Monday, January 1, 2024

2023 Year in Review

 This end of the year review is happening on January 22nd. It has been a tough end of 2023 and beginning of 2024. I had major back surgery on December 22 and stayed in the hospital until the 25th. I am having a slower recovery from this surgery than the first back surgery. Much more pain. Anyway here is my year in review for everything:

Books - 201

Movies - 22

Trips - Quilt retreat in South Carolina, Panama City with Jonas and his family, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska with Country Heritage.

Plays - Tootsie, Hamilton, Hair, Hair, And Then There Were None, Ain't To Proud to Beg, Six and Jagged Little Pill


Concerts - Yo Yo Ma, Jay White as Neil Diamond, Wayne Newton and Mandy Patinkin


It was my first time to teach at the Cedar Lake event in the Fall. It was tons of fun. I did several talks at local guilds. I joined a new guild in Oak Ridge in November.  I quilt the SMQ Board because of bullying by several members of the Board. It was a great year. I hope 2024 is just as good.My Year in Books

69,117
pages read
Lynn Sykes
202
books read

Updated January 16, 2024.
Newly completed books appear after a delay.

The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Shortest Book
96
pages
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Longest Book
692
pages

Average book length in 2023
 
342
pages

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Most Shelved
7,191,406
people also shelved
Quilt City by Bruce Leonard
Least Shelved
448
people also shelved

My average rating for 2023
 
4.0

State of Bliss by Marie Force
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.72 average

And One Last Thing ... by Molly Harper

My first review of the year

it was amazing
Hilarious, laugh out loud funny!