#Book Tracking 2023
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So I made my reading list for 2023. If I'm lucky, this will last me until summer. At least one book doesn't come out until August, but the rest I either already have or plan to buy at some point.
Problem is I've already blasted through five of them 😭
Anyway I'm tagging this so I can come back and update it as time goes on.
Physicals /owned
Love in the Time of Serial Killers ✓
Boyfriend material ✓
Husband Material ✓
Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail ✓
Tweet Cute
Witch, Please ✓
Boss Witch
Conventionally Yours
Kiss Her Once for Me
Iron Widow
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Daughter of Redwinter
Fifth Season
Shadow of the Gods
The Gifts that Bind Us
She Gets the Girl
The girl who fell beneath the sea
Jade City
Final Girl Support Group
Oyasumi Punpun 1-4
Hyperion
Wheel of Time 1-7
Left Hand of Darkness (reread)
Leviathan Wakes
Mistborn
Dune
Axiom's End
Truth of the Divine
Poppy War
How Rory Thorne destroyed the universe
How the multiverse got it's revenge
Halford autobio
Dickinson autobio
Elvira memoir
Books of Earthsea
House of Leaves (reread)
Need to get
Dune sequels (2-6)
Oyasumi Punpun 5-7
Wheel of Time 8-14
Jade War
Jade Legacy
The Obelisk Gate
The Stone Sky
Extra Witchy
Poppy War Sequels? (Decide after 1st book)
Mistborn Sequels? (Same^^)
Throw Like A Girl
Atlas Six/Atlas Paradox
Ex Hex
Kiss Curse
Heart of the Sun Warrior
Daughter of the moon goddess
Something to talk about
Out of Character
Hell followed with us
Heavenly Tyrant (August 2023)
Adaptation (Melinda Lo)
Indestructible Object
True Love Bites
How to sell a haunted house
Romantic Comedy (Curtis sittenfield)
She Is A Haunting
Ascension - Nicholas binge
Folk of the Air 1-3
Stolen Heir
Hell's Library trilogy
#BMoonReads#Book Tracking 2023#also i hate that i read so fast i dotn feel like i have time to properly enjoy a story#but once i get INTO a story#i just blast through it because i want to know what happens next#its a curse 😞
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Carlos for his secret santa gift for max
also carlos one of the worst gifters ever
#with the personal letter and such I thought he was at least going to get him a racing book#given that he enjoys them#a biography or something around old classic race tracks idk#every year every year#carlos sainz#max verstappen#versainz#f1#secret santa 2023
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oh yeah it's almost the last day of 2023 innit o_o
I read 20 books this year but I watched ✨226 movies.✨ AMA
#a new personal record! not that i had ever been keepin track before LMAO#i can do a ''top books of 2023'' (see next post) easily bc there's so few to choose from in the first place#but man i don't even know where to begin with the films#the reason why it isn't actually higher than 226 is largely because of my best friend and eternal lover ✨video games✨
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2023 reads / storygraph
We Are The Crisis
book two in the Convergence Saga, a contemporary fantasy/horror series
werewolves and other supernatural creatures have been revealed to the world, and the world is changing. They fight for safety and rights, but many are going missing and anti-monster militant groups are on the rise
told nonlinearly, follows a large cast of characters
community, activism & civil rights, complicated families
#we are the crisis#no gods no monsters#cadwell turnbull#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#i kinda forgot what happened in book 1 which is a me problem obv#I def lost track of some of the characters (though I think some were new haha)#however there's definitely lots of things I like about it!#I feel like it’s a bit disjointed until the very end when it brings things together in the same way as it did in book one#and reminded me about some of the cool sff things that I’d forgotten about since they’ve barely been brought up.#However I do appreciate that it is more focused on the complexity of people and activism.#It just feels like the multiverse stuff is a bit disconnected. Maybe it’ll come together better later in the series!#and one of the characters is ace though that’s not mentioned again in this book. also he is trans and has a wife who has a girlfriend#glad they're settling into their polyamory
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books read in 2023:
i’m glad my mom died - jennette mccurdy // finished 1/26
lessons in chemistry - bonnie garmus // finished 1/28
tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow - gabrielle zevin // finished 2/6
the hunger games - suzanne collins // finished 2/11 (reread)
catching fire - suzanne collins // finished 2/11 (reread)
mockingjay - suzanne collins // finished 2/12 (reread)
persuasion - jane austen // finished 2/20
daisy jones & the six - taylor jenkins reid // finished 2/21
sense and sensibility - jane austen // finished 2/25
the invisible life of addie larue - v.e. schwab // finished 2/26
beach read - emily henry // finished 2/28 (reread)
people we meet on vacation - emily henry // finished 3/4 (reread)
book lovers - emily henry // finished 3/10 (reread)
six of crows - leigh bardugo // finished 3/23 (reread)
crooked kingdom - leigh bardugo // finished 3/26 (reread)
king of scars - leigh bardugo // finished 4/13
rule of wolves - leigh bardugo // finished 4/24
happy place - emily henry // finished 5/1
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Not-so-great photo from Baltimore Comic Con. Put your show back on, History Channel.
