Books read: 2023

 Books

• The Holiday Trap.  Roan Parrish.  2023-01-07
• 12/10.
• A Swift Kick to the Thorax.  Mara Lynn Johnstone.  2023-01-09.
• 13/10.
• Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory.  Martha Wells.  2023-01-11.
• 13/10.
• v4.5.
• Short Story.
• Hecate's Hollow.  Tallie Rose.  2023-01-17.
• 13/10.
• vampires; retelling.
• Other Ever Afters.  Melanie Gillman.  2023-01-18.
• 15/10.
• retelling?  graphic novel?
• The Restless Dark.  Erica Waters.  2023-01-21.
• 13/10.
• 3MCs + 2POV = 1 villain.
• The Cartographers.  Peng Shepard.  2023-01-26.
• 13/10.
• Slow start, obvious villain.
• 6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did).  Tess Sharpe.  2023-02-04.
• 15/10.
• Idiots to lovers.
• A Good Day To Pie.  Mischa Popp.  2023-02-11.
• 15/10.
• I want more of these.
• The Red Scholar's Wake.  Aliette de Bodard.  2023-02-15.
• 16/10.
• vXYZ.
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• As Played By Gods.  Tallie Rose.  2023-02-21.
• 12/10.
• v1/x.
• Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor.  Xiren Jay Zhao.  2023-03-04.
• 14/10.
• v1/x.
• A Day of Fallen Night.  Samantha Shannon.  2023-03-17.
• 17/10.
• v0/2.  The next one is #2, so unfortunately there will not be a #-1.  Yet.
• The Priory of the Orange Tree.  Samantha Shannon.  2023-03-27.
• 17/10.
• v1/2.
• Reread after DoFN.  There is so much in this that the second book answers.
• The Faithless.  C.L. Clarke.  2023-04-01.
• 14/10.
• v2/3.
• An Echo of Gods.  Tallie Rose.  2023-04-10.
• 11/10.
• v2/x.
• My Aunt Is a Monster.  Reimena Yee.  2023-04-15.
• 13/10.
• Technically for kids and a picture book.
• Over My Dead Body.  Sweeney Boo.  2023-04-19.
• 13/10.
• Technically a graphic novel.
• The Bone Shard War.  Andreas Stewart. 2023-04-25.
• 18/10.
• v3/3.
• The Roots of Chaos may be technically better books, but The Drowning Empire hits much harder, so it gets to be book of the year.
• The Fiance Farce.  Alexandria Bellefleur.  2023-04-29.
• 14/10.
• Count Your Lucky Stars.  Alexandria Bellefleur.  2023-05-03.
• 13/10.
• Reread.  A character is referenced in the previous one.
• She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat.  Sakaomi Yuzaki.  2023-05-04
• 13/10.
• v2/3+.
• Stars Collide.  Rachel Lacey.  2023-05-09.
• 14/10.
• Bleeding Heart.  Brittany M. Willows.  2023-05-21.
• 15/10.
• v2/2.
• Court of the Undying Seasons.  A.M. Strickland.  2023-05-27.
• 18/10.
• Vampires.  Also book of the year.
• Danger and Other Unknown Risks.  Ryan North and Erica Henderson.  2023-05-29.
• 13/10.
• Love at First Set.  Jennifer Dugan.  2023-05-29.
• 15/10.
• A one day Memorial Day book, apparently.
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich.  Deya Muniz.  2023-05-30.
• 15/10.
• Furious Heaven.  Kate Elliott.  2023-06-07.
• 18/10.
• v2/3.
• I love books that have lots to obsess over.
• Devil's Chew Toy.  Rob Osler.  2023-06-14.
• 13/10.
• v1/x.
• Good to see this is going to be a series.  They're good characters.
• Going Bicoastal.  Dahlia Adler.  2023-06-18.
• 16/10.
• Firmly establishing a Dahlia Adler Extended Universe.
• Walk on the Weird Side.  Joseph S Pulver Sr. (Ed).  2023-07-03.
• 10/10.
• Weird tales really need more than "what if murderer?" to be good.
• Haunted Providence.  Rory Raven.  2023-07-08.
• 12/10.
• I really should have read this one first, as we drove past pretty much all the places he lists.
• Out on the Ice.  Kelly Farmer.  2023-07-13.
• 13/10.
• v1/3.
• Under the Whispering Door.  T.J. Klune.  2023-07-25.
• 15/10.
• The Moonlight Kingdom.  Tara Sim.  2023-09-02.
• 17/10.
• v2/3.
• Wicked Things.  John Allison, Max Sarin, and Whitney Cogar.  2023-09-04.
• 13/10.
• v1/6.
• Cleat Cute.  Meryl Wilsner.  2023-09-23
• 15/10.
• Idiots to Lovers.
• The Siren, the Song, and the Sea.  Maggie Tokuda-Hall.  2023-10-02.
• 13/10.
• v2/2.
• Mammoths at the Gates.  Nghi Vo.  2023-10-05.
• 14/10.
• v4/x.
• Mall Goth.  Kate Leth.  2023-10-10.
• 13/10.
• Graphic Novel.
• Romancing the Gorgon.  Tallie Rose.  2023-10-17.
• 13/10.
• Daughter of Winter and Twilight.  Helen Corcoran.  2023-11-08.
• 14/10.
• v2/2.
• Fumbling Into You.  Shannon O'Connor.  2023-11-13.
• 14/10.
• System Collapse.  Martha Wells.  2023-11-16.
• 14/10.
• The Salvation Gambit.  Emily Skrutskie.  2023-12-03.
• 11/10.
• The second half is very good, but it takes a long time to get there.
• Iris Kelly Doesn't Date.  Ashley Herring Blake.  2023-12-11.
• 14/10.
• v3/3.
• Goth Western.  Livali Wyle.  2023-12-13.
• 13/10.
• Graphic Novel.
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Short Stories

• “Such an Honor”.  Sarah Gailey. 2023-05-08.
• 11/10.
• Link.
• "A Full Life".  Paolo Bacigalupi.  2023-07-13.
• 12/10.
• Link.
• The Year Without Sunshine.  Naomi Kritzer.  2023-11-12.
• 13/10.
• Link.