[pdurrant]

Once again, my goal is to buy fewer books than I read.
Last year I managed to reduce my TBR pile by 53 books!

I start 2023 with 703 books on my TBR pile.

Books removed from TBR

Read and Reading

1. December 30th, 2022: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale By Philip K. Dick - £0.99 - 3/5 - 439pp
   Interesting, but probably only really for a completist.
2. January 6th, 2023: Death Around the Bend by T E Kinsey - £0.99 - 4/5 - 232pp
   Good fun, but the protagonists took far too long to spot something obvious
3. January 9th: Galaxy's Edge #7 edited by Mike Resnick - £0.40 - 4/5 - 215pp
   Good stories, but the factual/review/serial didn't interest me
4. January 12th: Poirot's Early Cases by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 238pp
   Excellent fun with Poirot in lots of short stories
5. January 15th: Grave Secrets be Kathy Reichs - £0.99 - 4/5 - 276pp
   Gripping, but perhaps getting a bit silly now
6. January 20th: To the Land of Long-Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith - £0.99 - 4/5 - 175pp
   OK, but not as good as earlier books, IMO
7. January 22nd: Georgiana Darcy's Diary by Anne Elliott - Free - 4/5 - 216pp
   Fun in a light romance kind of way.
8. January 23rd: The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton - £1.00 - 4/5 - 200pp
   Quite interesting. I shall carry on with the series.
9. January 28th: Dragonshadow by Barbara Hambly - £5.99 - 5/5 - 319pp
   Excellent fantasy
10. January 31st: The Piper on the Mountain by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 243pp
    Nice to see Dominic out on his own
11. February 2nd: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi - £0.99 - 5/5 - 230pp
    A great, fun read.
12. February 4th: Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa - Free - 2/5 - 275pp
    Graphic novel, and topic not my kind of thing
13. February 5th: The Great North Road by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 3/5 - 56pp
    Only a fragment
14. February 6th: The Charmed Sphere by Catharine Asaro - £3.49 - 3/5 - 421pp
    OK, as a light fantasy romance.
15. February 10th: Knight of the Demon Queen by Barbara Hambley - £0.99 - 5/5 - 271pp
    Good, but not a complete story - a cliffhanger, unlike the first two books.
16. February 13th: Dragonstar by Barbara Hambley - £3.76 - 5/5 - 289pp
    Great roundup of the story. I'll forgive the cliff-hanger in the previous volume.
17. February 17th: Nine Mile Walk by Harry Kemelman - £1.59 - 5/5 - 127pp
    Excellent set of armchair detective shorts
18. February 18th: Bad Lawyer by Stephen Solomita - Free - 3/5 - 302pp
    OK, legal/criminal case drama
19. February 19th: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams - £1.61 -
    4/5 - 162pp
    Fun, but clearly just as far as he got before deadline.
20. February 20th: Simple Genius by David Baldacci - £0.99 - 5/5 - 392pp
    Excellent stuff
21. February 23rd: The Young Chevalier by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - - 28pp
    First chapter of an unfinished novel.
22. February 23rd: The Scent of the Night by Andrea Camilleri - £1.19 - 3/5 - 157pp
    It was OK.
23. February 25th: First Family by David Baldacci - £0.99 - 5/5 - 433pp
    Compelling thriller
24. February 27th: The Planet of the Gods by Grin Olssen - Free - 1/5 - 290pp
    [ABANDONED. Just a few pages in and it's too awful to continue.]
25. February 27th: Death Comes to Pemberley by P D James - Free - 2/5 - 222pp
    [ABANDONED: Just not very good]
26. March 1st: The Time Travellers Almanac edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer - £1.09 - 4/5 - 1250pp
    An excellent collection of time travel stories.
27. March 19th: Terry Pratchett by Rob Wilkins - £0.99 - 5/5 - 507pp
    Simply wonderful
28. March 22nd:Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson - £0.99 - 3/5 - 419pp
