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2023
My Year in Books
67,663
pages read
soap
197
books read
soap
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
Shortest Book
29
pages
Invincible, Compendium Three by Robert Kirkman
Longest Book
1,104
pages
Average book length in 2023
343
pages
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most Shelved
5,891,323
people also shelved
I Don't Like Birthday Parties by Maureen Gaspari
Least Shelved
92
people also shelved
soap’s average rating for 2023
3.5
3.5
Invincible, Compendium Three by Robert Kirkman
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.70 average
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

soap’s first review of the year

really liked it
This was a fun little romp. Recommended for people who really like cozy mysteries.
SOAP’S 2023 BOOKS
On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Adnan's Story by Rabia Chaudry
it was amazing
A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
Common Bonds by Claudie Arseneault
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott
Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery by Cynthia Yuan Cheng
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
really liked it
The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown
Forest Hills Bootleg Society by Dave Baker
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
When in Rome by Sarah Adams
Solito by Javier Zamora
The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
The Luminaries by Susan Dennard
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Babel by R.F. Kuang
it was amazing
Yoke by Jessamyn Stanley
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Ace Voices by Eris Young
Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J. Brown
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
Invincible, Compendium Three by Robert Kirkman
it was amazing
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
it was amazing
And Yet by Kate Baer
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” by Aubrey Gordon
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Paper Towns by John Green
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Lark & ​​Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
it was amazing
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
I Don't Like Birthday Parties by Maureen Gaspari
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
The Winter Soldier by Mackenzi Lee
I Am Ace by Cody Daigle-Orians
it was amazing
Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Winter by Marissa Meyer
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
My Aunt Is a Monster by Reimena Yee
really liked it
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
East of Troost by Ellen Barker
Anxiously Attached by Jessica Baum LMHC
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Mean Baby by Selma Blair
really liked it
School Trip by Jerry Craft
If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Love and Limerence by Dorothy Tennov
Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix
The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
really liked it
The Windeby Puzzle by Lois Lowry
The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
Zig-Zag Boy by Tanya Frank
The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban
it was amazing
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
Good Girls by Hadley Freeman
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega
Into the Light by Mark Oshiro
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

soap’s last review of the year

really liked it
Actual 3.5

It was really slow in some places that I wasn't expecting. But I do love me a gay murder mystery. ...more
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