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2023
My Year in Books
11,824
pages read
Jonathan
42
books read
Jonathan
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
Shortest Book
96
pages
Led Zeppelin by Bob Spitz
Longest Book
688
pages
Average book length in 2023
281
pages
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Most Shelved
304,484
people also shelved
Watermelon Wine by Frye Gaillard
Least Shelved
52
people also shelved
Jonathan’s average rating for 2023
4.3
4.3
Country Music by Dayton Duncan
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.52 average
Rolling Stones and the making of Let It Bleed by Sean Egan

Jonathan’s first review of the year

really liked it
The author has some whack opinions about some of the tracks on Let it Bleed. Whack opinions and omissions: failure to even mention the ragged riff that drives "Monkey Man" -- and then saying the song was too slickly produced; dissing the fiddle solo on "Country Honk" and not appreciating the propulsive force achieved on acoustic guitars is totally bogus. And he gets a couple of small things wrong (there's a photo that is described as being at Alt ...more
JONATHAN’S 2023 BOOKS
Rolling Stones and the making of Let It Bleed by Sean Egan
Liberation Day by George Saunders
it was amazing
Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride by Peter Cooper
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Always Been There by Michael Streissguth
Watermelon Wine by Frye Gaillard
Outlaw by Michael Streissguth
Lovesick Blues by Paul Hemphill
Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their L... by Mark Zwonitzer
it was amazing
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Secret Identity by Alex Segura
Country Music by Dayton Duncan
Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
Why Tammy Wynette Matters by Steacy Easton
The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
Harrow by Joy Williams
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
it was amazing
Pursuit by Joyce Carol Oates
Twilight in Hazard by Alan Maimon
Curse of Riches by Claire Prentice
The Trees by Percival Everett
He Stopped Loving Her Today by Jack Isenhour
Parachute Women by Elizabeth Winder
24 Hours in Charlottesville by Nora Neus
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
The Cut by George P. Pelecanos
Eighteen Days in October by Uri Kaufman
it was amazing
Led Zeppelin by Bob Spitz
First the Jews by Evan Moffic
Requiem for the Massacre by R.J. Young
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Monica by Daniel Clowes
What's Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
A Thread of Violence by Mark O'Connell
Jews in the Garden by Judy Rakowsky
The Guest by Emma Cline
it was amazing
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

Jonathan’s last review of the year

it was amazing
Remarkably well-written and insightful. Among other things, this is a great sociological history of Boston in 1974 at the height of its shockingly intense massive resistance movement.
SPOILER ALERT
I could have done without the superhuman feats of strength and derring do, but those are more or less essential features of the thriller/crime genre. If the revenge parts of the book had been a bit more subtle, say, this book would be in the same class ...more
2023 Reading Challenge
2023 READING
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Jonathan Rice read 42 out of 60 books.
 
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