#books of 2023

[myjetpack]

My Reading Year.

(My last @guardian Books cartoon for 2023)

#books #reading #books of 2023 #2023 #year in review #infographic

[yilisbookclub]

"The Mastery of Love" is a book by Don Miguel Ruiz. It teaches us how to have good relationships with others and ourselves. The book says we should love and accept ourselves first, so we can love others better. It talks about how to stop feeling scared or jealous and how to love and be loved. It also tells us that people show and feel love in different ways. It helps us learn how to talk nicely and set good limits in relationships.

Some lessons from the book:

To have good relationships, you need to love and accept yourself.

You can learn to overcome fear and stop it from ruining your relationships.

Real love doesn't depend on conditions. It's not about what someone does for you.

Good communication is important. You should talk honestly and nicely to others.

Understand your feelings and thoughts so you can have better relationships.

Holding onto anger and resentment hurts you. Forgiving is good for your heart.

It's okay to say no and set limits. This helps you have balanced relationships.

Love is stronger than fear. Choose love in your actions and thoughts.

Focus on the moment. Don't worry too much about the past or future.

Loving is a skill you can practice and get better at over time.

The book has short chapters with things to do and think about. It helps us use these lessons in our own lives. Read this book if you want to learn how to make relationships better and feeling good about yourself.

#bookstagram #book review #bookish #bookshelf #bookaddict #new books #book quotes #books #best seller books #books and reading #book recommendations #read in 2023 #books of tumblr #books of 2023 #books of the month #reading list #books books books

[hannaslibrary]

Best reads of 2023 - Manacled by SenLinYu

Rating: ★★★★★

“There was a part of her that felt she might somehow doom them if she said it. If there were important things left unspoken, then perhaps tomorrow would come.”

#books of 2023 #yes this is a book TO ME #a literary masterpiece #manacled #senlinyu #dramione #hermione x draco #fanfic #harry potter #book recs

[haridraws]

Favourite graphic novels I read in 2023

I love comics and think you should too, so thought I'd share some I loved reading this year.

Edit: way more readable version now here

#what i've been reading #realised these pics are NOT readable on mobile sometimes #graphic novels #books of 2023 #comic review

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023: SYSTEM COLLAPSE by Martha Wells.

Y'all I preordered this on JANUARY 24 of this year, and I have been hyped for it That Entire Time™!!

#books of 2023 #book photography #my photography #murderbot #system collapse #the murderbot diaries #martha wells #I LOVE ART AND BOT SO FUCKING MUCH!!! #FAVORITE DYNAMIC EVER!!!!

[b-oredzoi]

Series of 2023: The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

"What do you know about Welsh kings?"

#the raven cycle #the raven boys #maggie stiefvater #litedit #bookblr #raven cycle #moodboard #books of 2023

[bookcub]

so i finally made one for 2023

#list challenges #books of 2023 #booklr

[kbkirtley]

Teen Titans - Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo

Doing a top-3 of the year for Graphic Novels because all my favorites were series this year. Coming in third was the Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo Teen Titans series!

I was hooked from Raven and each book that followed just kept getting better. With longtime favorites like Raven, Gar, Damian and Dick; new faces like Max; and an iconic Teen Titans villain like Slade, the series has done a masterful job of setting up its own stand-alone world that’s still true to the characters I’ve always loved.

With HBO’s Titans ending, Young Justice seemingly dead, and no announced plans for more Teen Titans main universe programming, this standalone series has been a delight.

Very excited that Starfire is coming in summer 2024 and would be surprised if it didn’t make my 2024 end of year list.

#bookblr #teen titans #raven #robin #dc comics #beast boy #nightwing #starfire #damian wayne #rachel roth #garfield logan #dick grayson #Maxine Navarro #deathstroke #slade wilson #young justice #booksoftheyear #books of 2023 #year in review #kami garcia #gabriel picolo #comics #graphic novel

[greenconverses]

Recently read: We have reached the point in the year when I go through the stack of books I've bought over the last few months and actually read them. Shocker! I have to read three more to hit my goal of 80, but there's plenty of time to get those and more in before 2024 kicks off.

