read in 2023!
i did a reading thread last year and really enjoyed it so i am doing another one this year!! as always, you can find me on goodreads and my askbox is always open!
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★☆)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo* (★★★★★)
Beowulf by Unknown, translated by Seamus Heaney (★★★★☆)
The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Lee (★★★★☆)
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (★★★★★)
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (★★★★☆)
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (★★★★★)
The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Lee (★★★★☆)
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (★★★★★)
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson (★★☆☆☆)
Sharks in the Rivers by Ada Limón (★★★☆☆)
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang (★★★★★)
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (★★★★★)
Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)
Paper Girls, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)
There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt (★★★★★)
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (★★★★☆)
Paper Girls, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)
Paper Girls, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (★★★★☆)
Paper Girls, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)
The Guest List by Lucy Foley (★★☆☆☆)
Paper Girls, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson (★★★☆☆)
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (★★★★☆)
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (★★★★★)
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid* (★★★★★)
Goldie Vance, Volume 1 by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (★★★★☆)
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (★★★★☆)
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (★★★☆☆)
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis (★★★★★)
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (★★★☆☆)
Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (★★☆☆☆)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (★★★★★)
Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz (★★★☆☆)
Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie by Ellen Cassedy (★★★★☆)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley (★★★★☆)
Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle (★★★★☆)
Heavy Vinyl, Volume 1: Riot on the Radio by Nina Vakueva and Carly Usdin (★★★★☆)
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado (★★★☆☆)
Heavy Vinyl, Volume 2: Y2K-O! by Nina Vakueva and Carly Usdin (★★★★☆)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (★★★★☆)
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (★★★★★)
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (★★★★★)
The Backstagers, Vol 1: Rebels Without Applause by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, and Walter Baiamonte (★★★☆☆)
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (★★★★☆)
The Backstagers, Vol 2: The Show Must Go On by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, and Walter Baiamonte (★★★☆☆)
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (★★★★☆)
Happy Place by Emily Henry (★★★★★)
After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (★★★☆☆)
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones (★★★☆☆)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (★★★★☆)
A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy (★★★★☆)
Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street by Victor Luckerson (★★★★★)
Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Oscar O. Jupiter, and Val Wise (★★★★★)
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by assorted authors, edited by Saundra Mitchell (★★★★☆)
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher** (★★★★☆)
St. Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo** (★★★★★)
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan** (★★☆☆☆)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (★★★★★)
Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould** (★★★★☆)
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass** (★★★★★)
Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill (★★★☆☆)
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis** (★★★☆☆)
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (★★★☆☆)
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (★★★★☆)
Devotions by Mary Oliver (★★★★★)
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan* (★★★★☆)
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan* (★★★★☆)
The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan* (★★★★★)
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz** (★★★★☆)
The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (★★★★★)
All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord (★★★★★)
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (★★★☆☆)
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White (★★★★★)
Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (★★★★☆)
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (★★★★★)
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories by assorted authors, edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (★★★★☆)
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (★★★★☆)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (★★★★★)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (★★★★☆)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)
The October Country by Ray Bradbury (★★★★☆)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare (★★★★☆)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (★★★★☆)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)
The Appeal by Janice Hallett (★★★★☆)
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (★★★★☆)
The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón (★★★★★)
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi (★★★★★)
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (★★★★★)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)
Know My Name by Chanel Miller (★★★★★)
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd (★★★★★)
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler (★★★★☆)
The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith* (★★★★★)
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (★★★★★)
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi (★★★★★)
The Witch Hunt by Sasha Peyton Smith (★★★★☆)
That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally** (★★★★☆)
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (★★★★☆)
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)
Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson (★★★★☆)
Pageboy by Elliot Page (★★★★★)
All This and Snoopy, Too by Charles M. Schultz (★★★★☆)
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (★★★★☆)
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (★★★★☆)
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill** (★★☆☆☆)
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente (★★★★☆)
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (★★★★☆)
Spell on Wheels Vol. 1 by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, and Marissa Louise (★★★★☆)
Spell on Wheels Vol. 2: Just to Get to You by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, and Marissa Louise (★★★★☆)
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis (★★★★☆)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (★★★★☆)
The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett (★★★★☆)
So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014 - 2018 by Ursula K. Le Guin (★★★★☆)
Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict (★☆☆☆☆)
Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon (★★★★☆)
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (★★★★★)
The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani (★★★★☆)
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson (★★★★☆)
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)
The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan (★★★☆☆)
Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger (★★★☆☆)
Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia (★★★★☆)
An asterisk (*) indicates a reread.
A double asterisk (**) indicates an ARC.
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13 Book Questions!
Tagged by @gnomer-denois
1) Last book you read:
Bloodhound, Tamora Pierce
A very nice reread.
2) A book you recommend:
Alanna: The First Adventure, Tamora Pierce
Lovely lovely YA fantasy novel
3) A book you couldn't put down:
The Will of the Many, James Islington
A very fascinating book with super cool world building
4) A book you've read twice (or more):
Genuinely too many to count, but for the sake of this, I'm saying Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
5) A book on your TBR:
The Traitor, Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
This has been on my TBR for years and I haven't gotten around to it. I will eventually
6) A book you've put down:
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love, Lex Croucher
I just really hated the characters and story in this one. I know a lot of people liked it, but I thoroughly did not.
7) A book on your wishlist
At the moment, I don't have anything up there
8) Favorite book from childhood
Probably the entirety of the Inheritance Cycle. I recently read Murtagh and I need to go read the rest of the Alagaesia books
9) A book you would give to a friend:
I would give (and have given) friends a copy of Joy Demorra's Hunger Pangs. It's a very fun book.
10) The most books you own by a single author
Brian Jacques' Redwall series
I believe I own at least 11 Redwall books, potentially the majority of the series. Another childhood favorite.
11) A nonfiction book you own:
Total Cat Mojo, Jackson Galaxy
It was $3 at a used bookstore. Hard to pass up
12) What are you currently reading?
Mastiff, Tamora Pierce and In the Hand of the Goddess, Tamora Pierce
Mastiff is the book on my phone, In the Hand is my physical book for reading at work
(I'm on a Tamora Pierce kick right now)
13) What are you planning on reading next?
Oh probably more Tamora Pierce. I think I'll go for the Kel books next or perhaps the Daine books. Depends on which is available first at the library
Tagging: @pomrania @wei--wuxian @thekingsbutler @denizenhardwick @hazelspade and whoever else wants to!
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