#book year in review

[curieincali]

Year in Review - BOOKS - 2023

Audiobooks read:

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

DisneyWar by James B. Stewart

A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie

Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer

Horse Crazy by Sarah Maslin Nir

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

As You Wish by Cary Elwes, Joe Layden

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

eBooks read:

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (In Progress)

Regular books read:

Wet Moon Volume 4: Drowned in Evil by Sophie Campbell

Princess Jellyfish Volume 3 by Akiko Higashimura

Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter by James Gurney (In Progress)

It felt like I read a lot more this year, but looking back at previous years, not by much! What really happened is I joined not one, but TWO book clubs - one with work and one with friends. It's definitely helping me explore outside of my normal tastes, and I've found some great stuff.

In 2023, I branched away from audiobooks and into ebooks in the interest of not listening to fairy smut on my speaker, and instead reading it on my phone as god intended.

I finally started a GoodReads account, but I'll probably still do these yearly round-ups here on tumblr. But now I can more easily endorse (or roast the fairy smut) items on my my reading list.

#book year in review #books #life interruption #year in review #about me #the goodreads account was about more easily documenting my reads #and ALSO so i could leave an angry review b/c christ

[nedlittle]

it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...

#the picture of dorian gray #lit #this is a pointless text post #guess what i read for the first time in the year of our lord 2023 #and yes this is a real review on storygraph that i took a screenshot of. you people are so stupid god bless #girl he literally censored it himself did your edition have 0 introduction or background at all #greatest (s)hits #book discourse

[clonerightsagenda]

Spotted the word "blorbo" in The New York Times book review. Listen NYT romance reviewer, I really do not think your paper's audience is going to recognize that one

#maybe I'm wrong but I always figure it's the 80 year old ladies reading the nyt book review romance column

[myjetpack]

My Reading Year.

(My last @guardian Books cartoon for 2023)

#books #reading #books of 2023 #2023 #year in review #infographic

[fandom]

Books

Huge congrats to The Iliad. It's only taken 3,000 years. This list is brought to you by Tor Publishing Group, which you're probably familiar with, given what tops the list this year.

The Locked Tomb series +3 by Tamsyn Muir

The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series -1 by Rick Riordan

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Six of Crows duology +3 by Leigh Bardugo

Dracula -3 by Bram Stoker

The Warrior Cats series -1 by Erin Hunter

A Song of Ice and Fire -1 by George R. R. Martin

The All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic

The Discworld series +7 by Terry Pratchett

A Court of Thorns and Roses series +3 by Sarah J. Maas

The Silmarillion -1 by J. R. R. Tolkien

Pride And Prejudice -3 by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Raven Cycle series +3 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Wings Of Fire +9 by Tui T. Sutherland

The Secret History -7 by Donna Tartt

The Trials of Apollo series -4 by Rick Riordan

The Iliad +10 by Homer

The Odyssey +24 by��Homer

The Folk in the Air series -8 by Holly Black

The Animorphs series +5 by K. A. Applegate

The Stormlight Archive +8 by Brandon Sanderson

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Moby Dick +24 by Herman Melville

1984 +6 by George Orwell

Fables by Bill Willingham

The Diaries of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka

The Song of Achilles -10 by Madeline Miller

The Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare

The Simon Snow series -10 by Rainbow Rowell

The Throne of Glass series +13 by Sarah J. Maas

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard +6 by Rick Riordan

The Bell Jar -15 by Sylvia Plath

The Dreamer trilogy +6 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Shadowhunter Chronicles -15 by Cassandra Clare

The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Captive Prince -1 by C. S. Pacat

The Twilight Saga -7 by Stephanie Meyer

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Deltora Quest series by Jennifer Rowe

Romeo and Juliet -8 by William Shakespeare

The Far Side by Gary Larson

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +2 by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The Picture of Dorian Gray -31 by Oscar Wilde

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

#year in review #books #tumblr2023

[mangotortoise]

Reading Year in Review

Not super impressive, but my excuse to talk about the books I really liked from this year + reflect on shit

Number of Books I Read: 11?