Ashley Herring Blake continues to be my gold standard for sapphic contemporary romances. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date wasn't my favorite of the Bright Falls trilogy, but I did really like it and the smut was fantastic. Best of all: it wasn't boring, which was the cardinal sin of a certain other book pictured above. (★★★★)

The Lady Hellion by Joanna Shupe was fine. Standard issue historical romance, with less messy relationship drama than the first two in series. Shupe always delivers on the hotness factor. (★★★)

As hinted, The Fiancee Farce by Alexandra Bellefleur was deeply lackluster, which I probably could've guessed from the hideous cover alone. I liked the premise of a modern marriage of convenience tied in with fake dating, but the execution left me wanting.

For one thing, the "fakeness" of their relationship was supposed to be kept a secret and the MCs literally told everyone they encountered about it, so it wasn't too hard to guess what the third act reveal was going to be. I stopped caring around the 50% mark when three different people overheard a conversation about the faking and nothing came of it. For another, it just had too big of a cast and actual development of the MCs got left behind in favor of ~crazy roommate hijinks or shitty rich people behavior. Also, BORING ROMANCE WAS BORING. Alexandra Bellefleur's first two books really hit the spot for me, but her latest offerings haven't been great. (★★.85)

Hi does Rachel Lynn Solomon have access to my all of inner thoughts and dialogue?? Because some bits of Business or Pleasure could've been ripped straight from my brain, especially Chandler's thoughts about getting into journalism and anxiety around her career. I MAYBE RELATED A LITTLE TOO HARD. Where is my hot former teen star to follow around to cons so I can ghostwrite his future best seller, huh?? (★★★★)

#currently reading #books of 2023 #romance novels #historical romance #contemporary romance

[joequinns]

BOOKS OF 2023

tagged by my babes @sunkillerdreamer and @carmybcrzatto thank you <3

tagging @lyndys @callumnova @currahee @josephfakingquinn @neilgansey @ronandreams @munsonswifee @lostsolace @tommishelby @poetlcs @kiegotakami

#what a year! these are all 5 stars and i truly truly recommend them!!!! #books of 2023 #tag games #nicole.txt

[myjetpack]

Books of the Year! For the Guardian.

#books #cartoon #tom gauld #bookshops #books of 2023 #books of tumblr

[alberta-sunrise]

OMG!!

That ending!!

I am legitimately speechless!! I cannot… WHAT?!! 😱

This book has me obsessed. I cannot wait for the next instalment and so excited that it comes out 4 days before my birthday. EEEEEK!!

Only 3 months to wait 🙊

#booklr #book covers #booklover #books of tumblr #books of 2023 #book nerd #fantasy books #fantasy #dragons #fourth wing #like omg #omg omg omg #omg

[hannaslibrary]

Best reads of 2023 - Legendborn and Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Rating: ★★★★★ for both

“The air itself is desperate to hold me back, because I can break it, because I am the tip of the spear. The pain-sharpened blade.”

#books of 2023 #legendborn #bloodmarked #tracy deonn #fantasy books #book recs #ya fantasy #book aesthetic #arthurian legend

[thorin-is-a-cuddler]

It did make me yearn and yearn and yearn

And when I finally understood the meaning behind calling each other by their own names I basically turned into an ocean of tears

#cmbyn #call me by your name #elio #oliver #elio x oliver #andre aciman #books of 2023 #tbr pile

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023: ARTIFICIAL CONDITION and NETWORK EFFECT by Martha Wells.

Speedrunning a (selective) Murderbot reread so I can do SYSTEM COLLAPSE next!!! ART, my beloved!!

#books of 2023 #book photography #my photography #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #artificial condition #network effect #martha wells #why yes i HAVE been looking forward to this since release day #and guess WHAT now that nano is DRAFTED (and just needs to be ~typed~) i can READ BOT!!!!! #well #reread bot #and THEN read new bot!!

[b-oredzoi]

Books I Read in 2023: Our Hideous Progeny by C.E McGill (@c-e-mcgill)

We had built here, in this half-ruined boat house on the edge of the Moray Firth, a temple to our own strange gods- to Chemistry and Anatomy and Electricity.

#THEEE BOOK OF THE YEAR #seriously rewired my neural pathways GOD yall its the best of the best #our hideous progeny #bookblr #litedit #book moodboard #litblr #moodboards #books of 2023