NOA’S BOOK BINGO

A habit I’ve formed over the past 5 or so years is reading more – both academically and personally As someone who forgets next to everything, lists surround me and the goals I set, and at the end of every year I total up the books I’ve read and set myself a new book list to (hopefully) complete within the next year This past year I read 17 books, a drop from 2021, almost completing my list As a means of sharing and picking up off others I felt it would be worth putting ten off my 2023 list on here - both to remind myself of what i have coming up and to inspire anyone making their own book list.

Before I sign this list off, here were some amazing honorable mentions from the past year that I would recommend to anyone and everyone I know...

• The seven Moons of Maali Alemedia by Shehan Karunatilaka (Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize!)

• Bird by Bird by Anne Lammot – incredible for anyone learning to write or expand their reading

• O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

• The Disposessed by Ursula K Le Guin (the best book I have ever had lent to me)

• Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

• 1984 by George Orwell

And with that, the new year begins even faster than I could have anticipated. Despite still being mentally in 2017, I’m ready to take on the new reads that come this year and excited to see what genres I end up in next December Happy new year!