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I gravitate to essays and short stories naturally, so I love this challenge. I am going to try to read more plays and poetry in 2023 than I did in 2022. Note: In 2022, I read 4 books of poetry, 1 play, 3 epistolary novel, 12 books of essays and 6 books of short stories.

Poetry
1. So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014 -2018, Ursula LeGuin, finished 1/14/23, 4 stars
2. Sad Little Breathing Machine, Matthea Harvey, finished 3/16/23. 2.5 stars
3. Why I Wake Early, Mary Oliver, finished 4/8/23, 5 stars
4. What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer, finished on 4/13/23, 4.5 stars
5. The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1), finished on 4/27/2023, 4 stars
6. Felicity, Mary Oliver, finished 6/16/23, 5 stars
7. Owls and Other Fantasies, Poems and Essays, Mary Oliver, finished 8/24/23, 4 stars
8. The Witch Doesn't Burn in this one, Amanda Lovelace, finished 12/30/23, 4 stars

Plays
1. Salome, Oscar Wilde, finished on 11/17/23, 4 stars
2. Lady Windemere's Fan, Oscar Wilde, finished on 11/18/23, 4 stars
3. The Importance of Being Ernest, Oscar Wilde. finished on 11/19/23, 4 stars

Short Stories
1. Devotion by Patti Smith, finished on 4/9/23, 5 stars
2. Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood, finished 4/17/23, 4 stars
3. Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme, finished on 5/29/23, 2 stars
4. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, finished on 7/8/23, 4*s
5. The New Yorker Stories by Ann Beattie, finished 7/17/23, 4*s

Essays
1. What if this were enough? Essays by Heather Havrilesky, finished 3/19/2023, 3.5 or 4 stars
2. More to Say: Essays and Appreciations by Ann Beattie, finished 5/13/23, 5 stars
3. These Precious Days by Ann Patchett, finished on 8/12/23, 5 stars
4, Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-town Obituary Writer by Heather Lende, finished on 8/ /23, 4 stars
5. My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read and Shop, edited by Ronald Rice, finished on 9/16/23, 4*s

Epistolary novels
1. Postcards by E. Annie Proulx, finished on 2/26/23, 4*s
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette, finished on 4/1/23, 4*s
3. Possession by A.S. Byatt, finished on 7/2/23, 4*s

I'm a play-reader myself, however, to fly in the face of your goal, I recently saw a book of essays I thought interesting enough to pick up. . She's a good friend of one of my close friends from high school, too, so I tend to keep an eye on her. Are you familiar with this book?

I haven't read this book, but I want to. I love Ann Patchett's writing. Maybe I will have to read this book soon!

Jennifer wrote: "I'm a play-reader myself, however, to fly in the face of your goal, I recently saw a book of essays I thought interesting enough to pick up. . She's ..."
I read These Precious Days this year & enjoyed it. I just listened to a interview with her on the Libro.fm podcast. She's an interesting person and a good writer!

I feel like I have fallen behind and it is only the second week of January. I don't want to push myself too much, but I still do it.

What I love about this challenge it that it really is just a place to keep of track what you read rather than a challenge. I just add as I get to things so don't really feel pressured for this one.

Carolien, I agree that this is a great place to keep track of what you read and it's a good motivator to read very specific types of genres. I just feel a little untethered, in general.

Patricia wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I'm a play-reader myself, however, to fly in the face of your goal, I recently saw a book of essays I thought interesting enough to pick up. . I really loved it. My heart skipped a beat though when Ann wrote about her friend Sooki having a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Two family members have passed away this year from this cancer, both within weeks of the diagnosis. The extra time that Sooki had was a gift beyond words and Ann seems like an amazing friend.