45 Books Loved and Read in 2023

The title says loved and read. I do love books but maybe I wouldn't say loved for all of them. Each book has something to offer though, in learning or a simple escape to another place and/or time. Last year, 2023, I had 45 pleasant times spent with someone else's work and words. Here's the list...

1. The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest Book 1) by Shion Miura
2. The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel
3. Vanished: A Gripping Serial Killer Psychological Thriller (The Baudin and Dixon Series) by Victor Methos
4. Reluctantly Home by Imogen Clark
5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
6. Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan
7. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
8. The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel
9. The Tracker (Sam Callahan Book 1) by Chad Zunker
10. She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino
11. No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge
12. When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
13. The World Played Chess: A Novel by Robert Dugoni
14. Rich Blood (Jason Rich Book 1) by Robert Bailey
15. City Dark: A Thriller by Roger A Canaff
16. An Impossible Return: A Novel by Caroline Laurent
17. The Second Mrs. Astor: A Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the Titanic by Shana Abe
18. The Bookstore Sisters: A Short Story by Alice Hoffman
19. A Girl Called Samson: A Novel by Amy Harmon
20. My Evil Mother: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood
21. Shogun: A Novel of Japan Volume 1 by James Clavell
22. Wild, Beautiful and Free by Sophfronia Scott
23. The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken
24. Someone Else's Life: A Thriller by Lyn Liao Butler
25. Shogun: A Novel of Japan  Volume 2 by James Clavell
26. Lost Light by Michael Connelly
27. The Chemistry of Love by Sariah Wilson
28. Invasion by Robin Cook
29. Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen
30. The Dry Grass of August: A Moving Southern Coming of Age Novel by Anna Jean Mayhew
31. They Came to Bagdad by Agatha Christie
32. N or M by Agatha Christie
33. Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
34. The Undertaker's Assistant: a Captivating Post Civil War Novel of Southern Historical Fiction by Amanda Skenandore
35. The Road Towards Home by Corinne Demas
36. Vietnam-Culture Smart: The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture by Geoffrey Murray
37. Swan Light by Phoebe Rowe
38. Dutch Uncle by Marilyn Durham
39. Speak to Me of Love by Dorothy Eden
40. What the Wind Knows by Amy Harman
41. A Chance Inheritance by Carolyn Brown
42. Never Lie: An Addictive Psychological Thriller by Freida McFadden
43. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
44. Black River by Matthew Spencer
45. There's No Turning Back from This: A Novel by Ann Garvin

There it is. This is the list of books read during the day, typically at lunch time, or at night on my Kindle. I read from 4 different sources of books, some were Prime Reading books or First Read choices from Amazon, some were gift books from Connie given to me by her daughters after she passed away and some were books I already owned and had saved during all my moves. After I read any of the paper books, I am passing them on the thrift stores or friends. 

Have you read any of these? What outstanding books have you read this year? Feel free to leave a comment. If you want to make a blogger smile all day just leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you, any you, except spam, I delete those.

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