2023 Reading Challenge Recap

How did I do on my 2023 Reading Challenge?  A solid 66.67%.  The summary:

January: a book with a "home" word in the title
House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubus III
READ

February: a book with red on the cover or spine
Our Own Devices, by Edward Tenner
STARTED AND QUIT.  JUST NOT GOOD.  But I'm counting it, because I tried.

March: a book recommended by a friend
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, by Anton DiScalfani
READ

April: a book with at least five words in the title
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
DID NOT START

May: a book you should have read in high school
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
READ

June: a book with an animal on the cover
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, by Alexandra Horowitz
READ

July: a book that starts with the first letter of your first name
Morning Poems, by Robert Bly
READ

August: a book in a series
Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
READ

September: a translated book
If On a Winter's Night A Traveler, by Italo Calvino (translated from Italian)
DID NOT START

October: a book set in a country other than your own
Ali & Nino, by Kurban Said
DID NOT START

November: a book with a night scene on the cover
After Henry, by Joan Didion
READ

December: a book with a winter element on the cover
Solo Faces, by James Salter
DID NOT START

On to 2024, and some new reads!