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Book Lists

Worst Books of 2023

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These are the books that I just didn’t quite enjoy this year! I definitely tried to be more honest with my reviews and give more 1 and 2 stars if I wasn’t all that into a book rather than just giving it a three like I usually would. I definitely didn’t actively hate any of these book they just weren’t my style and taste!

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

Wrap Ups

September Wrap Up

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September was a busy, kind of stressful month so I quite have the attention span or frame of mind to read a lot. Things have calmed down a bit though so hopefully I can get back to my usual routine.

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare – ⭐️3/5 stars

Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare – ⭐️3/5 stars

Rouge by Mona Awad – ⭐️3/5 stars

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca – ⭐️2/5 stars

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson – ⭐️4/5 stars

Readathons

Buzzwordathon Wrap Up

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I figured it would be nice to do a little wrap up of the Buzzword Readathon I’ve been doing throughout the year since I’ve figured out I have completed all the prompts! I didn’t really look ahead throughout the year and see what the next prompt was going to be I would just look at the start of every month and find something on my TBR that matches. There were some months I didn’t get to the prompt but I did read something either before or later in the year that fit so everything worked out. This is such a fun easy readathon that I think I will continue to participate in for sure!

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Book Lists

5 Favs under 500 Pages

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Around this time for the last few years I’ve been posting 5 of my favourite books over 500 pages but I’ve found this year I’ve been drawn to a lot more shorter books and novellas. So I figured why not post 5 of my favourite shorter books that I would highly recommend to you all:

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo – 112 pages

This is such a engaging and entertaining way to learn about the other characters and still get to hear the different tales.

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher – 176 pages

The overall pacing was very well done. Though not a lot happens for about 3/4 of this book I still felt compelled to continue reading and figure out what was going to happen next and what was actually going on!

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica – 211 pages

This book was just very uncomfortable to read but was a wild.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca – 120 pages

This genuinely made me feel sick and when I have such a visceral reaction to a book I can’t help but rate it higher. Disturbing, strange and not what you would expect!

Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire – 150 pages

I think this book in particular my favourite in this series. Cora feels a lot more relatable as a character and overall the plot and pacing were still quite fast but highly engaging. For being a novella I think there was the perfect amount of context, mystery and thrills!