(archived)Reading Log 2023

I grossly slacked off in the reading department last year [and the year before that. and the year before THAT] so I set myself the goal of reading more this year. however vague that goal is.

see here for this year's reading log!

What I've Read

  • To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
    • Finished 04/01/2023
  • Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
    • Finished 11/01/2023
  • Why the Whales Came - Michael Morpurgo
    • Finished 29/03/2023
      YES i am aware this is a children's book. but i hit a slump in february (source: the last book i finished was at the start of january. its now practically april.) after starting On The Road by Jack Kerouac. I was really really devastated that it didnt live up to my expectations because it was a book ive wanted to read for about 5 years. and then I just could not enjoy it. that alone put me off reading for a good few weeks until i picked up The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. This book is actually REALLY fuckin good it's just also fucking LONG. i needed to actually finish a story and feel like i was making progress so i moved on to shorter books. hence the children's gothic. I loved this book as a kid but could never bring myself to re-read it for over a decade after i finished it. but i was bored one night and finally picked it back up and ate through it in like 2 hours its really not that long. anyway. the defence rests.
  • Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg
    • Finished 30/03/2023
  • Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
    • Finished 24/05/23
  • Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier
    • Finished 27/06/23
  • Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai
    • Finished 30/06/23
  • The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
    • Finished 11/07/23
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
    • Finished 17/07/23
  • Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
    • Finished 30/07/23
  • Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
    • Finished 13/08/23
  • Hamnet - Maggie o'Farrell
    • Finished 17/09/23
  • Vile Bodies - Evelyn Waugh
    • Finished 17/09/23 (cover to cover in one sitting!)
  • By December 31st '23, i got to page 270 of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens!