Hey there, hi there. I have posted like 5 posts thus far in 2023, and it’s already October.
To be quite frank, I just haven’t felt like writing anything much for the past 9 months. Partially because earlier this year, someone who didn’t like a couple of my reviews said I’m “sick” and should “show [my] reviews to a therapist.” But mostly because I just didn’t feel like it! (I have a shit ton of shit happening offline.)
But I feel like it today, so here I am.
SO HERE WE GO. The following is a recap of books I’ve read in 2023 for the first time. Re-reads are not included, but you’ll be happy to know that I’ve been reparenting my inner child by letting Adult Renae re-read Child Renae’s favorite books all year long. (Reparenting Child Renae is part of the “shit ton of shit” happening offline.)
Blah blah blah, on to the list!!
All the January-September books!
And here’s a an overview of all the pretty books I read over the past nine months:
Nona the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Upright Women Wanted
by Sarah Gailey
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
by Lauren James
Lunar Love
by Lauren Kung Jessen
Royal Assassin
by Robin Hobb
Who Cries for the Lost
by C.S. Harris
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
Where the Lost wander
by Amy Harmon
Capture the Sun
by Jessie Mihalik
The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
The Feeling of Falling in Love
by Mason Deaver
What’s Coming to Me
by Francesca Padilla
Night Wherever We Go
by Tracey Rose Peyton
R’Jaal’s Resonance
by Ruby Dixon
The Silence of Bones
by June Hur
Miss Lattimore’s Letter
by Suzanne Allain
Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
by Rita Chang-Eppig
The Majesties
by Tiffany Tsao
All Good People Here
by Ashley Flowers
The Mountains Sing
by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
by Talia Hibbert
How to Excavate a Heart
by Jake Maia Arlow
Assassin’s Apprentice
by Robin Hobb
Gingerbread
by Helen Oyeyemi
The Gargoyle’s Captive
by Katee Robert
The Mirror & the Light
by Hilary Mantel
Into the Light
by Mark Oshiro
Spell Bound
by F.T. Lukens
Mammoths at the Gates
by Nghi Vo
Want to learn more about my star ratings? GO HERE.
And that, as they say, is that!