Shortest Book: Night of the Mannequin by Stephen Graham Jones

Longest Book: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

(These are approximations since both were audiobooks)

Books I Didn't Finish That I Don't Plan on Finishing: Cackle by Rachel Harrison

Books I'm Still Reading and Will Probably Finish (Eventually): A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, The Endurance by Alfred Lansing, Milltown by Kerri Arsenault, IT by Steven King, The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass, Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

Favorite Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Holy shit she is so fucking good

Favorite Book: Tie between Unbury Carol by Joshua Malerman (we stan James Moxie as a problematic fave) and Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (holy shit holy shit holy shit)

Book With the Most Anticipated Sequel: My Heart Is A Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (only book with a sequel since it's part of a trilogy). Special props because the name of the sequel reminds me of Blue Öyster Cult lol

Freakiest Book: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Most Depressing Book: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D Schmidt and Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins

Book that Disappointed Me the Most: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. It was a dumb, good domestic drama until about 75% in and then it got boring. Sigh.

Thoughts: Oh idk, maybe be better about not picking up 6 books at once and then getting distracted? My tastes are also all over the place lol

#Book Year in Review #reading year in review #silvia Moreno-Garcia #joshua Malerman #unbury carol #velvet was the night #mexican gothic #nothing but blackened teeth #cassandra khaw #my heart is a Chainsaw #reading #books #mango tag

[2023yearinreview]

Tumblr's 2023 Year in Review: Books

Huge congrats to The Iliad for being the 20th most talked about book on Tumblr. It’s only taken 3,000 years.

To see what other ancient pages may or may not have made the list, visit the link below. ⤵

#tumblr2023 #year in review #books

[placeofwonder]

lately: enjoyed my beautiful town in the sun and reviewed two plays for the student magazine, which is a great outlet for the part of my brain that wishes I was still studying humanities

#mine #personal #diary #books #studyblr #the theatre here is so good #and i'm having so much fun writing these reviews in german which i didn't expect #it's still easier after all these years to write well in german than in english?? that really surprised me & now i want to do it more often

[thedeathwitchescats]

Okay, review time!! If you are one of the oddballs who thinks you cant be critical of something you love I suggest you stop reading now before I ruffle your feathers. Iron flame, second in the empyrean series. I am gonna start with what I was not a fan of and then go into the shit I adored.

1) what in the actual fuck was the pacing of this book?? I can tell you what, it was non existent. There was none. Where I thought there was a lot of filler in the last book there was none in this one. We got snap shots of conversations and then *boom* more plot flew at you. The timeline of this book greatly suffered for it i think bc we end only a couple weeks, if that, after threshing, which happens sometimes in October. This book was actually so wild with times.

2) while it was a spectacular cliff hanger, xaden becoming venin pisses me off. Especially if Rebecca yarros isnt going to have him tell violet. Like if that small tid bit of a conversation we got wasnt him telling vi that he was venin then the entire romantic conflict of this book was rendered pointless and their going to be having the same fucking fight for the rest of the series and at rhat point I give up.

3) I understand that the revolution is trying to take down basgaith and make the world better or whatever the fuck but can someone actually formulate a real plan for me?? Because I feel like their mission is just, giving violet and xaden something to be pissed at each other about.

4) the entirety of cats character. I get that she was set up as a spin on the typical jealous ex. Like having her be bitter about xaden picking violet over her but OH WAIT it wasnt actually about the man it was about the crown, oohh not like other girls. Im a writer too I see the point. I dont care. I think it was trashy. If you wanted her to be a bitter spiteful ex then have her be a bitter spiteful ex, the whole crown thing was shallow.

OKAY haters your time is up now onto the shit that made my heart hurt with joy and sadness

1) xadens arc in this book. I really liked that he went from "transparency is never gonna happen" to losing his fucking mind over violet and giving her everything. I love feral men and he qualifies. I think his arc was really well done and i liked it.

