Reviewing all the books I read in 2023 in just ONE sentence each 📖 (part 2!)

Have you read any of these books? Let me know in the comments!

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0:00 Intro
0:36 July Reads
1:44 August Reads
3:30 September Reads
6:12 October Reads
10:27 November Reads
12:28 December Reads

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[Octobig]

that one sentence review for monkey beach (3:05) was pure poetry!! 😭❤

love this series so much. it's such a nice & concise way of presenting your reading year! 📚

[msraerae]

Your review of The Maidens was spot on. What a breath of fresh air hearing an articulate and well summarized review of this book.

[anavere]

Listening to you talk about the book club made me a little weepy! I am so happy to have found this group and to regularly meet with such wonderful people who share my love of reading. Thank you for creating and fostering such a great space 💜

[onatbaran]

As a Turkish person who was reading 10 books a year and now reads 10 books in a month, I started to read books in their written language and it quickly became a passion this year and I am constantly on a hunt to find intellectual, passionate people to get recommendations from because I don't want to lose what I started to love all of a sudden and I don't want to come across a book that will put me in a reading slump. This video of yours was so amazingly poetic and genuine and made me add a lot of the books to my list. Thank you so much

[mollyb]

I just love that your reading covers so many genres and that I recognize many titles but also find a lot of new ones to add to my TBR! I did a reread of Roger Ackroyd this last year and I think knowing how it ends definitely makes the reading experience completely different the second time around! Such a great book!

[RaptorsCantSwim]

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Favorite book of 2023:
The Golem And The Jinni by Helene Wecker:
A beautifully written historical fantasy, that explores gender roles and the concept of humanity, while simultaneously serving as the (perhaps unintentionally) perfect depiction of being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world. Five Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Least Favorite book of 2023:
The Circus Train by Amita Parika
A catfish of a book, likening itself to The Night Circus and Water for Elephants, but delivering a reading experience that can only be described as the script for an ableist, holocaust heist-movie written for Nickelodeon. One Star ⭐

[gothprincess]

I absolutely love this review format, you did a wonderful job describing the main premise and feelings of each book. I love your channel! 📚❤

[dracaryslace]

I love your one sentence book reviews!! ❤ Also I have a suggestion for you based on your fox journal video, I just recently read a book called Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship by Catherine Raven that I feel you'd love! It's a true story so sort of a memoir, but very emotional and beautiful. 🦊

[ilovevampires]

Will there be an update on the reading around the world challenge? I'm curious how many countries you have already visited and how many are still waiting. 😊

[SimplyjenniferN]

📚📖 oh so so good as alway! Your description of the books was on point! I always enjoy getting new recommendations although I may never be at your capacity for books read in a year my tbr is growing exponentially, thanks for sharing lovely friend ❤

[renellepenney]

It's incredible that you read so many 5 STARS ! ❤ I'm adding several to my TBR ! Love your channel !

[xjulesiscools]

Love the concept of one sentence reviews! I struggle with sounding mildly insane when I try to describe books, lol.

Favorite book: The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley; an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars that has a heart wrenching love story and time travel.
Least favorite book: An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn; the Bridgerton book that follows the story of the second son, Benedict, and paints a manipulative, self-entitled man as romantic.

[jessezigg]

Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews does 30 second reviews that are usually hilarious! (He's not terribly concise usually either.)

[ag]

I love your one sentence reviews so much!!
Favourite: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi:
A decadent and sensuous modern fairytale penned down in the most exquisite prose that blurs the line between reality and fantasy and explores toxic, codependent female friendship.

Least favorite: Gothikana by RuNyx: An atrocious dark romance that masquerades as dark academia, exhibiting justvthe vibes but none of critique that dark academia is supposed to have, with a writing style so cringy it made me throw up more than once😂

[slinkyscrap]

Island of the Blue Dolphins was my favorite book as a child! I'd completely forgotten about it until this review!

[caitlincarter]

How do you manage to succinctly review a whole book in less time than it takes to explain to my husband which deodorant to pick up at the store?

[alienahull]

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Favorite: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Least Favorite: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

[isirlasplace]

📚Least: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: Misogyny and avarice disguised as a supposedly scary tale of an eighteenth century man who comes across a small Dutch town surrounded by a scary legend. His ride through the countryside alone made me gag. ⭐️

Best: I have 2 for different reasons.
1) Loveless: a young person's journey as they become aware of their sexuality and develop meaningful friendships along the way. (This was recommended by my youngest child who came out to me 2 years ago as aro-ase so it holds a very special place in my heart⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2) This Is How You Lose The Time War: stunning prose, intricate world and concepts, delivering a most beautiful sapphic love story. I find myself grabbing this book every once in a while, reading a passage and putting it back down - something I don't do with any other book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[babsundstef]

📚 Most loved: Know my Name by Chanel Miller
Least loved: Fourth Wing

[athenasbibliotheca]

These are always so fun to hear. It feels like it would be kind of fun to do myself as well.

Favorite book of 2023:
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson- A beautifully written exploration of those in abusive situations coming to terms with the type of relationship they are in and finding a way out no matter what they have to do.

Least Liked Book of 2023:
The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolynn Keene (Nancy Drew)- A mystery that was too predicable and with no nostalgia attached to the story was overall rather boring.