Nancy (alphaorder) reads in 2023

2023 Reading Log

January
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died - Memoir, audio
2. An Elderly Lady is up to No Good - stories
3. Vintage Contemporaries - novel
4. Forester's Daughter - Novel
5. Sweet, Young, & Worried - Poetry

February
6. Number One is Walking - Graphic Memoir
7. Undelivered - Nonfiction, Audio
8. Seven Stories - Fiction
9. Rough Sleepers - Audio, nonfiction

March
10. I Have Some Questions for You - novel
11. Enchantment - Audio, nonfiction
12. The Private Lives of Trees - Novel
13. Sporadic Troubleshooting - Poetry
14. An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - Stories
15. Pineapple Street - Novel
16. Silver Alert - Novel
17. Bootstrapped - Nonfiction, Audio
18. Heartburn - Novel, Audio
19. Imposter Syndrome - YA novel

April
20. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning - Nonfiction
21. Hello Beautiful - Novel*
22. Poverty, by America - Nonfiction*
23. The Best Strangers in the World - Nonfiction, Audio
24. Carnival Evening - Poetry
25. A Living Remedy - Nonfiction
26. Almost an Elegy - Poetry*
27. Happy Place - Novel*
28. The Five Stages of Grief - Poetry

May
29. I Swear - Nonfiction, audio
30. Cleaning Up New York - Nonfiction
31. A Dog Runs Through It - Poetry
32. You Could Make This Place Beautiful - Memoir
33. Better Living Through Birding - Nonfiction
34. Life B - Memoir
35. Yellowface - novel
36. Fever of an Unknown Origin - Poetry
37. Things I Don't Want to Know - Memoir

June
38. The Cost of Living - Memoir
39. Home Away from Home - YA Novel
40. Pieces of Blue - No
41. The Book of Charlie - Biography, audio
42. The Covenant of Water - novel*
43. The Leaving Season - Memoir
44. The Best American Poetry 2022 - Poetry
45. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It - Memoir, audio

July
46. Real Estate - Memoir
47. Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club - Novel
48. Paper Names - Novel
49. The Librarianist - Novel
50. Flight Paths - audio, nonfiction
51. The Art Thief - audio, nonfiction*
52. The Rachel Incident - novel

August
53. Tom Lake - novel*
54. Wildlife Anatomy - Nonfiction
55. Mother Nature - Graphic Novel
56. Ice - Poetry
57. They Called Us Exceptional - Memoir, audio
58. The English Experience - novel

September
59. Fair Play - fiction
60. Mouth to Mouth - Fiction
61. While You Were Out - Memoir*
62. Quiet Street - Nonfiction
63. Braided Creek - Poetry
64. magic of the modest - poetry
65. The Book of (More) Delights - Essays
66. Dearborn - Stories

October
67. Best American Poetry 2023 - Poetry
68. Blue Zones - Nonfiction, audio
69. The Future Will Call You Something Else - Poetry
70. How We Got By - Nonfiction
71. Marigold and Rose - Fiction
72. The Language of Trees - Nonfiction
73. Democracy Awakening - Nonfiction, audio
74. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water - Novel

November
75. Opinions - nonfiction, audio
76. Earth's the Right Place for Love - Novel
77. The Talk - Graphic Memoir
78. The Christmas Guest - Novella
79. Being Henry - Audio, memoir
80. Ladies' Lunch - Stories
81. Bright Lights, Big Christmas - Novel
82. Class - Memoir, audio
83. So Late in the Day - Stories
84. Go as a River - Novel*
85. Not Too Late - Nonfiction

December
86. The Santa Suit - Novel
87. Baumgartner - Novel
88. It's Not You. It's Capitalism - Nonfiction, audio
89. Delivering Christmas - Novella
90. The Door-to-Door Bookstore - Novel*
91. Winter Solstice - Essays
92. Comfort of Crows - Essays*
93. The Boys - Novel
94. Recitatif- Fiction
95. I Must Be Dreaming - Graphic
96. Necessary Trouble - Memoir, audio*
97. This is a book for people who love the national parks - Nonfiction

About me:

I have been a member of LT since March 2007.