2) I appericiate that violet stuck to her guns for this book. She wouldnt let xaden off without a fight and I loved that. She made him bow and scrape and I was eating it up. It was spectacular.

3) the throne room scene. Violet on the throne. "Im making a temporary point not a lasting vow of maschocism" xaden being feral.

4) that gets its own point actually, just xaden being completely feral this entire book healed a part of my soul.

5) andarna's little speech at the end where she was like "I waited for you violet" made me ugly cry. That was just so hopelessly good I loved it. Andarna in general heals my heart but that part was just *chefs kiss*

6) tarin being completely and utterly ready to eat people this entire book. Just, at every turn "I want lunch their pissing me off " was spectacular

7) every scene their squad was in. Rihannon, violet, sawyer and ridoc are my roman empire. Their bond is so amazing. The fact that they launched a rescue mission for violet. Rihannon being ready to kill xaden at every turn. Ridoc being so platonically and adorably in love with violet. Just- augh happy cries happy cries. I love it all. Their so special tbh.

8) I love xaden actually, just, the whole book every scene hes in lives in my brain.

9) I liked that we saw a small bit of violet being feral this book too. I hope that we get more of that in future books. I want more of violet losing her fucking mind. Hot, badass women covered in blood

10) Liam. Fucking Liam. When violet was kidnapped and Liam was there. Now, do I logically understand that he was a hallucination, yes, do i care?? No. He was a gift from Maleck I will be hearing no critiques on that. It was so fucking sweet and amazing. I love violet and Liam and Liam being dead so horribly breaks my heart. I loved Liam. Liams death lives rent free in my skull.

#i might add more to this later #please #i am begging yall #dont get weird #i am allowed to love this book and have critical opinions abt it #if i start getting threats about my fandom opinions again i might lose my mind #haters get fucked #anyways #i need the third book right now and the fact that i wont get it until next year kills me a little #i loved iron flame #i loved fourth wing #xaden riorson #violet sorrengail #violet and xaden #fourth wing #iron flame #book review #iron flame review #🪓

[esr2mo]

🍉💔💔❗

#oliver stark #doge #qsmp #kabosu #the hunger games #jujutsu kaisen #fantasy high junior year #ryan gosling #ryan guzman #fantasy high #brennan lee mulligan #dimension 20 #comic books #percy jackson #harry potter #book review #911 abc #hungry games #north gaza #gaza #gaza strip

[mayasaura]

AYYYY!!! MOVING UP IN THE WORLD

🥳🎉🎊💀⚔️🎊🎉🥳

#griddlehark #number one in books and the top 50 in ALL SHIPPING!! #LET'S GO LESBIANS!! #(and we're not even the highest ranked lesbians on the list. nice.) #year in review #the locked tomb

[literatureaesthetic]

march '24 favs:

• those who leave and those who stay & the story of the lost child ; elena ferrante — the final two books in the neapolitan novels, a tetrology recording the lives of two girls in naples from childhood to old age. gutting, beautiful, layered, and complex. this series is a masterpiece, elena ferrante is everything to me <3 (please read it!!)

• sirens and muses by antonia angress — following an array of characters at an art university as they navigate life, work, academia, relationships, and being an artist in a capitalist world where everything is commodified. the depth of characters paired with the nuanced discussions of art, class, and politics left me so pleasantly surprised. (it's also extremely gay and perfect for all you tumblr users with mummy/daddy issues)

#bringing back the monthly wrap ups as i havent had time for substack posts so far this year #4 stars #4.5 stars #book review #book recs #recs #monthly wrap up #wrap up #literature aesthetics #books #bookish #bookblr #bookworm #bookstagram #dark academia #booklover #elena ferrante #the neapolitan novels #those who leave and those who stay #the story of the lost child #studyblr #study #study tips #cafe #aesthetic #study space #studying #sirens and muses #antonia angress #sapphic

[the---hermit]

Only Dull People Are Brilliant At Breakfast by Oscar Wilde

I read this collection of quotes a couple of years ago, and ever since I have wanted a physical copy of this book. I decided it was finally time to get one and have a reread. I love Wilde and this collection of quotes feels a lot like a trip into his brain, it got me really motivated to finally pick up The Ballad Of Reading Gaol.

