Once again, hello book-loving GOGgers and welcome to a new year filled with other lives and worlds to experience, as well as depictions, analyses and commentaries about the one we happen to find ourselves in.

This is the place to list all the books you read in 2023, with as many and as few comments as you want about each. Asking for or offering book recommendations, exchanging impressions about books and having other discussions about books is also welcome.
If you want your list post to be linked to here, make sure to put "include me" in it at least until I'll add it here. After it's added, you may remove those words if you wish.
You may, of course, organize your "central" post as you wish, but if I may make a recommendation, it would be nice if on top of the full list of the books you read this year, for each title there would also be links to your reviews or commentaries posted either in this thread or elsewhere, ratings using whichever system you prefer, and if possible also dates.
In addition, if you want me to also include here a link to your profile on a book-related site, like Goodreads, LibraryThing or The StoryGraph, or even a personal site, or section of a site, dedicated to books, make sure to put "include link" in your list post at least until I'll add it here. Again, after it's added, you may remove those words if you wish. If you want multiple such links to be included, make sure to put "include" before each. If you add any such links without the word "include" first, I'll assume you don't want them added to the OP.
If I missed anything or you have any other questions or suggestions, feel free to PM me. And you may also want to do that if you edit your list post in order to add links to other profiles after I already added a link to the post here, so I won't miss the change.

Readers:

andysheets1975
Cavalary (Goodreads, The StoryGraph)
ciemnogrodzianin
DavidOrion93
InkPanther
KillingMoon
KruhLatry
Lifthrasil
Microfish_1
seba_86
Timboli

Previous years:
2022 (9 readers, 121 posts)
2021 (13 readers, 214 posts)
2020 (15 readers, 335 posts)
2019 (14 readers, 177 posts)
2018 (16 readers, 226 posts)
2017 (no centralized list, 107 posts)
2016 (no centralized list, 311 posts)
2015 (no centralized list, 155 posts)
2014 (no centralized list, 208 posts)

And since I mentioned those previous threads, I also want to once again thank the previous managers: ciemnogrodzianin (2018-2021, also bringing the format of the centralized lists from the games threads to the books ones), catpower1980 (2017), madth3 (2015, 2016) and IShoot4lolz (2014).

Please Include Me, and thanks for doing this again. :)

2022
24 - LEE CHILD [4] - NO MIDDLE NAME - PCF - 18-APR-22 --> reading (Kobo) 94 - JAMES PATTERSON & MICHAEL LEDWIDGE [1] & [1] - STEP ON A CRACK - PCF - 29-DEC-22 --> 01-JAN-23 (Kobo)

