PaperbackPirate reads 47 in 2023!

Happy New Year!
Last year I didn't read quite as many books as usual, but I did read 5 books over 500 pages. I did not reach my goal of 46, but I think of it as a good reading year nonetheless because of all the 5 star books I read.
For the past few years I based my goal on my age so I'm going to do the same again and try for 47.

Previous threads in case you're interested:

2022 (39 books)
2021 (43 books)
2020 (50 books)
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2019 (43 books)
2018 (44 books)
2017 (41 books)
2016 (43 books)
2015 (35 books)
2014 (33 books)
2013 (50 books)
2012 (43 books)
2011 (43 books)
2010 (42 books)
417 books in 10 years

I hope you stop by!

January-March
1. Velocity by Dean Koontz - finished 1/3
2. Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner - finished 1/13
3. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - finished 1/30
4. Whisper Network by Chandler Baker - finished 2/16
5. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - finished 2/23
6. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson - finished 3/7
7. The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss - finished 3/18

April-June
8. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry - finished 4/7
9. The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Jane Webb Loudon - finished 4/16
10. Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas - finished 4/26
11. The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King - finished 5/7
12. Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus - finished 5/18
13. Becoming by Michelle Obama - finished 5/31
14. Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks - finished 6/7
15. Wool by Hugh Howey - finished 6/13
16. Fall into Darkness by Christopher Pike - finished 6/21
17. The Bird King: A Novel by G. Willow Wilson- finished 6/27
18. Marvel's Voices: Pride by Marvel Comics - finished 6/29

July-September
19. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline - finished 7/1
20. What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass - finished 7/4
21. Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon by Nancy Atherton - finished 7/5
22. Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline - finished 7/8
23. The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams - finished 7/16
24. Quicksilver by Dean Koontz - finished 7/25
25. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather - finished 8/19
26. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson - finished 9/8
27. Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg - finished 9/17
28. As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson - finished 9/30

October-December
29. All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson - finished 10/8
30. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - finished 10/21
31. Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke - finished 10/29
32. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier - finished 10/29
33. Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King - finished 11/13
34. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh - finished 11/24
35. Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami - finished 11/25
36. Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones - finished 11/26
37. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde - finished 12/13
38. The Haunting Season by Various Authors - finished 12/24
39. Silver Bells by Luanne Rice - finished 12/26
40. Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory - finished 12/29

Oh, the places I'll go by reading books this year!

USA
Arizona: Quicksilver by Dean Koontz
California: Velocity by Dean Koontz
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry
Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
Connecticut: As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson
Georgia: Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
Illinois: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Kentucky: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
Nevada: Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg
New Jersey: All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
New Mexico: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
New York: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass
The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
Silver Bells by Luanne Rice
Oregon: The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
Texas: Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
Utah: Fall Into Darkness by Christopher Pike
Virginia: All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, California, Illinois: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

Countries
Canada: Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
England: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon by Nancy Atherton
The Haunting Season by Various Authors
Japan: Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami

Monthly Key Word Challenge - COMPLETED!
Your task is to read 1 book that includes one or more of the key words in the title that month.

JAN – Crown, Girl, Whisper, Black, Heart, Guide, All: Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

FEB – Vanish, Book, Come: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

MAR – Beyond, Friend, Cry, Run, Woods: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry

APR – Ask, Wind, Found, Circle, Broken, Drown: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King

MAY – Dragon, Day, Thousand, And: Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon by Nancy Atherton

JUN - Bridge, Everything, Blue, First, Wild, Luck: Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

JUL – Clock, This, Way, Poison, Summer: The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams

AUG – Dangerous, Best, Chase, How, Flower: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

SEP – With, Just, Sleep, Name: Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

OCT – Old, After, Take, Shadow, Darkness, Of: Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King

NOV – Paris, Sparrow, Two, Say: Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

DEC – Silver, My, Dream: Silver Bells by Luanne Rice

What's In A Name reading challenge
In 2023, choose 6 books that have titles that contain:

Punctuation: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

7 Deadly Sins: Marvel's Voices: Pride by Marvel Comics

You or Me:

Chess Piece: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson-

Celebration: Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

Q, X, Z: Quicksilver by Dean Koontz

Already a quarter of the way through the year? Here are my 5 favorites from the last 3 months in the order I read them:

Velocity by Dean Koontz
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss

What were yours?

I got my Fifteener yesterday!

medal - Fifteener for members who've been on the site for fifteen years.

Halfway through the year already! Here are my 6 favorites from April-June in the order I read them:

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
Wool by Hugh Howey

What were yours?

Another quarter of the year done! Here are my 5 favorites from July-September in the order I read them:

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass
The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg
As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson

What were yours?

My 5 favorites from the last quarter of the year in the order I read them:

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King

What were yours?

I found this one on carlym's thread a long time ago. To play along just answer the questions with titles of books you read in 2023. Think of it as Cards Against Humanity with book titles.

Describe yourself: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
How do you feel? Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
Describe where you currently live: Gangster Nation
If you could go anywhere...? Sea of Tranquility
Favorite form of transportation: Horse
Your best friend is: As Good as Dead
You and your friends are: Becoming
What's the weather like? The Wind Through the Keyhole
Your favorite time of day is: Just After Sunset
What is life for you? Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
You fear: The Mummy!
Best advice: Lessons in Chemistry
Thought for the day: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
How you would like to die: Fall Into Darkness

My top ten for 2023 in the order I read them:

The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke

If I had to pick one favorite it would probably be...Project Hail Mary!

It was hard to narrow it down to 10! What were yours?