23 in 23!

Kirk

12/31/2023

Book Reviews

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Phew…I just finished reading my 23^rd book in 2023, meeting my year-end goal by a whisker.

Mostly fiction, I dipped a toe in 12 genres, with five books from the calendar year.

Welcome your comments and recommendations as I go for 24 in 2024…

Happy reading & Happy New Year!

My Top 10 Favorite Books Read in 2023:

A Secret History (1992) – Donna Tartt
Dark Matter (2016) – Blake Crouch
The Tastemaker (2023) – Tony King
Yellowface (2023) – R. F. Kuang
Books of Blood, Vol 1 (1984) – Clive Barker
The Cabin at the End of the World (2018) – Paul Tremblay
Prophet Song (2023) – Paul Lynch
Lady in the Lake (2019) – Laura Lippman
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories (2023) – Margaret Atwood
Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) – Arthur Golden

And the Winner is…

Kirk

12/30/2022

Book Reviews, Other Writers

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A lover of year-end lists, here’s “My Top 10 Books” of the 21 I read in 2022. Welcome your thoughts and recommendations for 2023. Happy New Year! The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood The Best of Richard Matheson – Richard Matheson The Sympathizer – Viet Thanh Nguyen Edgar A. Poe: A Biography […]

YEAR OF READING PLEASURABLY

Kirk

12/30/2021

Book Reviews, Other Writers

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Happy New Year! Another plague-ridden year for the world meant another ideal one for page-turning pursuits. My Goodreads account tells me I finished 21 books in 2021, the majority novels and several published during the calendar year. Joining the “best of” lists making the rounds, please find below my favorite books read over the past […]

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