Blogmas 2023 Wrap Up!

Blogmas 2023 Wrap Up!

Packing, packing, packing over here!

Hell YEAH!

21 days in a row of blog posting…COMPLETE!

I’ve had such fun doing this (although it was quite the undertaking while trying to research, plan, and pack for a big vacation) but I’m super proud that I did it. I hope you enjoyed coming along for the ride!

I’m signing off now until after the new year. I won’t be posting on my blog until then but I WILL be posting over on Instagram! Follow my Instastories as my family heads to DISNEY!

Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, Happy EVERYTHING :) 

I hope the end of your 2023 is filled with love and BOOKS!

Blogmas 2023 Posts:

12/1 Blogmas 2023: Welcome to Blogmas {VIDEO}!

12/2 Blogmas 2023: Happy Birthday to ME {Sephora Gift Card Giveaway}!

12/3 Blogmas 2023: Book Review: All I Want for Christmas {Maggie Knox}

12/4 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: The Christmas Bet {Meg Easton}

12/5 Blogmas 2023: The Winter Series {Joanne Demaio} Check In

12/6 Blogmas 2023: Non Holiday Audiobook Review: The Coworker {Freida McFadden}

12/7 Blogmas 2023: Random Bookish Things

12/8 Blogmas 2023: The Holiday Sign in the Form of a Post It

12/9 Blogmas 2023: READ THIS BOOK READ THIS BOOK READ THIS BOOK

12/10 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: A Lake House Holiday {Megan Squires}

12/11 Blogmas 2023: Disney World Trumps Blogmas!

12/12 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: The Book Club Hotel {Sarah Morgan}

12/13 Blogmas 2023: Book Coffee Happy’s 13 Most Viewed Posts of 2023

12/14 Blogmas 2023: A {Non Holiday} Middle School Book Series That I LOVE

12/15 Blogmas 2023: I LOVED This Gorgeous Holiday Book…About BOOKS!

12/16 The 9 Best Books I Read in 2023

12/17 Blogmas 2023: 2 Non Holiday Audiobooks {Same Author} I Started Listening To and Hated!

12/18 Blogmas 2023: Screw It…Moving On, My Beautiful Present, and a Holiday Book Review

12/19 Blogmas 2023: Non Holiday Audiobook Review: The Missing Husband {Natasha Boydell}

12/20 Blogmas 2023: Books I’m Taking To DISNEY WORLD!

Xo,

Jenny

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The 9 Best Books I Read in 2023

The 9 Best Books I Read in 2023

My perfect birthday present from my son!

I cannot believe that I only have 9 books on this list this year! I usually have more than that amount! I read A LOT of books this year and many were great…just not great ENOUGH to be considered the BEST books I read in 2023. I take this list very seriously and it’s always more important to me to truly include my absolute favorites, even if that number is lower than I would like for it to be. Quality over quantity always!

Here are (significantly longer) lists from previous years:

The 12 Best Books I Read in 2019

The 12 Best Books I Read in 2020

BLOGMAS: The 13 Best Books I Read in 2021

Blogmas 2022: The 13 Best Books I Read in 2022

The 9 Best Books I Read in 2023

As always, I’m continuing with the tradition of presenting this year’s selection not by title, but by the Book Coffee Happy epilogue that I always include at the very end of all my book reviews. These epilogues are my “final thoughts”, a quick 1 sentence(ish) recap of my feelings about the book. When you click on each “epilogue” below, it will take you to my original blog post which includes the book’s synopsis and well as my full review!

So without further adu, I present to you the 9 absolute BEST books that I read in 2023 in no particular order:

Book #1’s Epilogue:

Let go of how weird this book sounds and just READ IT. It’s perfection.

Book #2’s Epilogue:

Read this series. Start with this book. Order a “Vagode” cake.

Book #3’s Epilogue:

Loved every single word…and song lyric.

Book #4’s Epilogue:

Read these books. If you have middle schoolers, encourage them to read these books. Better yet, read them at the same time and have meaningful and important life discussions 🙂

Book #5’s Epilogue:

This book is pure holiday magic and joy.

Book #6’s Epilogue:

It was great!

Book #7’s Epilogue:

A perfect holiday book for a book lover.

Book #8’s Epilogue:

Every teenager (and adult!) should read this book. I truly can’t recommend it enough. You will smile, you will cry, you will LEARN. This is such an important book and absolutely one of the very best I’ve read in a very long time.

Book #9’s Epilogue:

READ. THIS. BOOK. Just not while you are on an airplane or have plans to be on one anytime soon 😉

What are the best books YOU have read in 2023?? Have you read any of these? Plan to? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!

Blogmas 2023 Posts

12/1 Blogmas 2023: Welcome to Blogmas {VIDEO}!

12/2 Blogmas 2023: Happy Birthday to ME {Sephora Gift Card Giveaway}!

12/3 Blogmas 2023: Book Review: All I Want for Christmas {Maggie Knox}

12/4 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: The Christmas Bet {Meg Easton}

12/5 Blogmas 2023: The Winter Series {Joanne Demaio} Check In

12/6 Blogmas 2023: Non Holiday Audiobook Review: The Coworker {Freida McFadden}

12/7 Blogmas 2023: Random Bookish Things

12/8 Blogmas 2023: The Holiday Sign in the Form of a Post It

12/9 Blogmas 2023: READ THIS BOOK READ THIS BOOK READ THIS BOOK

12/10 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: A Lake House Holiday {Megan Squires}

12/11 Blogmas 2023: Disney World Trumps Blogmas!