#laugh track#cosplay#baltimore comic con#bcc 2023#baltimore comic con 2023#alien#aliens#project blue book#j allen hynek#captain micheal quinn
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Middle grade paranormal novel about Rilye, a twelve-year-old girl from a family of werewolves, who is devastated when she doesn't seem to have inherited the ability to shapeshift
Along with the four other kids who didn't transform, she decides to investigate the reason behind their lack of powers–and the mysterious dark power that seems to be stirring in the woods
Sapphic main character with two moms; trans girl side character; nonbinary side character; biracial Black/white side character; Latina side character
#i enjoyed reading a werewolf book that was about the community/family of a pack#due to the plot there is not a whole of actual werewolf content tho#liked how queer is was that's always nice to see in a mg novel#the ending did wrap up rather fast but again it is a middle grade novel#this is the first in a duology so i will probably track down the sequel#the devouring wolf#natalie c parker#2023 reads#lulu speaks#lulu reads the devouring wolf#books
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2023 books ∞ ocean’s echo, by everina maxwell
#2023 books#ocean's echo#everina maxwell#look okay#this author never disappoints#i kind of want to shake her hand#because she's able to make plot unfurl while keeping track of so many little intrigues and other details
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Read in 2023
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Fiction:
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes: ★★✩✩✩ (HUGE disappointment)
Babel by R. F. Kuang: ★★★★★ (HUGE recommend)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: ★★★★✩
Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron: ★★★★✩
Pet by Akwae Emenzi: ★★★★★
The Call-Out by Cat Fitzpatrick: ★★★★✩
The Deep by Rivers Solomon: ★★★★★ (big recommend!)
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé: ★★★★★
Nevada by Imogen Binnie: ★★★★✩
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (re-read): ★★★★✩
Das Känguru Manifest by Marc-Uwe Kling: ★★★★✩
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker: ★★★★✩
Die Känguru Offenbarung by Marc-Uwe Kling: ★★★★✩
Die Känguru Apokryphen by Marc-Uwe Kling: ★★★★✩
Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee: ★★★★✩
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi: ★★★★✩
Peter Darling by Austin Chant: ★★★★✩
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty: ★★★★½
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi: ★★★★★
Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha: ★★★½✩
Dschinns by Fatma Ayedemir: ★★★★★
Blutbuch by Kim De L’Horizon: ★★★★✩
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang: ★★½✩✩
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall: ★★★★✩
Gwen and Art are Not in Love by Lex Croucher: ★★★★✩
The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard: ★★★½✩
Der Duft der Sterne by Simon Klemp: (can’t fairly rate, a friend of mine is the author)
The Binding by Bridget Colling: ★★★★½
In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens: ★★★★½
Non-fiction:
Von hier aus gesehen by Celestine Hassenfratz, Anna Luise Rother, & Ulla Scharfenberg: ★★★★½
Behindert und Stolz by Luisa L’Audace: ★★★★½
Ich, ein Kind der kleinen Mehrheit by Gianni Jovanovic mit Oyindamola Alashe: ★★★★✩
Radikale Selbstfürsorge jetzt! by Svenja Gräfen: ★★★✩✩
Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum (Your Homeland is Our Nightmare) by Fatma Aydemir and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah: ★★★★★
Bad Gays. A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller:
Unlearn Patriarchy by Lisa Jaspers, Naomi Ryland and Silvie Horch (eds.): ★★★★✩
Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel: ★★★★✩
Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay: ★★★✩✩
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei: ★★★★✩
Lieber Jonas oder Der Wunsch nach Selbstbestimmung by Linus Giese: ★★★★✩
Gender. A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele: ★★½✩✩
Hood Feminism by Mikkie Kendall: ★★★★★
Let’s Talk About Sex, Habibi by Mohamed Amjahid: ★★★★★
Wie kann ich was bewegen? by Raúl Krauthausen & Benjamin Schwarz: (stopped bc it made me unhappy)