#if you dig into my blog you will also find my first review of this book #this post is mostly here to record that I reread this book this year #2024 book #bookblr #booklr #books #book review #book rec #reading #oscar wilde #mine #the---hermit #i thought i posted this weeks ago but apparently i had forgot oops

[ladyloveandjustice]

My Favorite Books I Read in 2023

I read a ton of good novels last year- 36 in all (and uh, 78 manga/graphic novels, but we'll examine that in another post). Here's a link to my Goodreads year in books (the manga is at the beginning, the novels start with Siren Queen) and my storygraph wrap up.  

I reread a ton of Discworld this year, and it's as spectacular as ever. But what about new reads?

Well, here are my favorite books I read in 2023!

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

This is an autobiographical memoir about the abusive relationship the author went through with her ex-girlfriend. It's absolutely gut-wrenching, and at times, achingly beautiful. Machado uses the house she shared with her girlfriend, which she calls the "dream house", as a back drop. It's a place she always wanted and also a place she became trapped in, Machado's language is beautiful as she explores the relationship from different lenses-- The Dream House as Lesbian Cult Classic, the Dream House as Noir, the Dream House as Creature Feature, the Dream House as Stoner Comedy....All facets of the relationship are explored in a way that grips you by the throat and makes you remember everyone who ever tried to suffocate you-- but it also explores the hard work of moving on, of picking up the pieces, of living and embracing tenderness along with hardship.

I especially related to Machado's struggle to talk about abuse between queer lovers because of her fears of giving homophobes more ammunition...and when she says "we deserve to have our wrongdoing represented as much as our heroism, because when we refuse wrongdoing as a possibility for a group of people, we refuse their humanity", I felt that deeply.

This wasn't just one of my favorite books this year, it goes on the list of all-time favorite books. I wish I had this kind of writing style. I'll be returning to this again and again.

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

A middle-grade novel about a Chinese-American teen who feels a bit alienated from his heritage, which becomes a bit of an issue once he finds out the First Emperor of China has possessed his A.R. Gaming Headset. Now he needs to close a portal to the underworld with the help of other kids possessed by emporers.

This was a whole lot of fun, and often quite poignant. I was unsure if I could really enjoy middle-grade books as an adult, and this absolutely proves I can. There's a lot of really interesting Chinese history blended with action-packed fantasy, and exploration of the complicated feelings a kid can have about their own heritage . The dynamic between Zachary and Qin Shi Huang was so entertaining with the Emperor being villainous, heroic, charismatic, detestable-- and Zachary realizing how his complicated feelings about him mirror his relationship with his culture at large. There was also a lot of fun with other historical figures, and Xiran's take on Wu Zetian is a joy. (Also, if you like Yu-Gi-Oh!, you'll probably like this, since Xiran says it was one of their influences).

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Rose is young woman who's raised in a fundamentalist Christian household, and she's a devout, obedient daughter. But some weird things are happening. She's seeing a terrifying demon everywhere, insects are coming out of her mouth....and she's possibly having feelings about other girls. What's going on?

Yes, this is by the Chuck Tingle who makes all those Tinglers. But THIS one... will make you tingle with fear! It's a great horror novel! It's skin-crawlingly creepy at times, but also does a great job digging into how fundamentalist dogma harms queer people, and the hypocrisy of such beliefs. The conversion camp aspect is handled tastefully, and overall it was a great spooky read that's also ultimately very affirming, cathartic, and hopeful.

Qualia the Purple by Hisamitsu Ueo

You might go into this thinking it's just a quirky yuri light novel about a schoolgirl and her crush who sees everyone around her as robots (like literally, when she looks at someone she sees a robot instead of a human). But it quickly becomes surreal queer psychological horror steeped in absolutely wild applications of quantum mechanics and thought-provoking time travel.  Some of the quantum mechanics  exposition dumps were a bit much but I deeply enjoyed having my mind cracked open by this book. 