    Some grim background, but overall light and fluffy. A quick read.
29. March 23rd: The Best of Jerry Pournelle edited by John F. Carr - £0.99 - 4/5 - 483pp
    A mix of tributes and stories. Good, but probably would be better as a volume of stories, and a volume of biography
30. March 27th: Curtain by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 5/5 - 193pp
    A good ending
31. March 28th: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 1324pp
    Epic in theme, epic in length!
32. April 5th: Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 4/5 - 193pp[INDENT]Nicely done. "Let Sleeping Murder Lie"
33. April 6th: New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 3/5 - 277pp
    Some early linked short stories. OK.
34. April 9th: Pistols for Two by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 4/5 - 189pp
    A pleasant collection of romantic shorts
35. April 10th: Snowdrift and Other Stories by Georgette Heyer - £1.99 - 4/5 - 278pp
    Three good additions to the previous collection
36. April 10th: Interzone No. 220 by TTA Press Authors - £2.26 - 3/5 - 143pp
    A Mixed bag of stories
37. April 12th: The Emperor's Pearl by Robert Van Gulik - £0.68 - 5/5 - 149pp
    Excellent
38. April 13th: From a Changeling Star by Jeffrey A. Carver - £2.51 - 3/5 - 644pp
    OK, but perhaps too much technology for the situation
39. April 16th:The Year of the Woman by Jonathan Gash - £0.54 - 4/5 - 278pp
    A mystical look at Hong Kong in the year before the handover. Good.
40. April 17th: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman - Free - 5/5 - 264pp
    A fun multi-world fantasy
41. April 18th: Cosi Fan Tutti by Michael Dibdin - £3.79 - 5/5 - 267pp
    An excellent farce of a police drama
42. April 19th: Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie - £0.63 - 4/5 - 130pp
    Fun with Miss Marple, marred by two weird supernatural stories.
43. April 21st: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman - £0.99 - 5/5 - 460pp
    A surprisingly compelling prequel
44. April 23rd: Passengers to Sentience by Peter Salisbury - £0.69 - 1/5 - 371pp
    [ABANDONED. Just not well written. Discard the sequel]
45. April 24th: Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 5/5 - 302pp
    Rebus properly into stride now, I think
46. April 28th: Queen of Storms - Raymond E. Feist - £0.99 - - 343pp
    Good epic fantasy. I'll forgive the inn buying in ale
47. May 2nd: Dogland by Will Shetterly - Free - 3/5 - 307pp
    Hidden fantasy set in 1960s Florida. Well done, but not for me.
48. May 7th: Life and Death of Heliogabolus by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 4/5 - 15pp
    A surprising good comic, produced in 24 hours.
49. May 7th: D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton - Free - 4/5 - 206pp
    OK, but a bit depressing
50. May 9th: The Royal Show by Anton Du Beke - £0.99 - 4/5 - 330pp
    OK, but a bit of an unsatisfactory ending
51. May 12th: Exile's Honor by Mercedes Lackey - £0.73 - 5/5 - 345pp
    Very enjoyable
52. May 14th: Exile's Valor by Mercedes Lackey - £0.73 - 5/5 - 315pp
    Very enjoyable
53. May 15th: Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey - £0.73 - 5/5 - 285pp
    Very enjoyable
54. May 16th: The Undead by Brian Stableford - £0.96 - 3/5 - 320pp
    Unconvincing
55. May 19th: Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch - £0.99 - 5/5 - 276pp
    Splendid modern urban fantasy police procedural
56. May 21st: More New Arabian Nights by RL and F Stevenson - £0.02 - 2/5 - 203pp
    Convoluted improbable intertwined stories in stories. Not for me.
57. May 25th: Birthright by Mike Resnick - £0.40 - 3/5 - 286pp
    Ridiculous future history
58. May 27th: A Picture of Murder by T E Kinsey - £0.99 - 4/5 - 247pp
    The completely implausible mechanism for one part makes it 4/5
59. May 28th: The Laughing Policeman by Sjöwall & Wahlöö - £0.99 - 4/5 - 212pp
    Very good police procedural
