Popping in with a second post today (good grief!) just to round up January’s reading – more chat about what’s planned for February will appear tomorrow!! So here’s what I read during this month:
I had such a brilliant bookish month and am *really* happy with that stack! My reading mojo has been on form during January and I have read some wonderful, wonderful books! No duds at all, and some real standabouts – the Calvino and the Niven, in particular, were epic reads and both of these are likely to feature on my year-end best of. However, all of the books were gems; I had great fun taking part in the Japanese Literature Challenge, choosing some lovely books from my shelves which had never been read; and I seem to have rediscovered my ability to take on chunksters (at least in non-fiction form!) There was fiction and non-fiction, classic crime, autobiography, small presses – really, a cornucopia of bookish delight!
So a marvellous reading month, and February looks to be a fascinating one too – see you back here tomorrow for more plans! 😀
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Jan 31, 2023 @ 12:14:50
You really did have some great reads this month! And what I especially like is the mixture here. I’m especially happy to see that Simenon. It reminds me that it’s been a bit since I spent time in Maigret’s company…
Jan 31, 2023 @ 13:44:59
Ah, you can never have too much Maigret as far as I’m concerned – I’m always happy for an excuse to pick up one of his adventures!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 13:08:47
Inspiring! Thank you for sharing!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 13:44:22
Most welcome!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 15:20:34
A great start to the year Kaggsy!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 19:42:37
Thanks Madame B – a very happy month for me!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 15:53:53
You did have a great month, lots of inspiration here!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 19:42:12
It was definitely one of the most enjoyable reading months I’ve had!! 😀
Jan 31, 2023 @ 17:34:47
That IS a lovely stack. So glad you had a good reading month. Hope I do get to Calvino and some Maigret later in the year.
Jan 31, 2023 @ 19:40:21
It was a particularly grand month! Hope you enjoy Calvino and Maigret – such wonderful books!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 19:35:37
January was a lovely reading month and set a high bar for the rest of the year! And what a wonderful start you had to your bookish year!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 19:38:27
I know! I’m so happy about it, and if the rest of the year is like this I’ll be in reading heaven!!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 21:51:12
That looks like a great month of reading. It’s always nice when you read books in January that you know will be on your best of the year list!
Feb 01, 2023 @ 10:59:09
It is – there have been some real corkers this month!!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 21:54:17
Particularly love the title – Poems about my psychiatrist!
Jan 31, 2023 @ 23:40:07
A fab month of reading there, a real varied mix of things. I must read some more Maigret soon. Lovely to see Tiny Moons in your pile from the lovely Emma Press. Happy reading in February.
Feb 01, 2023 @ 10:57:15
Maigret is always good! And I loved Tiny Moons (although it did make me hungry…) – thank you!!
Feb 01, 2023 @ 10:36:15
Don’t know how I missed you’d read the Austen in its slim volume – that’s one of the items in my collected Austen juvenilia I’ve yet to read. Still, an impressive haul this month!
Feb 01, 2023 @ 10:50:47
Ah well, I haven’t posted about that particular volume yet… But I did cover her collected juvenilia some time ago! https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/early-signs-of-genius/
Feb 01, 2023 @ 11:01:26
This sounds like OWC’s Catharine, and Other Writings, possibly retitled but with the same annotated scholarship. I’ve only reviewed the unfinished novel, and have yet to finish the three notebooks. These three volumes are of course subtly referenced in the three notebooks Cassandra Mortmain scribbles her thoughts in for I Capture the Castle, itself such a delicious homage to Austen’s romances like Sense and Sensibility with its impoverished sisters.
Feb 01, 2023 @ 11:38:47
Could well be! It was very enjoyable, anyway – what a wicked sense of humour she had!
Feb 01, 2023 @ 12:34:41
That’s an impressive pile of books and how lovely that there were no duds. I’m always impressed how much people are able to read. I am definitely still struggling to pick up the pace (in fact I’m not sure I want to, crazy thinking). Colour me envious!
Feb 01, 2023 @ 14:08:40
A no dud month is always a treat, and this one was particularly great. When I enjoy the books this much I do tend to fly through them!!
Feb 02, 2023 @ 08:29:44
That is a cornucopia indeed, well done! I never think to pile up my reads even though they do get into a pile on the stairs; I suppose a lot of mine are on Kindle so harder to do. I did manage to put a photo of each book I finished on Instagram, however, this month!
Feb 02, 2023 @ 11:38:17
I guess because I mainly read the physical, it’s easier for me to keep a pile until the end of the month and then snap them. I do love a healthy pile of books!!