I've had a love of books since I was very young. My mom was a librarian and everyone in our family read a lot. I was a bookseller/marketing director for an independent bookshop in the midwest from 1989-2009. I now do marketing for a nature center, which I also love (schlitzaudubon.org). My work is hybrid - about half from home and half at the center.

I met my husband while both of us were working in the bookshop, although we grew up less than a mile from each other about two hours north of Milwaukee! My husband retired pre-pandemic in 2020. We have a daughter who is a junior at UW Madison.

Anyone is welcome to join my thread. As a bookseller, I was much more open to talking about books on the floor than writing a review. Therefore, don't expect a lot of reviews - mostly a record of my reading. BTW - I have paper records from the '90s.

Most of my comments are made on my friends' threads, especially that of my fellow birder, beer- and book lover Mark (msf59).

Hope you have a great year of reading!

Wishing you a comfortable reading year in 2023, Nancy.

Don't let Mark and his birds, books and beer keep you all to himself! As Meatloaf would say 2 out of 3 ain't bad (I'm not a birder but the beer and the books I can compete!).

Happy new reading year, Nancy!

Welcome back, Nancy!

Happy new thread for the new year Nancy! I have I'm Glad My Mom Died on my list to try and read this year, hope it's a good one for you.

Happy New Year, Nancy. I am so glad you at least started a thread and you always welcome to post any thoughts over on my thread or Paul's...😁

Looking forward to another year of sharing birds, books and hopefully a beer at some point.

Happy new year, Nancy! I listened to I'm Glad My Mom Died in December and while I can't say I "enjoyed" it, I thought it was a tour de force.

>10 curioussquared: That is a great description. Will use it when I tell people about the book. Worthwhile reading, for sure.

Happy reading in 2023, Nancy!

There you are! How's life? What is your family up to? Yes, we moved!

My LT reading list is here. Come visit some time: https://www.librarything.com/topic/347285#n8049855

Hope all is well, Nancy.

Nancy, where'd you go? Hope you are ok. You're missed here. : )

>15 Berly: Thank you so much for stopping by! Things are ok, just haven't been hanging out much. At your urging, I will change that!

I am in a reading slump and waiting for spring in WI. Heading over to your thread to see what is up with you. Good reading, I hope!

Here you are!! Welcome back. Now please do make it a habit. Okay? : )

Spring in WI? Ummm. I remember snow in MN in May, so don't be holding your breath. LOL.

Do you recommend I'm Glad My Mom Died? That's some title! Yikes. I'm guessing it is not a light read, but is it good?

>16 alphaorder: The secret weapon to get you to respond, Nancy, is obviously Kimmers!

Good to see you are ok.

A reading slump? Noooooooooo!! I am very lucky that I rarely if ever get those dreaded plagues. I hope you have snapped out of it. So many great books waiting for you.

Thanks, friends, for stopping by!

>17 Berly: I do recommend I'm Glad My Mom Died. I listened to the audio - she reads it. Parts are harrowing; I admire her for writing this book and sharing what she went through. I listened to the audio, which she narrates. There is just so much to this book.

>18 PaulCranswick:. Hi Paul! Hope you are well too.

>19 msf59:. I am hoping things turn around soon. So many great books out there, including many in my house...

When I get into a reading slump, I reread Pride and Prejudice or lately Batchelor Brothers Bed and Breakfast Pillow Book

Okay, I have an audio credit left and I'll try to get I'm glad my mom died. Thanks for the rec!!

Couple hour slater....Got it!!

Nancy, Nancy wherefore art thou, Nancy?

Happy Mother's Day, Nancy

>24 PaulCranswick: Oh thank you so much,a Paul! My daughter is off at college, so I had a nice quiet day reading! I hope you are doing well. As you noticed, I haven't been spending as much time over here on LT. Work has been really busy.

Hi Nancy. I feel you on the busy life thing. : )

>26 Berly: Hope things are ok with you. I haven't been spending much time here lately. Miss my LT friends. But whatever extra time I can find I am trying to spend with books. There are so many good ones to read!

>27 alphaorder: Time with books Nancy is always time well spent. Your pals will be here for you when you get time to visit. xx