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Best Books I Read in 2023

By Kasey | February 11, 2024 - 7:00 am |January 19, 2024 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, News and Fun

Best Books I Read in 2023

I feel like I’ve spent the whole last month scrambling to catch up on the things I didn’t get to in December, which means that my January tasks have also gotten pushed back a little later than normal. But, at last, here we are: talking about the best books I read in 2023.

Last year was a really great one for me in terms of books. I read a lot of books that I very much enjoyed, and even more that I thought were good. I’m hoping to feature even more of them in lists over the next few months. We’ll see how that pans out. But, for … Continue reading →

10 Best Middle Grade Books I Read From Summer 2023

By Kasey | August 29, 2023 - 7:00 am |August 27, 2023 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, Middle Grade 8-12, News and Fun

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This summer definitely did not go as I planned. Looking back, I wonder why I imagined I’d have so much more time to do things like create list posts. Ha! Alas, here I am at the end of summer, and instead of a big list of the middle grade books that looked so great, please enjoy a list of the 10 best middle grade books I read from summer 2023.

10 Best Middle Grade Books I Read From Summer 2023

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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books of 2022

By Kasey | January 3, 2023 - 7:00 am |December 10, 2022 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Lists, Middle Grade 8-12, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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This past year, I read 171 titles in exchange for reviews. I also read something like thirty books from my backlist. I did a terrible job keeping track of my backlist reading, something I’m hoping to do better at this year. All that to say that I read just about 200 books, and so many of them were great. It’s really hard to narrow that list down to just the top ten.

Note: Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Best Books of 2022

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23 Amazing Young Adult Books Coming Winter 2023

By Kasey | December 29, 2022 - 7:00 am |April 1, 2023 Lists, News and Fun, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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23 Amazing Young Adult Books Coming Winter 2023

Seems like every month I have a harder time figuring out my review calendar. There are just too many amazing books coming out these days. I want to read them all! This winter is no exception. Lots of these titles are by authors of books I read last year (or earlier) and loved, so I’m really excited about their newest titles. There are a fair amount of romance titles on here, but some fantasy, historical and murder mysteries, too.

These are the 23 most-anticipated young adult books coming winter 2023 that I’m most looking forward to. I’ll post a list of my most-anticipated … Continue reading →

15 Amazing Middle Grade Books Coming Winter 2023

By Kasey | December 27, 2022 - 7:00 am |April 1, 2023 Lists, Middle Grade 8-12, News and Fun

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How are there so many great books coming out in the next few months? It gets harder and harder to limit my calendar to the books I can actually read, because it seems like there are so many great ones out there. I read three to five middle grade titles in an average month, but I wish I could read more. These books will all be published from January to March 2023. My list is mainly contemporary, historical, and fantasy novels. Here are the middle grade books coming winter 2023 that I’m most looking forward to reading.

Amazing Middle Grade Books Coming Winter 2023

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Best Books I Read in Fall 2022: Reading Recap

By Kasey | December 6, 2022 - 7:00 am |December 4, 2022 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, Middle Grade 8-12, News and Fun, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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Best Books I Read in Fall 2022 – Reading Recap

This is a relatively new thing I’ve been trying out. I’ve been posting most-anticipated reading lists for the season, with my most looked-forward-to new young adult and middle grade releases and why I’m excited about them. Then at the end of the season, I post a look back at the list following up. How many books from the list did I actually read? Which were my favorites? So. Here we are with a list of the best books I read in fall 2022. Let’s get to it!