total read: 65 my goal is to finish 5 more books

  • An unpopular book you loved: The Twyford Code
  • A book that was overhyped in your opinion: Normal People or The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
  • Your favorite main character(s) of the year: apparently I don't have strong feelings toward main characters... maybe Winnie from Build Your House Around My Body ?
  • A new favorite author you discovered: new to me: Isabel Allende, Yaa Gyasi, Katherine May
  • Most frustrating book you read: fucking Verity
  • Best "adaptation to the screen": haven't watched any adaptations, but the following books have film adaptations: Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, Good Omens, The Dinner, A Gentleman in Moscow, Normal People
  • Longest book you read this year: Good Omens
  • Shortest book you read this year: Blond Hair, Blue Eyes
  • Your favorite cover of the year: Olga Dies Dreaming
  • A book you haven't stopped thinking about: Birnam Wood
  • Highest and lowest rated books you read this year on Goodreads, and do you agree: lowest: The Dinner (3.22; this wasn't that bad), highest: A World of Curiosities (4.48; this is great, but I'd say others I read were better)
  • A book with the most unique concept: Lavinia, Build Your House Around My Body, Klara and the Sun, The Memory Police, Birnam Wood, Rizzio, The Vaster Wilds, Homegoing
  • A book you read that you would reread: Build Your House Around My Body
  • After 2023 reading, what are you prioritizing in 2024 in your reading choices: Nonfiction, especially topics I haven't normally gravitated toward
dec 14 2023 ∞
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