my reading challenge | 2023
i am a little late at posting this but i wanted to share the books i read last year, along with my ratings. last year, i set a goal to read 40 books and i ended up reading 60 books.
here are my reads and what i thought |
01. the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid | 4/5 stars
02. in a holidaze by christina lauren | 4/5 stars
03. an american in provence: art, life and photography by jamie beck | 5/5 stars
04. sam by allegra goodman | 3/5 stars
05. every summer after by carley fortune | 4/5 stars
06. the book of lost friends by lisa wingate | 3/5 stars
07. the guest list by lucy foley | 4/5 stars
08. the light we lost by jill santopolo | 5/5 stars
09. i found you by lisa jewell | 4/5 stars
10. the extraordinary life of sam hell | 4/5 stars
11. how the word is passed by clint smith | 4/5 stars
12. the lives we actually have: 100 blessings for imperfect days by kate bowler and jessica richie | 5/5 stars
13. flight patterns by karen white | 4/4 stars
14. becoming free indeed: my story of disentangling faith from fear by jinger duggar vuolo | 3/4 stars
15. baby-led weaning by teresa pitman | 3/5 stars
16. the last mrs. parrish by liv constantine | 4/5 stars
17. the measure by nikki erlick | 3/5 stars (but i have thought about this book so much over the past year so maybe 4 stars!)
18. the light between oceans by m.l stedman | 4/5 stars
19. an invisible thread by laura schroff and alex tresniowski | 4/5 stars
20. the life council: 10 friends every woman needs by laura tremaine | 4/5 stars (also think about this one a lot)
21. a living remedy by nicole chung | 4/5 stars
22. in five years by rebecca serle | 4/5 stars
23. own your space by alexandra gater | 4/5 stars
24. we all want impossible things by catherine newman | 4/5 stars
25. the summer i turned pretty (summer #1) by jenny han | 3/5 stars (loved the television series so much more!)
26. black cake by charmaine wilkerson | 4/5 stars
27. what the wind knows by amy harmon | 4/5 stars
28. on our best behavior by elise loehnen | 4/5 stars
29. a quitter’s paradise by elysha chang | 2/5 stars
30. raising good humans by hunter clarke-fields | 4/5 stars
31. the one hundred years of lenni and margot by marianne cronin | 5/5 stars
32. the secret to southern charm by kristy woodson harvey | 3/5 stars
33. you better be lighting by andrea gibson | 5/5 stars
34. holy moments by matthew kelly | 4/4 stars
35. lord of the butterflies by andrea gibson | 5/5 stars
36. a newport summer by ruthie sommers | 5/5 stars
37. issac’s storm by erik larson | 2/5 stars
38. the in-between by hadley vlahos | 5/5 stars
39. the spare room by andrea bartz | 3/5 stars
40. a lovely life: savoring simple joys in every season by melissa michaels | 4/5 stars
41. where the yellow flowers bloom by kim cantin | 4/5 stars
42. this time tomorrow by emma straub | 3/5 stars
43. crying in h mart by michelle zauner | 5/5 stars
44. enchantment: awakening wonder in an anxious age by katherine may | 3/5 stars
45. the lies i tell by julie clark | 4/5 stars
46. imagine heaven by john burke | 5/5 stars
47. mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia | 2/5 stars
48. happy place by emily henry | 3/5 stars
49. talking at night by claire daverly | 3/5 stars
50. shark heart: a love story by emily habeck | 5/5 stars
51. rebel homemaker: food, family, life by drew barrymore | 4/5 stars
52. how to stay married: the most insane love story ever told by harrison scott key | 4/5 stars
53. the creative act: a way of being by rick rubin | 4/5 stars
54. the only one left by riley sager | 4/5 stars
55. i’ll show myself out: essays on midlife and motherhood by jessi klein | 4/5 stars
56. lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus | 4/5 stars (i liked the book but loved the television series!)
57. christmas in the cottage: come home to comfort & joy by cindy cooper | 4.5 stars
58. what my bones know: a memoir of healing from complex trauma by stephanie foo | 5/5 stars
59. fourth wing by rebecca yarros | 4/5 stars
60. the river we remember by william kent krueger | 4/5 stars
my very favorite books were: the one hundred years of lenni and margot, the in-between, and imagine heaven
i also loved these coffee table reads a lot: an american in provence and a newport summer
this year, i set a goal to read 45 books and am currently reading book #33. i love using our public library (the library has been a love of mine since i was a very young child) and then the app, goodreads (if you are on there, come find me!)
what books have you loved recently?