Turtles, reading books

[Turtle Bean]

I know it's early but I always want to pick the title. I also found this cute picture.

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Tell me your reading plans and goals. I have made a to read list of books I already own but have not read which is below. I'm going to try and not buy anything else till these are read. Some are paper, some Kindle. I will have my monthly book club read also so am aiming for 52 again.

I am currently reading Days at the Morisaki Bookshop but may well finish that before tomorrow night. January book club is And the Mountains Echoed which I have not read before.

Here is my to read list:

Castle d'Or - Daphne du Maurier
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemmingway
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver (I started this but had to stop as the text is very small and I have temporarily misplaced my good reading glasses).
A Moment of War - Laurie Lee
Capital - John Lanchester
Insomnia - Stephen King
The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Alone in Berlin - Hans Fallado
Rob Rot - Walter Scott

I have others I could add but I have had them on my to read list for the past three years and not read them so it is clearly not their time.

[Pippedydeadeye]

I love how insistent you are on titling the thread.

I’m aiming for 52 books. And to read more nonfiction, but also the Women’s Prize shortlist again, because I really enjoyed that in 2023. Still aiming to read more women than men too.

[Turtle Bean]

If other people choose the name, they often do it wrong.

[Epponnee Rae]

I just posted on the old (!) thread! Your to read list is very impressive, Bean, as is your goal.

I’d LOVE to set a more ambitious goal for myself next year but that’s easy to say while I’m at my leisure. So I think sticking with 24 books is fair for me. I have 3-4 physical books waiting to be read here (though probably another 7-8 in my shipment!), including Demon Copperhead and a Daphne du Maurier. I easily read more women than men last year and I’m happy to continue doing that.

[Topcat]

You had an entire year to think up a name for this thread.

Let that sink in.

[Little My]

You control freak.

I've just started a new one, which is a short story collection by Daphne Du Maurier featuring Don't Look Now.

Books that should have been read in 2023, and are on my To-Read List:

Hidden Pictures - Jason Redulak
Midnight Is The Darkest Hour - Ashley Winstead
The Housemaid - Freida McFadden

Once I've knocked those off I get to add new ones. I don't have a reading goal though. I think I may rebel against it.

[wendy james]

I am mid book, which will be finished in 2023 and you’ve locked the thread.

I set my target at 26 last year and increased it to 52, then 78 then 100 and it will be 105-106. I’m thinking of 52 for 2024.

[Lola]

That’s a really cute picture

[sally maclennane]

Love that picture!

I'm looking forward to a new Jackson Brodie book this year but it's not out till August

[wendy james]

currently downloaded is:

Unlikeable Female Characters (NF audio book)
A Dark Matter (the first of the series Pip mentioned)
Bess of Hardwick (NF that I had on my list after visiting Hardwick Hall, which I finally purchased)
About Grace, Anthony Doerr (about a man whose dreams happen)
These Still Black Waters, Christina McDonald (Jan’s book club)

[Pippedydeadeye]

I’ve been reading all the “Best Books to Watch Out For in 2024” lists and passing them to my sister. I’m excited about the new Katherine Arden, I loved her Winternight trilogy.

[lazzbo]

Love that picture!

I'm looking forward to a new Jackson Brodie book this year but it's not out till August

Ooh I didn't know there was going to be another! But Shrines of Gaiety was shit so I hope she's back on her game.

Alone in Berlin is very good, Beanoid, I remember that much.

I shall continue writing short reviews of the books I read in my book journal, it's pleasing to see more and more pages filles. :spin: I am reading the latest Richard Osman because I've been unwell over Xmas and need something light.

[Disco]

I've set myself a target of 31.

On the list so far:

Salt and Broom - Sharon Lynn Fisher
The White Ship - Charles Spencer
Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent
The Amish Wife - Gregg Olsen
The River Of Consciousness - Oliver Sacks
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

[Cerise]

I’ll aim for 30 again. The first will be Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow for my book group and I’ll start that on Monday.

Because I didn’t want to start a book that I couldn’t finish in 2023, I’m reading one of the non-fiction books I have on the go for such times - Born Lippy by Jo Brand.

[Turtle Bean]

I'm very excited about our new year of reading. I've finished Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and found my reading glasses but have decided not to restart Demon Copperhead till Monday.

[Duophonic]

I enjoyed shrines of gaiety but thought the ending was cobbled together.

I want to finish the Wolf Den trilogy but other than that I have no firm plans.

The target is to read 104 books again.

[lazzbo]

I've got the third instalment of Wolf Den on my bedside table, Duo. I'm a bit scared to start it, tbh. I don't want it to end badly!

[Duophonic]

I picked up the second bit put it down again as I was rattling through it too quickly.

[Pippedydeadeye]

I enjoyed shrines of gaiety but thought the ending was cobbled together.

I made up my own ending to this.

[lazzbo]

I picked up the second bit put it down again as I was rattling through it too quickly.

Yes, I think I'll take my time with the last one. Such a treat. :tree: