Book List 2023
2023-Dec-30, Saturday 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
summeryewberryI have a shorter version of this post up on tumblr, but here's the full analysis. I'm not including books I'm still in the middle of reading. Those will go on the list for whichever year I finish them.
Ratings:
5/5 - Instant favourite, a classic, beyond impressive
4/5 - Great book, thoroughly enjoyed
3/5 - OK, fun enough, don't regret reading but probably won't re-read
2/5 - Has a few things to offer, but wouldn't recommend otherwise
1/5 - Disappointing, meh, or waste of time
0/5 - Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!
My list of books read (and finished) in 2022, in alphabetical order:
non-fiction
Growing Up Queer in Australia, edited by Benjamin Law - 5/5
This Much Is True, by Miriam Margolyes - 4/5
fiction
Perfect Harmony #2: Love Me Tenor, by Annabeth Albert - 3/5
Knit, Purl, a Baby and a Girl, by Hettie Bell - 3/5
Master of One, by Dani Bennett and Jaida Jones - 5/5
Cesare Aldo #2: The Darkest Sin, by D. V. Bishop - 5/5
The High King's Golden Tongue, by Megan Derr - 3/5
Reforged, by Seth Haddon - 4/5
The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T. J. Klune - 3/5
Bergman Brothers #5: Everything For You, by Chloe Liese - 3/5
So This is Ever After, by F.T. Lukens - 3/5
Winter's Orbit, by Everina Maxwell - 2/5
Love & Luck #5: Two Men and a Baby, by Isla Olsen - 2/5
The Monkey's Mask, by Dorothy Porter - 5/5
The Love Study #2: The Hate Project, by Kris Ripper - 3/5
Running With Lions, by Julian Winters - 4/5
comics
(BOOM! Box) Fence, Vol. 5, by C. S. Pacat - 4/5
children's books (because I have little nieces and nephews)
Dragon Storm #1: Tomas and Ironskin, by Alastair Chisholm - 5/5
Dragon Storm #2: Cara and Silverthief, by Alastair Chisholm - 4/5
Dragon Storm #3: Ellis and Pathfinder, by Alastair Chisholm - 4/5
Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune, by Elisabetta Dami - 4/5
Thea Stilton and the Black Forest Burglary, by Elisabetta Dami - 3/5
Analysis:
Total number of books read:
22
Books that feature LGBT primary characters who don't end up dead, mad or evil?
All of the adult fiction! Every single one! Because this is what I seek put to read in the first place.
Books that feature LGBT secondary characters who don't end up dead, mad, or evil?
Love Me Tenor, by Annabeth Albert; Master of One, by Dani Bennett and Jaida Jones; The High King's Golden Tongue, by Megan Derr; Everything For You, by Chloe Liese; Winter's Orbit, by Everina Maxwell; Two Men and a Baby, by Isla Olsen; The Hate Project, by Kris Ripper; Running With Lions, by Julian Winters. Most of them, really.
Books that could have trigger warnings? (e.g. rape, torture, suicide, self-harm, other abuse or trauma)
Winter's Orbit, by Everina Maxwell (domestic violence)
Books that made me cry?
None this year.
Books that made me laugh?
So This is Ever After, by F.T. Lukens; The Love Study #2: The Hate Project, by Kris Ripper.
Books that were thrown against the wall? (Or deserved to be)
None this year!
Ratings:
5/5 - Instant favourite, a classic, beyond impressive
4/5 - Great book, thoroughly enjoyed
3/5 - OK, fun enough, don't regret reading but probably won't re-read
2/5 - Has a few things to offer, but wouldn't recommend otherwise
1/5 - Disappointing, meh, or waste of time
0/5 - Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!
My list of books read (and finished) in 2022, in alphabetical order:
non-fiction
Growing Up Queer in Australia, edited by Benjamin Law - 5/5
This Much Is True, by Miriam Margolyes - 4/5
fiction
Perfect Harmony #2: Love Me Tenor, by Annabeth Albert - 3/5
Knit, Purl, a Baby and a Girl, by Hettie Bell - 3/5
Master of One, by Dani Bennett and Jaida Jones - 5/5
Cesare Aldo #2: The Darkest Sin, by D. V. Bishop - 5/5
The High King's Golden Tongue, by Megan Derr - 3/5
Reforged, by Seth Haddon - 4/5
The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T. J. Klune - 3/5
Bergman Brothers #5: Everything For You, by Chloe Liese - 3/5
So This is Ever After, by F.T. Lukens - 3/5
Winter's Orbit, by Everina Maxwell - 2/5
Love & Luck #5: Two Men and a Baby, by Isla Olsen - 2/5
The Monkey's Mask, by Dorothy Porter - 5/5
The Love Study #2: The Hate Project, by Kris Ripper - 3/5
Running With Lions, by Julian Winters - 4/5
comics
(BOOM! Box) Fence, Vol. 5, by C. S. Pacat - 4/5
children's books (because I have little nieces and nephews)
Dragon Storm #1: Tomas and Ironskin, by Alastair Chisholm - 5/5
Dragon Storm #2: Cara and Silverthief, by Alastair Chisholm - 4/5
Dragon Storm #3: Ellis and Pathfinder, by Alastair Chisholm - 4/5
Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune, by Elisabetta Dami - 4/5
Thea Stilton and the Black Forest Burglary, by Elisabetta Dami - 3/5
Analysis:
Total number of books read:
22
Books that feature LGBT primary characters who don't end up dead, mad or evil?
All of the adult fiction! Every single one! Because this is what I seek put to read in the first place.
Books that feature LGBT secondary characters who don't end up dead, mad, or evil?
Love Me Tenor, by Annabeth Albert; Master of One, by Dani Bennett and Jaida Jones; The High King's Golden Tongue, by Megan Derr; Everything For You, by Chloe Liese; Winter's Orbit, by Everina Maxwell; Two Men and a Baby, by Isla Olsen; The Hate Project, by Kris Ripper; Running With Lions, by Julian Winters. Most of them, really.
Books that could have trigger warnings? (e.g. rape, torture, suicide, self-harm, other abuse or trauma)
Winter's Orbit, by Everina Maxwell (domestic violence)
Books that made me cry?
None this year.
Books that made me laugh?
So This is Ever After, by F.T. Lukens; The Love Study #2: The Hate Project, by Kris Ripper.
Books that were thrown against the wall? (Or deserved to be)
None this year!
