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Favorite Books of 2023 & Most Anticipated Books of 2024

 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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Favorite Books I Read in 2023

  1. 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!
  2. Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore
  3. Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders
  4. The Cloisters by Katy Hays
  5. The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
  6. The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
  7. The Shadow of Theron by Kathryn Troy
  8. Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen
  9. Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
  10. Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian
  11. We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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

  1. 1000 Words by Jami Attenberg
  2. A Vision in Crimson by Kathryn Troy
  3. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha #3) by Tomi Adeyemi
  4. To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang

Comments

Lydia said…
1000 Words sounds interesting!

Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.

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