2023
01 - KATHY REICHS [9] - CROSS BONES - PCF - 02-JAN-23 --> 05-JAN-23 (Re-Read) (Kobo)
02 - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH [31] - PRECIOUS AND GRACE - PCF - 05-JAN-23 --> 07-JAN-23 (Paperwhite)
03 - SUSAN KIERNAN-LEWIS [6] - KILLING IT IN PARIS - PCF - 8-JAN-23 --> 10-JAN-23 (Paperwhite)
04 - CAROLINE GRAHAM [1] - THE KILLINGS AT BADGERS DRIFT - PCF - 10-JAN-23 --> 12-JAN-23 (Kobo)
05 - DAVID BALDACCI [36] - SIMPLE GENIUS - PCF - 12-JAN-23 --> 15-JAN-23 (Kobo)
06 - T.J. KLUNE [1] - THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA - PCF - 16-JAN-23 --> 19-JAN-23 (Kobo)
07 - LEE CHILD [11] - THE HARD WAY - PCF - 19-JAN-23 --> 22-JAN-23 (Kobo)
08 - SUSAN KIERNAN-LEWIS [7] - Murder A La Drumstick - PCF - 22-JAN-23 --> 22-JAN-23 (Paperwhite) Novella
09 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [48] - THE TEMPLAR DETECTIVE AND THE CODE BREAKER - PCF - 22-JAN-23 --> 24-JAN-23 (Kobo)
10 - KATHY REICHS [10] - BREAK NO BONES - PCF - 25-JAN-23 --> 26-JAN-23 (Kobo)
11 - T.J. KLUNE [2] - UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR - PCF - 27-JAN-23 --> 30-JAN-23 (Kobo)
12 - ANDREW GRANT [3] - FALSE FRIEND - PCF - 31-JAN-23 --> 01-FEB-23 (Kobo)
13 - Various [1] - THE TALES OF CATT AND FISHER - PCF - 02-FEB-23 --> 28-FEB-23 (Kobo) 14 - ANDREW GRANT [4] - FALSE WITNESS - PCF - 8-FEB-23 --> 15-FEB-23 (Kobo)
15 - JAMES PATTERSON [2] - ALONG CAME A SPIDER - PCF - 21-FEB-23 --> 23-FEB-23 (Kobo)
16 - H.Y. HANNA [18] - WITCH CHOCOLATE FUDGE - PCF - 24-FEB-23 --> 25-FEB-23 (Paperwhite)
17 - DAVID BALDACCI [37] - STONE COLD - PCF - 26-FEB-23 --> 28-FEB-23 (Kobo)
18 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [49] - THE TOMB OF GENGHIS KHAN - PCF - 28-FEB-23 --> 01-MAR-23 (Paperwhite)
19 - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY [3] - THE EXPERT SYSTEM'S BROTHER - PCF - 01-MAR-23 --> 02-MAR-23 (Kobo)
20 - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY [4] - THE EXPERT SYSTEM'S CHAMPION - PCF - 02-MAR-23 --> 03-MAR-23 (Kobo)
21 - LEE CHILD [12] - BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE - PCF - 03-MAR-23 --> 05-MAR-23 (Kobo)
22 - KATHY REICHS [11] - BONES TO ASHES - PCF - 06-MAR-23 --> 08-MAR-23 (Kobo)
23 - CAROLINE GRAHAM [2] - DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN - PCF - 09-MAR-23 --> 15-MAR-23 (Kobo)
24 - CRAIG A. FALCONER [9] - ORIGINS - PCF - 16-MAR-23 --> 29-MAR-23 (Paperwhite) Prequel to the Not Alone series. 25 - DAVID BALDACCI [38] - THE WHOLE TRUTH - PCF - 29-MAR-23 --> 02-APR-23 (Kobo)
26 - LEE CHILD [13] - NOTHING TO LOSE - PCF - 03-APR-23 --> 12-APR-23 (Kobo)
27 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [50] - THE COLONEL’S WIFE - PCF - 12-APR-23 --> 16-APR-23 (Paperwhite)
28 - FIONA McINTOSH [4] - DEAD TIDE - PCF - 16-APR-23 --> 22-APR-23 (Kobo)
29 - JAMES PATTERSON [3] - 1ST TO DIE - PCF - 23-APR-23 --> 26-APR-23 (Kobo)
30 - JAMES PATTERSON [4] - 2ND CHANCE - PCF - 27-APR-23 --> 28-APR-23 (Kobo)
31 - TERRY BROOKS [44] - SMALL MAGIC - PCF - 30-APR-23 --> reading (Paperwhite) 32 - KATHY REICHS [12] - DEVIL BONES - PCF - 03-MAY-23 --> 09-MAY-23 (Kobo)
33 - CAROLINE GRAHAM [3] - THE ENVY OF THE STRANGER - PCF - 10-MAY-23 --> 12-MAY-23 (Kobo)
34 - SHAUN MICALLEF [1] - PREINCARNATE - PCF - 16-MAY-23 --> reading (Samsung)
35 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [51] - THE MANILA DECEPTION - PCF - 20-MAY-23 --> 21-MAY-23 (Paperwhite)
... ISAAC ASIMOV (Omnibus) - (4) - ISAAC ASIMOV - 4-NOV-94 --> 27-MAY-23
36 - ISAAC ASIMOV [17] - THE STARS, LIKE DUST - HC - 23-MAY-23 --> 27-MAY-23
37 - DAVID BALDACCI [39] - DIVINE JUSTICE - PCF - 28-MAY-23 --> 31-MAY-23 (Kobo)
38 - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH [32] - THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS - PCF - 01-JUN-23 --> 07-JUN-23 (Paperwhite)
39 - C.J. BOX [37] - STORM WATCH - PCF - 07-JUN-23 --> 10-JUN-23 (Paperwhite)
40 - JAMES PATTERSON [5] - WHEN THE WIND BLOWS - PCF - 11-JUN-23 --> 14-JUN-23 (Kobo)
41 - MICHAEL CONNELLY [1] - THE BLACK ECHO (30th Anniversary Edition) - PCF - 14-JUN-23 --> 20-JUN-23 (Paperwhite)
42 - ALICE HENDERSON [1] - SHATTERED ROADS - PCF - 21-JUN-23 --> 25-JUN-23 (Kobo)
43 - LEE CHILD [14] - GONE TOMORROW - PCF - 25-JUN-23 --> 29-JUN-23 (Kobo)
44 - ALICE HENDERSON [2] - SHATTERED LANDS - PCF - 30-JUN-23 --> reading (Kobo)
45 - MICHAEL CONNELLY [2] - THE BLACK ICE - PCF - 06-JUL-23 --> 08-JUL-23 (Paperwhite)
46 - ALICE HENDERSON [3] - SHATTERED SKIES - PCF - 10-JUL-23 --> 27-JUL-23 (Kobo)
47 - KATHY REICHS [13] - 206 BONES - PCF - 27-JUL-23 --> 05-AUG-23 (Kobo)
48 - ANN WILSON & NANCY WILSON & CHARLES R. CROSS [1] & [1] & [1] - KICKING AND DREAMING - A Story Of Heart, Soul, And Rock & Roll - PCF - 05-AUG-23 --> 10-AUG-23 (Samsung)
49 - PATRICIA CORNWELL [1] - POSTMORTEM - TRA - 06-AUG-23 --> 09-AUG-23
50 - MICHAEL CONNELLY [3] - THE CONCRETE BLONDE - PCF - 11-AUG-23 --> 16-AUG-23 (Kobo)
