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Books I Meant to Read in 2023 But Didn’t Get To

Jan 23, 2024

This week I’m sharing the books I meant to read in 2023 but didn’t get to. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

There are so many books to read, and my TBR is ever-growing. So for today’s Top Ten Tuesday I’m sharing the books I was meant to read in 2023 but just didn’t get to. While I read over 200 books in 2023, I still didn’t have the time to read so many books that I had been looking forward to. From new releases to books that had just caught my eye, there is a mix here. I have no real explanation, but as a mood reader, I just didn’t feel like picking these up.

So let’s get into it. Here are the books that I was meant to read in 2023, but just didn’t get the chance. As always these are in no real order.

Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1) by H.D. Carlton. | The Serpent and the Wings of Night. (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1) by Carissa Broadbent. | Tempting Little Thief (Girls of Greyson, #1) by Meagan Brandy. | Beautiful Things (Second Sons, #1) by Emily Rath.

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto. | If Only You (The Bergman Brothers #6). by Chloe Liese. | Done and Dusted. (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1) by Lyla Sage. | Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper. #5) by Alice Oseman.

The Pucking Wrong Number (Pucking Wrong, #1) by C.R. Jane. | Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) by Brynne Weaver.

And there we go, those are just some of the books that I didn’t get to in 2023 but meant to. However, I do hope that I can get to some of them this year. I know there are a few that are on the top of my list for sure. Have you read any of these? What did you think? Are you planning on reading them? What books made it to your list? And so, let’s chat!

My Year in Books 2023 | Part 1

Jan 14, 2024

It’s that time again. Over the past few years, I’ve liked to share all the books I’ve read in the previous year. And while it takes me ages, I love sharing them with you. So today it’s time to share all the books I read in 2023.

One of the reasons I love doing these books is that it lets me look back at all the books I read over the year. I get to see what books I love, the books I may re-read. And even lets me work out the series I need to finish. I also get to see what types of books I read the year. And while I mostly did read romance in 2023, I like seeing the subgenres that really caught my eye.

This series will be done similarly to last year, with 3 different posts. Each post will follow different months and will be as follows, January-April, May-August, September-December.

In 2023, I read 222 books. And while not my biggest year I’m happy with what I read. So, let’s get right into it. Here are all the books I read from January-April in 2023. As always these are in no real order.

Face Offs & Cheap Shots (CU Hockey #2) by Eden Finley and Saxon James. – 3.5 Stars | Goal Lines & First Times (CU Hockey #3 ). by Eden Finley and Saxon James – 4 Stars. | Line Mates & Study Dates. (CU Hockey #4) by Eden Finley and Saxon James. – 4 Stars | Puck Drills & Quick Thrills (CU Hockey #5) by Eden Finley and Saxon James. – 4 Stars.

Revealing the Dragons (Stonefire Dragons #2.5) by Jessie Donovan – 3 Stars. | Rebel & Her Knights (Pack Bonds #1) by Rosemary A. Johns. – 3 Stars | Ember & Her Marshals (Pack Bonds #2) by Rosemary A. Johns – 2.5 Stars. | Faked (Ward Sisters #2) by Karla Sorensen – 4 Stars.

Broken Bonds (The Bonds That Tie #1) by J. Bree – 4 Stars. |Savage Bonds (The Bonds That Tie #2) by J. Bree – 4 Stars. | Blood Bonds. (The Bonds That Tie #3). by J. Bree – 4 Stars. | Forced Bonds (The Bonds That Tie #4) by J. Bree. – 4 Stars.

Tragic Bonds (The Bonds That Tie #5) by J. Bree – 4 Stars. | Floored (Ward Sisters #3) by Karla Sorensen. – 4 Stars | Forbidden (Ward Sisters #4) by Karla Sorensen – 3.5 Stars | Luna and the Lie by Mariana Zapata – 4 Stars Reread.

Steal Me (Haunted Roads #1 ) by India R. Adams– 2 Stars. | Cal (Secrets and Lies #1) by B.J. Alpha.– 2 Stars | Con (Secrets and Lies #2) by B.J. Alpha – 2 Stars | Finn (Secrets and Lies #3) by B.J. Alpha– 2 Stars.

