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book log 2023
this is basically...
this is basically a reboot of Lupine's Monthly Book Log. if you don't know, what you do is post the names of the books you've read every month/week/whatever, and at the end of the year (if the thread doesn't die) you can see how many books you read that year. plus, you can get lots of book recommendations from other people's lists! if you want, you can include a bit of what you thought of each book, or its genres, or maybe how many stars out of five. do as much or as little as you like.
so, yeah! very simple in theory, but a cool idea. here we go. (happy new year, everybody :D)
submitted by Artemis, Indianapolis (not really)
(January 1, 2023 - 2:17 pm)
(January 1, 2023 - 2:17 pm)
The Coming Storm, by Regina Hansen
Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
(February 16, 2023 - 7:28 pm)
Hamlet
Spindlefish and Stars, by Christiane M. Andrews (thank you Lupine! I loved this book)
(February 25, 2023 - 10:16 am)
Holding Up the Universe, by Jennifer Niven: pretty good. much lighter than All the Bright Places, but still not really light
Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes: cons: one thousand pages long. very obviously four hundred years old. did not move me much. pros: Sancho is funny, and now I can tell people that I've read Don Quixote.
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman: a reread. excellent fantasy, although a bit grown-up.
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger: he swears in about every other sentence, but it is also deeply relatable. Holden reminds me of Ponyboy.
Momo, by Michael Ende: good, deep, written for children but quite ageless
Aurora Rising, by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff: eh, okay. I prefer Illuminae.
Love's Labour's Lost, by Shakespeare: actually pretty funny and clever
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: read this. if you've already read it, read it again
(March 7, 2023 - 3:53 pm)
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman (the general rule seems to be that if he wrote it, it's good)
A Darker Shade of Magic, by V.E. Schwab (fairly good; the concept is really cool and Neverwhereish)
(March 22, 2023 - 1:12 pm)
Dear Martin, by Nic Stone
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
(March 24, 2023 - 4:20 pm)
Hollow Chest, by Brita Sandstrom (thanks Lupine!)
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow, by Zoulfa Katouh
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
(March 31, 2023 - 7:06 pm)
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
(April 10, 2023 - 9:12 pm)
A Gathering of Shadows, by V.E. Schwab
(April 20, 2023 - 9:21 pm)
hmm let's see
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri (read it, it has quotes like "every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive" and "reader who is kind to sheep and wears tasteful hats")
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi (writing good, romance dubious)
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Hemingway is the antithesis of purple prose)
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (s o g o o d)
(May 9, 2023 - 9:50 am)
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
(May 18, 2023 - 6:17 pm)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
by Shakespeare:
A Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Taming of the Shrew
Much Ado About Nothing
by Oscar Wilde:
Salomé
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Windermere's Fan
An Ideal Husband
A Woman of No Importance
(June 4, 2023 - 6:07 pm)
Oh wow, you read the Oscar Wilde plays!! I love those!
(June 5, 2023 - 10:18 am)
Oh yes! I was partially influenced by your recommendation :) They were all quite funny (except Salomé, of course, which is dark and tragic, as you know), especially The Importance of Being Earnest.
(June 6, 2023 - 3:28 pm)
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Sheets, by Brenna Thummler
Delicates, by Brenna Thummler
It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, by Zoe Thorogood
The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik
(June 16, 2023 - 9:42 am)
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
(June 18, 2023 - 7:27 pm)