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I seem to reward myself by completing 1 book and purchase at least 3 more. My husband just gives me the look when I walk in sheepishly with them hahahahahaOh dear.
Oh interesting! Maybe amazon just doesn't want to spend the money maintaining the website? (though tbf, it seems like they invest exactly zero dollars to make it a pleasant website to nagivate..)i saw today on tiktok something about goodreads shutting down?!![]()
Isn't it nice to buy a book, know who you are buying from and know you are supporting him/them?@ordinaryjelly I love Bert’s Books! He seems so sweet and genuinely passionate about books. If I’m buying a physical book I always get from him.
ETA: Danya Kukafka, not Santa!! My phone is obviously on Christmas mode2023 Recap
How do you feel about your reading year? Good? Bad? Better than last year? Worse than last year? Spill all.
I didn't read nearly as much as I would have liked because I've had so much going on and the fatigue of ADHD brain, but I've enjoyed the majority of what Ive managed to read.
What was your average rating this year? (If you rate)
3/4 stars.
What was your favourite read of 2023?
Penance by Eliza Clark, I think because I got so invested in it like it was a real true crime case!
Any other books worth a mention?
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
Really Good Actually by Monica Heisey
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
What was your least favourite read of 2023?
Bunny by Mona Awad- weird and claustrophobic
Brutes by Dizz Tate- my expectations were far too high for this I think, was a different story completely to what I thought it was going to be when I picked it up!
What book exceeded your expectation?
Really Good Actually by Monica Heisey. I related to a lot of this more than I expected to, and made me question things about myself.
What book didnt live up to your expectation? Or just wasnt as good as you thought it would be?
Brutes by Dizz Tate- see above.
Favourite non fiction book of the year?
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
Do you have any book goals for 2024?
Read more!!
I watched it when it first came out but I'm going to have to rewatching after reading the book.Have you watched Shiny Happy People? Jill is so brave.
that's good to hear, i'm a creature of habit and i'm used to good old simple goodreadsEdit to say the Goodreads closing rumour has been going around for years and it's still going. It's unlikely to close given the high number of users I would say.
I get this from the librarians. I am a book addict - there I said itI seem to reward myself by completing 1 book and purchase at least 3 more. My husband just gives me the look when I walk in sheepishly with them hahahahaha
That's why I put so many on hold on my library account as the books I want to read are miles away!2023 Recap
How do you feel about your reading year? Good? Bad? Better than last year? Worse than last year? Spill all.
Last year I comfortably read 50 books over the course of the year. Based on that, I upped this year's goal to 60 but just scraped 50. The biggest factor was switching from a job that had a mandatory one hour lunch that was spent on my own to one with a shorter lunch and fairly social work team. I had underestimated just how much extra reading time that lunch hour gave me over the course of 2022!
What was your average rating this year? (If you rate)
4.13. I'm a pretty generous star rater
What was your favourite read of 2023?
The three books I awarded a (rather generous) 4.75 rating to were:
I'm Sorry You Feel That Way
The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder
A Little Life (which was a re-read before going to see the cinema screening of the play adaptation).
Any other books worth a mention?
Road Ends blew me away with its storytelling and writing craft. I'll definitely be picking up more of Mary Lawson's books.
Send Nudes reintroduced me to the brilliance of short stories. The author, Saba Sams, is only in her early twenties and I'm excited to see where her writing goes.
Small Things Like These absolutely blew me away. I managed to read the entire book in one sitting which I haven't done in years. Can't wait for the film adaptation to come out.
In Memoriam had me sitting up until 4am to finish it. Again, I haven't done that in years. Such a stunning debute that utterly broke my heart.
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain is a fascinating short novel exploring two medieval women: Julian of Norwich and Margaret Kempe. Their social class very much influenced how seriously their religious visions were taken by the (very) male establishment. It's not a book I've seen mentioned much but it ticks many boxes for me: medieval setting, core characters are women living outside the considered norm. It's less than 170 pages so a good one to read in an afternoon or on holiday, as I did
What was your least favourite read of 2023?
Seven Days in June. I think I bought into the Tik Tok hype too much and had high expectations. There was too much of a light touch to some quite intense subject areas. Plus I never really got the connection between the two mains lasting that long. It was my lowest scoring read at 3 stars which is saying something on how generous I appear to rate!
What book exceeded your expectation?
Probably In Memoriam. I did suspect it would be good but not in the category of staying up until 4am good.
What book didnt live up to your expectation?Or just wasnt as good as you thought it would be
Definitely Seven Days In June. Should stop believing the social media hype.
Favourite non fiction book of the year?
I don't read much NF but one of my Kindle reads was The Library Book by Susan Orlean. It focuses on the fire at the Los Angeles Public Library in 1988, deliberately started, and its impact on the users and community. Orlean also does an interesting deep dive into the history of the lending library system in the States which I found fascinating.
Do you have any book goals for 2024?
I definitely don't read many books by men but I'm not sure I want to, haha! One goal is to tackle my 200 plus physical TBR pile alongside my 130 Kindle listI try to aim to install a book buying ban most years but they never last long. My local library is reasonable but they rarely get books in that appeal to my tastes. That's my excuse for buying so many anyway.