What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
52
pages
Longest Book
688
pages
Average book length in
2023
300
pages
Most Shelved
5,219,074
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
71
people
also shelved
Malia’s
average rating for
2023
3.5
3.5
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.49
average
Malia’s first review of the year
really liked it
This was my first book of the new year, and it was a good one! I have a real fondness for Elizabeth Strout's Lucy Barton series, so I thought I was about time I read her most famous book. While Olive isn't entirely likable, (she isn't meant to be, I suspect), she is interesting. In fact, all the characters were multi-dimensional, not an easy feat when you devote a mere 20 or so pages to each of them. Of course, some were more engaging than others
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Malia’s last review of the year
it was amazing
Updated review: Re-read this for the third time, and it's as poignant as the first. Regardless of where one stands in the current conflict, this is a must-read for anyone.
I read this book once when I was in school, and though it moved me then, I was not somehow able to grasp its magnitude. I recently read OPEN HEART by Wiesel, and it was so engaging, I thought it might be good to try this again, too. It is a short book, but I have yet to come acr ...more
I read this book once when I was in school, and though it moved me then, I was not somehow able to grasp its magnitude. I recently read OPEN HEART by Wiesel, and it was so engaging, I thought it might be good to try this again, too. It is a short book, but I have yet to come acr ...more
2023 READING
CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE
Malia
read
77
out of
70
books.
110%
What did you read this year?
