour by Martin Walker

Julia’s first review of the year

liked it
I hadn't read any other books in this series, but was able to follow the story despite the large number of characters who appear to have been in previous books.

I found this on the "new books" shelf at the library and was interested because the blurb mentioned Occitan and music. I learned about Occitan from one of my favorite musical groups, Windborne, but had never seen or heard any other references to it. The first part of the story made me glad ...more
JULIA’S 2023 BOOKS
The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
really liked it
The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker
The Winslow boy by Terence Rattigan
The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker
Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander
Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest
First Time Ever by Peggy Seeger
Servant Mage by Kate Elliott
Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens
To Kill a Troubadour by Martin Walker
Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
really liked it
A Magical Betrothal by Sarah Courtney
Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel
Peril's Gate by Janny Wurts
Defy by Sara B. Larson
Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon
Lessons for Suspicious Minds by Charlie Cochrane
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon
really liked it
Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon
Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie
On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
Murder in Cucumber Alley by Michael Sinclair
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
Choices by Noah Gordon
A Step So Grave by Catriona McPherson
A History of the Jews in New Mexico by Henry J. Tobias
Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
The War Girls by V.S. Alexander
No Turning Back by Barbara Ferraro
An Island at War by Deborah Carr
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters
it was amazing
Storm Divers by Terry Mixon
The Other Madisons by Bettye Kearse
Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
really liked it
Bedlam Boyz by Ellen Guon
Palon, a Windward novella by S. Kaeth
1637 by Eric Flint
City of Shadows by Victoria Thompson
After the War is Over by Maureen Lee
Alternate Endings by Virginia Crow
Fire Watch by Connie Willis
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari
Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg
really liked it
City of Fortune by Victoria Thompson
Her Private War by David Laws
A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge
What Price Victory? by David Weber
To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey
Meru by S.B. Divya
Our Woman in Havana by Sarah Rainsford
Queen of Swords by Christine Cazaly
Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin
Vox by Christina Dalcher
really liked it
Traitor's Knot by Janny Wurts
Into the West by Mercedes Lackey
Fight Back by A.M. Dassu
Into the Fire by Elizabeth Moon
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Murder on a Mississippi Steamboat by Leighann Dobbs
A Simple Murder by Linda Castillo
really liked it
This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
Witchnapped in Westerham by Dionne Lister
Roots by Alex Haley
Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen
The Afro-American Woman by Sharon Harley
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
Knit One, Murder Two by Reagan Davis
The Beadworkers by Beth Piatote
Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky
it was amazing
The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
Fists Raised by Karim Nedjari
Swords and Saddles by Jack Campbell
Borrowed Time by Jack Campbell
Roots by Tara O'Connor
Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo
The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
it was amazing
The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
The Great Book of King Arthur by John Matthews
A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia by Clara Benson
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo
Salvage Right by Sharon Lee
really liked it
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Thrush Green by Miss Read
The Joy of Music by Leonard Bernstein
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning
Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder
Defending Britta Stein by Ronald H. Balson
In the Form of a Question by Amy Schneider

Julia’s last review of the year

it was amazing
This is not (except tangentially) about Amy Schneider's experiences on Jeopardy! It is a memoir which was made possible as a commercial book because she became known from being on the show. A memoir by a trans woman whom no one had heard of probably wouldn't have made it to publication.
I'm saying the above because several of the reviews that I read seem to downgrade it because it wasn't what they were expecting. If you're looking for a lot of Jeo ...more
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