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2023
My Year in Books
11,873
pages read
Peggy Hess Greenawalt
48
books read
Peggy Hess Greenawalt
'Twas the Morning of Easter by Glenys Nellist
Shortest Book
32
pages
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Longest Book
576
pages
Average book length in 2023
247
pages
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Most Shelved
6,283,592
people also shelved
Giving Up Gore - 2nd edition by Amy Otteson
Least Shelved
19
people also shelved
Peggy Hess’s average rating for 2023
4.5
4.5
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.56 average
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

Peggy Hess’s first review of the year

it was amazing
A sweet historical fiction story for 3rd - 8th graders. It takes place during WWII in England, when one million children were evacuated from London to the countryside for their safety. This story of 3 orphaned siblings will touch your heart. I loved the librarian! And kids, after you read this, enjoy The War That Saved My Life and The War I finally Won series by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. And adults read, Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissn ...more
PEGGY HESS’S 2023 BOOKS
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
it was amazing
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Raising a Rare Girl by Heather Lanier
Awful Beautiful Life by Becky Powell
Book Love by Debbie Tung
Stella by McCall Hoyle
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Owl in the Oak Tree by Penny Walker Veraar
Foster by Claire Keegan
The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore
it was amazing
Funny Farm by Laurie Zaleski
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall
Eternal by Lisa Scottoline
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
it was amazing
Who Is Jane Goodall? by Roberta Edwards
Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese
Go as a River by Shelley Read
The Book of Charlie by David von Drehle
Bartali's Bicycle by Megan Hoyt
A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
Giving Up Gore - 2nd edition by Amy Otteson
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
it was amazing
This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges
Unbound by Joyce Scott
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Cobweb Christmas by Shirley Climo
Long Way Gone by Charles Martin
The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
Big Panda & Tiny Dragon by James Norbury
Just Because by Matthew McConaughey
it was amazing
The Journey by James Norbury
By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley
A Walk in the Woods by Nikki Grimes
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Elmore the Christmas Moose by Dev Petty
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
'Twas the Morning of Easter by Glenys Nellist
it was amazing
A Cliché Christmas by Nicole Deese
All the Broken Places by John Boyne
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni

Peggy Hess’s last review of the year

it was amazing
This was truly an extraordinary story. I was glued to the author reading it or when I silently read chapters before sleep. There is so much to discuss….bullying, kindness, forgiveness, love, family, God’s will, faith, friendship, and more. Lots of great quotes as well…this one could start a good discussion for sure.

“Life is either a collision of random events, like billiard balls during a break careening off and into one another, or if you are s ...more
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