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2023
My Year in Books
8,290
pages read
Lucien
32
books read
Lucien
Blood Snow by dg nanouk okpik
Shortest Book
80
pages
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Longest Book
559
pages
Average book length in 2023
259
pages
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Most Shelved
4,082,020
people also shelved
Soft Apocalypse by Leah Nieboer
Least Shelved
46
people also shelved
Lucien’s average rating for 2023
4.3
4.3
Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.60 average
Biting the Hand by Julia Lee

Lucien’s first review of the year

really liked it
Such a compelling memoir infused with social justice, poetry analysis, racial and cultural history, and, throughout, a refreshingly strong tone of candor and honesty. I learned so much about Asian American history and experiences through this book, and I am grateful. I also learned strategies for pushing back against racism in classrooms and community spaces (which reminds me of Felicia Rose Chavez's essential pedagogy text / hybrid memoir The An ...more
LUCIEN’S 2023 BOOKS
Biting the Hand by Julia Lee
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
it was amazing
Training for the Uphill Athlete by Steve House
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Soft Apocalypse by Leah Nieboer
From Unincorporated Territory [åmot] by Craig Santos Pérez
Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej
The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
it was amazing
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Bunny by Mona Awad
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Blackouts by Justin Torres
The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career by John A. Goldsmith
Infinite Constellations by Khadijah Queen
it was amazing
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Flamer by Mike Curato
Carry by Toni Jensen
Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
In the Current Where Drowning Is Beautiful by Abigail Chabitnoy
Blood Snow by dg nanouk okpik
Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia
it was amazing
Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Lucien’s last review of the year

it was amazing
A spare and lyrical novel that moves between characters' perspectives and across time, reckoning with past and present trauma, hope, and love. Such a marvelous counterpart to Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, another short novel about a woman's coming of age (but, for both of these novels, so much more besides). As a poet and as a prose reader, I was deeply inspired by this book and look forward to reading more by Jacqueline Woodson. ...more
2023 Reading Challenge
2023 READING
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Lucien read 32 out of 100 books.
 
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