12/12 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: The Book Club Hotel {Sarah Morgan}

12/13 Blogmas 2023: Book Coffee Happy’s 13 Most Viewed Posts of 2023

12/14 Blogmas 2023: A {Non Holiday} Middle School Book Series That I LOVE

12/15 Blogmas 2023: I LOVED This Gorgeous Holiday Book…About BOOKS!

Xo,

Jenny

Thank you so much for reading Book Coffee Happy! I would be so thankful if you could do the following to support my favorite hobby…

*Follow me on Instagram* (I am VERY active on Instagram and usually update my Instastories daily)

*Please share this site with your book and blog loving friends!*

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Click HERE for the 13 best books I read in 2022

Book Coffee Happy’s most viewed posts of 2022 can be found HERE

Blogmas 2023: Book Coffee Happy’s 13 Most Viewed Posts of 2023

Blogmas 2023: Book Coffee Happy’s 13 Most Viewed Posts of 2023

Happy Hanukkah from my husband and I!

I LOVE looking back at my blog’s analytics at the end of each year to see what posts were read the most. As usual, some of these are expected and some are…NOT?? 

*An interesting thing to note is that the post I wrote back in 2021 that went viral very quickly was NOT one of Book Coffee Happy’s top viewed posts in 2023! You can read about that post and it’s fun viral journey HERE :)*

I know there are still over 2 weeks left of 2023 but I’m calling it…close enough to 12/31. As of today, here are Book Coffee Happy’s most viewed posts of 2023 (in order starting with the 13th most viewed post down to the #1 most viewed post!

Book Coffee Happy’s 13 Most Viewed Posts of 2023

13. Book Review (Unpopular Opinion): In My Dreams I Hold A Knife {Ashley Winstead} Maybe because my opinion on this book was so vastly different from everyone else’s?

12. Blogmas 2022: The 13 Best Books I Read in 2022 Obviously this was a super popular post! I’m currently in the process of working on my 2023 post with the best books I’ve read THIS year! Stay tuned…

11. One of the Best Books I’ve Ever Read With a title like that, I’m not surprised that this post continues to be a popular one. READ THIS BOOK.

10. Book Review: The Loyal Wife {Natalie Barelli} Like…I barely remember this book…WHY is this post so popular? Random.

9. 5 Reasons Why I Hated The Golden Couple {Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen} Again, maybe because my opinion on this book is so different than everyone else’s?

8. Book Review: Before We Were Yours {Lisa Wingate} Another one where I’m not entirely sure why this post is so popular? Random.

7. Book Review (Unpopular Opinion): Then She Was Gone {Lisa Jewell} Oh dear another unpopular opinion. When I disagree with the masses my blog rankings seem to soar, lol.

6. Book Reviews: Winter Series (Winter Street, Winter Stroll, Winter Storms, Winter Solstice) {Elin Hilderbrand} When Elin Hilderbrand posts an Instastory and tags you, it’s not a surprise that people wanted to then visit this post where I wrote about some of her books!

5. Reminders of Him and Ugly Love {Colleen Hoover} Clearly just including the words “Colleen” and “Hoover” in a blog post title will automatically make people want to read it.

4. Book Review: Things We Never Got Over {Lucy Score} This post is a popular one because I talked about this book (and it’s stupid sequel) so many times over the past year!

3. **DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK** Book Review: Tampa {Alissa Nutting} Oh lord this post. People continue to be so NASTY and MEAN in the comments. Just last night someone posted 3 mean comments on this 4 year old post. For the record, I absolutely stand by every word that I wrote.

2. Why I Stopped Reading The House in the Cerulean Sea {TJ Klune}…But You Shouldn’t! Eh people love this book…I did not.

AAAAAND for the 4th year in a row…Book Coffee Happy’s #1 most viewed post:

1. Why I Stopped Reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo {Taylor Jenkins Reid}…But You Shouldn’t! This post has now been viewed over 61,000 times (whaaaat???) and continues to be the highest ranked post I’ve ever written…???

I hope you have loved reading these posts! I have loved writing them and I can’t wait to write so many more! As always, thank you so much for your support of Book Coffee Happy 🙂

Blogmas 2023 Posts

12/1 Blogmas 2023: Welcome to Blogmas {VIDEO}!

12/2 Blogmas 2023: Happy Birthday to ME {Sephora Gift Card Giveaway}!

12/3 Blogmas 2023: Book Review: All I Want for Christmas {Maggie Knox}

12/4 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: The Christmas Bet {Meg Easton}

12/5 Blogmas 2023: The Winter Series {Joanne Demaio} Check In

12/6 Blogmas 2023: Non Holiday Audiobook Review: The Coworker {Freida McFadden}

12/7 Blogmas 2023: Random Bookish Things

12/8 Blogmas 2023: The Holiday Sign in the Form of a Post It

12/9 Blogmas 2023: READ THIS BOOK READ THIS BOOK READ THIS BOOK

12/10 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: A Lake House Holiday {Megan Squires}

12/11 Blogmas 2023: Disney World Trumps Blogmas!

12/12 Blogmas 2023: Audiobook Review: The Book Club Hotel {Sarah Morgan}

Xo,

Jenny

Thank you so much for reading Book Coffee Happy! I would be so thankful if you could do the following to support my favorite hobby…

*Follow me on Instagram* (I am VERY active on Instagram and usually update my Instastories daily)

*Please share this site with your book and blog loving friends!*

*Subscribe with your email address to my blog (scroll all the way to the bottom of this page on mobile devices OR check the top right of this screen to enter your email address)*

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*”Like” my Facebook page (and please comment on, “like”, and share my posts)*

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*Clicking and buying products through my Amazon Affiliate links.  The cost to you is exactly the same and I receive a tiny commission off of your purchases.*

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Click HERE for the 13 best books I read in 2022

Book Coffee Happy’s most viewed posts of 2022 can be found HERE