{"id":18393,"date":"2023-12-21T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=18393"},"modified":"2023-12-30T09:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T14:38:01","slug":"the-books-of-2023-yearly-reading-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/18393","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2023: Yearly Reading Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Once<\/a>It’s time for the yearly reading roundup, and a hell of a year it’s been.<\/p>\n

Just as I was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel of my mental health struggles, it all blew up again.<\/p>\n

The good news is I wasn’t starting from the sub-basement and my absolute worst, where I was at a couple years ago.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

So my reading has once again been erratic. Which is totally fine, because we do what we need to get through rough times.<\/p>\n

And it’s not like a reread of the Murderbot series isn’t enjoyable, after all.<\/p>\n

And I’ve still managed to read about 30 books published this year, almost as many published in 2022, and only a handful of those I’d read before. So it wasn’t all rereads! (Just 60% rereads.)<\/p>\n

I want to note there are books that I was not in the right frame of mind for, and might love on a second, later, read. Essentially, remember the ratings are how I felt about a book when I finished it; I’ve written reviews that were essentially, “I can see why this is a classic, but the whole thing made me feel sad and icky.) It’s one of the reasons I rate a book every time I read it; my rating often changes (sometimes dramatically) on a later reading.<\/p>\n

The round-up will start (of course) with book covers, and end with my love of statistics.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Science Fiction Covers<\/a>
\nRomance Covers<\/a>
\nMystery Covers<\/a>
\nFantasy Covers<\/a><\/p>\n

Science Fiction<\/a>
\nAudio<\/a>
\nRomance<\/a>
\nMystery<\/a>
\nFantasy<\/a>
\nFinal Roundup<\/p>\n

The links on this post will be updated as the posts are published.<\/p>\n

Previous Years<\/h4>\n

The Books of 2022<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2021<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2020<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2019<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2018<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2017<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2016<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2015<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2014<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2013<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2012<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2011<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2010<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2009<\/a>
\nThe Books of 2008<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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