Belated happy new year! I wrote this post while waiting for a delayed flight back to the Netherlands over a month ago, but never got around to uploading it. After clawing my way out of the gluttonous vortex that is the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, I found myself in a bit of a reflective mood. 2023 was a year full of personal changes and transitions (a new job, among others), and I have much to be grateful for. It has also been a turbulent year for humanity, with climate change rearing its ugly head in new and worrying ways, and growing conflicts around the world, especially in the Gaza and the Ukraine.
However, a dependable constant through these many changes has been a steady diet of books. After sharing my favourite books of 2022, I thought I would do the same again this year. Again, they are presented in more or less the order that I read them, and they include books that devoured my attention, changed my perspective, or just made me laugh. None of these books have anything to do with coastal engineering and most are fiction, but I am a firm believer that reading widely is good for your research and more importantly for the soul. Hopefully you find something here that sparks your curiosity- let me know what you think if you read any of them!
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Coastally Curious 