2023 In Books

So basically the only rule for this list is that I had to read or finish the books in 2023. Everything else is my opinion. Of course, if you're interested in my deeper thoughts on these books, check out my reviews.

Number of times I smashed my Reading Goal: 4

Number of Books Read: 116, bringing my lifetime total to 1,017

Number of Pages: 33,646

Shortest Book: IM by Seanan McGuire - 11 Pages

Longest Book: Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance - 616 Pages

Average Book Length: 290 Pages

Favorite New Read: That Ain't Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire - I love, love, love Antimony and her found family group, which this book contains quite a lot of. It's great.

Favorite Reread: Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey - I hadn't remembered a lot of this book, but I very much enjoyed getting reacquainted with Talia.

Favorite Non-Fiction: No Non-Fiction this year. Closest thing was Enchantress of Numbers, which was Historical Fiction about Ada Lovelace... and a DNF.

Favorite Series: InCryptid by Seanan McGuire - I'm pretty much in love with Seanan's work. This series is just so delightful and ever-changing in ways I really love.

Favorite Author: Seanan McGuire -Definitely in love with her work. It's fantastic and she seems like a fantastic human so... yeah.

Most Read Author: Seanan McGuire - basically by virtue of having a BUNCH of short stories that filled out the InCryptid series that each counted as their own book. I read 37 Seanan McGuire books this year.

Least Favorite Book: Closer to the Heart by Mercedes Lackey - Apparently I did have fun reading this, but the Herald Spy series just wasn't that great and this was my least favorite of them.

Most Disappointing Read: Slay by Laurell K. Hamilton - I've been reading the Anita Blake novels since I was a teenager and Slay is the 30th anniversary, 30th book in the series and it just did not live up to the hype.

DNF Pile: Time's Fool by Karen Chance and Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini - One I was just very over and the other just turned out to be a slog.

Favorite New-to-Me Character: Fern Conway from InCryptid by Seanan McGuire. Fern is a cryptid cinnamon roll and I love her just so, so much.

Favorite Reread Character: I have two this year: Sirius Black from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Istas Yukimura from InCryptid - Sirius is a perennial fave, at least in this book. The man has his flaws, lets not lie, but I really like him as a character. Istas is just the best. No notes.

Currently Reading: The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce, Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey, Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey, Tortall and Other Lands by Tamora Pierce, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling, aaaaand technically a bunch of Valdemar short story compilations... a total of 21 books.

May your 2024 by happy and bright. May you have only good books to read. See you in my next post... whenever that is. 😅