Last night I flipped the final page of my latest book and decided I would like to share what I have read so far this year. A mix of book types and genres, no real stand-outs, but here are my first 23 books of 2023.























- Big Chicas Don’t Cry by Annette Chavez Macias ★★
- Impossible to Forget by Imogen Clark ★★★★
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ★★★
- Who do you think you are Maggie Pink? by Janet Hoggarth ★★★★
- Beard with Me by Penny Reid ★★★★
- Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner by Kathryn Freeman ★★★
- Beard Necessities by Penny Reid ★★★★★
- The Magic of Found Objects by Maddie Dawson ★★★
- The Survivor’s Guide to Family Happiness by Maddie Dawson ★★★★
- Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams by Gabrielle Bernstein ★★★
- The Book Proposal by K. J. Micciche ★★
- I Love You, I Hate You by Elizabeth Davis ★★★
- The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright ★★★
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy ★★★★
- Rent To Be by Sonia Hartl ★★★
- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins ★★★★
- The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed by Noreen Mughees ★★★
- Spare by Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex ★★★
- Creative Visualisation by Shakti Gawain ★★★
- Wild Things by Laura Kay ★★★
- Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey ★★★
- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid ★★★★
- The 7 Chakra Crystals: A guide to find your balance and peace by Luca Apicella ★★
Have you read any of these or are they on your TBR list? Is there a book that you think I should read? Leave your comments and book recommendations below.