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2023
My Year in Books
34,454
pages read
Salima || salimateez
100
books read
Salima || salimateez
The Party by Lynn Painter
Shortest Book
21
pages
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
Longest Book
639
pages
Average book length in 2023
344
pages
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Most Shelved
3,972,736
people also shelved
Tales of the Damned by Matt Ralphs
Least Shelved
31
people also shelved
Salima || salimateez’s average rating for 2023
3.9
3.9
The Little Kid with the Big Green Hand by Matthew Gray Gubler
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.69 average
This Book Kills by Ravena Guron

Salima || salimateez’s first review of the year

really liked it
ok i read this book SO fast i literally couldn’t put it down,, i stayed up late last night to finish it and omg!!! THE TWIST!!

~ this book kills is a YA murder mystery that takes place in a British boarding school,, it’s written from the POV of the main character Jess who heads the investigation to clear her and her friends’ names. It’s not super dense while also being jam packed with clues and subtle hints and details that make it so so intrigui ...more
SALIMA || SALIMATEEZ’S 2023 BOOKS
This Book Kills by Ravena Guron
Saint by Adrienne Young
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
it was amazing
Princess of Souls by Alexandra Christo
Some of It Was Real by Nan Fischer
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Tattered Stars by Catherine Cowles
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
it was amazing
Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
Falling Embers by Catherine Cowles
Hidden Waters by Catherine Cowles
Shattered Sea by Catherine Cowles
Fractured Sky by Catherine Cowles
When Gracie Met the Grump by Mariana Zapata
it was amazing
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
The First Move by Jenny Ireland
Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
Finding Me by Viola Davis
it was amazing
Charlie, Love and Clichés by Maise Ella
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip by Lynn Painter
The Party by Lynn Painter
Better Than The Prom by Lynn Painter
The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
it was amazing
Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
Ironside by Holly Black
My Week With Him by Joya Goffney
The Boy You Always Wanted by Michelle Quach
Those We Drown by Amy Goldsmith
Bellegarde by Jamie Lilac
The Perfect Girlfriend by Hayley Smith
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Long Game by Elena Armas
The Nail Salon by Natalie Tambini
Ms Perfectly Fine by Kate Callaghan
Beach Read by Emily Henry
it was amazing
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Blackout by Sarah Goodwin
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 0 by Gege Akutami
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
In These Hallowed Halls by Marie O'Regan
A Duet with the Siren Duke by Elise Kova
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
it was amazing
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Fable by Adrienne Young
A Business Proposal, Vol. 1 by Haehwa
it was amazing
A Business Proposal, Vol. 2 by Haehwa
Legendary by Stephanie Garber
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
The Little Kid with the Big Green Hand by Matthew Gray Gubler
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
I Loved You In Another Life by David Arnold
Seeds of Murder by Rosie Sandler
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
This Spells Love by Kate Robb
Tales of the Damned by Matt Ralphs
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
it was amazing
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
A Shining by Jon Fosse
The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
The Duke Knows Best by Jane Ashford
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
The Land Before Time Management by Ryan Keats
it was amazing
The Picture House Murders by Fiona Veitch Smith
Kulti by Mariana Zapata
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
Dinosaur Friendship by James Stewart
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
A Business Proposal, Vol. 3 by Haehwa
it was amazing
The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream Shukairy
Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron
Say You’ll Be My Jaan by Naina Kumar
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
Say You’ll Be My Jaan by Naina Kumar

Salima || salimateez’s last review of the year

really liked it
This was such good fun! I went in with mid to low expectations because I’ve been let down a lot this year with contemp romance but this was FANTASTIC! High on chemistry, loved the banter, the puns were a personal favourite!! It was up it was down it was different enough from the standard romcom that I was hooked but not so different that it lost the essence of the genre; it was so well done!
I loved the plot, I loved that they had things going on ...more
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