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Bethann's 2023 Reading Wrap-up

The end of the year is generally a time of reflection so I wanted to do a reading wrap-up! I found some great questions that I think would be good for any reader to add to the end of their reading journal. Links will be added in if you find anything you like for your 2024 TBR! 

Happy Holidays everyone! 

  1. What was your biggest reading “win” in 2023?
    1. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman as an introduction to the reading world of LitRPG and humor is my biggest win. LitRPG is a fresh new world of reading that I have the ability to really explore (not that I needed more things added to my TBR). As far as the win of “humor,” I realized this year that the more you read the more you get to know yourself. The realization, or win, for me in knowing myself as a reader is that I love humor in my fantasy. Taking reading risks lead me down that road!
  2. How did you read your books?
    1. 26 Physical Books
    2. 1 Audiobook
    3. 116 Ebooks
  3. Books you DNF’d (Did Not Finish).
    1. ACOTAR, Berserk Series by Kentaro Miura, Jujitsu Kaisen Series by Gege Akutami, PTSD Radio Series by Masaaki Nakayama, Primal Waters by Steve Alten, Never Whistle at Night by Sane Hawk, The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
  4. Who was the author you read the most from?
    1. Instead of going with number of books from an author, I went with longest time spent with an author. I read a lot of graphic novel series this year but didn’t feel like I spent a lot of time with those authors compared to the time I spent reading Brandon Sanderson novels. Even though I haven’t finished Yumi and the Nightmare Painter and Words of Radiance, I have started them this year and that makes an impact. Brandon Sanderson is definitely the winner of this question with my completion of Warbreaker and Words of Radiance at over 2,000 pages and some deep reading.
  5. What was the book that was most fun for you to read?
    1. The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey, Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, and Kaiju No. 8 series by Naoya Matsumoto
  6. What was a book that dragged on?
    1. Midnight is the Darkest hour by Ashley Winstead, Beholder by Ryan La Sala, and The Ruins by Scott Smith
  7. What were some books you reread?
    1. The Hobbit and Fahrenheit 451
  8. Are there any books you read in 2023 that you would read again?
    1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
  9. What’s on the TBR (To Be Read) list for 2024?
    1. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson, Confessions by Kanae Minato, Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio, Sunbringer by Hannah Haner, A Place For Vanishing by Anne Fraistat, Leviathan Wakes by James Corey, He Who Fights with Monsters by Shirtaloon

For more book recommendations please tune in to Off the Books with B&S Podcast on any of your preferred podcasting platforms; new episodes air every other Thursday.

Bethann