the BEST books of 2023 (of the 200+ i read)

the writing is so lyrical it feels like a poem too so this just feels like a celebration of women specifically women who rejected the notion that women should be docile and quiet

this book is so special and magical but I love that I'm saying that about a book that is just about the normal world like finding the Magic in the world that we inhabit is so precious

this is Paul Murray's the beasting which in my humble opinion is a perfect book I like I cannot fault this even if I tried

I devoured this book I just loved it and I've read it so many times since first encountering it's one that I love to just kind of flick through every now and then

I thought this book was extraordinary and such an achievement it really is a book that just feels like an instant classic because of the way it is written it's a masterclass in character creation

this book is small But Mighty it packs such a punch I had Shivers whil reading this

it's a weird book but so perceptive and so brilliant I loved this

I thought it was a really interesting take on the diaspora by considering how one's identity Alters based on its proximity to home and where one has more power and where one has less

honestly this is nothing short of a masterpiece hang this in the Louver because it's a work of art and I can't wait to see what Alice win does next because it's safe to say I am a fan

like hello we cannot keep letting Claudia Pino get away with this with each book she rips my heart out tears it into tiny little pieces and then throws it over me like confetti and I love it

it's such a wonderful novel about growing up and coming of age and such a perfect book I think to read in your 20s

I think it's excellently done masterfully crafted a really important work of fiction that deserved to be a 2023 winner

I thought this was brilliant because emlin just has complete control over the tension of this book at all times even when her character doesn't

I gave this five stars I have no Nots and I enjoyed the way that it expanded from just being a portrait of one person to also being an analysis of society and the humankind as a whole in very profound ways