26-ish books for 2023

[Tinkhasflown]

A shiny new thread for 2023. There didn't appear to be one do hope it's ok that I have created it this year.

All welcome and note 26 is just a number. Everyone can set their own target and you are welcome here even if you only read 3 books a year.

I personally count the larger novel style books I read to my children and audio books I listen to. Others don't and there are no rules.

I look forward to all your suggestions again this year.

Just finished Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson - a nice easy read

Happy new year everyone!
I dropped off the thread quite early last year as life got in the way a bit but am starting 2023 with the best of intentions.
I’m currently reading and enjoying Hugh Boneville’s autobiography, Playing Under the Piano.

Thank you @Tinkhasflown . I am also reading Hugh Bonneville’s Playing Under the Piano.

Happy New Year.
I also dropped off the thread due to work, husband having an accident and starting my degree.
I'm not going to put so much pressure on myself but will read as much as I can.

I would love to join you. I started with good intentions last year but spent more time mindlessly scrolling online than reading. I'm currently reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and am aiming to finish it before I return to work on Tuesday.

I read 25 in the end last year. Currently reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's a bit weird, so slow going, and I want to start my new Bridgerton books!

Happy New Year! My target is always 50, sometimes I make it, sometimes I don't. I have read 47 in 2022, so I was really close! I am currently reading steppewolf by Herman Hesse, as my first book of the year.

Great idea! I use Goodreads Reading Challenge to keep motivated to actively read instead of watching too much tv or internet browsing but it would be lovely to engage with other readers

Just finished reading The Night Circus which was wonderful - currently reading Billy Connolly's autobiography Windswept and Interesting which I will dip in and out of over the next couple of months. I always have a novel, an audiobook and some nonfiction on the go at the same time.

Happy New Reading Year!

I'm currently reading a very New Year-y chick lit I got in the book Secret Santa at my very "be kind, 20 something" book group. I need a new book group.

Happy new year and thanks for the new thread! I joined the last thread and read 28 books last year (with a different username) which was way more than I thought I would manage. This year I hope to equal that number or even a couple more. I Was bought a book for Xmas that I started yesterday and had the luxury of almost a whole day to myself to finish. So I am kicking off with

1. Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

There were some great moments in this and I found it a very enjoyable read- a good start to the reading year.

Just halfway through the Haunting Season collection of ghost stories. Hope to get more reading done this year.

Ohhh, can I join you.
Read 25 books last year which is low for me. Setting this years target at 45. Will see how we get on.
Current read (expecting to finish tonight):
Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Joining the thread for 2023, just finished Dolphin Junction by Mick Herron, a great way to start the year.

Happy new year all, thanks for the new thread @Tinkhasflown

I have set my target at 50 this year. I don't mean to brag. I've steadily increased it year on year.

Anyway my first of the year is a re-read, but a few years have elapsed and I can't really remember much about it. It's called The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi and it's about a girl in Afghanistan whose family decides she would be a "bacha posh" - a practice in which families without sons pick a daughter to live and behave as a boy. This enables the child to live more freely: attending school, escorting her sisters in public, and working

@Yuja I've been considering that one!

First time joining! Read some brilliant things last year so fingers crossed this time will be just as good:

1/26: Resurrection by Mick Herron
I love the slow horses series, this is meant to be slightly linked.

*RECONSTRUCTION! Not resurrection

This was my list for last year, stars by my faves:

2022 books

Judas Horse
Christmas Chronicles
Tall Bones
The Sober Diaries
All the Lonely People
Worst idea ever
All her fault
Before my actual heart breaks
Just one damned thing after another
A Symphony of echoes
A Second Chance
Disgrace
A Trail through time
Shuggie Bain
What I know
Rachel's holiday
The Push *
No time like the past
Still Life *
The Housemate
Thursday Murder Club
Wrong Place Wrong Time *
The Echo Chamber *
Finding Me
Small Pleasures *
Us Three
Blood Orange *
Lessons in Chemistry *
To love and be loved
The room in the attic
The Long Dark Road

I am now reading Twelve Secrets by Robert Gold which is great so far, and The Herd on my kindle.

I loved this. I thought Elizabeth Zott was a total legend.

Oh I'd love to join for 2023 😀
Currently reading:

• Girl Forgotten - Karin Slaughter.

I have a physical TBR pile of 5 books that I'm hoping to get through in January. I'm a quick reader when a book really grabs me to this should be easily done for me, as long as I can find time (3yo & 1yo often make this difficult!)

@Iamblossom blood orange was a favourite of mine last year too! I finished it ends and midnight yesterday. Same author. Not as good as blood orange I don't think but still a good read

Hi can I join please? I love reading but can be slow when life gets in the way. Some big readers on this post! I would like to aim for one a month I'm starting today with The House of Eyes by Kate Ellis. I'm a big crime fiction fan!

Hi..can I join?

I read 26 books last year. Currently reading "under the whispering door" by TJ Klune....this a new author for me and so far it's good!

I followed last years thread. Think I read 22 books last year then life got in the way on many levels. So life still not fully settled so probably won't read 26 books this year. But starting with an Xmas present Love Untold by Ruth Jones.