Caliban and the Witch by (not finished yet)
NichtMutterSein by Nadine Pungs: ★★★½✩
Desintegriert euch! by Max Czollek: ★★★★✩
Pageboy by Elliot Page: ★★★★★
Hass by Şeyda Kurt: ★★★★½
Die stille Gewalt by Asha Hedayati: ★★★★★
Die letzten Tage des Patriarchats by Margarete Stochowski: ★★★★½
Identitätskrise by Alice Hasters: ★★★½✩
Anti-Girlboss by Nadia Shehadeh: ★★★½✩
Graphic novels and webcomics:
Pimo & Rex by Thomas Wellmann: ★★★★✩
Pimo & Rex: Die interdimensionale Hochzeit by Thomas Wellmann: ★★★★✩
Freibad by Paulina Stulin & Doris Dörrie: ★★✩✩✩
The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill: ★★★★★
Medusa & Perseus by André Breinbauer: ★★✩✩✩/★★★✩✩
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Another 5 star Christie!
One thing I adore that appears in a lot of Christie's books (especially Marple stories) is a small town or village that appears quaint and sweet but really has a bit of a dirty underbelly to it. And that is exactly what she gives us in The Moving Finger. Lymestock would be a very peaceful little village if it weren't for all the anonymous letters accusing everyone of adultery, poisoning their families, and being "painted trollops". So naturally, I had an absolute blast with this one.
I really liked the protagonist, Jerry, and his sister. And my usual gripe with Christie about romances just coming out of nowhere right at the end did not apply to this one. I was expecting it to happen and I think it was quite cute. Miss Marple only appeared within the last five or so chapters so it didn't necessarily feel like a Marple story but I didn't mind that so much. I think it's quite funny when the detective comes in right at the end and solves the whole thing when everyone else has been floundering around for so long.
#booklr#the moving finger#agatha christie#read in 2023#book update#brigid speaks#but once again i did not solve it lmao i was on completely the wrong track
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planning my 2024 reading journal
Hello!
We’re heading surprisingly quickly towards my favourite time of year – New Years, goal setting and brand new journals.
I’ve been bullet journalling since 2017 and whilst my journals look pretty different and I’m no artist, I still love both the functionality of designing my diary to look however I want it to look and dedicating the time every night to filling in my trackers and an…
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I've been really enjoying Martha Wells's Death of the Necromancer. I needed a good queer fantasy heist with juicy political intrigue and this not only hits the spot but actively makes the spot harder to hit for other books.
On a side note, the main character reminds me significantly of Percy de Rolo. Definitely less grimdark edgy and pretentious (affectionate), but just as revenge-obsessed, prone to thinking he's the smartest person in every room even when he's definitely not, and a bisexual wifeguy to boot. Very good at making himself seem respectable until you realize that he's actually fully unhinged. I want to pin him down and study him like a bug.
#book adventures#ile-rien#I haven't been doing much bookposting recently#mostly cause I haven't read anything that really excited me in a while#may make a summary post for what I've read so far in 2023 though#also the main character isn't 100% confirmed bi but I'm pretty sure that's what the implication is#there's a scene where another character who knows him well#says he thinks he would have slept with him under other circumstances#and his female partner is like 'yes that tracks'
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every fall i buy a planner for next year and first i was just buying blank notebooks and making the whole planner myself which, i super hated doing, because it just took so long. so for this year's planner i splurged on the much more disgustingly expensive (like, no one should really pay this much for a planner, BUT it saves me from doing all the work. and it's got all the space i want!) actual legit planner and have been so pleased with it i got another one for next year, and it came today and one of the design options was. hello kitty. and believe me when i say this is the sweetest fucking planner in the whole entire world she is so goddamn cute!!!!!!!
