2024 Year in Review

2024 was a very good reading year for me. I barely did a single reading challenge. Except for the Goodreads and StoryGraph challenges, I only did the Cannonball Sweet 16 challenge, the Nowhere all-year bingo, the Smart Bitches, Trashy Books Summer Romance bingo and the Cannonball Read 16 Bingo. I completed all except the Nowhere books challenge, mainly because by the time I finished the Cannonball Bingo in early November, I wasn't in any sort of mood to read anything because I had to, and so, for the Nowhere challenge, I completed 21 out of 25 prompts (but all the bonus ones), but didn't black out the card.

Since in some previous years, I have been almost obsessed with doing reading challenges, my main goal for this year was mood reading, and it's been so relaxing. I also wanted to read a lot of books on my TBR list and try to read diverse books. I have done well with both of these personal goals.

Total books started: 127

DNF-d: 3
New to Me books: 91
Re-reads: 33

Average rating: 4.21

My best reading month was October, when I completed 16 books, and my worst month was April when I only completed 7 books, some of which were short.

I completed 25 dead tree books, 36 audiobooks and 63 e-books.

I read 68 books that fit in my diversity challenge and 52 books from my TBR.

My top ten books from 2024:
The Rom-Commers - Katherine Center
What Is Love?- Jen Comfort
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett
Not in Love - Ali Hazelwood
Funny Story - Emily Henry
Just for the Summer - Abby Jimenez
A Sorceress Comes to Call - T. Kingfisher
My Season of Scandal - Julie Anne Long
Queen of Dreams - Kit Rocha
Slow Dance - Rainbow Rowell

My top ten books from before 2024:
The Widow of Rose House - Diana Biller
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty
The Secret Service of Tea and Treason - India Holton
Illuminae - Amie Kaufman/Jay Kristoff
Gemina - Amie Kaufman/Jay Kristoff
Obsidio - Amie Kaufman/Jay Kristoff
How to Tame a Wild Rogue - Julie Anne Long
A Taste of Gold and Iron - Alexandra Rowland
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me - Mariko Tamaki
Butcher & Blackbird - Brynne Weaver

My worst three books:
3. The Pairing - Casey McQuiston
2. The Witches of Vardø - Anya Bergman
1. Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Cannonball 16 Sweet Books Challenge:

New: The Widow of Rose House - Diana Biller, En enda natt - Simon Ahrnstedt, Raiders of the Lost Heart - Jo Segura, Delilah Green Doesn't Care - Ashley Herring Blake

Cozy: The Write Escape - Charish Reid, Role Playing - Cathy Yardley, Love, Lies and Cherry Pie - Jackie Lau, Ronja Rövardotter - Astrid Lindgren

Exciting: Canadian Boyfriend - Jenny Holiday, Bride - Ali Hazelwood, The Prisoner's Throne - Holly Black, Funny Story - Emily Henry

Binge: Illuminae, Gemina and Obsidio - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, the All the King's Men duology - Kennedy Ryan