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wn mississippi black boy by richard wright missouri jesse james last rebel of the civil war by t j stiles montana young men and fire by norman maclean nebraska i am a man by joe starita nevada fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter s thompson new hampshire i m a stranger here myself by bill bryson new jersey the radium girls by kate moore new mexico american prometheus by kai bird new york tis by frank mccourt here is new york by e b white 84 charing cross road by helene hanff the great bridge by david mccullough kitchen confidential by anthony bourdain just kids by patti smith north carolina me talk pretty one day by david sedaris north dakota grand forks by marilyn hagerty ohio the prize winner of defiance ohio by terry ryan oklahoma the worst hard time by timothy egan the innocent man by john grisham killers of the flower moon by david grann oregon blue like jazz by donald miller blue moon over thurman street by ursula k leguin pennsylvania the killer angels by michael shaara rhode island gilded by deborah davis south carolina brown girl dreaming by jacqueline woodson south dakota the children s blizzard by david laskin tennessee american lion andrew jackson in the white house by jon meacham truth and beauty by ann patchett texas the liar s club by mary karr isaac s storm by erik larson let s pretend this never happened by jenny lawson utah under the banner of heaven by jon krakauer desert solitaire by edward abbey vermont wandering home by bill mckibben virginia animal vegetable miracle by barbara kingsolver washington the boys in the boat by daniel james brown the stranger beside me by ann rule washington dc inventing a nation by gore vidal all the president s men by bob woodward and carl bernstein west virginia the glass castle by jeannette walls wisconsin blankets by craig thompson wyoming american wolf by nate blakeslee road trips travels with charley by john steinbeck april 1865 by jay winik the lost continent by bill bryson blue highways by william least heat moon undaunted courage by stephen e ambrose roughing it by mark twain at 10 11 pm no comments labels arkansas delaware hawaii indiana iowa maine misouri reading the states rhode island vermont 2023 end of the year book survey thursday december 21 2023 posted by melissa avid reader i was such a mood reader this year instead of sticking to a list i read whatever sounded good or was available at the library i ran one read along on litsy for the once and future king but other than that i didn t tackle nearly as many classics as i normally do i reread things when i felt like it i read lots of fantasy novels and books based in areas we traveled to especially maine number of books you read 143 number of rereads so many to kill a mockingbird in honor of our new pup scout midnight in the garden of good and evil bel canto matilda station eleven and our town were all memorable 1 best books you read in 2023 classics the once and future king silmarillion and jayber crow mystery the late mrs willoughby finlay donovan is killing it literary fiction go as a river tom lake hello beautiful and shark heart nonfiction a book of bees a fever in the heartland you could make this place beautiful do nothing and notes on grief fantasy starling house divine rivals fourth wing throne of glass series ten thousand doors of january and legends lattes play essay our town the book of delights the wickhams ya where the rhythm takes you children s hello lighthouse and all of a kind family 2 book you were excited about thought you were going to love more but didn t somebody s fool the last ranger and the daughter of time 3 most surprising in a good way book you read legends lattes and the 7 ½ deaths of evelyn hardcastle 4 book you pushed the most people to read and they did omg wtf does the constitution actually say 5 best series you started in 2023 throne of glass and empyrean 6 favorite new author you discovered in 2023 alix e harrow i read both the ten thousand doors of january and starling house 7 best book from a genre you don t typically read was out of your comfort zone the book of delights i don t often read essay collections but i loved this one so much i just bought his new collection 8 most action packed thrilling unputdownable book of the year fourth wing and the lioness 9 book you are most likely to re read next year tom lake i d love to listen to the audio the second time around 10 favorite cover of a book you read in 2023 the measure fairy tale the ladies of grace adieu 11 most memorable character of 2023 manon in the throne of glass series and satchel from bookshops bonedust 12 most beautifully written book read in 2023 go as a river 13 most thought provoking life changing book of 2023 do nothing chain gang all stars 14 book you can t believe you waited until 2023 to finally read silmarillion 15 best memoir patrick stewart s making it so 16 shortest longest book you read in 2023 the greatest gift 65 pages the running grave 960 pages 17 book that shocked you the most mad honey and a fever in the heartland 18 favorite couple iris and roman divine rivals william and sylvie in hello beautiful 19 favorite non romantic relationship of the year violet and tairn in fourth wing polly and agnes friendship in fellowship point 20 favorite book you read in 2023 from an author you ve read previously tom lake 21 best book you read in 2023 that you read based solely on a recommendation from somebody else foster 22 newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2023 xaden 23 best debut you read go as a river 24 best worldbuilding most vivid setting you read this year fourth wing and piranesi 25 book that put a smile on your face was the most fun to read a lady s guide to fortune hunting and the field guide to dumb birds of north america 26 book that made you cry in 2023 a heart that works 27 hidden gem of the year a book of bees 28 book that crushed your soul women talking 29 most unique book you read in 2023 the shark heart and leave the world behind 30 book that made you the maddest marmee louisa bronson alcott was just such a selfish jerk it ends with us i wanted to know what the hype was about but it just wasn t my cup of tea 31 best audiobook congratulations the best is over i will listen to anything r eric thomas reads spare was excellent on audio as well 32 best book to film adaptation women talking 33 favorite passage quote from a book you read in 2023 in the end it s not the changes that will break your heart it s that tug of familiarity the statistical probability of love at first sight the laughing snort among the most emphatic evidences of delight the book of delights at auschwitz dying was so easy surviving was a full time job surviving the angel of death perhaps a series of small satisfaction scattered like sequins over the texture of everyday life was of greater worth than the academic satisfaction of owning a collection of fine objects at the back of a drawer the daughter of time i want my life to be like making