60. May 31st: The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe - £1.09 - 5/5 - 227pp
    Excellent historical YA
61. June 3rd: The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman - £0.99 - 4/5 - 298pp
    Enjoyable
62. June 6th: The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman - £0.99 - 5/5 - 289pp
    Very enjoyable
63. June 7th: Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 612pp
    Great
64. June 10th: Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb - £3.99 - 5/5 - 689pp
    Great
65. June 14th: Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 872pp
    Satisfying Conclusion
66. June 17th: The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross - £2.99 - 4/5 - 381pp
    Fun supernatural spy stuff
67. June 21st: Flight of the Nighthawks by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 5/5 - 299pp
    Excellent Fantasy
68. June 24th: Into a Dark Realm by Raymond E. Feist - £5.57 - 5/5 - 275pp
    Ditto
69. June 26th: Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond E. Feist - £4.20 - 5/5 - 366pp
    An excellent conclusion
70. July 1st: The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross - £1.99 - 5/5 - 307pp
    Excellent modern magic/fantasy/eldritch horrors
71. July 3rd: Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers - £0.67 - 5/5 - 169pp[INDENT]A good collection of shorts. Including some with Mr Egg.
72. July 5th: Black and Blue by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 5/5 - 417pp
    Good police detective stuff
73. July 13th: Cold Welcome by Elizabeth Moon - £2.13 - 5/5 - 392pp
74. July 15th: Into the Fire by Elizabeth Moon - £2.13 - 5/5 - 416pp
    Excellent sequel duology
75. July 17th: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - Free - 3/5 - 192pp
    A poor SF novel that has more attention than it merits
76. July 26th: Xenowealth by Tobias S. Buckell - £1.49 - 5/5 - 158pp
    Excellent set of stories
77. July 29th: The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff - £1.49 - 4/5 - 191pp
    Interesting adventure in Roman Britain
78. August 1st: Tales from the New Worlds by Tobias S. Buckell - Free - 4/5 - 223pp
    Good collection of short stories
79. August 5th: How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith - £3.54 - 4/5 - 183pp
    as expected
80. August 7th: The Burning Issue of the Day by T E Kinsey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 243pp
    Great fun
81. August 9th: The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg - Free - 4/5 - 299pp
    A good fantasy/romance
82. August 11th: Hunter by Mercedes Lackey - £1.33 - 5/5 - 278pp
83. August 13th: Elite by Mercedes Lackey - £1.33 - 5/5 - 278pp
84. August 14th: Apex by Mercedes Lackey - £1.33 - 5/5 - 278pp
    A most enjoyable post-apocalyptic magical fantasy
85. August 17th: Death Before Facebook by Julie Smith - Free - 4/5 - 276pp
    Interesting murder with early internet use.
86. August 19th: War of the Marionettes by Adam-Troy Castro - £0.40 - 5/5 - 291pp
    Good. I hope he does a collection of the shorter works.
87. August 22nd: A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett - £0.15 - 4/5 - 164pp
    Fun.
88. August 24th: Mrs, Presumed Dead by Simon Brett - £0.12 - 5/5 - 186pp
    More Fun
89. August 26th: Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb - £2.49 - 5/5 - 534pp
    Good story, separate universe from Assassins/Rain Wilds
90. August 29th: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 346pp
    Excellent first book in urban fantasy series
91. August 31st: The Quantum War by Derek Künsken - £0.99 - 5/5 - 329pp
    Great, but clearly needs a sequel.
92. September 2nd: Hamnet by Maggie Farrell - £5.49 - 3/5 - 268pp
    Needed to decide if it was fantasy or not. Would have been better without the fantasy
93. September 5th: Hands Down by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 294pp