Bren (Secrets and Lies #4) – B.J. Alpha – 2 Stars. | Oscar (Secrets and Lies #5 ) B.J. Alpha – 2 Stars. | Where Good Girls Go To Die (Good Girls #1 ) by Holly Renee. – 4 Stars | Where Bad Girls Go to Fall (Good Girls #2) by Holly Renee. – 4 Stars.

Harmony (The Club Girl Diaries #1 ) by Addison Jane – 3.5 Stars | Chelsea (The Club Girl Diaries #2) by Addison Jane. – 4 Stars | Hadley (The Club Girl Diaries #3) by Addison Jane – 4 Stars. | Coach (Treasure State Wildcats, #1) by Devney Perry.

The Kraken’s Sacrifice (A Deal With a Demon #2) by Katee Robert – 4 Stars. | Sticks and Stone by Grace McGinty. – 4 Stars. | Luxuria (Shades of Sin #1) by Colette Rhodes. | Under Locke by Mariana Zapata – 4.5 Stars Reread.

Blizzard (The Club Girl Diaries, #4) by Addison Jane – 3.5 Stars. | Family (The Club Girl Diaries, #5) by Addison Jane – 3 Stars. | Wrench (The Club Girl Diaries Book 6) by Addison Jane – 3.5 Stars. | Skylar (The Club Girl Diaries Book 7) by Addison Jane – 3 Stars.

Shake (The Club Girl Diaries Book 8) by Addison Jane – 3.5 Stars | Meyah (The Club Girl Diaries Book 9) by Addison Jane – 4 Stars. | Kennedy (The Phoenix Club Girl Diaries #1) by Addison Jane – 3.5 Stars. | Laken (The Phoenix Club Girl Diaries #2) by Addison Jane 3.5 Stars.

Avery (The Phoenix Club Girl Diaries, #3) by Addison Jane – 3.5 Stars. | The Wrong Bride (The Windsors, #1). by Catharina Maura – 4 Stars. | Trick Me Twice (Alstone High #1) by Becca Steele – 3 Stars. | Cross the Line (Alstone High #1.5). by Becca Steele – 3 Stars.

Irrevocable (The Exiled Eight MC #1) by Addison Jane – 4 Stars. | Illusive (The Exiled Eight MC #2) by Addison Jane – 4 Stars. | Ghost (The Halloween Boys Series #1) by Kat Blackthorne – 4 Stars. | Havoc at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #1) by C.M. Stunich. – 3.5 Stars.

Chaos at Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #2) by C.M. Stunich – 3.5 Stars | Mayhem At Prescott High (The Havoc Boys, #3) by C.M. Stunich – 3.5 Stars. | Final Offer (Dreamland Billionaires, #3) by Lauren Asher – 4.5 Stars. | Lunatic (Necessary Evils, #6) by Onley James – 4 Stars.

Pitch (Saving Abbie #1) by Maggie Alabaster and Jo Bradley. – 3.5 Stars | Pound (Saving Abbie #2) by Maggie Alabaster and Jo Bradley. – 4 Stars. | Session (Saving Abbie #3) by Maggie Alabaster and Jo Bradley – 4 Stars. | Muse (Saving Abbie #4) by Maggie Alabaster and Jo Bradley. – 3.5 Stars.

Death Wish (Reaper Reborn, #1) by Harper A. Brooks – 4 Stars. | Property of the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men #1) by Gemma Weir. – 4 Stars. | Owned by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men #2) by Gemma Weir. – 3.5 Stars. | Kept by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men #3) by Gemma Weir. – 4 Stars.

Bound (Monsters & Artifacts, #2) by Trish Heinrich – 4 Stars. | Vampire’s Nest (Blood Vow, #1) by Helen Scott – 3.5 Stars. | Salvation: Wolves of Woodland Falls (Small Town Packs) by Cassie Laelyn – 4 Stars. | One Pucked Up Pack by Sarah Blue – 3.5 Stars.