51 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [52] - EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION - PCF - 16-AUG-23 --> 17-AUG-23 (Paperwhite)
52 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [53] - Extraordinary Rendition - Bonus Epilogue - PCF - 17-AUG-23 --> 17-AUG-23 (Paperwhite)
53 - JAMES PATTERSON [6] - THE LAKE HOUSE - PCF - 18-AUG-23 --> 20-AUG-23 (Kobo)
54 - DAVID BALDACCI [40] - FIRST FAMILY - PCF - 22-AUG-23 --> 25-AUG-23 (Kobo)
55 - H.Y. HANNA [19] - A HIGH WHISK SITUATION - PCF - 29-AUG-23 --> 06-SEP-23 (Paperwhite)
56 - VAL McDERMID [43] - 1979 - PCF - 07-SEP-23 --> 12-SEP-23 (Kobo)
57 - JAMES PATTERSON [7] - 3RD DEGREE - PCF - 13-SEP-23 --> 16-SEP-23 (Kobo)
58 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [54] - THE FOURTH BIBLE - PCF - 18-SEP-23 --> 19-SEP-23 (Paperwhite)
59 - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY [5] - CAGE OF SOULS - PCF - 19-SEP-23 --> 25-SEP-23 (Kobo)
60 - BRAD THOR [1] - HIDDEN ORDER - PCF - 26-SEP-23 --> 29-SEP-23 (Paperwhite)
61 - BRAD THOR [2] - Free Fall (Prelude to Hidden Order) - PCF - 29-SEP-23 --> 29-SEP-23 (Paperwhite)
62 - CAROLINE GRAHAM [4] - DEATH IN DISGUISE - PCF - 01-OCT-23 --> 06-OCT-23 (Kobo)
63 - MICHAEL CONNELLY [4] - THE LAST COYOTE - PCF - 06-OCT-23 --> 07-OCT-23 (Kobo)
64 - KATHY REICHS [14] - SPIDER BONES - PCF - 08-OCT-23 --> 09-OCT-23 (Kobo)
65 - LEE CHILD [15] - 61 HOURS - PCF - 09-OCT-23 --> 12-OCT-23 (Kobo)
66 - LEE CHILD [16] - WORTH DYING FOR - PCF - 12-OCT-23 --> 13-OCT-23 (Kobo)
... EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD (Special Edition) (Omnibus) - (1) - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY - 14-OCT-23 --> 18-OCT-23
67 - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY [6] - EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD - PCF - 14-OCT-23 --> 17-OCT-23 (Kobo)
68 - PATRICIA CORNWELL [2] - BODY OF EVIDENCE - PCF - 18-OCT-23 --> 19-OCT-23 (Kobo)
69 - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY [7] - DRAGONFLY FALLING - PCF - 19-OCT-23 --> 23-OCT-23 (Kobo)
70 - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY [8] - BLOOD OF THE MANTIS - PCF - 23-OCT-23 --> 26-OCT-23 (Kobo)
... Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #1 (Omnibus) - (1) - BRAD THOR - 27-OCT-23 --> reading
71 - BRAD THOR [3] - THE LIONS OF LUCERNE - PCF - 27-OCT-23 --> 29-OCT-23 (Kobo)
72 - T.J. KLUNE [3] - THE BONES BENEATH MY SKIN - PCF - 30-OCT-23 --> 31-OCT-23 (Kobo)
73 - ROBERT GALBRAITH [7] - THE RUNNING GRAVE - PCF - 02-NOV-23 --> 08-NOV-23 (Kobo)
74 - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY [9] - SALUTE THE DARK - PCF - 09-NOV-23 --> 12-NOV-23 (Kobo)
75 - DAVID BALDACCI [41] - TRUE BLUE - PCF - 12-NOV-23 --> 16-NOV-23 (Kobo)
76 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [55] - THE TEMPLAR DETECTIVE AND THE BLACK SCOURGE - PCF - 17-NOV-23 --> 19-NOV-23 (Paperwhite)
77 - MICHAEL CONNELLY [5] - THE POET - PCF - 19-NOV-23 --> 22-NOV-23 (Kobo)
... THE 2½ PILLARS OF WISDOM (Omnibus) - (1) - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH - 22-NOV-23 -->
78 - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH [33] - PORTUGUESE IRREGULAR VERBS - TRA - 22-NOV-23 --> 03-DEC-23
78 - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH [33] - PORTUGUESE IRREGULAR VERBS - TRA - 22-NOV-23 --> 23-NOV-23
79 - JAMES PATTERSON [8] - 4TH OF JULY - PCF - 23-NOV-23 --> 25-NOV-23 (Kobo)
... THE 2½ PILLARS OF WISDOM (Omnibus) - (2) - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH - 22-NOV-23 --> 03-DEC-23
80 - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH [34] - THE FINER POINTS OF SAUSAGE DOGS - TRA - 26-NOV-23 --> 27-NOV-23
81 - KATHY REICHS [15] - FLASH AND BONES - PCF - 28-NOV-23 --> 30-NOV-23 (Kobo)
... THE 2½ PILLARS OF WISDOM (Omnibus) - (3) - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH - 22-NOV-23 --> 03-DEC-23
82 - ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH [35] - AT THE VILLA OF REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES - TRA - 30-NOV-23 --> 03-DEC-23
83 - LEE CHILD [17] - THE AFFAIR - PCF - 03-DEC-23 --> 05-DEC-23 (Kobo)
84 - ISAAC ASIMOV [18] - THE CURRENTS OF SPACE - PCF - 06-DEC-23 --> 07-DEC-23 (Kobo)
85 - DAVID BALDACCI [42] - HELL'S CORNER - PCF - 07-DEC-23 --> 09-DEC-23 (Kobo)
86 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [56] - EMBASSY OF THE EMPIRE - PCF - 10-DEC-23 --> 14-DEC-23 (Paperwhite)
87 - J. ROBERT KENNEDY [57] - Embassy Of The Empire - Bonus Scene - PCF - 14-DEC-23 --> 14-DEC-23 (Paperwhite)
88 - PATRICIA CORNWELL [3] - ALL THAT REMAINS - PCF - 14-DEC-23 --> 15-DEC-23 (Kobo)
... Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #1 (Omnibus) - (2) - BRAD THOR - 27-OCT-23 --> reading
89 - BRAD THOR [4] - PATH OF THE ASSASSIN - PCF - 16-DEC-23 --> 19-DEC-23 (Kobo)
90 - MICHAEL CONNELLY [6] - TRUNK MUSIC - PCF - 19-DEC-23 --> 21-DEC-23 (Kobo)
91 - ISAAC ASIMOV [19] - PEBBLE IN THE SKY - PCF - 22-DEC-23 --> 28-DEC-23 (Kobo)
92 - VAL McDERMID [44] - 1989 - PCF - 28-DEC-23 --> reading (Kobo)

