2023 Book List = 133

JANUARY

1. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, audio
2. Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, audio
3. The Only, audio, 3rd book about Byx
4. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, audio, #2 in series
5. The More of Less, audio
6. Joy at Work, partially finished audio
7. 💥War and Peace, Hemingway List - FINISHED August 14th, 2023!!
   SUM 7

FEBRUARY

1. Happier At Home, audio
2. The Last Grand Duchess, audio, Olga Romanov novel
3. The Family Romanov, audio
4. The Romanov Sisters, audio
5. Cleaning House, audio
6. Tsarina, audio, Empress Catherine
   SUM 13

MARCH

1. Catherine the Great, audio, by Robert Massie
2. The Tsarina's Daughter, audio, Empress Elizabeth
3. The Secret Wife, audio, fluff about Tatiana Romanov
4. The Butler, audio, a letdown
5. The Second Mrs Astor, audio
6. The Secret Life of Josephine, audio
   SUM 19

APRIL

1. The Letter of Mary, audio, #3 in series
2. Napoleon, audio, 33 hours!
3. Atomic Habits, e-book, 4th time reading, want the audiobook next
4. Darkstalker, audio, Slava recommendation
5. Sapiens, audio, James Clear recommendation
   SUM 24

MAY

1. The Alchemist, audio, LA recommendation
2. Breaking Addition, audio 
3. Brief History of Time, audio, James Clear recommendation
4. Mary Russells' War, audio, #0.5 in series
5. Wuthering Heights, eBook, might take a while, it's replacing Reddit! AND I LOVED IT!!!
6. 👇Hillsdale Constitution 101: The Meaning and History, online course, 
7. Stillness is the Key, audio, James Clear recommendation
8. The Red Badge of Courage, audio to fill time between books
9. When Breath Becomes Air, James Clear recommendation 
10. Trust Me, I'm Lying, audio (same author as Stillness)
11. Albert Nobbs, book, by George Moore (author on the Hemingway List)
12. Obsessed, audio
13. The Art of Good Conversation, audio
14. The Open Boat, audio. Hemingway List
15. For Whom The Bell Tolls, by Hemingway, audio
16. Madame Bovary, Hemingway List, eBook
17. The Four Winds, audio, fluff filler
18. The Sun Also Rises, by Hemingway, audio
19. A Farewell to Arms, by Hemingway, audio
20. The Dubliners, eBook, Hemingway list
21. The Old Man and The Sea, by Hemingway, audio
22. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, on the second Hemingway List, audio
    SUM 46

JUNE

1. 💤Gravity's Rainbow, a GAN by Thomas Pynchon, 37 hours audio! And library book. Returned unread.
2. Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home, audio
3. The Moor, Mary Russell #4, audio
4. 👎Courage is Calling, Ryan Holiday, audio, repetitive didn't finish
5. 💬The Red and The Black, Stendahl, audio
6. Anna K, audio book, break from serious stuff, modern Anna Karenina 
7. Anna K Away, audio book, sequel to above
   SUM 52

JULY 

1. Justice Hall, Mary Russell #6, audio (was waiting on #5, it arrived after I'd started!)
2. Royals, audio YA fluff
3. O Jerusalem, Mary Russell #5, audio (did I finish 6 before this? Yes, barely!)
4. American Royals, more YA fluff on audio book
5. Make Your Bed, Admiral McRaven, audio book, only 2 hours
6. Majesty, YA fluff #2 in series. I'm actually enjoying it. 
7. The Game, Mary Russel #7 audiobook
8. The Princess Diaries, more fluff. I need some fluff I guess
9. 👉Infinite Jest, 56 hour audio, won't finish, even tried the hard cover. Good, but too long. 
10. How to Think Like A Roman Emperor, audiobook, kinda skimmed to the end of this
    SUM 61

AUGUST

1. I'm Glad My Mom Died, audiobook
2. Immune, audiobook and informative!
3. Victoria, audiobook of novelized fiction, AEA recommendation
4. 👉The Gates of Europe, audiobook, saw at the library and we'll see, UNFINISHED
5. Victoria the Queen, audio biography
6. When Death Becomes Life, audio, "notes from a transplant surgeon"
7. Rivals, YA fluff #3 in series
8. (I quit Reddit again) ✌
9. Mindful parenting, let's see..., audio super-speed read through, meh
10. The Last Russian Doll, audio book I saw in the airport - in April!, Oh my, its' GOOD!
11. 💤The Thousandth Floor, by same author as the Royals, audio
12. 💤After the Romanovs, audio with slooooowwwww and bad accent, couldn't get past 2 chapters
13. Echoes, D Steele, audio fluff, better than expected
14. Divergent, audio, Arlette was reading this trilogy
15. An Elegant Defense, another immunology audio 
16. The Winter Palace, 💫 hardback book, 1st of a 2 book series
    SUM 74

