Once again, I set my Goodreads annual reading challenge goal at 50 books. And once again, I blew past that number sometime in March. Here’s the final total:
A slight decline from last year, and definitely not the insanity that was 2021, but that’s because I’m back to hitting a balance between reading and writing. (I’ve also still been playing some World of Warcraft.)
January: 32 | February: 27 | March: 31
April: 24 | May: 30 | June: 36
July: 26 | August: 24 | September: 28
October: 27 | November: 31 | December: 27
351 Titles Read in 2023*
Each book got at least a few sentences on Goodreads, but I also wrote longer-form reviews on this blog for a significant number of them.
139 Titles Reviewed in 2023*
*Includes novels, novellas, and graphic novels.
As usual, narrowing down my favorites is incredibly difficult when I have the privilege of reading stories by so many amazing authors. Here’s a short list of standouts that I read for the first time in 2023. (Listed alphabetically by author, with titles linked to my reviews.)
- Riehse Eshan series (A Knife and a Blade, A Whisper and a Breath, A Shadow and a Storm, and An Oath and a Promise) by Adelaide Blaike [fantasy romance]
- Third Time Lucky by Aurora Crane [contemporary romance]
- Renegades series (Rogue Launch, Enemy Combatant, On the Double, and Tango Down) by Cara Dee [romantic suspense]
- Humbled by Kate Hawthorne [contemporary romance]
- Reluctant Renegade by Garrett Leigh [romantic suspense]
- Scoreless Game by Anna Zabo & L.A. Witt [hockey romance]
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