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2023
My Year in Books
10,270
pages read
Joe B.
26
books read
Joe B.
BeBop The Frog Who Could Not Hop! by Donna Marie Braud
Shortest Book
44
pages
The Reformation by Will Durant
Longest Book
1,025
pages
Average book length in 2023
395
pages
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Most Shelved
2,461,342
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BeBop The Frog Who Could Not Hop! by Donna Marie Braud
Least Shelved
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Joe’s average rating for 2023
4.0
really liked it
4.0
BeBop The Frog Who Could Not Hop! by Donna Marie Braud
Highest Rated on Goodreads
it was amazing
5.00 average
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Joe’s first review of the year

really liked it
Concise sentences. Adjectives. Similes. Very precise descriptions. 30s US lingo. A quick read.
JOE’S 2023 BOOKS
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Aesop's Fables by Aesop
it was amazing
The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
Das Erbe der Elfen by Andrzej Sapkowski
Arthur Rex by Thomas Berger
Der letzte Wunsch by Andrzej Sapkowski
A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
The Reformation by Will Durant
it was amazing
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Das Schwert der Vorsehung by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
The Oxford History of World Cinema by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
What Is Real by Adam Becker
BeBop The Frog Who Could Not Hop! by Donna Marie Braud
it was amazing
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Starshine by Theodore Sturgeon
Othello by William Shakespeare
All Flesh Is Grass by Clifford D. Simak
Titan by John Varley
Titan by John Varley

Joe’s last review of the year

liked it
More fantasy than science fiction. Greek gods and goddesses references. Satellite discovered orbiting Saturn turns out to be alive, a moon-sized being of godly power. Centaurs and winged angels make appearances and war against one another. Female protagonist ship captain loses ship and must hike and climb forever to reach “heaven”. Lesbian relationships tested. Both raped by male crewmate gone wild. Some serious themes but with a very light touch ...more
2023 Reading Challenge
2023 READING
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Joe B. read 26 out of 52 books.
 
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