2024 Love of Reading (L-Anne)

2024 Book Challenge


Summary for 2023:
---Finished 54 books

---My top 10 of 2023 are:

All the Beauty in the World - Patrick Bringley 5*
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett 5*
No Two Persons - Erica Bauermeister
Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld
Kunstlers in Paradise - Cathleen Schine
Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman
The Penguin Lessons - Tom Michell
Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn
The Housekeepers - Alex Hay
The House in the Cerulean Sea - T J Klune

"New" Countries read in 2023:
Qatar -- Love, From A to Z by S.K. Ali
Papua New Guinea -- Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Lithuania -- Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Mali -- The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
Ecuador -- The Queen of Water by Laura Resau & Virginia Farinango
Argentina -- The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell
Singapore -- The Sun Sets in Singapore by Kehinde Fadipe

Reading Goal for 2024 - complete 52 books

Goal for 2024 is 52 books. One book/week - 13 books/quarter

Full list of books completed in 2024:

1. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
2. Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
3. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy by Emmanuel Acho
4. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
5. Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel edited by Margaret Atwood & Douglas
Preston
6. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
7. The Colors of all the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith
8. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
9. American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
10. What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama
11. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
12. Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
14. The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez
15. James by Percival Everett
16. Love, From Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
17. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
18. The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
19. Funny Story by Emily Henry
20. The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe
21. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
22. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
23. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
24. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee by Alexander McCall Smith
25. How To End A Love Story by Yulin Kuang
26. It's Hard For Me To Live With Me by Rex Chapman
27. The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
28. Educated by Tara Westover
29. The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
30. How To Read A Book by Monica Wood
31. We Are The Light by Matthew Quick
32. A New Season by Terry Fallis
33. The Auburn Conference by Tom Piazza
34. Sandwich by Catherine Newman
35. How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
36. The Long Way Home Chief Inspector Gamache #10 by Louise Penny
37. The New Tourist: Waking Up To The Power and Perils of Travel by Paige McClanahan
38. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
39. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
40. The Delight of Being Ordinary by Roland Merullo
41. Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas
42. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
43. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
44. Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
45. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
46. To The Land of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
47. Maame by Jessica George
48. The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
49. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
50. Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman
51. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
52. Long Island by Colm Toibin
53. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
54. The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
55. Burn by Peter Heller

Countries/Regions read 2009 - 2024:

This is my map of countries I've visited (in a bookish way) since I started keeping track in 2009. I will continue to read my way around the globe adding new destinations every year.


Create Your Own Visited Countries Map

Armchair Travels in 2024:

1. India
2. Ireland
3. USA - (non-fiction)
4. USA - Pennsylvania
5. USA - New York
6. X - (Panga / fictional location)
7. Botswana
8. USA
9. USA
10. Japan
11. USA - Virginia/Appalachia
13. X - (Panga / fictional location)
14. Panama *new*
15. USA - Mississippi
16. Saudi Arabia *new*
17. USA - New York
18. USA - Washington, D.C. & Pennsylvania
19. USA - Michigan
20. Canada - Nova Scotia & U.K. - England
21. USA - California, Iowa
22. Ireland & USA - New York
23. USA - Washington
24. UK - Scotland
25. USA - California
26. USA - Kentucky, North Carolina & Arizona
27. Italy, France & UK - England
28. USA - Idaho, Utah & UK - England
29. USA - California (non-fiction)
30. USA - Maine
31. USA - Pennsylvania
32. Canada & France
33. USA - New York
34. USA - Massaschusetts
35. UK - England
36. Canada - Quebec
37. (The World) - Travel/Tourism/Non-Fiction
38. USA - Nevada
39. USA - Rhode Island
40. Italy
41. USA - (graphic novel)
42. UK - England, Ireland, USA - South Carolina, St. Lucia, United Arab Emirates
43. USA - (juvenile fiction)
44. X - The Archipelago (fantasy/fiction)
45. UK - England
46. Botswana
47. UK - England
48. USA - Montana
49. X (ISS - Outer Space)
50. USA - New York
51. X
52. Ireland, USA - New York
53. Australia
54. Montserrat & the Atlantic Ocean
55. USA - Maine

2024 - First Quarter
Books read January, February, & March:

Goal for the year is 52 books - One book/week - 13 books/quarter

                     

1. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
2. Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
3. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy by Emmanuel Acho
4. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
5. Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel edited by Margaret Atwood & Douglas Preston
6. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
7. The Colors of all the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith
8. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
9. American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
10. What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama
11. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
12. Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

2024 - Second Quarter
Books read April, May, June:

Goal for the year is 52 books - One book/week - 13 books/quarter - 26/Q2

                    

14. The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez
15. James by Percival Everett
16. Love, From Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
17. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
18. The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
19. Funny Story by Emily Henry
20. The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe
21. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
22. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
23. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
24. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee by Alexander McCall Smith
25. How To End A Love Story by Yulin Kuang

Goal for the year is 52 books - One book/week - 13 books/quarter 39/Q3

2024 - Third Quarter
Books read July, August, September:

                

26. It's Hard For Me To Live With Me by Rex Chapman
27. The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
28. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
29. The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
30. How To Read A Book by Monica Wood
31. We Are The Light by Matthew Quick
32. A New Season by Terry Fallis
33. The Auburn Conference by Tom Piazza
34. Sandwich by Catherine Newman
35. How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
36. The Long Way Home Chief Inspector Gamache #10 by Louise Penny
37. The New Tourist: Waking Up To The Power and Perils of Travel by Paige McClanahan
38. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
39. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
40. The Delight of Being Ordinary by Roland Merullo
41. Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas

Goal for the year is 52 books - One book/week - 13 books/quarter 52/Q4

2024 - Fourth Quarter
Books read October, November, December:

              

42. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
43. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
44. Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
45. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
46. To The Land of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
47. Maame by Jessica George
48. The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
49. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
50. Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman
51. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
52. Long Island by Colm Toibin
53. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
54. The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
55. Burn by Peter Heller