Total Number of Books Read: 219 - Less than last year but not bad overall - especially considering my reading goal was 200.
Reading Breakdown:
Print: 69Ebook: 68 - this surprised me. I would have expected to have read more ebooks than print
Audiobooks: 82
Genres:
Mystery: 156 - The genre winner by far which is not a surpriseRomance: 21
Fiction (This includes Middle Grade and Fantasy) - 33
Nonfiction: 9
Monthly Favorites:
These were my favorite books month to month. I don't worry about when they were published but I don't count rereads. They also didn't all make my favorite books of the year though they were books I enjoyed the most during that month of reading.
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King
Assistant to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Homecoming by Kate Morton
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
The Summer Swap by Sarah Morgan
Murder in Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
Mind Games by Nora Roberts
A Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose
Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber
Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews
15 Summers Later by RaeAnne Thayne
The Body in the Bookstore by Ellie Alexander
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews
The Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca
Sticks and Scones by Ellie Alexander
Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews
The Mirror by Nora Roberts
Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
The Family Vault by Charlotte MacLeod
Armchair Travel for 2024
Domestic: Weirdly I didn't visit Louisiana which is a state I usually visit several times over. I did go to Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. All in all not too bad but I would like to get a few more states in next year.
International: I visited England during multiple time periods quite a bit as well as Scotland. I also visited France, Australia, Canada, Syria (1920s), Switzerland, Germany, Greece, a Trans-Atlantic voyage on the Lusitania, Singapore, and Russia. Not a bad list though I'm surprised I didn't visit Ireland. I'll have to fix that in 2025.
Where did your reading in 2024 take you? Where are you hoping to visit in 2025? What were some of your favorite books?
What great stats and you certainly read a lot of books. Impressive. Lisa Jewell always has a good twist to her books and as for Kate Morton....what an ending of Homecoming! Love all of her books. Great travel.
ReplyDelete219 books is awesome! And I loved seeing your favorites. I spotted several favs of my own on your list. And several that are now on my TBR list. :D
ReplyDeleteInteresting and you did very well. Mystery is a favorite for me too.
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart
Yay to surpassing your goal! 🏆
ReplyDeleteWhat book had you in 1920s Syria? I'm intrigued. 😯 I should pay more attention to where I've gone in the world through reading, other than just NYC and the Caribbean because I have themed months for them. 🌍🌎🌏
I hope you are off to a good start for 2024 reading. My first bok was horrible. 😛
Happy New Year. 🎉
What an amazing reading year you had, Katherine! I loved Assistant to the Villain too. I hope to read the sequel this year. I hope you have a wonderful reading year in 2025!
ReplyDeleteGreat reading. Love your stats. This year I hope to keep a spreadsheet that I got and see what formats etc I read on. I read just over 200 in 2024, I think it was because I sped up the speed on audiobooks past the 1.0. To about 1.5 mostly. Look at all those mystery books you read, now that number does not surprise me. I see some of the books in your favourites as ones I've really enjoyed too.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely not a surprise that mystery is your top genre. Hope 2025 is a good year for you.
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