Maniac (Necessary Evils, #7) by Onley James – 4 Stars. | Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1) by Elsie Silver – 3.5 Stars. | Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2) by Elsie Silver – 4 Stars Reread. | Powerless (Chestnut Springs, #3) by Elsie Silver – 4 Stars.

Wolf Kissed (Luna Marked #1) by Heather Renee – 3.5 Stars | Wolf Taken (Luna Marked #2) by Heather Renee – 3.5 Stars. | Wolf Mated (Luna Marked #3) by Heather Renee – 3.5 Stars. | That One Night (Jacksonville Rays #0.5) by Emily Rath – 3 Stars.

Pucking Around (Jacksonville Rays #1) by Emily Rath – 4 Stars. | Lords of Pain (The Royals of Forsyth University, #1) by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue– 3 Stars. | Lords of Wrath (The Royals of Forsyth University, #2) by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue – 3.5 Stars | Lords of Mercy (The Royals of Forsyth University, #3) by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue – 3.5 Stars.

Lies like Rubies, Part One by Poppy Jacobson – 2.5 Stars Review. | Gilded Dreams by Thora Woods and Shannon French – 3.5 Stars Review. | Give Me More. (Salacious Players Club, #3) by Sara Cate – 4 Stars. | Knot Your Damn Omega by Devyn Sinclair – 4 Stars.

7th Circle (Hades, #1) by Tate James – 4 Stars. | Anarchy (Hades. #2) by Tate James. – 4 Stars | Club 22 (Hades, #3) by Tate James – 4 Stars. | Timber (Hades, #4) by Tate James. – 4 Stars.

Dukes of Ruin (Royals of Forsyth University, #4) by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue – 4 Stars. | Dukes of Madness (Royals of Forsyth University, #5) by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue – 4 Stars. | Dukes of Peril (Royals of Forsyth University, #6) by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue – 4 Stars. | Highest Bidder (Salacious Players Club, #5) by Sara Cate – 3.5 Stars.

Pucking Ever After: Volume 1 by Emily Rath – 3 Stars. | Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros – 5 Stars.

And there we go, those are all the books I read from January to April in 2023. I read quite a bit at the start of the year. There were some that I loved and some that weren’t really for me. But overall I had a really good start.

What books did you read in 2023? Have you read any of the books on this list? What were some of your favourites from 2023? So, let’s chat!

My Favorite Books of 2023

Jan 2, 2024

This week I’m sharing some of my favourite reads of 2023 Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

So this isn’t a fun post to make, I hate making these hard decisions. Especially in regards to picking my favourite reads of the year. I had a fantastic reading year in 2023 and read over 200 books, so I have so many to choose from.

I mean there were some ugly reads, there were some standouts and there were some that I may never think of again. So I had to really think a lot for this post. And I may come back in 6 months and think differently.

But enough of this chit-chat, here are some of the best books I read in 2023. Nearly all of these are romances, honestly, all of these are romances. Because that is all I read in 2023, and I loved it. But there is a range of romances here. I do want to make a quick note that the books on this list are my favourites. This is what I thought of them and they may not be for you. But I liked them a lot.

So without further ado, here are some of my favourite books for 2023. And as always these are in no real order. If I also loved a whole series and read it in 2023, I included it as one. Let’s go!

The Bonds That Tie Series by J. Bree. | Final Offer (Dreamland Billionaires, #3) by Lauren Asher. | Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2) by Elsie Silver | The Royals of Forsyth University #4-#6 by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue.

The Empyrean Series #1-#2 by Rebecca Yarros. | Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) by Hannah Grace. | Fate of a Royal (Lords of Rathe, #1) by Meagan Brandy and Amo Jones. | The Crown of Oaths and Curses (The Mortal Fates, #1) by J. Bree.

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young. | Brayshaw High Series by Meagan Brandy. | Caution to the Wind (The Fallen Men, #7) by Giana Darling | Caught Up (Windy City, #3) by Liz Tomforde.

There are so many more books and series that I could have added to this list, but I already went over the 10. But those are some of my favourite reads of 2023. Have you read any of these books? What did you think? What books made it to your list this year? Let’s chat!