My book number 6 of the #2023ReadingList was also inspired by #PoongaBookClub @poongabook. Specifically @chenthil's theme of "Classics. With a twist. any work written before 10th century CE." I read

Kalidasa's Kumarasambhavam: The Origin of the Young God.

I went with Hank Heifetz's translation which includes the controversial 8th canto. I really liked Kalidasa's sensuous imagery.

Highly recommended.

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Oops. And I also realized now that my hashtag has a typo! 😲

It's my #2023ReadingList. 2023.

Ok, bye. I'll go crawl under a rock.

Book number 4 of the #2023ReadingList is a #GraphicBook The People of the Indus, by Nikhil Gulati and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer.

This was recommended to me by members of @poongabook

Short work, very interesting. Nicely presented. I liked it a lot. Highly recommended. I read the #kindle version in an iPad with the nice interactive zoom functions. I'm actually gifting hardcover copies to a couple of friends. #history #IndusCivilisation #archeology #Bookstodon #books #reading #ScanmanRecommends

This is one of the unfinished #books of 2022 that automatically got added to the #2023ReadingList.

Anatomical Oddities by Alice Roberts is a weird little book. Of course, it lives up to its name and talks about anatomical oddities. But it's more of an exploration of anatomical naming conventions and etymology. That's not to say it's not good. It is. I liked it. A lot. It's a fun read. Recommended for all lovers of #anatomy and medical terminology.
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Book 2 in the #2023ReadingList. Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, translated by Philip Gabriel. What a lovely book! Hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. I listened to the #audiobook version in #Scribd. Yet another great narrator, Ray Porter.
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2023 has started well.
#EleanorOliphant is indeed completely fine! I loved the book. Can't recommend it enough. Try the #audiobook in #Scribd if you can. The narrator, Cathleen McCarron, is very good.
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2023 reading thread? 2023 reading thread:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.

Fun story about games, work, and love. Zevin clearly know what it means to be a game designer. It's what I imagine a John Green book is like.

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These are all the books I acquired in 2022 (since august, mind you), I decided it might be a good idea to use all the new books as my reading goal for 2023! But then I went to gather The Books. 18 books I gathered this year (granted many are very quick reads, but still), I had no idea. They just accumulated. 8 are from used book stores, 6 were gifts. 18 books for 2023. #reading #2023readingchallenge #2023readinglist #readinggoals #books #usedbooks

Looking for more audiobook recommendations to add to my queue. I usually get through a few books a month. #Fantasy/ sci-fi are my favorite. But a good read is a good read. Just finished the entire Harry Potter series and currently reading American Gods. Latest in He Who Fights Monsters series in on next. #2023ReadingList