Człowiek w labiryncie, Robert Silverberg
★★★☆☆ , 06.01.2023

This Alien Shore, C.S. Friedman
★★★★☆ , 10.01.2023 [started in December]

Eversion, Alastair Reynolds
★★★☆☆ , 16.01.2023

Żegluga wzdłuż brzegów zachodniej Afryki na lugrze Łucja-Małgorzata 1882–1883, Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński
★★★☆☆ , 24.01.2023

Za morze!, Józef Siemiradzki
★★★☆☆ , 31.01.2023

Apollo 13, James Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
★★★★☆, 09.02.2023

We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Dennis E. Taylor
★★★☆☆ , 06.03.2023

The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi
★★★☆☆ , 13.03.2023

For We Are Many, Dennis E. Taylor
★★★☆☆ , 15.03.2023

Fuzzy Nation, John Scalzi
★★★☆☆, 23.05.2023

The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal
★★★☆☆, 30.05.2023

Across the Airless Wilds, Earl Swift
★★★☆☆, 07.08.2023

Dzieci czasu, Adrian Tchaikovsky
★★★☆☆, 19.08.2023

Extinction Reversed, J.S. Morin
★★☆☆☆, 10.09.2023

Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
★★☆☆☆, 11.10.2023

Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold
★★★★☆, 26.10.2023

Old Man's War, John Scalzi
★★★☆☆, 12.12.2023

Ziemia puszcz i jezior, Kazimierz Saysse-Tobiczyk
★★★★★, 23.12.2023


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My scale:
★☆☆☆☆ nope
★★☆☆☆ meh
★★★☆☆ okay
★★★★☆ good
★★★★★ great

The Legion of Time, by Jack Williamson
Mister Slaughter, by Robert McCammon
Tower of the Swallow, by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Coming Race, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
City Primeval, by Elmore Leonard

Books read in 2023:

