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2023
My Year in Books
187,993
pages read
556
books read


The Spendthrift and the Swallow by Ambrose Parry
Shortest Book
52
pages
The Kindness by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Longest Book
760
pages

Average book length in 2023
338
pages

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most Shelved
6,231,593
people also shelved
The Scottish Play by Penny Freedman
Least Shelved
6
people also shelved

Louise’s average rating for 2023
3.3
3.3

Word Monkey by Christopher Fowler
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.82 average

The Other Woman by Jane A. Adams

Louise’s first review of the year

liked it
Possible spoilers.

I read this in one sitting,and it was a real emotional roller coaster,where I went from loving that a granddaughter and grandfather had such a special relationship,to very quickly thinking what had happened to sour it.
There were some grim moments,but some heart warming ones too,and the slight supernatural element to the book adds just a bit of extra excitement.
I wondered at motivation for a lot of the characters throughout the b
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LOUISE’S 2023 BOOKS
The Other Woman by Jane A. Adams
Dandy in the Underworld by Sebastian Horsley
Word Monkey by Christopher Fowler
it was amazing
The Book of Doors by Gareth  Brown
Paris By Starlight by Robert Dinsdale
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
An Eye for an Eye by Carol Wyer
See Them Run by Marion Todd
The French Lesson by Hallie Rubenhold
The Birdcage Library by Freya Berry
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
it was amazing
A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman
Dust by Hugh Howey
Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy
The Girl in the Pink Shoes by Stacy Green
One Puzzling Afternoon by Emily   Critchley
Lies to Tell by Marion Todd
A Truth for a Truth by Carol Wyer
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Hazard Night by Laura Vaughan
Different for Boys by Patrick Ness
really liked it
When Last Seen by Brenda Chapman
Freeze by Kate Simants
The Fall by Louise Jensen
What They Knew by Marion Todd
Slaughterhouse Farm by Tina Orr Munro
really liked it
What Walks These Halls by Amy Clarkin
The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks
Twist of Fate by David  Mark
Elevation by Stephen         King
The Rise by David   Towner
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Hell Bay by Kate Rhodes
Killing Jericho by Will Harker
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
The Lodger by Helen Scarlett
The Twenty by Sam  Holland
The Last Passenger by Will Dean
it was amazing
The Killing Song by Lesley Mcevoy
Games for Dead Girls by Jen Williams
Let Me In by Claire McGowan
You Can Run by Trevor Wood
really liked it
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
This Family by Kate Sawyer
The Suspect by Kathryn Croft
The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus
Paper Cup by Karen Campbell
Vita and the Birds by Polly Crosby
Breakneck Point by T. Orr Munro
Look Both Ways by Linwood Barclay
The Sisterhood by Katherine Bradley
really liked it
Keep Her Secret by Mark  Edwards
Mother Sea by Lorraine  Wilson
There's Been a Little Incident by Alice Ryan
There's Something I Have to Tell You by Michelle McDonagh
Two Sisters by Blake Morrison
Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey
The Truth About Her by Annie Taylor
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Murder at Waldenmere Lake by Michelle Salter
The Walled Garden by Sarah Hardy
The Shallows by Holly Craig
The Broken Afternoon by Simon Mason
This Could Be Us by Claire McGowan
really liked it
A Bitter Remedy by Alis Hawkins
The Bequest by Joanna Margaret
The Woman Who Lied by Claire Douglas
The Nursery by Szilvia Molnar
Conviction by Jack   Jordan
A Storm of Ice and Stars by Lisa Lueddecke
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
Foxash by Kate Worsley
Soft Lad by Nick Grimshaw
Fyneshade by Kate   Griffin
it was amazing
Killing for Company by Brian Masters
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans
The Red Bird Sings by Aoife Fitzpatrick
The People Watcher by Sam  Lloyd
really liked it
House Woman by Adorah Nworah
Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
Find Me by André Aciman
Another Person by Kang Hwagil
The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams
The Good Time Girls by K.T. Blakemore
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
really liked it
Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar
Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O'Donoghue
One Moment by Becky Hunter
Termush by Sven Holm
Eleven Liars by Robert  Gold
The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything by Kara Gnodde
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
A Sorrow Called Sarah by Charlotte Roddy

Blood Runs Deep by Doug Sinclair

Louise’s last review of the year

liked it
3.5 ⭐

Quite the one, when you like the "crazy" possibly bad guy as much as you do the main character.

There's a lot of damaged people in this book, and that makes them interesting.
It's a very good start to a series of what , if its like this one, will be a cop working by his own rules, a bit of gore, tons of action and a dependable sidekick.
Very enjoyable.
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