SEPTEMBER

1. The Eye Of The World, #1 in R Jordan series, long 30 hours audio, also have 💫to reference
2. The Da Vinci Code, audio
3. Empress of the Night, 💫 hardback book, 2nd of a 2 book series
4. Princess in the Spotlight, audio fluff
5. Girl, Wash Your Face, audio
6. Hatchet, from the PBS 100 Most Loved list, 4 hr audio
7. Locked Rooms, Mary Russell #8
8. Fourth Wing, audio, #1 in series, no so YA, better than expected
9. The Fall of Numenor, Tolkien!! 💫
10. Along Came A Spider, PBS list, audio
11. Anna Karenina, audio, might be hard as I've noticed the classics are difficult by audiobook
    SUM 85

OCTOBER 

1. Reign, audio book #4 in the series
   
2. Making of the Atomic Bomb, audio 37.5 hours audio, what a great book
   
3. Insurgent, #2 in series by Veronica Roth
   
4. Just Eat, audio to fill gaps
   
5. Starch Solution, 💤, didn't read past third of way in, don't count
6. Allegiant, #3 in V Roth series
7. Gone Girl, PBS list, audio
8. Noom, 💫 Audio book still months away maybe
9. The Great Hunt, #2 in the Robert Jordan series, 26 hours?! Get 💫instead.
10. Imperial, prequel to the Royals series
11. Clash of Kings, hours of wonderful GRRM. 
12. The Hive Queen #12 Wings of Fire
13. The Language of Bees, the book that started it, Mary Russell #9
    SUM 96

NOVEMBER

1. 👉Dune, PBS list, terrible audio "production" with varied voices and noises. Get 💫
2. Dragonet Prophecy, #1 Wings of Fire
3. Pillars of the Earth, PBS, re-read by audio, 41 hours! Great book
4. The Awakening, Kate Chopin from Writer's Museum 💫
5. The Ten Keys to Reality, Frank Wilczek 💫
6. Stolen Focus, waited months to get this as audio book, not worth the wait 💫
7. White Teeth, PBS list, Struggling to listen. I just can't get into it!
8. 💬Black Stallion, audio, LOVE IT
9. Where the Red Fern Grows, PBS list, like White Teeth it's a lot of accents/vernacular
10. And Then There Were None, PBS list, good until the ending
    
11. Pride and Prejudice, PBS list and a re-read from years ago
12. Hooked, how to make things addictive 💫
13. Indistractable, same author as above, how to get unhooked 💫
14. Nineteen eighty four, PBS re-read, 💫
15. Great Courses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 1, 8hrs, Audible
16. The Giver, PBS audio, youth book
17. Willpower, Baumeister habits book, eBook, kinda skimmed as a re-read
18. The Lovely Bones, PBS list, audio
19. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Audio
20. Iron Flame, #2 of book started in September, audio 28 hours
21. To Kill A Mockingbird, PBS list, audio
22. You, Happier, audio, same guy as Change Your Brain
    SUM 116

DECEMBER

1. A Traitor To His Class, FDR audio 37 hours! Great book but listened in a hurry.
   
2. Dune, PBS list, 💫
3. Age of Innocence, 💫 Edith Wharton also from Writer's Museum 👍
4. God of the Hive, Mary Russell #10
5. Looking for Alaska, PBS list
6. Triggers, audiobook, another about habits
7. The Outsiders, YA on the PBS list. Thankfully only 5 hours
8. The Joy Luck Club, PBS list
9. Twilight, Ugh, PBS list, it's awful
10. One Hundred Years of Solitude, PBS list  Just can't. 
11. All Systems Red, recommended by Tim, audio
12. Another Country, PBS list, at 43% I just quit. I couldn't
13. Ghost, PBS list YA book
14. CP with a Jerk 💫
15. CP Etiquette 💫
16. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, PBS list 
17. Ready Player One, PBS list audio
18. The Help, PBS list 
19. The Outlander, PBS list, awful wish-fulfillment fantasy. Quit at 27%

SUM TOTAL 133 books