26-ish books for 2023

1)Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
2)Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski
3) My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay
4) Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhy
5) The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. This was good fun - I worked out elements but not whodunit. Few dated aspects but many enjoyable phrases and descriptions of characters and the plot romps along. I was suprised it wasn't narrated by Poirot himself (I'd assumed it would be) but it didn't spoil it at all for me and I liked the use of the doctor as narrator.

1. Reconstruction (Mick Herron)
2. Terciel & Elinor (Garth Nix)
3. Ithaca (Claire North)
4. I Saw Him Die (Andrew Wilson) 5) Whatever Gets You Through the Night (Charlie Higson)

I thought I'd try I Saw Him Die as a kind of gateway to Agatha Christie (haven't read her work yet) but, despite liking whodunits, I wasn't keen on this... Mildly disliked all the characters, including 'Agatha' herself, and wasn't keen on the vague upstairs/downstairs thing going on. Anyway. Onto the next, the blurb of which reads like a slick, neon-hued Netflix production, so wish me luck!

Finished Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, book 4. Loved it.

Just about to start the third book of the year which I'm actually very proud of. Its Beneath The Surface by Fiona Neill

Embarrassed to say I read one book last year, a short one in December. Decided to 'find the time' when I found this thread at the beginning of Jan. I'm 3 books down already.

1. The Midnight Library- Matt Haig. Not worth the hype
2. The Switch - Beth O'Leary
3. The Coroner - MR Hall

I listening to Faking Friends - Jane Fallon and bought The Marlow Murder Club - Robert Thorogood (creator of Death on Paradise) to start next.

Update:
3) The Herd, Emily Edwards. Iiked the fact that it made you think about both sides of the Vax/anti Vax debate, but it didn't grip me.

So my original 2nd book 11.22.63 Stephen King was a DNF, something I rarely feel the need to do. I don't think it's that I didn't enjoy it but I just could not get into it, I think it's just not the right time for me to read it so it's back on the TBR shelf.

Now my No2 book is Spectacles. Sue Perkins. Not much of an autobiography reader but love her and so far really enjoying it, very funny and warm.

Thats book 2 finished A Heart Full Of Headstones by Ian Rankin

No 9 above is my upstairs, bedtime on Kindle (to read in the dark, backlit on dark mode to not disturb DH) book

I've just picked up 7 freebies through the fb local group, so book 10 is my downstairs on-the-sofa book.

No 10 - Forensics, the Anatomy of Crime.

This thread is very bad for my TBR pile because it makes me want to buy more books!

just finished book 3, Lies by Michael Grant which is the 3rd in a YA series DS is reading and wants me to read too so we can chat about it. I can only read one every few “real” books but they’re pretty good I suppose - not as good as things like Hunger Games though

Finished my book no
2.Cat Lady -Dawn O’Porter
which was ok , I wonder what my friends made of it since I gave it to them for Christmas as well .
I have a few half read on kindle too .
I’m aiming for 2-3 a month so on track for that …

4: And Away by Bob Mortimer (audio). A lovely engaging read, a parallel journey through Bob's life both before and after open heart surgery in 2015.

Finished no 8 Hope for the Best.
Started no 9 Plan for the Worst. Really enjoy the St Mary's books.

1 The Thursday Murder Club
2 The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier
Just finished book 2 before the end of Jan so I guess that puts me on track for 26 in a year. Enjoyed it, though not sure what I think about the ending.
Starting lessons in Chemistry next.

1. One Minute Later by Susan Lewis
2. The Night Watch by Neil Lancaster
3. Some Kind of Wonderful by Giovanna Fletcher
4. Undoctored by Adam Kay
5. The Perfect Couple by Jackie Kabler

1. Just started The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelidas, I think I'll need something a bit lighter after this!

Yes maybe I should just give up! I just don't have as much time to read right now so a big read is probably not the best idea!

That's on my TBR list on GR too!

I'll avoid that one @Orangebadger then. Took me about 3 years to finish Alexander Hamilton.

Me neither. My 2nd book is just under 800 pages and going painfully slowly!

@HilarysMantelpiece

You are definitely not the slowest. I've not even finished the second book of the year yet

I may be the slowest reader on the thead😳

1. "The devil you know" by Eileen Horne & Gwen Adshead recommended by @Tinytigertail . Thanks for the tip- I enjoyed it and was inspired by the quotes towards the end.
2. "The Wedding Guest" Jonathan Kellerman....standard "attractive young woman murdered, smart detective solves the crime" book... struggled to stay awake at night to finish it but got there so I could post a number on here 😁

I'm on to "Traces" by Patricia Wiltshire....not sure what I think about it. I took umbrage in the first chapter where she refers to a young woman being murdered by her DP after she "nagged him" about laundry. Surely a young woman can nag request a partner to pull their weight without being murdered. I'll stick with it for the moment.
I have "Passengers" (Cormac McCarthy) queued.

Tinkhasflown I loved Invisible Girl!

1. The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. Loved it almost as much as the TV series
2. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Started this before Christmas. Really slow going. Story felt a bit pointless. I like the writing style, but found the characters unlikeable and nothing really happened.