It's one of the most interesting takes of time loop stories I've seen. But it definitely covers a lot of rough subject matter, including a relationship with a serious age gap and extremely messed up relationships, so be cautious if you have triggers.

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

This book follows Miri, whose wife goes missing on a deep-sea submarine mission for six months. Miri thought her wife dead, but she miraculously returns one day...but her wife has changed. She's like a stranger. She may have bought the horrors of the sea home with her.

This is a gripping exploration of grief and loss combined with a delicious, slow horror that creeps under your skin. There's excellent Lovecraftian and body horror elements to the novel, but it works very effectively as a metaphor for a loved one going through trauma, and a relationship starting to crumble because everything seems different. A moment that really stuck out to me is when Miri copes with her wife's disappearance by frequenting an online community where women roleplay as wives with husbands missing in space. The way the online drama of the community interacted with her grief was  both funny and heartbreaking. 

This is another example of a book that makes me deeply jealous with its lyrical writing, and another one for the ever-lengthening all time favorites list.

Otherside Picnic Volume 8: Accomplices No More by Iori Miyazawa

The latest entry in a series about two girls exploring an alternate dimension full of creepypasta monsters, while also falling in love with each other. See my other reviews here and here.

This volume has the payoff to a lot of careful character work and relationship building, and it was completely satisfying. In fact, it was...show-stopping. Spectacular.  Incredible. I loved the exploration of how love, sex, and romance are so different for different people and it's impossible to put it in neat boxes. The frank and messy conversation our leads have about their relationship was perfect and so was that absolutely  bonkers, wonderful finale. This is another one for the all times favorite list, and I loved it so much I wrote a extremely long review/recap here. 

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer

This was a well-researched, well-crafted, easy to read book that explores queerness (mainly homosexuality, bisexuality, trans and genderfluid expressions in animals, and even the question of if and how animals can related to gender) in the animal kingdom. Though it's definitely aimed at teens, I learned a lot from it (who knew female bonobos were such life goals) and it presented its information in a fun way. It included some interesting examinations of how proof of homosexuality and bisexuality in animals was historically suppressed and filtered through homophobic assumptions. If you want to learn a little animal science in an accessible format, definitely check this out.

Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin

The story follows Mia, a woman in her 20's living with her vampire mother. Her whole life revolves around not drawing suspicion towards her Mom. She also has to make sure to feed her Mom some of her blood every night--lest her mother fall back in with her abusive boyfriend and start hunting humans.  But when Mia meets a cute girl, she starts to dream of living her own life...

It was a really interesting use of vampirism as a metaphor for both living with a parent struggling with addiction and having an abusive parent. It's just a well-told, heartwrenching tale that got deep into the character's mindsets. I thought the ending was bit abrupt and rushed, but it did make more sense once I realized this was the first in a duology. It's a fascinating take on vampires, and I'm interested in seeing more.

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

This novel follows a middle-aged Muslim female pirate living around the Arabian Peninsula. She's supposed to be in retirement, but wouldn't you know it, she's lured in for one last job! I she rescues a kidnapped girl,  she'll have all the riches she needs to set her family up for life. So Amina begins her adventure of fighting demons and monsters and ex-husbands. But the job might not be all it seems.

This novel is full of all the entertaining swashbuckling action and shenanigans that any pirate story should have. It's a rollicking good time, and feeds my craving for middle aged women going on quests and kicking ass. Amina's journey is a fun, wild ride full of dynamic characters and interesting mythology!

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Juniper is friends with a successful Chinese-American author, Athena Liu, and has always been deeply jealous of her. When Athena dies in front of her, Juniper decides to steal her manuscript rooted in Chinese history and claim it as her own. But plagiarism might catch up with her...

