Hello again, end of the month! This here post is my usual monthly wrap-up, though I intend to post a yearly one as well very soon. By now my regular followers know the drill. Here’s my December book blog wrap-up where I list reviews, stats, and what I read during the month. Allons-y!
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Just a few more days left until New Year’s Eve, oh my! Before I get to my December wrap-up, here’s my On My Radar December list of reviews, discussion, and bookish miscellany posts. As usual, these are a subset of what I read this month. Come check out what your fellow book bloggers were up to!
This is my third year writing about books I DNF (2022, 2021). This time it’s for books I DNF in 2023. I already posted about my favorite reads in 2023, so if you’re looking for that, then hop on over to that page. Like I said in years past, this is not exactly a list of “worst books.” Rather, this is a list of books I DNF for a variety of reasons. I usually DNF something because I couldn’t get into it, either because I wasn’t in the mood or the style wasn’t for me. I sometimes DNF books because I don’t like them, but thankfully that’s rare.
Now that that’s out of the way (because people love to assume the worst on the internet), I’m here to share the books I DNF in 2023.
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Barring any unexpected stand out reads in December, I put together a list of my favorite books in 2023. Anecdotally, I feel like my reactions to my reads this year were less excitable. While I had a great reading year in terms of number of books read, I think I had a fewer–or maybe similar–number of five-star reads relative to last year. (I’ll have to put together a statistics post to actually find out.) I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I expect too much? I’ll try not to dwell on it!
With that said, to temper expectations a bit, here are the books I really enjoyed or rated highly. I didn’t limit myself to a certain number of “top books” because I didn’t dole out many ratings that were 4.5 or greater. I also don’t read hundreds of books per year. Regardless, here are my favorite books in 2023 in no particular order. This list doesn’t include only five-star reads I had, but instead contains books that really resonated with or made an impression on me.
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I thought I did this Naughty or Nice Book Tag last year, but apparently I didn’t. Thanks to Chris for bringing it to my attention. The Naughty or Nice Book Tag was created by Jen of Jenniely, and the goal is to answer the bookish questions to find out if you will be on Santa’s naughty or nice list this year. I didn’t tag anyone, but feel free to join in the Naughty or Nice Book Tag.
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