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2023
My Year in Books
24,919
pages read
Essi
110
books read
Essi
Compulsory by Martha Wells
Shortest Book
8
pages
Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Longest Book
656
pages
Average book length in 2023
226
pages
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most Shelved
6,324,045
people also shelved
Captain America by Adam Davis
Least Shelved
45
people also shelved
Essi’s average rating for 2023
3.7
3.7
The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5 by Clint McElroy
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.69 average
The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu

Essi’s first review of the year

really liked it
Sympathy for the Bones ★★★★☆
The Briar and the Rose ★★★★☆
The Light and the Fury ★★★☆☆
The Last Dignity of Man ★★★☆☆
Where the Heart Lives ★★★★★
After the Blood ★★★☆☆
Tangleroot Palace ★★★★☆
ESSI’S 2023 BOOKS
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
it was amazing
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu
Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden
Time by Carrie Vaughn
Critical Role by Marieke Nijkamp
Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript by Lavie Tidhar
Critical Role by Matthew Mercer
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
it was amazing
Shattersteel by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean
The Strange Bird by Jeff VanderMeer
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
Incitatus by Jakub Wisz
Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
really liked it
Floriography by Jessica Roux
Nettleblack by Nat Reeve
Uncommon Charm by Emily Bergslien
Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots by Cat Sebastian
Buuza!!, Vol. 1 by Shazleen Khan
Our Dining Table by Mita Ori
Epically Earnest by Molly Horan
Life of Melody by Mari Costa
Döden by Jonas Gardell
really liked it
Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
Maurice by E.M. Forster
Alec by William di Canzio
Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling
Counting Casualties by Yoon Ha Lee
The Puppetmaster by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
Heart, Haunt, Havoc by Freydís Moon
The Sufficient Loss Protocol by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
really liked it
Fruiting Bodies by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Buuza!!, Vol. 2 by Shazleen Khan
Death on the Pier by Jamie West
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5 by Clint McElroy
it was amazing
No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian
Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
Please Undo This Hurt by Seth Dickinson
Testimony Before an Emergency Session of the Naval Cephalopod... by Seth Dickinson
Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa
Let the Mountains Be My Grave by Francesca Tacchi
Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher
Eric by Terry Pratchett
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
it was amazing
The Girl from the Other Side by Nagabe
Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall
Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Cheer Up by Crystal Frasier
it was amazing
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
Valoa kohti by R.A. Salvatore
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Green & Gold, Volume 1 by Lisa Brenner
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
it was amazing
If Found, Return to Hell by Em X. Liu
Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt
The Verifiers by Jane Pek
The Tale of Clancy the Scrivener by Ramsey Shehadeh
The Passing of the Dragon by Ken Liu
Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk
Revolutions of All Colors by Dewaine Farria
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Not the Most Romantic Thing by Carrie Vaughn
Queer by Meg-John Barker
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
Kristallisauva by R.A. Salvatore
The Unwanted Guest by Tamsyn Muir
it was amazing
Captain America by Adam Davis
Seksin mediamarkkinat by Sanna Karkulehto
The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles
Ossuary by T.D. Cloud
The Girl from the Other Side by Nagabe
it was amazing
Of Sorrow and Such by Angela Slatter
An Oresteia by Anne Carson
How to Get a Girlfriend by Marie Cardno
Critical Role by Sam Maggs
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook by Terry Pratchett
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
Critical Role by Sam Maggs

Essi’s last review of the year

liked it
Jester Lavorre ★★
Yasha Nydoorin ★★★
Caleb Widogast ★★★★
Nott the Brave ★★★★
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