I’d never heard of the Cozy Owlet before today. The page just floated by on my FB timeline as reading sites do. Somehow I found myself reading her list of favorite books from 2023. I’ve looked at a lot of best books of 2023 but this one included four books I own already, and some others I had considered at one time or another during the year. The others looked good too!
I may have found a really good place to find books I’d like!
I have these from the list:
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
The Adventures of Amina Al-Serif by Shannon Chakraborty
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
I ended up ordering:
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries and it’s soon to be published sequel Map of the Otherlands.
Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
Though I’ve never wanted to do such a thing (wink), I went for Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, having considered it for a while (the book, not murder…).
Has there ever been a book with such mixed love/hate reviews (often in the same review) as for West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman? I hesitated, then went for it.
If you’re counting, you’ll see I ordered everything I didn’t have except for Agatha Christie’s A Caribbean Mystery. It’s a Jane Marple mystery, and I only like Poirot.
On the one hand, I can’t wait to read more book recommendations from the Owlet, on the other, my book budget runneth over already. What a fine start to the reading year.
The Adventures of Merlyn Perilous 
Hello! I’m so glad you found my blog and would love to hear what you think of the books!
I’m glad I found it too! You’ve a nice broad range of genres you like that I like as well 🙂