Today’s treble-T is top ten reads of 2023. But first, these important messages from Teaser Tuesday:
“Your order, sir?”
“What?” I looked up and remembered where I was. “Sorry. I was watching two people break into my home.”
“So….a dozen assorted donuts to go?”“You ACTUALLY called it a MacGuffin?”
Travel by Bullet, John Scalzi
“It is what it is.”
“Except it’s not an imaginary plot device! It’s a REAL THING!”
Even with high expectations, the first few weeks were nothing short of a revelation for our family; each day discovering the immense joys of living in a city that treated cars as guests, rather than guests of honor. Suddenly, we found ourselves living in an environment where we could hear again. Having been accustomed to the prevalence of engines, we had forgotten the sounds that give life to a city: people talking, birds singing, bells ringing, and music playing.
Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives, Chris and Melissa Bruntlett
And now, back to our program! Top ten lists!
Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey, Jack Loeffler. You’d be hard-pressed to go wrong with a biography of Ed Abbey.
The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science, Will Storr. Superb mix of compassionate journalism and science.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys, Mike Collins. The best astronaut memoir period, despite the fact that Collins never set foot on the moon.
My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
The Glory of their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It, Jack Ritter. Audio recordings of men who played in baseball’s golden age.
Woke Up this Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos, Chrissie and Bobby. It has the makings of a varsity athlete.
The Four Winds, Kristin Hannah. Unforgettable.
Feminism against Progress, Mary Harrington. Really need to review this one. Check out MH’s blog, The Reactionary Feminist, in the meantime
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Brains, Max Fisher
The Dirty Life: on Farming, Food, and Love, Kristin Kimball. One woman’s journey from journalist to farmer.
Reading Freely 
These sound like some interesting book titles. I’m glad you enjoyed them! Also, I’d forgotten that there was a new Scalzi Dispatcher book, so thank you for the reminder on that! Happy reading in 2024!
Here’s my TTT this week.
You’re welcome! I’ve been mostly enjoying Zachary Quinto as narrator, though it’s still a little odd to hear “Spock” telling me a story.
The Four Winds was a great book. Happy 2024!
You as well! Hoping to read more Hannah in the future.
My BFF named her son Asher because she loves the Potok book so much! I’ve read THE CHOSEN ONE, but not ASHER. I need to. Glad you loved all these.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Potok has an interesting collection of books so far — most of the ones I’ve read have been about fathers and sons, but Davida’s Harp has a female lead and wrestles with (in part) Jewish idenity.
Looks like you had a great reading year! I am very interested to check out The Dirty Life – I’m really into reading about both gardening and farming right now, so that sounds right up my alley! Happy new year and happy reading for 2024!
She has a follow up book called Good Husbandry that I intend to read this year, probably in the spring. 🙂
I’ll have to look up Carrying the Fire. I love space stuff. Happy 2024!
Oh yes, My Name is Asher Lev. It is one of the few books I have read and reread and reread again.
I can see why! There’s so much emotional depth to it that several passes would be needed.