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Books I read in 2023

Books I read-

-The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot (some LGBTQ themes that I didn't love)

-All In (book 3 in the series)

-The Thursday Murder Club (this was really delightful, I loved the humor)

-Heirs of Falcon Point

-The Secret Keeper (an old favorite, the ending is just too good and completely unexpected)

-When the Day Comes

-Otherwise Engaged

-Stay with Me

-Better Than the Movies (cute teen rom-com, recommended by Molly)

-The Slow March of Light

-Remarkably Bright Creatures

-Confessions of a Shopaholic (this is one of my favorite movies - and, honestly, I think I like the movie better than the book)

-Bad Blood (book 4-getting a little tired of this series but trying to finish it off)

-Dear Martin

-The Man Who Died Twice (second book in series and equally delightful-the characters are so good)

-Turn to Me (really liked this series-clean and pretty interesting story lines)

-The Bullet That Missed (book three in series and still great)

-Coming Home (one of my favorite books of all time along with The Shell Seekers and September from the same author-these are my mom's favorites and were my Grandma Lue's favorites as well so I feel connected to both of them when I read any of them, which I try to do every few years)

-The Cheat Sheet

-PS I Like You

-The Love Hypothesis (too steamy, had to skip pages-I will avoid this author going forward-language as well)

*The last three were "fluff" books and I read them all the week we were in Fiji

-An Unexpected Boyfriend for Christmas

-Faking Christmas

-Holiday Romance

*Obviously all read in December, also "fluff" books.  I liked Faking Christmas the best, it was cute and just like a Hallmark movie

-Kiss the Girl

25 books read, plus a handful read to Brynn and Ivy

Books I listened to:

-Cilka's Journey

-The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

-Her Restless Cowboy

-From the Start

-Big Little Lies (I need to remember not to start books by this author.  She is so good and pulls you in from the start.  There was a lot of language the last half of the book but I had to keep listening.  It was so good.)

-American Dirt (I really enjoyed this and not a typical book for me)

-Like Never Before (book 2 in the series)

-Rebecca (I loved this book when I read it 15 years ago or so but I had a harder time getting into it this time around.  It dragged on a little more.  I did like the movie on Netflix.)

-Keep Holding On (book three in the series)

-All This Time (book four-I really enjoyed all of the books in this series)

-Let it Be Me (book 2)

-The Danger with Diamonds

-The Rose Code (also so good, language and sex but I don't remember it being horrible)

-The Warsaw Orphan

-Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Janssen Bradshaw raved about this book, it was just meh for me)

-The Woman at the Front

-An Unlikely Pair

-Dreams of Gold (book 2)

-Carrie Soto is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid is an amazing storyteller but I have to be picky about what books of hers to read, there is some language in this but I really loved this book)

-Worlds Collide (book 3)

-The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

-Soldier Boy

-Anne of Green Gables (this book will always have my heart-the whole series does-definitely in my top 5 books of all time!)

-The Book Woman's Daughter (book 2)

-Everything Sad is Untrue

-The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr

-Lakeshire Park

-Making Bombs for Hitler

-Pride and Prejudice

-And They Called it Camelot (I really liked this historical fiction book based on the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)

-The Girl in His Shadow

31 books listened to

56 total

Comments

  1. Diana DyeFebruary 5, 2024 at 11:05 AM

    Wow I'm impressed! I've read a few of these but am putting several on my re-read list. Thanks!

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