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2023
My Year in Books
11,810
pages read
Apollos Michio
53
books read
Apollos Michio
How Should One Read a Book? by Virginia Woolf
Shortest Book
64
pages
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Longest Book
559
pages
Average book length in 2023
222
pages
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Most Shelved
7,930,660
people also shelved
A Cry in the Dark by Terence Ang
Least Shelved
26
people also shelved
Apollos’s average rating for 2023
4.0
4.0
A Cry in the Dark by Terence Ang
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.62 average
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

Apollos’s first review of the year

really liked it
I actually really enjoyed reading Life Ceremony, Sayaka Murata’s latest book of short stories that is a curious intersection of food, life, and sexuality!

In these original and readable stories, Murata’s creativity and unique worldview shine brilliantly, challenging the reader’s preconceived notions about the world they live in. There are some interesting existential/religious/cultural questions embedded here that confront societal norms and I had ...more
APOLLOS’S 2023 BOOKS
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
Happening by Annie Ernaux
it was amazing
The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin
How Should One Read a Book? by Virginia Woolf
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Tree by John Fowles
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
The Master Key by Masako Togawa
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
Remainders of the Day by Shaun Bythell
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
The Employees by Olga Ravn
Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
it was amazing
A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
Death in her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
it was amazing
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
How to Feel Better by Cathy Rentzenbrink
Foster by Claire Keegan
Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
catskull by Myle Yan Tay
A Cry in the Dark by Terence Ang
Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai
Lead Like Jesus Revisited by Kenneth H. Blanchard
How to Travel by The School of Life
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
it was amazing
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
Idol, Burning by Rin Usami
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
it was amazing
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Flawless by Elise Hu
Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
it was amazing
Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino
The Private Lives of Trees by Alejandro Zambra
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto
This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura
Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada
Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada

Apollos’s last review of the year

liked it
Three short interconnected stories revolving around a few friends in domestic settings. Feels deeper than what is happening on the surface, though by the end I wasn’t really sure what to make of the stories, nor was I compelled to particularly care. 😅

3.5/5
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