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