Marginalia: Gentle Reading Resolutions, Good Books & the Reading Habits I Hope to Continue in 2024

A loose round-up of good things I read and reviewed in 2023; reading habits that I want to continue in 2024, and the books I'm starting the year with.

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Reading Lonely Planet’s excellent How Trains Work with my boys.

Belatedly, Happy New Year.

At this time of year, I tend to drop into total hibernation. After the busyness of December, and the magical, but intense Christmas Week, I want rest. Instead, the New Year clatters in brashly, demanding that we make resolutions and loudly declaring how much we should be looking forward to it.

If Crib Notes was a more polished and professional publication, I might have forced myself out of hibernation and sent you some glossy round-ups of ‘THE VERY BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2023’ and ‘UNMISSIBL…