★★☆☆☆ Gwiazdka. Nie przeszkadzac! / Supeł, Barbara
★★★★☆ Koniec końca historii / Bartosiak, Jacek
★★★★☆ Manifest antykomunistyczny / Winiarski, Łukasz
★★★☆☆ Księga samodzielności, czyli przygody Zuzy na bezludnej wyspie. Tom 1 / Jakóbczyk, Przemysław
★★★★☆ Tajemnica zamku / Widmark, Martin
★★★☆☆ Mikołajek. Książka rozkładanka / Goscinny, René
★★★★☆ Więźniowie geografii, czyli wszystko, co chciałbyś wiedzieć o globalnej polityce / Marshall, Tim
★★★★★ Cudowny świat: najpiękniejsze zakątki i krajobrazy / Zbiorowa, Praca
★★★☆☆ Proste prawdy o przywództwie / Blanchard, Ken
★☆☆☆☆ Mecz wygrywa się w szatni! / Gordon, Jon
★★★☆☆ Tajemnica szafranu / Widmark, Martin
★★★☆☆ Historia i teraźniejszość 1945-1979. Podręcznik dla klasy 1 liceum i technikum / Roszkowski, Wojciech
★★★★☆ Idą święta! O Bożym Narodzeniu, Mikołaju i tradycjach świątecznych na świecie / Utnik-Strugała, Monika
★☆☆☆☆ Odwaga w przywództwie. Cztery kompetencje autentycznego lidera / Brown, Brené
★★★☆☆ Coaching. Prowadź swoją drużynę ku zwycięstwu / Shula, Don
★★☆☆☆ Przyciąganie talentów. Jak znaleźć, zatrudnić i zatrzymać najlepszych / Miller, Mark
★★★☆☆ Histerie matematyczne. Gry i zabawy z matematyką / Stewart, Ian
★★★☆☆ Relax - Antologia opowieści rysunkowych / Siwanowicz, Ryszard
★★★☆☆ Chiny w dziesięciu słowach / Yu Hua
★★★☆☆ O ósmej na arce / Hub, Ulrich
★★☆☆☆ Dzień, w którym dziadek spalił czajnik / Kling, Marc-Uwe
★★★★☆ Szewczyk Dratewka / Porazińska, Janina
★☆☆☆☆ Kłamstwo ma krótkie nogi / Ferdinando, Albertazzi
★★☆☆☆ Ale ja tak chcę! / Ostrowicka, Beata
★☆☆☆☆ Zmieniaj swój świat. Małe kroki, które poprowadzą do wielkich zmian w Twoim otoczeniu / Maxwell, John C.
★★★☆☆ Wracaj, króliczku! / Doinet, Mymi
★★☆☆☆ Kulawa kaczka i ślepa kura / Hub, Ulrich
★★★★☆ #MakeoverMonday: Improving How We Visualize and Analyze Data, One Chart at a Time / Kriebel, Andy
★★★★★ Krążownik spod Somosierry / Borchardt, Karol Olgierd
★★★★★ Obłęd na krańcu świata. Wyprawa statku Belgica w mrok antarktycznej nocy / Sancton, Julian
★★★☆☆ Po piśmie / Dukaj, Jacek
★☆☆☆☆ Czwarta rewolucja przemysłowa / Schwab, Klaus
★★★☆☆ Reginka szuka domu / Nowak, Ewa
★★★☆☆ Tata Oli rusza do akcji / Brunstrøm, Thomas
★★★★☆ Ocean to pikuś / Wierzbicki, Łukasz
★★★☆☆ Motywacje Lidera / Lencioni, Patrick
★★★☆☆ Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways to Save Money and Build Your Wealth / Maggiulli, Nick
★★☆☆☆ Learn Power BI: A Comprehensive, Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners to Learn Real-World Business Intelligence / Deckler, Greg
★★★☆☆ Noc strachów / Wasilkowska, Katarzyna
★★★☆☆ Dilbert 2.0: The Modern Era, 2001-2008 / Adams, Scott
★★★★☆ Psychologia tłumu / Le Bon, Gustave
★★★★★ Poczet psujów polskich / Beręsewicz, Paweł
★★★★☆ Leading Data Science Teams / Nolis, Jacqueline
★★☆☆☆ The Art of Clean Code: Best Practices to Eliminate Complexity and Simplify Your Life / Mayer, Christian
★☆☆☆☆ Groźni rycerze w ponurych zamczyskach / Deary, Terry
★☆☆☆☆ Wredna wiktoriańska Anglia / Deary, Terry
★☆☆☆☆ How to Lead in Data Science / Chong, Jike
★★★☆☆ Samotność strategiczna Polski / Budzisz, Marek
★★☆☆☆ Hop, hop! Książę z bajki! / Misslin, Sylvie
★★☆☆☆ Jestem artystą / Altés, Marta
★★★☆☆ Książeczka z okienkami. Kosmos / Bator, Agnieszka
★★☆☆☆ Moc uczuć. Strach / Miller, Katarzyna
★☆☆☆☆ Edek idzie do zoo / Brunstrom, Thomas
★★☆☆☆ Przemoc Nie! / Mars, Dominique de Saint
★★★★★ Dzieje wypraw krzyżowych: Pierwsza krucjata i założenie Królestwa Jerozolimskiego / Runciman, Steven
★★☆☆☆ Co jest w środku? Niezwykłe wnętrza zwykłych rzeczy / Hinckley, Peter
★★☆☆☆ Złamane skrzydło Adrianka / Nowak, Ewa
★★★☆☆ Data Science: Create Teams That Ask the Right Questions and Deliver Real Value / Rose, Doug
★★★☆☆ Serious Python: Black-Belt Advice on Deployment, Scalability, Testing, and More / Danjou, Julien
★★☆☆☆ Python by Example: Learning to Program in 150 Challenges / Lacey, Nichola
★★★☆☆ Mała Asia w Wielkiej Puszczy / Nowak, Ewa
★★☆☆☆ Potęga geografii, czyli jak będzie wyglądał w przyszłości nasz świat / Marshall, Tim
★★★☆☆ Jezus Chrystus. Biografia / Seewald, Peter
★☆☆☆☆ Trzy oznaki pracy, ktora nie daje szczescia / Lencioni, Patrick
★★★★☆ Wojna w Kosmosie / Bartosiak, Jacek
★★★☆☆ Pamięć nieulotna / Snowden, Edward
★★★★☆ Cztery tysiące tygodni / Burkeman, Oliver
★★★★★ Płytki umysł. Jak internet wpływa na nasz mózg / Carr, Nicholas
★★☆☆☆ Wojna bez zasad. Chinski plan dominacji nad swiatem / Spalding, Robert
★★☆☆☆ Co zrobisz, gdy...? / Catling, Andy
★★★★☆ Wszystko o tym, jak się nie bać i nie martwić / Brooks, Felicity
★★★★★ Smerf Finansista / Peyo
★★★☆☆ Gdyż jest nas wielu / Taylor, Dennis E.
★★★★☆ Atlas ptaków Polski / Zbiorowa, Praca
★★☆☆☆ Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving / Spraul, V. Anton
★★★☆☆ Pamiętniki Tatusia Muminka / Jansson, Tove
★★★☆☆ Kruche życie / Westaby, Stephen
★★★★★ Smerfy. Nie igra się z postępem / Peyo
★★★☆☆ Latający smerf / Peyo
★★★★☆ Koniec pieniądza papierowego / Baader, Roland
★★★★☆ Omen / Seltzer, David
★★★★☆ Smerf Naczelnik / Peyo
★★★★☆ Smerfy Hazardziści / Peyo
★★★★★ O Ukrainie bez lukru / Kurek, Dominik
★★★★★ Smerf reporter / Culliford, Luc Parthoens, Thier
★★★★★ Szare Smerfy / Peyo
★★★★☆ Sałatka ze Smerfow / Peyo
★★★★★ Smerfy i śnieżyca / Peyo
★★☆☆☆ Chorwacja. Praktyczny przewodnik / Zagórska-Chabros, Aleksandra
★★★★★ Giganci. Erin. Tom 1 / Lylian
★★☆☆☆ Wszyscy się komunikują niewielu potrafi się porozumieć / Maxwell, John C.