This is a strong example of a book I thought was really well-done, but one I'm probably never going to read again. The way it depicted Twitter drama is just too accurate and I got anxiety. It did such a good job putting you in Juniper's awful shoes so you can feel the pressure close in along with her. The book's commentary on the insidious racism of the publishing industry was effective, and it made a horrible character's journey fascinating to follow. I was so intrigued yet anxious I had to force myself to finish the last few pages.

Bonus read:

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldtree

A very cute novel about an orc named Viv who decides to retire from the violent life of a bounty hunter and run a coffee shop instead. She ends up getting a lot of assistance from a succubus named Tandri...and my, is that a slow-burn coffee shop romance brewing? This book reminds me a lot of various cozy slice-of-life anime, and it's nice to be getting more of that feeling in book form. I wish there was a little more specific to the fantasy world rather than making it a coffee shop that line up 1 to 1 to a modern day shop, but it was definitely a sweet read.

#year in books #my reviews #our wives under the sea #in the dream house #zachary ying and the dragon emperor #camp damascus #qualia the purple #otherside picnic #queer ducks #night's edge #legends and lattes #the adventures of amina al sirafi #books #queer lit #yellowface #r.f. kuang #xiran jay zhao #carmen maria machado

[rotten-hearts-sharp-teeth]

Someone You Can Build A Nest In:

I have never once annotated a book before, but I was struck with the inspiration while reading this one. I planned to only annotate when something caught my attention, and well... it got out of control pretty fast.

It was a beautiful Sapphic ACE horrormantasy told from the POV of the monster Shesheshen. Parts of the story are cozy, but it also contains graphic body horror/gore throughout and massive family abuse with broken characters. If you are a fan of tentacle, shape-shifting inhuman monsters, check it out!

Edit: I forgot to include mentions of oviposition and vore. Which I love but I know is not everyone's cup of tea

#someone you can build a nest in #book review #im never annotating again but it was fun to try #book 70 for the year!

[fandom]

Books

Vampires and lesbian necromancers and demigods, oh my!

Percy Jackson & The Olympians +2 by Rick Riordan

Dracula by Bram Stroker

The Harry Potter series -2 by J.K. Rowling

The Locked Tomb series +6 by Tamsyn Muir

The Warrior Cats series -1 by Erin Hunter

A Song of Ice and Fire +7 by George R.R. Martin

Six Of Crows -5 by Leigh Bardugo

The All for the Game series -3 by Nora Sakavic

Pride And Prejudice -3 by Jane Austen

The Silmarillion +1 by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Secret History -2 by Donna Tartt

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

A Court of Thorns and Roses series -6 by Sarah J. Maas

The Folk of the Air series -2 by Holly Black

The Trials of Apollo series -1 by Rick Riordan

The Discworld series +4 by Terry Pratchett

The Raven Cycle series -1 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Picture Of Dorian Gray +6 by Oscar Wilde

Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Song Of Achilles -5 by Madeline Miller

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Simon Snow series -1 by Rainbow Rowell

The Shadowhunter Chronicles -1 by Cassandra Clare

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

If We Were Villains +3 by M. L. Rio

Wings Of Fire -1 by Tui T. Sutherland

The Last Hours Series by Cassandra Clare

The Animorph series +8 by K. A. Applegate

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

The Iliad +10 by Homer

Red, White, and Royal Blue -13 by Casey McQuiston

The Stormlight Archive series -9 by Brandon Sanderson

1984 +8 by George Orwell

Wuthering Heights +8 by Emily Brontë

The Twilight Saga -3 by Stephanie Meyer

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Romeo And Juliet +1 by William Shakespeare

The Great Gatsby -12 by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Dark Artifices -2 by Cassandra Clare

The Captive Prince series -21 by C. S. Pacat

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard -8 by Rick Riordan

The Fowl Adventures series -8 by Eoin Colfer

The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater

The Wicked Powers +1 by Cassandra Clare

The Odyssey by Homer

The Throne Of Glass Series -17 by Sarah J. Maas

Renegades by Marisa Meyer

The Infernal Devices -9 by Cassandra Clare

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde -3 by Robert Louis Stevenson

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

#year in review #books #tumblr2022