Joy's (jlshall) 2024 Challenge

I skipped the challenge in 2023. I knew it was going to be a bad year for reading, and I’m kind of surprised I read as many books as I did (about a dozen).

Hoping to do a little better in 2024. I know I won’t make it to 50 books, but that’s a good number to aim for. We'll see how close I can get.

Happy New Year, everyone! And happy reading in 2024.

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(Originally posted 1 Jan 2024)

Reserved for lists, notes, etc.

1. City of Glass (New York Trilogy #1), by Paul Auster (1985)



Read: Jan 1-9, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭½

2. Ghosts (New York Trilogy #2), by Paul Auster (1986)



Read: Jan 10-11, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

3. The Locked Room (New York Trilogy #3), by Paul Auster (1986)



Read: Jan 12-19, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

4. Heads You Lose (Inspector Cockrill #1), by Christianna Brand (1941)



Read: Jan 21 - Feb 1, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭

5. Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot #8), by Agatha Christie (1932)



Read: Feb 2-9, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭½

6. World's Fair: A Novel, by E.L. Doctorow (1985)



Read: Feb 10-22, 2024
Fiction / Historical Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

7. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, by Chris Grabenstein (2013)



Read: Feb 2-28, 2024
Children's Fiction / Middle Grade / Young Adult
Rating: ✭✭✭½

8. The Road to Lichfield, by Penelope Lively (1977)



Read: Mar 1-7, 2024
Fiction / Women's Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

9. Experimental Film, by Gemma Files (2015)



Read: Mar 7-17, 2024
Fiction / Horror / Suspense
Rating: ✭✭✭½

10. Last House, by Jessica Shattuck (2024)



Read: Mar 17 - Apr 3, 2024
Fiction / Historical Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

11. After Annie, by Anna Quindlen (2024)



Read: Apr 1-12, 2024
Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭½

12. Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell (2020)



Read: Apr 13-28, 2024
Fiction / Historical Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭

13. Unexpected Night (Henry Gamadge #1), by Elizabeth Daly (1940)



Read: Apr 25 - May 1, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭

14. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church, by Sarah McCammon (2024)



Read: May 2 - May 7, 2024
Nonfiction / Memoir / Cultural History / Religion
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

15. Oracle Night, by Paul Auster (2003)



Read: May 18 - May 31, 2024
Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

16. Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty, by Alexander Larman (2024)



Read: May 1 - June 5, 2024
Nonfiction / History / Biography
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

17. Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey, by Karen Wilkin (2009)



Read: May 3, 2024
Art / Art History
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

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18. Toyland: Classic Illustrations of Children and Their Toys, by Pamela Prince; designed by Barry Zaid (1990)



Read: May 2024
Art / Art History / Children's Literature
Rating: ✭✭✭½

19. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë (1847)



Read: June 2024
Fiction / Classics / Romance
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

20. If Death Ever Slept (Nero Wolfe #29), by Rex Stout (1957)



Read: July 18-24, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

21. Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn #11), by Ngaio Marsh (1941)



Read: Jan - July, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭

22. Grave Mistake (Roderick Alleyn #30), by Ngaio Marsh (1978)



Read: Aug 5-13, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭½

23. Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn #7), by Ngaio Marsh (1938)



Read: Aug 15-31, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

24. Final Curtain (Roderick Alleyn #14), by Ngaio Marsh (1947)



Read: Sep 12-30, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

25. The House Takes a Vacation, by Jacqueline Davies; illus. by Lee White (2007)



Read: Sep 30, 2024
Children's Picture Book
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

26. The Celery Stalks at Midnight, by James Howe; illus. by Leslie H. Morrill (1983)



Read: August, 2024
Children's Fiction / Children's Lit: Middle Grade
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

27. The Dweller on the Threshold, by Robert Smythe Hichens (1911)



Read: Oct 7-14, 2024
Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭

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The cover pictured here is the first US edition from 1911. Not a shot of the book I read.

28. Du Iz Tak?, by Carson Ellis; illus. by author (2016; 2017 Caldecott Honor Book)



Read: Oct 4, 2024
Children's Picture Book
Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

29. White Snow, Bright Snow, by Alvin Tresselt; illus. by Roger Duvoisin (1947; 1948 Caldecott Medal)



Read: Oct 4, 2024
Children's Picture Book
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

30. Have You Seen My Duckling?, by Nancy Tafuri; illus. by author (1984; 1985 Caldecott Honor Book)



Read: Oct 7, 2024
Children's Picture Book
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

31. Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps #1), by R.L. Stine (1992)



Read: Oct 18-21, 2024
Children's Fiction / Children's Lit: Middle Grade / Horror
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

32. We'll Prescribe You a Cat, by Syou Ishida; trans. by E. Madison Shimoda (2023; 2024)



Read: Oct 26 - Nov 2, 2024
Fiction / Literary Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

33. Three Days in June: A Novel, by Anne Tyler (2025)



Read: Oct 15 - Nov 11, 2024
Fiction / Literary Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

34. They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson; illus. by author (1940; 1941 Caldecott Medal)



Read: Nov 16, 2024
Children's Picture Book
Rating: ✭✭✭

35. The Little Island, by Margaret Wise Brown; illus. by Leonard Weisgard (1946; 1947 Caldecott Medal)



Read: Nov 11, 2024
Children's Picture Book
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

36. Let Me Tell You What I Mean, by Joan Didion (2021)



Read: Nov 2-15, 2024
Nonfiction / Essays / Journalism
Rating: ✭✭✭✭

37. Every Time We Say Goodbye, by Natalie Jenner (2024)



Read: Nov 6-16, 2024
Fiction / Historical Fiction
Rating: ✭✭✭

38. The Queen of Poisons (Marlow Murder Club #3), by Robert Thorogood (2024)



Read: Nov 16-28, 2024
Fiction / Mystery
Rating: ✭✭✭