Hello everyone!! I cannot believe that I am making this post again. This year has truly flown by. As a final post of 2024, I once again wanted to do a quick roundup of my favorite books from this year (and least favorites of course) and well as some of my yearly Goodreads stats. I hope everyone read something great this year! I think that I understand what I like to read more and more so the books I read I keep enjoying more often.
Note: It is currently Dec 19th, and I plan on reading another six books. Not sure if any of those will make it on my top of the year...but just wanted to add a disclaimer that these stats are not 100%.
My goal this year was 123 books. Currently, I am at 124.
Goodreads Stats:
Books read- 124
Pages read- 47,915
Average book rating- 3.5
Average book length- 386 pages
My Top 10: (in no particular order)
1. What the River Knows - Isabel Ibanez
This took me way too long to pick up. So incredibly good, I plan on reading everything she's ever written now.
2. Powerful - Lauren Roberts
I have never loved a novella as much as I've loved this one. Made me cry and feel all the feels, so so good.
3. A Letter to the Luminous Deep - Sylvie Cathrall
So lucky to have read this one early. Made a post about it so you can read all my thoughts, but I can't wait for the sequel.
4. The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah
This was the year of Kristin Hannah for me. I read many of her books and honestly, they all are so good. Couldn't just pick one, so just assume they're all on here.
5. The Will of the Many - James Islington
Probably the best book I read all year. This was everything I wanted and more. Phenomenal.
6. Spark of the Everflame - Penn Cole
A fantastic romantasy. Nothing groundbreaking, but this is exactly what I look for in a book in that genre.
7. House of Bane and Blood - Alexis L. Menard
Another romantasy that has everything I was looking for. Definitely helped that I pictured the main hero as Kaz the whole time...
8. Somewhere Beyond the Sea - T.J. Klune
Finally, a second book following one of my all-time favorites. The bar was high, and this met it.
9. Two Twisted Crowns - Rachel Gillig
Couldn't decide between this one and the second but both of these were PHENOMENAL. Probably my second and third favorite books of the year. New auto-buy author.
10. The Sword of Kaigen - M.L. Wang
Read this in my book club, and what a master class in fantasy. Incredible characters, magic, politics, world. All of it. Another auto-buy author.
Honorable Mentions: Couldn't just leave these out...
Powerless - Lauren Roberts
Recursion - Blake Crouch
The Dagger and the Flame - Catherine Doyle
Wisteria - Adalyn Grace
Blood Over Bright Haven - M.L. Wang
The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young
My Top 10 Most Disappointing: No shade to authors and fans but not my favs here
1. Babel - R.F. Kuang
Only on here because I ADORE R.F. Kuang, and this one fell so flat for me. So because of that, it is a disappointment.
2. House of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J. Maas
Similar to #1, SJM is amazing and the way book 2 ended left so much for this to follow, and it simply did not. 800 pages too long.
3. The Atlas Complex - Olivie Blake
What a way to completely ruin a series. This ruined all characters, all arcs. Just awful.
4. The Housemaid - Frida McFadden
This book was fine on its own. It's on here because this book is a carbon copy of The Last Mrs. Parrish, and that one did it better.
5. Argylle - Elly Conway
No. Absolutely not. I had this so hyped, thought this was something completely different. Hated it.
6. Lady MacBeth - Ava Reid
Ava Reid's Study in Drowning was on my top list a few years ago, so I was hoping to love this.
7. Reckless - Lauren Roberts
Maybe THE most disappointing book of the year. What a pointless middle book. I read the same thing over and over and over again. So boring.
9. Graveyard Shift - M.L. Rio
I keep trying to like M.L. Rio but this was so confusing as a book. We finally got somewhere good and then it ended. Novellas are not for me, it's not enough.
10. Bride - Ali Hazelwood
This book marks the last Ali Hazelwood book I am attempting to read. I'm done. The Love Hypothesis was indeed an anomaly.
With the good and the bad, here to many more books in 2025 and a new goal of 124 books.
First book of 2024 you ask? Heartstopper #5 by Alice Oseman.
See y'all next year.
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