Read in 2023 – Tracy Durnell

Books Read in 2023

* indicates re-reads. 👍 = enjoyed a lot 👍👍 = loved
Presented in reverse order. Links go to my review / notes.

Resisting Maxu
by Victoria Aveline
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub
2023-

Warmth of His Light
by Frey Ortega
(romance, paranormal)
self-pub, gay rep
2023-02-04

Dark Ambitions
by Michelle Diener
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub, novella
2023-02-03

Dark Class
by Michelle Diener
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub
2023-02-03

For the Throne
by Hannah Whitten
(fantasy, romance)
2023-01-27

Convergence
by Etta Pierce
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub
2023-01-22

Saga Vol. 10
by Brian K. Vaughan +
Fiona Staples
(graphic novel, sci-fi)
2023-01-20

Wintering
by Katherine May
(memoir)
autistic author
2023-01-17

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes
by Cat Sebastian
(romance, historical)
bi rep
2023-01-08

Stolen by the Alien Rogue
by Krista Luna
(romance, sci-fi)
novella, self-pub
2023-01-02

We Hereby Refuse
by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Matt Sasaki +
Ross Ishikawa
(graphic non-fiction, history)
Japanese-American authors
2023-01-02

A Restless Truth
by Freya Marske
(romance, fantasy)
didn’t grab me, didn’t like the MC
The Red Scholar’s Wake
by Aliette de Bodard
(sci-fi, romance)
disliked the power differential between the MCs, wasn’t feeling it
The High Commander’s Mate
by Ella Blair
(romance, sci-fi)
needed more editing
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
(fiction)
too literary, too drama
Sisters of the Vast Black
by Linda Rather
(sci-fi)
Looked like it was going to be kind of a closed character study that sounded boring
The Spare Man
by Mary Robinette Kowal
(sci-fi, mystery)
Too much alcohol, weirdly mixed modern and old language, the heroine was big into throwing around her money and name