    A new Sid Halley novel. Great.
94. September 7th: A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 4/5 - 310pp
    Good, but our hero is a bit slow!
95. September 8th: Pursuit of the Pankera by Robert A. Heinlein - £0.61 - 4/5 - 513pp
    Good, but I think the published version was probably better
96. September 11th: A Fall of Stardust by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 4/5 - 15pp
    Short but sweet
97. September 12th: The Problem at Pollensa Bay by Agatha Christie - £0.43 - 5/5 - 137pp
    Lovely collection of mystery short stories.
98. September 13th: Stolen Dreams by Stacey Kennedy - £2.12 - 3/5 - 177pp
    Would have been better without the erotica
99. September 13th: The Forge of God by Greg Bear - £1.93 - 3/5 - 403pp
    Read more like a film script than a novel
100. September 16th: Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett - £0.99 - 4/5 - 246pp
     Early children's stories by Terry Pratchett. Show signs of Pratchett's brilliance.
101. September 18th: An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 346pp
     Excellent. The series is realy getting into its stride now.
102. September 19th: Vossoff and Nimmitz by Adam Troy-Castro - £0.61 - 4/5 - 176pp
     A fun linked set of short stories of villain and side-kick
103. September 23rd: Clerical Errors by D. M. Greenwood - Free - 3/5 - 180pp
     Far too many coincidences, and I didn't like the characters
104. September 24th: The House of Styx by Derek Künsken - £0.99 - 5/5 - 403pp
     Excellent historical backstory for Quantum Magician.
105. September 30th: Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 312pp
     Excellent urban fantasy
106. October 1st: Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse by David Mitchell - £0.99 - 3/5 - 399pp
     Only readable in small chunks
107. October 8th: Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 319pp
     Excellent urban fantasy
108. October 11th: Mrs Pargeter's Package Simon Brett - £0.12 - 4/5 - 177pp
     Fun in a light way.
109. October 12th: The Amber Fury by Natalie Haynes - £0.99 - 4/5 - 257pp
     A good story with Greek Myths in the background
110. October 16th: Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 140pp
111. October 17th: ReDawn by Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson - £1.50 - 5/5 - 172pp
112. October 18th: Evershore by Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson - £1.49 - 5/5 - 211pp
     Excellent filling in the story of what happened to other characters
113. October 20th: One Last Heist by Lyndon Hardy - £3.27 - 4/5 - 299pp
     Enjoyable. But needs a little copy editing.
114. October 22nd: Someday the Rabbi will Leave by Harry Kemelman - £0.99 - 5/5 - 224pp
     Most enjoyable
115. October 23rd: Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwall - £0.99 - 5/5 - 273pp
     Enjoyable post-Napoleonic adventure in London
116. October 23rd: Project One by E. C. Tubb - Free - 3/5 - 122pp
     A collection. OK.
117. October 25th: The Rise by Ian Rankin - Free - 4/5 - 57pp
     A good stand-alone short story mystery
118. October 26th: The Village Healer's Book of Cures - Free - 1/5 - 238pp
     [ABANDONED]Unbelievable. Don't include fantasy in a historical.
119. October 26th: Who are we Now? by Jason Cowley - £5.99 - 3/5 - 229pp
     Rather rambling anecdote-driven exploration of modern-day Englishness
120. October 28th: Nerve by Dick Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 219pp
     Excellent
121. October 30th: Skandar and the Unicorn Thiefby A. F. Steadman - £0.99 - 3/5 - 295pp
     OK, but the setup isn't well thought out enough.
122. October 31st: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - £0.99 - 5/5 - 747pp
     Excellent Epic fantasy
123. November 10th: Mrs Pargeter's Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett - £0.12 - 4/5 - 178pp
     Slightly too cosy murder mystery
