Friday, February 16, 2024

2023 Books

I did NOT read as much in late 2023 as I usually do. Have been knitting more than reading. Have also had a lot of DNF books, due to lack of attention span or obsession with knitting. Guessing that since work has been requiring a lot more attention I've had less attention to give to books. That has continued on to 2024, as it's February and my list is SHORT. Failed miserably at the Sealey Challenge, both times I tried. Maybe I should try for twice in 2024 - March and August. Maybe. Also need to organize my projects, clear out the ones that are finished or hibernating. I have more knitting goals than reading goals in 2024. Plus weaving. Really need to finish my sampler and start another. Anyway. Work calls, then I need to go for a titty panini. List: 

Prose Books Read in 2023

001. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Kate Beaton
002. Warbears, Margaret Atwood and Ken Steacy
003. Paws and Effect, Leighann Dobbs
004. Bright, Kiki Petrosino
005. Trampoline, Robert Gipe
006. Angel Catbird, Margaret Atwood, Johnnie Christmas, and Tamra Bonvillain
007. Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune
008. Weedeater, Robert Gipe
009. Probable Paws, Leighann Dobbs
010. Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons, Kris Newby
011. The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live, Danielle Dreilinger
012. The Henna Artist, Alka Joshi
013. Whisker of a Doubt, Leighann Dobbs
014. Laughter at the Academy, Seanan McGuire
015. Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree
016. Cold Enough for Snow, Jessica Au
017. They Drown Our Daughters, Katrina Monroe
018. Pop, Robert Gipe
019. The Bruising of Qilwa, Naseem Jamnia
020. Curiosity Thrilled the Cat, Sofie Kelly
021. The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence, Frank Figliuzzi
022. The Last Garden in England, Julia Kelly
023. Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher
024. The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry, C.M. Waggoner
025. Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid
026. Little Pieces of Me, Alison Hammer
027. It Won't Always Be Like This, Malaka Gharib
028. A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird, Rosemary Mosco
029. I Was Their American Dream, Malaka Gharib
030. The Other Black Girl, Zakiya Dalila Harris
031. No One Is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood
032. Out There, Kate Folk
033. East of West, Vol 1-10, Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta
034. The Push, Ashley Audrain
035. A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske
036. Summer Sons, Lee Mandelo
037. Instructions for a Heatwave, Maggie O'Farrell
038. All Signs Point to Yes, G. Haron Davis, Cam Montgomery, and Adrianne White, eds.
039. A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark
040. West with Giraffes, Lynda Rutledge
041. Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster, Andrea Mosqueda
042. The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements, Sam Kean
043. Home Bound:An Uprooted Daughter's Reflection on Belonging, Vanessa A. Bee
044. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
045. Spells & Stitches, Barbara Bretton
046. A Siege of Bitterns, Steve Burrows
047. Gender Queer: Maia Kobabe
048. The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste Into Wealth and Health, Lina Zeldovich
049. OMFG, BEES! Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why, Matt Kracht
050. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis, US Navy
051. We Ride Upon Sticks, Quan Barry
052. A Pitying of Doves, Steve Burrows
053. A Cast of Falcons, Steve Burrows
054. Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects, Jonathan Balcombe
055. The Wife, Meg Wolitzer
056. Pussy, King of the Pirates, Kathy Acker
057. Never Saw Me Coming, Vera Kurian
058. The Man With Eight Pairs of Legs, Leslie Kirk Campbell
059. The Crying Book, Heather Christle
060. White People on Vacation, Alex Miller
061. The Survivalists, Kashana Cauley
062. The Fraud Squad, Kyla Zhao
063. The Last Beekeeper, Julie Carrick Dalton
064. Opening My Eyes Under Water, Ashley Woodfolk
065. Everyman, M. Shelly Conner
066. A New Race of Men From Heaven, Chaitali Sen
067. Bookworm, Robin Yeatman
068. All-Night Pharmacy, Ruth Madievsky
069. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, Annalee Newitz
070. Mrs. Caliban, Rachel Ingalls
071. The In-Betweens, Davon Loeb
072. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained, Colin Dickey
073. Ladyparts, Deborah Copaken
074. A Shimmer of Hummingbirds, Steve Burrows
075. My Real Children, Jo Walton
076. Nightbitch, Rachel Yoder
077. Scion of the Fox, S.M. Beiko
078. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer, Dean Jobb
079. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir, Deborah A. Miranda
080. Olga Dies Dreaming, Xochitl Gonzalez
081. The Boy with the Bookstore, Sarah Echavarre Smith
082. Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional, Isaac Fitzgerald
083. One True Loves, Taylor Jenkins Reid
084. The Blurry Years, Eleanor Kriseman
085. If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood, Gregg Olsen
086. Things We Do In the Dark, Jennifer Hillier
087. The Latinist, Mark Prins
089. Blood on the Tracks, Barbara Nickless
090. Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, Alexis Hall
091. The Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings
092. A Cat's Tale: A Journey Through Feline History, Baba the Cat and Paul Koudounaris
093. Written in Dead Wax, Andrew Cartmel
094. The Run-Out Groove, Andrew Cartmel
095. Drugs and Other Things to do in Cleveland, Francis Elizabeth

Poetry Books Read in 2023

001. Blood Snow, dg nanouk okpik
002. Tanka and Me: Poems, Kaethe Schwehn
003. Poems for My People and Me, Monica Sekhmet Grant
004. The Kissing of Kissing, Hannah Emerson
005. White Bull, Elizabeth Hughey
006. Loose Strife, Quan Barry
007. Lives, CJ Evans
008. Rotura, José Angel Araguz
009. Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix
010. The Wanting Way, Adam Wolfond
011. Field Study, Chet'la Sebree
012. Team Photograph, Lauren Haldeman
013. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On, Franny Choi
014. Calenday, Lauren Haldeman
015. Invasive Species, Marwa Helal
016. Thot, Chanté L. Reid
017. Revenge Body, Rachel Wiley
018. Unshuttered, Patricia Smith
019. Bluets, Maggie Nelson
020. Mistress, Chet'la Sebree
021. Witch Wife, Kiki Petrosino
022. Emergency Brake, Ruth Madievsky
023. I'm Always So Serious, Karisma Price
024. 50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse, Karyna McGlynn
025. Fort Red Border, Kiki Petrosino
- SEALEY CHALLENGE -
026. Birds of the Cuyahoga, 2022 Edith Chase Poetry Reading
027. American Mastodon, Brad Ricca
028. Alive at the End of the World, Saeed Jones
029. Freedom Knows My Name, Kelly Harris-DeBarry
030. Studies of Familiar Birds, Carrie Green
031. Take Me To the Water, Irene Vásquez
032. Hush, Nikki Ummel
032. Birds Don't Fly for Pleasure, Táíwò Hassan
033. The Alpinist Searches Lonely Places, Kyle Vaughn
- SEALEY SEPTEMBER DO-OVER -
034. Against Which, Ross Gay
035. The Girl with Bees in Her Hair, Eleanor Rand Wilner
036. Urbanshee, Siaara Freeman
- HAHAHAHAHA LIFE SAYS NO SEALEY THIS YEAR, IT'S ALMOST NOVEMBER