★★★☆☆ A kazdy widzial kota / Wenzel, Brendan
★★☆☆☆ Dla mnie / Bush, Zack
★★☆☆☆ Sześć typów osobowości zawodowych / Lencioni, Patrick
★★★★★ Opowiem ci mamo, co robią pająki / Brykczyński, Marcin
★☆☆☆☆ Zespole do dziela / Peter, Blanchard Ken Randolph A
★★★★★ Mój rower / Slater, Dashka
★★★☆☆ Kiełbaska nie chce jeść kolacji / Zahle, Oliver
★★☆☆☆ Kołysanka zimowa / White, Dianne
★★★★★ Jerozolima. Biografia / Montefiore, Simon Sebag
★★★★★ Smerf doktor / Culliford, Luc Parthoens, Thier
★★★★☆ Smerfy i Złote Drzewo / Jost, Alain
★★★☆☆ Zieleń / Greig, Louise
★★★★★ Podswietl i odkryj. Na placu budowy / Johnson, Bee
★★★★★ A ja nie chcę być księżniczką / Kasdepke, Grzegorz
★★☆☆☆ Everest lidera / Sarnacka-Smith, Anna
★☆☆☆☆ Lecę. Piloci mi to powiedzieli / Pelczar, Jan
★★★☆☆ Astrofizyka dla zabieganych / Tyson, Neil deGrasse
★★★☆☆ Chorwacja / Bzowski, Krzysztof
★★★★☆ Cudowne kuracje doktora Popotama / Chauveau, Léopold (-).
★★★★☆ Jajko i Smerfy / Peyo
★★★☆☆ Następne 100 lat: Prognoza na XXI wiek / Friedman, George
★★★★★ Niebo. Ruchome elementy, dzięki którym odkryjesz sklepienie niebieskie / Druvert, Hélène
★★★☆☆ Alicja w Krainie Czarów. Powieść graficzna / Punter, Russell
★★★☆☆ Fjaka: Sezon na Chorwację / Wojtaszek, Aleksandra
★★☆☆☆ Twoja wewnętrzna siła / Stamateas, Bernardo
★★☆☆☆ Zrozumieć Polskę szlachecką / Adamkiewicz, Sebastian
★★★☆☆ Mózg. Opowieść o nas / Eagleman, David
★☆☆☆☆ Wobec wojny, zarazy i nicości / Wildstein, Bronisław
★★★☆☆ Ludzie Kremla nad Wisłą. Ideowcy czy zdrajcy? / Iwanow, Nikołaj
★★★★★ Piąty kier / Simmons, Dan
★★★☆☆ Psychoza / Bloch, Robert
★★★★☆ Słuchacz / McCammon, Robert
★★☆☆☆ Wszystkie te światy / Taylor, Dennis E.
★★★★★ Ukraińcy / Zychowicz, Piotr
★★☆☆☆ Minding the Machines: Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams / Adamson, Jeremy
★★★☆☆ Rącze konie / McCarthy, Cormac
★★☆☆☆ Mit motywacji. Nawet nie wiesz, ile możesz osiągnąć / Haden, Jeff
★★☆☆☆ Orki i gobliny. Turuk. Tom 1 / Istin, Jean-Luc
★★★★☆ Smerfuś / Peyo
★☆☆☆☆ Conan. Wojna węży / Zub, Jim
★☆☆☆☆ Historia Chorwacji / Nowok, Łukasz
★★☆☆☆ Przywództwo / Tracy, Brian
★★★☆☆ Przygody Thora. Powieść graficzna / Punter, Russell
★★★★☆ Jak się nie pomylić, czyli potęga matematycznego myślenia / Ellenberg, Jordan
★★☆☆☆ Fatum. Polityka i katastrofy współczesnego świata / Ferguson, Niall
★★★☆☆ Superman. Ten, który spadł / Johnson, Phillip Kennedy
★★★☆☆ Dinks / Widmark, Martin
★★★☆☆ Pan Bardzo Duży i Myszka Bardzo Mała / Bergman, Mara
★★★★★ Pestka i Jajko / Latimer, Alex
★★★★☆ Cham niezbuntowany / Ziemkiewicz, Rafał A.
★★☆☆☆ The Creative Programmer / Groeneveld, Wouter
★★★☆☆ Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach / Kuciel-Frydryszak, Joanna
★☆☆☆☆ Exploratory Data Analysis with Python Cookbook: Over 50 recipes to analyze, visualize, and extract insights from structured and unstructured data / Oluleye, Ayodele
★★★★☆ Niewolnicy dopaminy. Jak odnaleźć równowagę w epoce obfitości / Lembke, Anna
★★★☆☆ Siła różnic w zespole / Sarnacka-Smith, Anna
★☆☆☆☆ Jak czytać ludzi – radzi agent FBI / Dreeke, Cameron Stauth Robin
★★★★★ Świt królestw. Jasna historia wieków ciemnych / Jones, Dan
★★☆☆☆ Czesi. Przewodnik po historii narodu i państwa / Jokeš, Petr
★★★☆☆ Nie bój się mnie! / Kaduji, Raahat
★★★★★ Brrr! Gdzie zniknęły dinozaury? / Gray, Kes
★★★☆☆ Nie, nie, nie! / Callier, Marie-Isabelle
★★★☆☆ TAK! 60 sekretów nauki perswazji. Sztuka przekonywania i wywierania wpływu / Cialdini, Robert B.
★★★★★ Cyber kontra real. Cywilizacja w techno-pułapce / Piekutowski, Jarema
★★☆☆☆ Zew oceanu. 312 dni samotnego rejsu / Marcin, Cichocki Tomasz, Mastal
★★☆☆☆ Najlepsze miejsce na świecie. Gdzie Wschód zderza się z Zachodem / Bartosiak, Jacek
★☆☆☆☆ Słowenia. Mały kraj wielkich odległości / Cichocka, Zuzanna
★★★★☆ TOPR. Tatrzańska przygoda Zosi i Franka / Sabała-Zielińska, Beata
★★☆☆☆ Efekt piaskownicy. Jak szefować żeby roboty nie zabrały ci roboty / Kieferling, Magdalena
★★☆☆☆ Dzieciaki na start! Programowanie dla najmlodszych / Jagaciak, Konrad
★☆☆☆☆ The Complete Guide to Sports Betting: The six key betting principles that professional bettors use to ensure profit at the sports book. / Dolan, Kevin
★☆☆☆☆ Zrozumiec oprogramowanie: O prostocie kodu i doskonaleniu warsztatu programisty / Max, Kanat-Alexander
★★★★★ The Logic Of Sports Betting / Miller, Ed
★★☆☆☆ To jest MOJE drzewo / Tallec, Olivier
★★★☆☆ Ropa. Krew cywilizacji / Krajewski, Andrzej
★☆☆☆☆ Football Analytics with Python & R: Learning Data Science Through the Lens of Sports / Eager, Eric
★★★☆☆ Gekon, ktory odkryl echo / Bright, Rachel
★★★★☆ Sir Borys Krzepki i kapryśna królewna / Starbuck, Marc
★★★☆☆ Najkrótsze stulecie / Toeplitz, Krzysztof Teodor
★★☆☆☆ Czeski Kurs podstawowy z plyta CD / Anna, Mazurek
★★☆☆☆ Zły / Tyrmand, Leopold
★★☆☆☆ Wielkie Zawierzenie Świętemu Michałowi Archaniołowi / Szerszeń, ks. Mateusz
★★★★☆ Lenistwo duchowe. Smutek uśpionej duszy / Fernández-Carvajal, Francisco
★★☆☆☆ Mitologia słowiańska i polska / Brückner, Aleksander
★★★★★ Polska na wojnie / Parafianowicz, Zbigniew
★★★★☆ Głośnik w głowie. O leczeniu psychiatrycznym w Polsce / Pawłowska-Krać, Aneta
★★★☆☆ Grudniowy gość / Spont, Siri
★★★☆☆ Nadzieja nigdy nie umiera / Pawlukiewicz, Piotr
★★★☆☆ Kulisy PiS / Dziubka, Kamil
★★★☆☆ Metoda GRIP. Jak pracować mądrze / Pastoor, Rick
★★☆☆☆ Niebiański modlitewnik / Szerszeń, ks. Mateusz
★★★★☆ Muminki zebrane. Tom I / Jansson, Tove
★★★☆☆ Lato Muminków / Jansson, Tove

