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2023
My Year in Books
14,132
pages read
42
books read


Suddenly Sixty by Judith Viorst
Shortest Book
80
pages
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Longest Book
544
pages

Average book length in 2023
336
pages

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Most Shelved
3,957,701
people also shelved
Lost Treasures of Cincinnati by Amy E. Brownlee
Least Shelved
31
people also shelved

Frances’s average rating for 2023
4.3
4.3

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.62 average

Year of the Tiger by Alice  Wong

Frances’s first review of the year

really liked it
Unusual and enlightening; an important book. I learned so much and became so much more aware of the challenges of disability. However, I got so hung up on the author's disability, I didn't learn as much about activism. This book would have benefited from better editing, too. But I'm glad I read it. ...more

FRANCES’S 2023 BOOKS
Year of the Tiger by Alice  Wong
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The Bad Food Bible by Aaron E. Carroll
it was amazing
When Franny Stands Up by Eden  Robins
The Promise by Damon Galgut
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Blackberry Summer by RaeAnne Thayne
The Passing Storm by Christine Nolfi
The Great Escape by Saket Soni
The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian
it was amazing
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Deacon King Kong by James   McBride
The House of Closed Doors by Jane Steen
Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Lost Treasures of Cincinnati by Amy E. Brownlee
it was amazing
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Singing Trees by Boo Walker
Suddenly Sixty by Judith Viorst
The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen Cushman
The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook by Jill Conner Browne
Look for Me There by Luke Russert
Secret Cincinnati by Kathryn Witt
Plymouth Undercover by Pamela M. Kelley
Sworn to Silence by Linda  Castillo
it was amazing
The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson  Harvey
A Walk Around the Block by Spike Carlsen
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O'Neal
Penelope in Retrograde by Brooke Abrams
The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts
Always Watching by Chevy Stevens
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
it was amazing
Happiness Falls by Angie  Kim
Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

Happiness Falls by Angie  Kim

Frances’s last review of the year

it was amazing
Marvelous. Sheer genius. I learned so much, and yet was so entertained by this book! Such an insightful narrator. Loved it. My very highest recommendation.
2023 Reading Challenge
2023 READING
CHALLENGE
Frances Scott read 42 out of 52 books.
 
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