I read a lot of books in 2023, but I managed to winnow down my list of the best-of-the-best using four criteria. Here are my five favorites—and several runners-up.
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How I rounded out the 2023 reading year, with my favorites of the quarter in bold and links to the rest of the year’s lists.
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I spent a portion of the first day of 2024 reviewing my 2023 progress against the goals I’d set for myself—always an interesting reflection point.
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This site very much has the form of an old-school blog. It’ll stay that way as well. Too much to hope that the good old days of blogging could make a comeback?
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Checking progress on my current-year goals at the end of November, even though the year still has one more month to go, always feels like looking into the wayback machine.
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Much accomplished on several fronts—and just in time, as my hibernation season indeed set in toward the end of the month, when autumn settled in Lausanne.
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The full rundown of the books I finished in the third quarter of 2023, with my particular favorites from the three-month period in bold.
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So much exploring outside the comfort zone in September 2023—and some family time as well. (Along with writing work, of course, always that!)
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Jam-packed months often seem to zoom by, but August felt incredibly long to me this year. Hard to believe it all happened in the same thirty-one days!
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A hectic July didn’t make for much rest, relaxation, personal time—or goal progress, much less achievement. However, I made a few things happen, despite it all.
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Here’s a list of the books I read in the second quarter of 2023, with my favorites (and recommendations) in bold.
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And on into the second half of the year. I hope the midway of 2023 finds you as centered and as peaceful as possible.
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My goals for the year included a yoga event of some kind. As of the end of May, I’ve now attended one of the two I’ve scheduled. The question: What did I think?
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April didn’t go as planned, but in entirely different ways than March’s derailment.
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In rough chronological order, check out the books I read in the first three months of 2023, with my favorites in bold.
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So much for how I thought March was going to go.
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I’ve just returned home from over half the month of February in Washington, D.C. But! Before I left, I did get quite a lot accomplished.
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So early in the year, everything still feels possible—which means that everything feels on track.
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