#YES HELLO KITTY I //WILL// MAKE EVERY DAY MAGICAL!!!!!!!#small child!me adored hello kitty. adult!me STILL adores hello kitty#especially bc for the 2023 planner i went with the muted color design and the hello kitty one is SO BOLD! SO VIBRANT! it's so delightful!!!#i DO NOT want it to be january already but also..................../sighs wistfully about cute planners#i like to get them early so i have them! which is why i bought it now.#i just like keeping track of things i do/meals/movies i've watched/books read/marathon songs/etc#when to change my toothbrush.......when i renew my nose sprays.........fun things that happen in the month........#one of these days i will get back to actually keeping a diary but the planner works very well to keep track of everything!
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2023 reads / storygraph
The Poisons We Drink
YA urban fantasy
a girl who brews powerful potions is coerced into making potions to interfere with D.C.’s most influential politicians in an attempt to stop a dangerous Witcher Registration Act from passing, and will do anything to protect her sister after their mother is killed
bi MC, nonbinary love interest
arc from netgalley
#The Poisons We Drink#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#this is…….a lot of cool ideas but also so many elements and high stakes that i kinda lost track of them#the pacing is weird. the worldbuilding is random?#why is brewing SO overpowered & risky for her but the other powers seem to have pretty normal low-scale risks?#it’s definitely ambitious and has some cool ideas and also some great characters just. didn’t execute as well as I’d like#as much as we’re told the main threat is the government trying to put through a Registration Act#most of the actual antagonism we see is from other Witchers?#like the systemic discrimination got a bit lost in the witcher family drama and murder politics#important things to say about oppression and police violence but like....idk#she has this ‘deviation’- essentially evil sentient magic inside her head (and you KNOW I love that trope)#but it’s barely explained and very underutilised? other than helping her get out of bad situations you could take it out & would barely#change anything#also it’s explained at the start that she’s an empath but other than the very occasional mention I kept forgetting#will also note that I bumped this up my tbr because I saw the author talking/promoting it as the MCs sister being aroace but no mention#maybe it’ll come up in a sequel (there weren’t really any places where it would have made sense to bring it up here) but idk#(just the way the author was asking for advice on how to write an ace character and stuff you’d assume that they’d….put that in the book?)#not really a critique of the book itself but anyway. I really wanted to like this but the way it was put together just did not vibe with me#edit: I saw the author say on twitter that the version used for ARCs was before ace stuff was added and that there's other signif changes?#so perhaps that will be there! i'm not sure if I want to read it again but might skim just to see what that's about
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Books I read in 2023
This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (2019)
#this is how you lose the time war#tihylttw#amal el mohtar#max gladstone#what a LOVELY read#loved the concept loved the style loved the characters loved the ending#one of the best books i read this year#i'm definitely gonna track down more books by these two authors#books i read in 2023#i just want a tag for the things i personally put out into the world
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Adult historical fiction novel set in late seventeenth-century France, inspired by the Affair of Poisons
Marie Catherine is unhappily married to a wealthy man and carrying on a secret affair with the charismatic and scandalizing Victoire until the fragile balance of her life is destroyed when her husband spies Victoire paying a visit in men's clothing and becomes aware of the affair
When Marie Catherine's husband is murdered, she becomes a suspect in his death amidst the growing hysteria around fortune teller and rogue priests dealing in unnatural magic
Sensuous, suspenseful, and atmospherically historical
Lesbian main character; probably butch and/or nonbinary lesbian POV character/love interest
#this took me a bit to get through because there's more POVs than i was expecting and therefore more to keep track of#but i liked bell's writing a lot and it drew on some interesting history i didn't know that much about#would make a 10/10 movie honestly#books#celia bell#the disenchantment#lulu speaks#lulu reads#lulu reads the disenchantment#2023 reads#woo lesbians and murder
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