Tamara Reads and Reviews 53 in 2023

[Tamara]

My challenge for 2023 is to read 53 books. I read a lot more than that each year, so it's not a very ambitious goal. But I want to take my time, savor the books I read, and perhaps do more of my own writing.

1/53. Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe by Diana Darke.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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2/53. Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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3/53. The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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4/53. Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nikki]

Good luck Tamara :)

[Tamara]

Thank you, Nikki.

[Tamara]

5/53. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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6/53. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lisa]

Good luck, Tamara !

[Tamara]

Thank you, Lisa.

[Tamara]

7/53. Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir; translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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8/53. The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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9/53. Assembly by Natasha Brown.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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10/53. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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11/53. Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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12/53. Medea: A Modern Retelling by Christa Wolf, translated from the German by John Cullen.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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13/53. Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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14/53. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by María Rosa Menocal.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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15/53. The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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16/53. The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas W. Tallamy.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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17/53. Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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18/53. Empty Wardrobes by Maria Judite de Carvalho; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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19/53. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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20/53. Vermeer in Bosnia: Selected Writings by Lawrence Weschler.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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21/53. Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author by Sophus Helle.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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22/53. Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Francis Riddle.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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23/53. The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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24/53. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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25/53. Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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26/53. The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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27/53. What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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28/53. Summer by Ali Smith.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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29/53. Suad Al-Attar by Nesma Shubber
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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30/53. Greek Lessons by Han Kang.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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31/53. All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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32/53. Dulcinea by Ana Veciana-Suarez.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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33/53. The Woman from Tantoura: A Palestinian Novel by Radwa Ashour; translated by Kay Heikkinen.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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34/53.The Summer Book by Tove Jansson; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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35/53. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev.
This is a re-read for me. I gave it a five-star rating.

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36/53. Fight Night by Miriam Toews.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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37/53. Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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38/53. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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39/53. Regeneration by Pat Barker.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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40/53. How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, With Select Translations by Carl W. Ernst.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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41/53. The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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42/53. When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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43/53. Nothing But the Night by John Williams
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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44/53. The Iliad by Homer; translated by Emily Wilson.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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45/53. The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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46/53. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...