A Semester of Reading 2023

I signed up for a few reading challenges at Goodreads but have ditched a couple of the Australian Challenges I joined there as they didn't suit my style. 

I am pleased to report that I have just managed to keep up with my goal for the general Goodreads 2023 Reading Challenge. As we have a lot of travel coming up in the second semester of 2023 I will find it difficult to maintain my commitment to reading.

When I peruse the following list I see that I've had a bias towards books featuring female protagonists, I've read many titles loosely related to genealogy and added a good measure of crime/murder/mystery to my reading conquests. Every so often my past interest as a children's and school librarian comes to the fore and I read a children's picture book, I love this genre.

2023 READING
CHALLENGE

Participants	6,515,599
Books Pledged	279,479,117
Avg. Books Pledged	42
Time Left	182 days, 6 hours

You have read 66 of 120 books in 2023.

YOUR 2023 BOOKS

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Doordling in Kutna Hora

Ten years ago I was in Prague with my daughter. We had travelled there to watch our granddaughter and fellow students from her ballet school in Sydney take part in the Prague Dance Festival. 

On the first of July we organised for a guide to take us to Kutna Hora and Kostnice. While in Kutna Hora I indulged in a bit of Doordling. Thanks to my daughter for indulging my door fetish.