My Goodreads Reading Challenge 2023
Welcome Readers!
At the beginning of 2023 I’ve set myself the challenge of reading 120 books. Can I do it? I’m a fast reader and i think I can! The Mathematician thinks I do nothing except blogging and reading!
I’m in two bookclubs – a local group where we meet each month in person with a book supplied from the local library and a small online group which meets over Zoom every few weeks.
In our online group we’ve been reading the Classics – Bronte sisters & Jane Austen, slowly in pre-arranged chunks, and incorporating a cooking session after we finish each book. It’s such a great way of reading and dissecting a book, we all love it. We’re moving onto other classics in 2023.
As a group we also started a monthly blogging challenge in 2021, What’s on your Bookshelf, and encourage others to join in to share their love of books.
All my WOYBS posts can be found here
January 2023
- Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World – Tyson Yunkaporta – Audible 4*
- Home Before Night – JP Pomare Audible (on a road trip) 3*
- Nights of Rain and Stars – Maeve Binchy paperback (gift for Christmas) 4*
- The Little Wartime Library – Kate Thompson Library book – 5*
- The Tea Gardens – Fiona McIntosh – paperback 4*
- The Janus Stone – Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway #2 – library book
February 2023
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December 2023
I have included links to Goodreads on each of these titles, so if you want more information on what the book is about, click the title and away you go! I read a wide range….just saying!
Please note I’m fairly strict with what I give 5 stars to, so you can be assured that these are my favourites.
My Rating Code:
- 1* did not finish/terrible
- 2* OK
- 3* enjoyable
- 4* really good
- 5* excellent
Let’s see how many I get up to this year! I don’t set any rules or follow any plans, I just read what I feel like, what friends have recommended and what takes my eye. I rarely start a book and not finish it, but it does happen sometimes!
Are you on Goodreads? – you can join me 🙂
What did I read in 2022?
I read 138 books last year and had set my goal as 100 books! I did well 🙂
You can find my reading lists for these years by clicking on the links below:
I’d love to hear what you’re reading too. And any recommendations are always welcome 🙂
Deb xx
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