124. November 11th: The Best of Tor.com 2012 by Tor.com - Free - 4/5 - 644pp
     A good collection of short stories.
125. November 16th: The Hope that Kills by Ed James - Free - 3/5 - 268pp
     Police procedural good but unbelievable
126. November 17th: The Mutant Season by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber - Free - 3/5 - 258pp
     OK, but didn't really go anywhere
127. November 18th: Shogun by James Clavell - £0.99 - 4/5 - 1091pp
     An epic tale set in 1500s Japan
128. November 24th-25th (during): The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams - £3.99 - 4/5 - 342pp
     A look at words and who uses them, against the backdrop of the compilation of the OED
129. December 1st: Later Essays by R L Stephenson - £0.01 - 2/5 - 161pp
     [ABANDONED. Not for me.]
130. December 2nd: Father Christmas's Fake Beard by Terry Pratchett - £0.99 - 5/5 - 103pp
     Early stuff, but surprisingly good.
131. December 3rd: For Kicks by Dick Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 239pp
     Expected excellent horse-based thriller
132. December 5th: Between the Stars by Eric Kotani & John Maddox Roberts - £3.00 - 4/5 - 191pp
     A light space opera
133. December 7th: Charming Sharra by Lawrence Watt-Evans - £5.53 - 4/5 - 150pp
     An enjoyable light fantasy about a foolish person.
134. December 8th: Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers - £1.33 - 5/5 - 291pp
     Enjoyable fun with Lord Peter Wimsey
135. December 10th: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee - £0.33 - 2/5 - 190pp
     I have little sympathy for the idiot depicted.
136. December 15th: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer/Nevill Coghill - £3.99 - 1/5 - 476
     Some of it is awful anti-semitic propaganda.
137. December 16th: Season of the Raven by Denise Domning - Free - 4/5 - 181pp
     Good mystery set in 1100s England.
138. December 18th: Season of the Fox by Denise Domning - Free - 4/5 - 142pp
     another good mystery.
139. December 19th: Lost Innocents by Denise Domning - Free - 4/5 - 183pp
     another good mystery, no resolution to ongoing one.
140. December 20th: The Final Toll by Denise Domning - £0.77 - 4/5 - 187pp
     another good mystery, no resolution to ongoing one.
141. December 22nd: Caught Red Handed by Denise Domning - £0.77 - 3/5 - 176pp
     Disappointing supernatural element
142. December 23rd: The Last Sherlock Homes Story by Michael Dibden - £2.84 - 5/5 - 168pp
     Brilliant
143. December 24th: Sandman 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 236pp
     Brilliant story telling and universe building
144. December 25th: Sandman 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 224pp
     Brilliant story telling and universe building
145. December 26th: Sandman 3: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 158pp
146. December 27th: Sandman 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 219pp
147. December 27th: Sandman 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 186pp
148. December 27th: Sandman 6: Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 262pp
149. December 28th: Sandman 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman - £2.99 - 5/5 - 249pp
150. December 28th: Sandman 8: World's End by Neil Gaiman - £1.49 - 5/5 - 157pp
151. December 28th: Sandman 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 346pp
152. December 29th: Sandman 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman - £2.45 - 5/5 - 188pp
153. December 29th: Sandman 11: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 153pp
154. December 30th: Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman - £1.99 - 5/5 - 167pp
     Brilliant story telling and universe building
155. December 31st: Any Way The Wind Blows by Seanan McGuire - Free - 4/5 - 19pp
     Fun Multiverse airship short story
156. December 30th: The Cosmic Perspective by Brian Stableford - £1.35 - - 135pp