pottery i want to enjoy it while it s happening not just for where it might get me eventually happy place i love to watch how the day tired as it is lags away reluctantly and hates to be called yesterday so soon the house of the seven gables the idea is not that everything should be slower but that not everything needs to be fast do nothing grief is a cruel kind of education you learn how ungentle mourning can be how full of anger you learn how glib condolences can feel you learn how much grief is about language the failure of language and the grasping for language notes on grief thanks to perpetual page turner for originating this survey it s always so much fun to look at everything i read throughout the year and think about what i loved hated at 1 57 pm 2 comments 2022 end of the year book survey friday december 16 2022 posted by melissa avid reader this year was interesting because we spent a lot of it doing major house projects house hunting and then moving after 13 years in our house it felt like a big undertaking i found myself drawn to rereading some of my favorites in the midst of the chaos number of books you read 148 number of rere ads lots i reread almost all of neil gaiman s books before seeing him speak in may i also reread a few of my favorites like lord of the rings and the count of monte cristo 1 best books you read in 2022 classics the count of monte cristo reread historical fiction the rose code lessons in chemistry and love saffron mystery the maid the club the murder of mr wickham literary fiction the shell seekers and oh william nonfiction essentialism these precious days the johnstown flood the good nurse fantasy lord of the rings reread play i and you poor clare detective story the maisie dobbs series ink black heart and a world of curiosities science fiction sea of tranquility annihilation ya a place to hang the moon romance book lovers 2 book you were excited about thought you were going to love more but didn t upgrade i loved his previous two books but this one was just meh 3 most surprising in a good way book you read a christmas ornament of my fav 2022 books from my bestie remarkably bright creatures one of the main pov characters is an octopus and it was wonderful 4 book you pushed the most people to read and they did the snow child one of my favorites last year 5 best series you started in 2022 the maisie dobbs series i read the first seven books this year and they are excellent 6 favorite new author you discovered in 2022 rosamund pilcher i read both the shell seekers and coming home and loved them both 7 best book from a genre you don t typically read was out of your comfort zone laundry love it s literally about doing your laundry and i enjoyed every second of it 8 most action packed thrilling unputdownable book of the year a world of curiosities it had me on the edge of my seat 9 book you are most likely to re read next year essentialism so many great tips for prioritizing and learning how to say no 10 favorite cover of a book you read in 2022 the cartographers and tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow 11 most memorable character of 2022 maisie dobbs six thirty the dog from lessons in chemistry and lucy from oh william and lucy by the sea 12 most beautifully written book read in 2022 the sea of tranquility i loved it so much i read it twice 13 most thought provoking life changing book of 2022 24 6 made me infinitely more aware of our dependence on being available at any moment and our obsession with our phones 14 book you can t believe you waited until 2022 to finally read the shell seekers 15 favorite passage quote from a book you read in 2022 i believe that calling myself a christian means living up to christ s example of brave sometimes shocking love shauna niequist this had often broken my heart to realize that you never know the last time you pick up a child lucy by the sea one must always have adventure in life or the promise of it at least last christmas in paris the work is the pleasure but then always the judgment that can strip the pleasure like turpentine madly deeply this is a strange lesson of living in a pandemic life can be tranquil in the face of death sea of tranquility it s really something to return home after a month away it would seem that the world should have changed in someway as it to say out of courtesy we understand your journey was illuminating insignificant and because it affected you so the universe two is making a slight but noticeable shift encyclopedia of an ordinary life 16 shortest longest book you read in 2022 a short guide to a happy life 64 pages the count of monte cristo 1 276 pages 17 book that shocked you the most a world of curiosities and sea of tranquility 18 favorite couple armand and reine marie gamache and fern and wally from the good sister 19 favorite non romantic relationship of the year cormoran strike and robin ellacott do they count as romantic or non romantic and alice and her father from this time tomorrow 20 favorite book you read in 2022 from an author you ve read previously troy by stephen fry and these precious days by ann patchett 21 best book you read in 2022 that you read based solely on a recommendation from somebody else the swimmers it was lovely fair play was packed with tips for balancing the workload in a marriage 22 newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2022 charlie from book lovers 23 best debut you read becoming duchess goldblatt was just lovely and lessons in chemistry was excellent 24 best worldbuilding most vivid setting you read this year annihilation 25 book that put a smile on your face was the most fun to read shit actually pardon the title this was a hilarious review of classic movies 26 book that made you cry in 2022 joan and imogen s friendship in love and saffron 27 hidden gem of the year dear fahrenheit 451 a librarian wrote letters to her favorite and least favorite books and the result was too funny 28 book that crushed your soul the rose code 29 most unique book you read in 2022 comfort me with apples this story is inspired by a well known story but you don t know that until the end it was so strange but i m still thinking about it 30 book that made you the maddest 99 days every character made such stupid selfish choices ugh 31 best audiobook happy go lucky no one can make me laugh out loud like sedaris reading his own work 32 best book to film adaptation where the crawdads sing the set of that film was just incredible thanks to perpetual page turner for originating this survey it s always so much fun to look at everything i read throughout the year and think about what i loved hated photos by me at 12 22 pm 4 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom hi i m melissa find me here the shakespeare project currently reading my library at librarything blog archive 2024 1 april 1 reading the states nonfiction complete 2023 1 december 1 2022 1 december 1 2021 6 december 1 october 1 april 3 march 1 2020 3 december 1 october 1 april 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