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… My Top 10 Novels of the Past 25 Years

My Top 10 Novels of the Past 25 Years

Kirk

12/31/2024

Book Reviews, Other Writers

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As we turn the page on the first quarter of the 21st century, I feel compelled to compile a list of my favorite novels so far. (Yes, I know, purists will argue this century technically commenced on 1/1/2001, but c’mon, we all know when the 2000s really began!). To be clear, this is not a […]

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 […]

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