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2023
My Year in Books
82,854
pages read
253
books read


Stray Bullets by David Lapham
Shortest Book
31
pages
Civil War Omnibus by Mark Millar
Longest Book
2,348
pages

Average book length in 2023
327
pages

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Most Shelved
4,064,738
people also shelved
Amy Racecar by David Lapham
Least Shelved
6
people also shelved

Baba’s average rating for 2023
3.4
3.4

FIRE by Margi Prideaux
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.50 average

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

Baba’s first review of the year

really liked it
In a strange unintended coincidence the first book I finished in 2022 was also by Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs, and just like that book, this is a gem of a mystery thriller. Melville village and especially the grand externally painted houses of Melville Heights are full of watchers. The dorky 16 year old that photographs mostly girls and young women surreptitiously; his father the super headmaster who's watching everyone as he endeavours to b ...more

BABA’S 2023 BOOKS
Watching You by Lisa Jewell
really liked it
The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke
2022 on Goodreads by Various
The Guest by Emma Cline
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Avengers, Vol. 8 by Jason Aaron
King in Black Omnibus by Donny Cates
Bad Traffic by Simon Lewis
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
really liked it
Spiritless but Actually Not by Kyle Mitchell
Deadly Class, Volume 9 by Rick Remender
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Marauders, Vol. 3 by Gerry Duggan
The Thirst by Jo Nesbø
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
Wolverine, Vol. 2 by Benjamin Percy
Excalibur, Vol. 3 by Tini Howard
Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
Hellions, Vol. 2 by Zeb Wells
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
really liked it
Heroes Reborn by Jason Aaron
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
The Good Life by Martina Cole
FIRE by Margi Prideaux
Deadly Class, Volume 10 by Rick Remender
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly  Jackson
it was amazing
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2 by Kieron Gillen
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3 by Kieron Gillen
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4 by Kieron Gillen
Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5 by Kieron Gillen
Death's End by Liu Cixin
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 6 by Kieron Gillen
A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle
Between Starshine and Clay Conversations from the African Dia... by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
it was amazing
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7 by Kieron Gillen
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 8 by Kieron Gillen
Finding Hildasay by Christian Lewis
really liked it
Truly, Darkly, Deeply by Victoria Selman
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 9 by Kieron Gillen
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
The New Avengers, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
The New Avengers, Vol. 2 by Brian Michael Bendis
really liked it
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Civil War Omnibus by Mark Millar
The New Avengers, Vol. 3 by Brian Michael Bendis
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
How To Be Good by Nick Hornby
The Collectors by David Baldacci
The New Avengers, Vol. 4 by Brian Michael Bendis
Insomnia by Pinborough  Sarah
Secret Invasion by Brian Michael Bendis
The Mighty Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis
Secret Invasion by Brian Reed
Daylight by David Baldacci
AMNESIA by Peter Carey
Deadly Class, Volume 11 by Rick Remender
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
it was amazing
The Profession of Violence by John George Pearson
Dark Reign by Brian Michael Bendis
The New Avengers, Vol. 5 by Brian Michael Bendis
really liked it
Broken Ground by Val McDermid
The New Avengers Collection Vol. 6 by Brian Michael Bendis
Cult Following by Bexy Cameron
Avengers/Uncanny X-Men by Matt Fraction
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly  Jackson
Dark Reign by Brian Michael Bendis
Siege by Kieron Gillen
Siege by Brian Michael Bendis
really liked it
The New Avengers Collection Vol. 7 by Brian Michael Bendis
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Siege by Brian Reed
The Redemption of Time by Baoshu
Dark Avengers 1 - Marvel Deluxe by Brian Michael Bendis
Captain Marvel, Vol. 6 by Kelly Thompson
Love Marriage by Monica Ali
The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 12 by Nick Spencer
Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig
really liked it
Mercy by David Baldacci
The Supernova Era by Liu Cixin
Life after God by Douglas Coupland
Cry Baby by Mark Billingham
The Cormorant by Chuck Wendig
Criminal by Ed Brubaker
Them by Jon Ronson
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid

The Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells

Baba’s last review of the year

liked it
The third instalment of Beyond sees the Beyond Corporation under scrutiny from many sources from Misty and Colleen through to Parker, MJ and even Aunt May! The Beyond Corporation is forced to make a big move when they loose some critical data, and so they pull out their secret weapon, yet another iteration of one of Spidey's most dangerous foes! On the face of it quite an interesting concept of corporate malfeasance, but one that is littered with ...more
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