2023 reading plans

Goodreads goal: 35 books

Other goals

  • Read three Canadian authors
  • Read three nonfiction books
  • Read three translated novels
  • Read 15 books from my physical TBR
  • Buy fewer than five books

2023 TBR

I actually decided not to make a TBR this year! I want to focus on reading the books I own and making room on my shelves, but I don’t want to pressure myself to read specific books, so we’re keeping it broad this year.

Key

  • (📚) = owned prior to 2023
  • (🇨🇦) = Canadian author
  • (🌾) = Indigenous author
  • (🌈) = LGBTQ2S+ author or representation
  • (📖) = on TBR prior to 2023
  • (🎶) = audiobook
  • (🆓) = from the library
  • (🔎) = translated book
  • (✨) = favourite

Books read

  • The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (📖, 🎶, 🆓): 4 stars
  • Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin (📚, 📖, ✨): 4.5 stars
  • Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (📚, 🌈, 📖, ✨): 4.5 stars
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (📚, 📖): 4 stars
  • Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzalves (🌈, 📖, 🆓): 4 stars
  • I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz (📖, 🆓, 🔎, ✨): 4 stars
  • Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui (🇨🇦, 📖, 🎶, 🆓): 4 stars
  • Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related by Jenny Heijun Wills (🇨🇦, 📖, 🎶, 🆓): 3.5 stars
  • I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (📖, 🎶, 🆓, ✨): 5 stars
  • American Predator by Maureen Callahan (🎶, 🆓): 4 stars
  • The Billionaire Murders by Kevin Donovan (🇨🇦, 🎶, 🆓): 3.5 stars
  • The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano Lesnevich (🌈, 📖, 🎶, 🆓): 4 stars
  • Happy Place by Emily Henry (🌈, 📖, 🆓, ✨): 5 stars
  • My Body by Emily Ratajkowski (📖, 🎶, 🆓): 4 stars
  • Copy Cat by Alex Lake (📚, 📖): 2 stars
  • Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot (🆓, 🔎): 2 stars
  • Girl A by Abigail Dean (🆓): 3.5 stars
  • I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You by David Chariandy (🇨🇦, 📖, 🎶, 🆓): 3 stars
  • The Selection by Kiera Cass (📖, 🆓): 3 stars
  • We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, translated by Emma Rault (📚, 📖, 🔎): 4 stars
  • In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott (🇨🇦, 🌾, 📖, 🎶, 🆓): 4 stars
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (📚, 📖, ✨): 5 stars
  • Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley (📖): 4 stars
  • The Man from the Train by Bill James (🎶, 🆓): 3 stars
  • The Elite by Kiera Cass (🆓): 3.5 stars
  • Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly (📖): 4 stars
  • Real World by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Philip Gabriel (📖, 🔎, 🆓): 2.5 stars
  • Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani (📚, 📖, 🔎): 4 stars
  • Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (📚, 🌈, 📖): 4 stars

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