Previous years:
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017

Next year:
• 2024

2023
Finished:
1 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
2 - Doňa Barbara - Romulo Gallegos
3 - The girl who loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
4 - Farewell, My Lovely - Raymond Chandler
5 - The Lady in the Lake - Raymond Chandler
6 - Jachymovske peklo (Jachymov Hell) - Rudolf Tibensky
7 - The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough

Thanks for all posters and book/reading posts. I enjoyed reading them.

Books read in 2023:
Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss

2022 List
2021 List
2020 List
2019 List
2018 List
2017 List
2016 List

* Click on ratings for the review

***** Jan 2023 *****
° (Spa) Robert E. Howard - Nacera una bruja (Cronicas Nemedias #1 - Conan) ........ ★★★★☆
° (Spa) Stanisław Lem - Opowiesci o pilocie Pirxie ........................................................... ★★☆☆☆

***** Feb 2023 *****
° (Spa) Maurice Leblanc - 813 ............................................................ ★★★★★

***** Mar 2023 *****
° (Spa) A. Reynolds - Chasm City ....................................................... ★★★★☆
° (Spa) Ursula K. Le Guin - A Wizard of Earthsea ........................... ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Ursula K. Le Guin - The Tombs of Atuan ............................. ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Peter F. Hamilton - The Dreaming Void (Void #1) ............. ★★☆☆☆

***** Apr 2023 *****
° (Spa) Maurice Leblanc - Le bouchon de cristal ............................. ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Ursula K. Le Guin - The Farthest Shore ............................... ★★☆☆☆

***** May 2023 *****
° (Spa) Adrian Tchaikovsky - Shards of Earth.................................... ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Ursula K. Le Guin - Tehanu ..................................................... ★☆☆☆☆

***** June 2023 *****
° (Spa) David Brin - Brightness Reef (Uplift saga #4)....................... ★★☆☆☆
° (Spa) Jack Vance - Mazirian the Magician (Dying Earth #1)........ ★★★☆☆

