What are you reading?

So far in 2023 I have finished:

• Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke (read this originally as a teen, holds up really well)
• The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon (I recommend it even if reviews are highly divided.)

I am now reading October Sky by Homer Hickam. This is a reread and is the basis for the movie of the same name (one of my favorites). Actually, what I am reading is the retitled Rocket Boys which is the true-life memoir of Hickham. I am sure they did this to sell more books. Regardless, it is well-written and pretty fast-paced given what most autobios tend to be. I should finish it this week and then I am on to Prince Harry's Spare. MBR bought the book and my curiosity is piqued. I am not an Anglophile but I do find the machinations we're hearing about interesting.

My goal for 2023 is 24 books. Here is some of what is on the list (in no particular order):

• The Wayfarers Series - Beck Chambers (four books: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, Record of a Spaceborn Few, The Galaxy and the Ground Within)
• She Wouldn't Change a Thing - Sarah Adlakha
• To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini
• Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters - Jean Shepherd
• A Fistful of Fig Newtons - Jean Shepherd
• The Ferrari in the Bedroom - Jean Shepherd
• Micro - Michael Chichton
• Natchez Burning - Greg Iles
• You Remind Me of Me - Dan Chaon
• A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder — How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-The-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place - Eric Abrahamson, David H. Freedman
• A Pirate Looks at Fifty - Jimmy Buffett (a reread)

I am also throwing in a couple of other classics like The Old Man and The Sea, Fahrenheit 451, and a couple of others.