Books added to TBR

Freebies

1. 18 February: Bad Lawyer (read)
2. 16 April: The Invisible Library (read)
3. 29th July: Tales from the New Worlds (read)
4. 30th July: The Hanging City (read)
5. 27th August: Any Way The Wind Blows (read)
6. 23rd September: Clerical Errors (read)
7. 25th October: The Rise (read)
8. 25th October: The Village Healer's Book of Cures(abandoned)
   

Bought

• January (3/£7.97): In The Frame, An Act of Foul Play, Dragonshadow
• February (3/£3.57): The Kaiju Preservation Society, The Last Hero, The Nine Mile Walk
• March (5/£5.94): High Stakes, The Best of Jerry Pournelle, Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rhythm of War, Run Rose Run
• April (3/£2.97): Driving Force, Master of Furies, The Secret Commonwealth
• May (3/£2.97): Reflex, The Royal Show, Amongst Our Weapons
• June (15/£17.89): The Masked City, The Burning Page, Fool's Quest, Nerve, For Kicks, Risk, Comeback, Longshot, Shattered, The Jennifer Morgue, Blood of Amber, Knight of Shadows, Prince of Chaos, Sign of Chaos, Trumps of Doom
• July (10/£16.94): Ruth Galloway 2nd Omnibus (A Room Full of Bones, the Dying Fall, The Outcast Dead), Hunter Omnibus (Hunter, Elite, Apex), Cold Welcome, Into the Fire, Prelude to Foundation, Made in India
• August (43/£22.65): Sunreach, A Song of Comfortable Chairs, The Lantern Men, The Pursuit of the Pankera, War of the Marionettes, Vossof and Minnitz, 8 Mrs Pargeters (A Nice Class of Corpse, Mrs, Presumed Dead, Mrs Pargeter's Package, Mrs Paregter's Pound of Flesh, Mrs Pargeter's Plot, Mrs Pargeter's Point of Honour, Mrs Pargeter's Principle, Mrs Pargeter's Public Relations), 26 by Seanan McGuire (Discount Armageddon, Midnight Blue-Light Special, Half-Off Ragnarok, Pocket Apocalypse, Chaos Choreography, Magic For Nothing, Tricks for Free, That Ain't Witchcraft, Imaginary Numbers, Calculated Risks, Rosemary and Rue, A Local Habitation, An Artificial Night, Late Eclipses, One Salt Sea, Ashes of Honor, Chimes at Midnight, Full of Briars, The Winter Long, A Red-Rose Chain, Once Broken Faith, The Brightest Fell, Night and Silence, The Unkindest Tide, A Killing Frost, When Sorrows Come), 3 by Derek Künsken (Flight from the Ages, The Quantum War, The House of Styx)
• September (11/£9.09): Hands Down, Hamnet, The Last Remains, Dragons at Crumbling Castle, The Warlock Unlocked, King Kobold revived, The Mars Girl/As Big as the Ritz, Advanced Mythology, A Phule And His Money, The Aethers of Mars, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse
• October (19/£38.02): The Ghost Fields, Dishonesty is the Second-best policy, The Amber Fury, The Great Hunt, ReDawn, Evershore, One Last Heist, Sandman vol.1, Who Are We Now?, Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, Sandman vol.2, Sandman vol.3, Sandman vol.4, Sandman vol.5, Sandman vol.6, Sandman vol.9, Sandman vol.10, Sandman vol.11, Sandman Overture,
• November (6/£11.97): Dead Lies Dreaming, Indexing: Reflections, Sandman Vol.7, Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life, The Dictionary of Lost Words
• December (12/£21.68): Father Christmas's Fake Beard, Dream Hunters, Charming Sharra, Death: The Deluxe Edition, Godmersham Park, The Canterbury Tales, World's End, Dream Hunters Prose Edition, The Final Toll, Caught Red-Handed, The Lost Metal, Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

Analysis
TBR: 681
Books read: 155 (including 23 freebies, 0 re-reads, 5 abandoned)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 7 (0 read previously, 5 discarded, 2 duplicates)

Books removed from TBR pile: 162
Books added to TBR pile: 140 (including 8 freebies, 4 omnibuses counted as 16)
Removed/Added: 1.12
Net reduction for 2023: 22

Non-free books read: 132 (including 0 re-read, 2 abandoned)
Total cost of books read: £200.24
Average cost of books read: £1.52

Non-free books bought: 133 (include 1 not added to TBR, 4 omnibuses counted as 16)
Total cost of books bought: £161.66
Average cost of books bought: £1.22


Rating System:
1: Bad.
2: Poor. (Or just not to my taste.)
3: Satisfactory.
4: Good.
5: Excellent.

Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page.