Saturday, January 7, 2023

Books Read in 2023

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    1.  Night Shift; Robin Cook - audio - 4/5 stars (January)
    2. Women Talking; Miriam Toews - audio - 3.5/5 stars
    3. It Ends with Us; Colleen Hoover - 4audio - 4/5 stars
    4. The Levee: a novella; William Kent Krueger - audio - 3.5/5 stars
    5. Looking for Me; Beth Hoffman (reread for book group) - 5/5 stars
    6. Ms. Demeanor; Elinor Lipman - audio - 4/5 stars
    7. Rough Sleepers: Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People; Tracey Kidder - NF/audio - 4.5.5 stars - February
    8. The Stolen Lady; Laurea Morelli - 3.5/5 stars (audio) book group read February
    9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo; Taylor Jenkins Reid - 3/5 stars - (book group) March
    10. The Couple at Number 9; Claire Douglas - 3.5/5 stars (audio)
    11. Hello, Beautiful; Ann Napolitano - 4.5/5 stars (April)
    12. The Forest of Vanishing Stars; Kristin Harmel - 4.5/5 stars (book group)
    13. The Half Moon; Mary Beth Keane - 3.5/5 stars (audio) (May)
    14. Mad Honey; Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan  - 5/5 stars (print/audio)
    15. The Kind Worth Saving; Peter Swanson - 3.5/5 stars (audio)
    16. Soulmate; Sally Hepworth - 4.5/5 stars - (audio)
    17. The House in the Pines; Ana Reyes  - 3.5/5 stars (audio)
    18. A House with Good Bones; T. Kingfisher - 3.5/5 stars (audio)
    19. Gone Tonight; Sarah Pekkanen - 5/5 stars - audio (June) 
    20. What Comes Next & How to Like It (NF); Abigail Thomas - 4/5 stars (audio)
    21. Finding Me (memoir); Viola Davis - 5/5 stars (audio)
    22. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water; Angie Cruz (audio) 4.5/5 stars
    23. Small Mercies; Dennis Lehane - (audio) 4.5/5 stars
    24. The Bird Hotel; Joyce Maynard - (audio) 4.5/5 stars
    25. Sunflower Sisters; Martha Hall Kelly (book group- June) - 3.5/5 stars
    26. Central Park West; James Comey - (audio) - 4/5 stars
    27. The Five Star Weekend; Elin Hilderbrand - (audio) 4.5/5 stars (July)
    28. The Guest; Emma Cline - (audio) 3/5 stars
    29. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing (NF); Stephanie Foo - 3.5/5 stars
    30. The People's Hospital: Hope & Peril in America (NF); Ricardo Nulia - 4/5 stars
    31. The Collective Regrets of Clover; Nikki Brammer (audio) - 4.5/5 stars
    32. How to Sell a Haunted House; Grady Hendrix - (audio) 2/5 stars
    33. The Drowning Woman; Robyn Harding - (audio) 4/5 stars (September)
    34. The Measure, Nikki Erich (reread- book group)
    35. Lucy By the Sea; Elizabeth Strout (reread - book group Sept)
    36. Tom Lake; Ann Patchett (audio) 4.5/5 stars (October)
    37. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell; Robert Dugong (current read - Oct Bookgroup)
    38. Happiness Falls; Angie Kim (audio) 3.5/5 stars 
    39. Holly, Stephen King (audio) 3.5/5 stars November
    40. Metamorphosis, Kafka - 4/5 stars (audio)
    41. Beyond that, the Sea, Laura Spencer-Ash (book group) - 4/5 stars 
    42. So Late in the Day, Claire Keegan - 4/5 stars December
    43. Elon Musk, Walter Isaccson - NF/Bio/audio - 4.5/5 stars
    44. One of Our Own, Lucinda Berry - audio 4.5/5 stars
    45. A Dream Life, Claire Messud - 3/5 stars
    46. The Mystery Guest, Nita Prose 4/5 stars (audio)

    • Fiction - 38
    • Non Fiction -  8
    • Children's Books - 
    • Print Books (includes ARCS) (my shelves) - 
    • Print Books (library) - 5
    • eBooks/eGalleys (my shelves) -
    • eBooks (library) -
    • Audiobooks (my shelves) - 9
    • Audiobooks (library) - 35
    • Combo (read/listens) - 4
    • Female Authors - 34
    • Male Authors - 11
    • January Books Read - 6
    • February Books Read - 2
    • March - 2
    • April - 2
    • May - 5
    • June - 8
    • July - 6
    • August - 0
    • Sept - 2
    • Oct - 3
    • Nov - 3
    • Dec - 5

    DNF - 
    1. We Should Not Be Friends; Will Schwalbe - abandoned at 27% wasn't holding my interest (May)
    2. The Book of Goose; Yiyun Li - audio abandoned at about 30% - couldn't connect with story (May)



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      8 comments:

      1. HarveeJanuary 8, 2023 at 5:42 AM

        Nice way to keep track.

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      2. Helen's Book BlogJanuary 8, 2023 at 11:41 AM

        You are so smart to have a post where you can keep track as you go along. At the end of each year I realize that I am scrambling to figure out my statistics.

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      3. DianaJanuary 9, 2023 at 5:46 PM

        I like that you keep track of stats as you go. Great idea!

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      4. CathJanuary 10, 2023 at 4:42 AM

        This is such a good idea! Happy reading for 2023, Diane!

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      5. thecuecardJanuary 11, 2023 at 2:07 PM

        How are you feeling? Did you get rid of Covid? I really hope it's gone. Funny thing: Women Talking on audio was my first book completed of the new year - so as usual we think alike. I too thought it was about 3.5 - a lot of discussion in that novel ...and I could've used a bit more action. take care.

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      6. YvonneFebruary 7, 2023 at 5:26 PM

        I just saw your post about being sick. I hope you are feeling better and doing well. Happy 2023 reading!

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      7. JaneGSMarch 4, 2023 at 3:01 PM

        I liked The Stolen Lady--I don't think Laura Morelli is the best writer around, but I do love her subject matter.

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      8. CLMApril 23, 2023 at 11:47 AM

        I attended a wonderful dinner with Dr. Jim O'Connell recently and am on the waiting list at the library for his book. I am glad to see you enjoyed it.

        Constance

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