I missed TTT the past couple weeks, and I'm more interested in reflecting on last year's reads, since, per usual, I'm not planning to read a lot of new releases this year. I read my most favorite books of 2023 toward the beginning of the year, probably since that's also when I read my most anticipated reads for the year, but a few sleeper hits snuck in at the end. Overall, it was a good and occasionally great reading year--toward the end there were some more mediocre reads, but I still don't regret them because I learned something from them and I also enjoy the experience of reading to discuss with other people at my book clubs.
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- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree--I love how I had to request my library to purchase this in 2022, and it won the Nebula and the Hugo in 2023--very deservedly! I am loving the era of cozy fantasy!
- Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore
- Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders
- The Cloisters by Katy Hays
- The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
- The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
- The Shadow of Theron by Kathryn Troy
- Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen
- Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
- Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian
- We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
- The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer--One of the last books I read in December, for a new book club; surprisingly poignant as well as quirky.
- Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer--Also one of the last books I read in December--a romance but also very concerned with Jewish and chronic illness rep and life.
- A Vision in Crimson by Kathryn Troy--ARC coming soon--I really enjoyed it, and it was just as well-written though very different in content than Shadow of Theron.
Most Anticipated Books Being Released in the First Half of 2024
- 1000 Words by Jami Attenberg
- A Vision in Crimson by Kathryn Troy
- Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha #3) by Tomi Adeyemi
- To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang
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Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.