Books, books, books!

There are SO MANY books out there – how do you know which ones are worth reading?

Well, I read* an insane amount of books each year, and am often asked for recommendations.

So, I thought to myself, why not create a page for that?

Below you’ll find my year-in-review of books, starting in 2022 and going for however long I manage to keep reading 😊

I’ve created two posts per year – one has pretty pictures of the covers with my reviews and links to the books, the other is a plain-text list with the reviews and links. Enjoy!

My 5-star book posts ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A photo of the edges of an assortment of hardcover books, which are standing up on their lower edge.

My 5-star reads of 2023 – list version

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here are my 5-star reads of 2023, in list format. If you’d like the pretty, picture-rich version with all the linky goodness, plus my reviews,

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My 5-star reads of 2023

Reading Time: 10 minutes I read a tonne of books every year, and track all of my reads, from 5-star to 1-star, on Goodreads (check out my profile and

Five books with red covers are standing up on their lower edges. Their covers are spread open so that the red spines and covers form the image of a star, with white light showing through some gaps from below the books.

My 5-star reads of 2022 – list version

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here are my 5-star reads of 2022, in list format. If you’d like the pretty, picture-rich version with all the linky goodness, plus my reviews,

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My 5-star reads of 2022

Reading Time: 7 minutes After the success of my article about my 5-star reads of 2023, I decided to create this: my 5-star reads of 2022! I read a

* Note 1: when I say “read”, that includes audiobooks too – it doesn’t matter how you consume the content, the main thing is that you put your mind to work!

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