At least the wait was not long in between. You could at least be grateful for that.

I’m kidding. Yes I am embarrassed it took this long. But I’m wrapping up 2023 with a BANG. One might say that I’ve been ~inspired~ or,,, creative? Who’s to say? Not me.

But I saw some people on TikTok do these journal spreads for books and suddenly I had FOMO. But, of course, I’m not about to make spreads for all the books I’ve ever read (never going to do that btw) but I thought I’d start with my favourite reads of the year for funsies. Then suddenly LIGHTBULB! I am going to share them here. And I’ve written reviews for basically all of them so to switch it up, I’m sharing my favourites in pretty graphics aka journal spreads I created on my iPad.

That was long-winded but I hope you understood. Before we get into the books, I do have movies and shows to share. Whilst I have not made spreads for each of them individually, I have made some rankings.

Enjoy the ride *wink wink*

BEST OF 2023: SHOWS

Hope you were here yesterday for my 2023 recap, and in case, you weren’t I literally only watched a small pool of shows which consisted of 11 seasons. And I enjoyed them all, so I thought why not just rank em all?

Descending order: 11) Only Murders In the Building S1, 10) Only Murders In the Building S3, 9) Only Murders In the Building S2, 8) Sex Education S4, 7) Daisy Jones and The Six, 6) Maid, 5) The Summer I Turned Pretty S2, 4) Shadow and Bone S2, 3) Heartstopper S2, 2) Queen Charlotte, 1) The Last of Us S1

BEST OF 2023: MOVIES

I did however watch a whole lot of movies. 140 to be exact. Before we get into the best ones, of course, we have the…

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Practical Magic* (1998), Bride and Prejudice* (2004), Miss Potter (2006), Prisoners* (2013), Far From The Madding Crowd**** (2015), Along For The Ride (2022), The Menu* (2022), Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), To Catch A Killer (2023)

* starring means really great btw!!!

As per usual with films, I like to rank what came out that year so the official list consists of ONLY 2023 releases. Let’s get into them!

Descending order: 10) Red, White and Royal Blue, 9) Love At First Sight,  8) Past Lives, 7) Oppenheimer, 6) Elemental, 5) The Little Mermaid, 4) No Hard Feelings, 3) May December, 2) The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, 1) Spider-man: Across The Spiderverse

BEST OF 2023: BOOKS

And probably why you’re all here, although I hope I’ve encouraged you to watch some things <3<3<3

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

Mostly in order up to favourites: Persepolis Volume 2 by Marjane Satrapi, Lights by Brenna Thumler, Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle, Better Hate Than Never by Chloe Liese, You With A View by Jessica Joyce, Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong.

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10) A Spark Within The Forge by Sabaa Tahir,
illustrated by Nicole Andelfinger & Sonia Liao

9) Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

click here for the reading vlog!

8) Persuasion by Jane Austen

7) Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O’Clover

click here to read my author interview!

6) If Only You by Chloe Liese

click here to read my author interview OR here for the review!

5) The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

click here to read my author interview OR here for the blog tour review!

4) Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

click here to read my review!

3) Happy Place by Emily Henry

click here to read my review!

2) Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane

click here to read my review!

1) Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong

click here to read my blog tour review!

And there we have it! Hope I took you on al alternative journey than you were expecting. Let’s see if this journal becomes a proper thing in 2024?

WHAT WERE YOUR FAVOURITE READS OF 2023? HAVE YOU READ ANY OF MINE? ARE YOU GOING? WHAT MOVIES OR SHOWS DID YOU LOVE LAST YEAR? I’D LOVE TO KNOW!