La Crosse County Library discussion

Wow, 2022 was quite the year for reading! We set a goal of 100 books and met it. We are looking forward to a new year of reading in 2023.

A personal reflection on 2022 reading by Cora, one of our group moderators: https://abookblog4you.blogspot.com/20...

What is everyone looking forward to reading in 2023? Please feel free to share your thoughts!

I am planning on continuing my exploration of the books of Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens on audio book. My late husband and I enjoyed reading to each other and my Audible membership has become a luxury that has really filled a hole in my heart. I will probably branch out into more great authors from the past. There is something about listening to the words of the men and women who delighted in a well turned phrase.
I have discovered Donna Andrews bird themed cozy mystery series and found it a surprisingly well written and engaging read. The cozy genre is rife with sub par offerings, so when one this good comes along it is worth grabbing.
I also watched the Amazon Prime series "Three Pines," so I am finally going to try Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache books.
In nonfiction I will continue to read anything I can understand about breakthroughs in physics, animal ethnology, anything that grabs my attention. If nothing presents itself there are always cereal boxes and pieces of junk mail to read.

Ann-Marie "Cookie M." wrote: "I am planning on continuing my exploration of the books of Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens on audio book. My late husband and I enjoyed reading to each other and my Audible membership has beco..."

A wonderful variety of genres!

Cozy mysteries are perfect reads for this time of year, when we're all waiting for spring to come!

In the cozy vein, have you tried The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts? It's a true story about a horse-rider that wins the 1958 National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden (NY). It tells the story of how the rider came to adopt the horse, Snowman, who was otherwise going to the glue factory, and their journey to win that race. It's a heartwarming story about friendship and second chances.

Ann-Marie "Cookie M." wrote: "I am planning on continuing my exploration of the books of Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens on audio book. My late husband and I enjoyed reading to each other and my Audible membership has beco..."

Also, I too enjoyed "Three Pines" so I am looking forward to perhaps starting Louise Penny's series. In the show, even if some of the culprits were obvious, it was the way the story unfolded and fleshed out the motive that kept me so engaged with each episode. Also the soundtrack was great as well.

I loved the soundtrack. There were some great covers in it.

Ann-Marie "Cookie M." wrote: "I loved the soundtrack. There were some great covers in it."

There really were. I also loved that sheriff coming to town backing track that they played.