***** July 2023 *****
° (Spa) Robert E. Howard - El diablo de hierro (Cronicas Nemedias #2 - Conan) ........ ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Olaf Stapledon - Star Maker ....................................................................................... ★★★☆☆

***** Aug 2023 *****
° (Eng) Gene Wolfe - Litany of the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun #1-2) ........ ★★☆☆☆
° (Spa) Jack Vance - Cugel the Clever (Dying Earth #2) ........................................... ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Maurice Leblanc - Le triangle d'or .................................................................... ★★☆☆☆

***** Sep 2023 *****
° (Spa) Angélica Gorodischer -Kalpa Imperial ...................................... ★★☆☆☆

***** Oct 2023 *****
° (Spa) Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World (WoT #1) ........................................ ★★☆☆☆
° (Spa) Robert Jordan - The Great Hunt (WoT #2) ................................................... ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Jack Vance - Cugel: the Skybreak Spatterlight (Dying Earth #3) ............. ★★★☆☆

***** Nov 2023 *****
° (Spa) Frederik Pohl - Gateway (Heechee #1)........................................................ ★★★☆☆
° (Spa) Maurice Leblanc - La Comtesse de Cagliostro .......................................... ★★☆☆☆
° (Spa) Robert Jordan - The Dragon Reborn (WoT #3) ......................................... ★★☆☆☆

***** Dec 2023 *****
° (Spa) A. Reynolds - Redemption Ark ...................................................................... ★★☆☆☆
° (Spa) T. Pratchett - Guards! Guards! (The Watch #1) ......................................... ★★★★☆
° (Spa) A.C. Doyle - The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Canon #9) ............... ★★☆☆☆
° (Spa) T. Pratchett - The Colour of Magic (Rincewind #1) .................................. ★★☆☆☆
° (Spa) T. Pratchett - The Light Fantastic (Rincewind #2) ..................................... ★★☆☆☆

Just a question about a book I haven't read yet -

I bought Name of the Wind because it is a trilogy and there are three books out. Then I learned that one of them isn't the story itself, just a sidebar or something, and that the series isn't finished yet after many years and might never be (a la Game of Thrones). Is it worth reading Name of the Wind and the second one or am I going to be left with a cliffhanger that is unresolved indefinitely?
Thanks

Calling others to weigh in too, because I already did in the other thread.
But will just say again that yes, definitely worth it imho. Before Stormlight Archive, was tempted to consider it the best series I read. Not an epic, entirely focused on one character and few others really depicted, few locations, no world-shattering events, but the atmosphere and emotional impact and wisdom in it...
Also see my brief reviews of them if you're interested:
The Name of the Wind
The Wise Man's Fear
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Frankly, may even just read the first one if you want, and already have it. More than the first half of the second is really slow and mundane, makes up for it after that but takes a while to get there. As for the third, again, may be better not to have the conclusion of that series. Probably why he can't write it either.
As for Slow Regard, don't expect it to be anything like the "main" series. Or like a fantasy book, or any book really. For a "normal" person, can be mindnumbingly mundane and boring, entirely pointless. For a fan of the series otherwise, it can shine a bit of light on a secondary character, but little that's relevant and wasn't gathered from the main books. But its point isn't that. It's basically an 150odd-page "you are not alone" written for those who're different (mentally) and utterly broken and very much aware of it, and lonely, by someone who really understands how it is.

Awesome. Thank you

Człowiek w labiryncie [The Man in the Maze] by Robert Silverberg

A hateful man who chose to live in an isolation from humanity in an deadly city-maze build by a long gone ancient race of aliens. A part of the story is a search for a path through the maze, a sort of of a Big Dumb Object I suppose. We get to know motives of the man who decided he’d be better off living all alone in a deadly, desolate place like that. The novel is actually somewhat better than one could expect from its simplistic plot thanks to the metaphorical meaning of the maze.
The book feels dated, is terribly sexist, this edition desperately needed an editor and yet it wasn’t that bad.

I've started off the year with a murder mystery crime thriller spree. :)

I'll have to read something different soon.

My Reading List For 2023

Grim Work

Since I grabbed them for free and noticed that I can read them quickly and without struggling, I decided to continue with the adventures of Marigold the barbarian, now a chief without a clan, seeking vengeance. And I guess that Grim Work can be enjoyable if you pretty much unplug your brain and let yourself be carried away by such heroic tales that don’t shy away from graphic details and focus solely on the action, depicting characters who conquer overwhelming odds thanks to their incredible strength and fortitude, a solid dose of hero’s luck and a fair amount of stupidity on the part of their enemies. I do, however, recommend reading The Crystal Keep first, even though it was released later, since it offers context and some reasons to care.
The problem is that Grim Work hardly does any of that, the few chapters that depict scenes which took place before Marigold’s solitary attack on the wizard’s tower only briefly showing how he ended up being the only one left and knowing who to take revenge on. Considering his hatred towards wizards and how many he supposedly killed, including some that, by his own admission, weren’t really guilty of anything other than knowing how to use magic, it’s hard to understand how come he and his clan left Cezare to dwell so close to their lands for what seems to have been quite a while. And the action itself requires a completely unreasonable amount of suspension of disbelief, not just because of what Marigold is able to withstand or even all of the hero’s luck, but also because of what he faces. Not that it’s badly written, but the substance is worse than the form, and likely not even enough to set the stage for some tabletop gaming session… Not that it could be, since it depicts a single “player character”.

Rating: 2/5