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2023
My Year in Books
62,050
pages read
Kelly (and the Book Boar)
183
books read
Kelly (and the Book Boar)
Different for Boys by Patrick Ness
Shortest Book
104
pages
Fearless by Lauren Gilley
Longest Book
738
pages
Average book length in 2023
339
pages
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
Most Shelved
2,055,325
people also shelved
Love, Heather by Laurie Petrou
Least Shelved
1,918
people also shelved
Kelly (and the Book Boar)’s average rating for 2023
3.2
3.2
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.59 average
On a Night Like This by Lindsey Kelk

Kelly (and the Book Boar)’s first review of the year

it was ok
I picked this up because in a sea of lackluster Christmas reads, I really dug The Christmas Wish. Of course, I have yet to review that one, because let’s face it . . .



Sadly On a Night Like This made me feel the major *womp wommmmmmp*. As I said above, I picked this up from the library immediately after finishing the aforementioned winning holiday romcom. I didn’t look at the blurb (but we all know I more than dibble dabble in some cartoony c ...more
KELLY (AND THE BOOK BOAR)’S 2023 BOOKS
On a Night Like This by Lindsey Kelk
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive by Carolyn Prusa
it was amazing
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
really liked it
After All I've Done by Mina Hardy
Sedating Elaine by Dawn Winter
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
A Mother Would Know by Amber Garza
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
Something from Tiffany's by Melissa Hill
My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren
it was amazing
Love, Heather by Laurie Petrou
I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting
Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia
Lovely Girls by Margot Hunt
Milk in My Coffee by Eric Jerome Dickey
The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
Flight by Lynn Steger Strong
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
it was amazing
All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
One Night on the Island by Josie Silver
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns
Save What's Left by Elizabeth Castellano
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Brutes by Dizz Tate
The Fraud Squad by Kyla Zhao
All the Dark Places by Terri Parlato
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
it was amazing
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey
The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon
He Said He Would Be Late by Justine Sullivan
A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing
it was amazing
This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs
The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
A Likeable Woman by May Cobb
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
it was amazing
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy
The Daydreams by Laura Hankin
People to Follow by Olivia Worley
You Should Smile More by Anastasia Ryan
Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel
Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
Skip to the End by Molly James
really liked it
Woman of the Year by Darcey Bell
Moorewood Family Rules by HelenKay Dimon
Community Board by Tara Conklin
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand
really liked it
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams
Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
Kala by Colin Walsh
Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary
The Searcher by Tana French
it was amazing
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis
Different for Boys by Patrick Ness
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
I Could Live Here Forever by Hanna Halperin
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
I'm Not Done with You Yet by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon
Camp Sylvania by Julie Murphy
really liked it
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Block Party by Jamie Day
What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall
Prom Mom by Laura Lippman
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott
Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen

Kelly (and the Book Boar)’s last review of the year

liked it
When I saw the premise of this book was about a family owned nail salon who would be battling with a new upscale competitor who was getting ready to move into the neighborhood I immediately wanted a copy and was hoping for some of these vibes . . .



Man, I still looooooove the Barbershop/Beauty Shop franchise!

Unfortunately, there wasn’t a whole lot of time spent in the nail salon like I was hoping – and the description of how run-down the pla ...more
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