Space Station Mir

 It's funny--I like making these seasonal TBR lists and thinking about books for each season--especially fall, since that's when the biggest books of the year tend to come out, but I am well aware that I'm a mood reader and don't tend to actually read by season. I have gotten better at "gaming" these lists with books I've just started or already have though, so I do tend to read at least a few on each list at the promised time. Books On My Fall 2023 To-Read List 1. Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Fall Holidays by Rabbi Paul Steinberg, edited by Janet Greenstein Potter--I actually put this on hold at the library shortly after the High Holidays last year, to be activated about a month beforehand this year, and I'm so glad I did. It's helpful to get in the mood both for teaching Hebrew school and for my own reflections around the holidays. I love how there is always more to learn!  2. Twelve Past Midnight by Tiffany Alexanderson--LibraryThing review

August was a decent reading month, although it felt like I was dragging along and not finishing much. I ended up enjoying all of my reads decently and finishing a review book, which is always an accomplishment. Books Read in August The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz--One of my book clubs chose this one--it's an authorized Sherlock Holmes by a different author. Horowitz did a fantastic job of recreating the style, tone, and atmosphere of the original Holmes books--sometimes a little too good in terms of casual racism imo although the point of this book is a class takedown and a bit of gendered poetic justice. There's also a pretty upsetting plot point that might trigger some.  Learning to Fly Alien Spacecraft by Fay Abernethy--Review book from LibraryThing that took me forever to get through--I enjoyed the detailed depictions of mostly utopian alien societies but I was not in the mood for three mostly separate plotlines.  Study for the World's Body by David St. John--Book