50 Books in 2024!

[Serendip]

1. Hell Is a World Without You by Jason Kirk ★★★★★

oh-- this one looks interesting (for my particular upbringing/history)

[grantmeaname]

I read it in one sitting. Couldn't put it down if I tried. Highly recommended.

[PlanetDee]

9. Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin

[hudsoncat]

2024 Finished:

January
1. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman (I like Backman books. This one was fine but did not work as well as others have for me)
2. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (meh. I had mostly figured out where things were headed early on and kept reading to see if I was correct.)
3. Dune by Frank Herbert (Sci Fi, I really liked the first half, lost me a bit toward the end)
4. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (I LOVED this. Historical fantasy set in the Tang dynasty [names, including country/dynasty changed in the book, but that is the one])
5. The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrick Backman (Turned out this is just a short story)
6. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (SciFi, I am not loving Dune... if I like the third one even less, I might have to just read the synopsis for the rest!)
7. Spare by Prince Harry (Memoir, if half of this was true, I do feel sorry for him, but man this entire book was an whiney, petty, woe is me tale.)
February
8. All Sinners Bleed by S.A. Crosby (So good! Crime/Thriller about a Black Sheriff in a small southern town... murder, torture, racism, religion... this book touches on a lot of heavy subjects)
9. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Enjoyable read. SciFi, quick, light, fun...)
10. Family Meal by Bryan Washington (Heavy read about love and grief, lust and loss, family and relationships ... I liked it, but it was a challenging read for me due to the format)
11. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman (also heavy, also about love, loss, grief, family, but also nothing like the above book. Good, short)
12: Children of Dune by Frank Herbert (SciFi, I liked this one! I'm in it to the end of the six book arc now)
13. God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (SciFi, also good!)
14. Three-inch Teeth by C.J. Box (Mystery, I've been reading Joe Pickett novels since they came out... each year they feel more repetitive and more in need of a good editor, but I still come back)


Currently reading:

Audio: Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
Print: North Woods by Daniel Mason

[Morning Glory]

January:
1. Four Lost Cities: A secret history of the urban age by Annalee Newitz (audio book)
2. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
3. Taking Care: The story of nursing and its power to change the world by Sarah DiGregorio (audio book)
4. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
5. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
6. Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport (audio book)
7. Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
8. The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer
9. Artemis by Andy Weir
10. The Armor of Light by Ken Follett
11. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
12. The Library Book by Susan Orlean (audio book)
13. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
14. Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case and Angus Deaton

February:
15. Unsavory Truth: How food companies skew the science of what we eat by Marion Nestle (audio book)
-a rather academic dig into how nutrition science is funded

16. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
-like others have said, this was really well written but the topic might have been better suited to a novella. I fell asleep during the death scene and had to finish it the next day.

17. $2 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn Edin and Luke Schaefer (audio book)
-this was pretty eye-opening. I would be curious to see an update on how these families are faring since the pandemic and recent inflation.

18. Number9dream by David Mitchell
-nice earlier work by this author about a young man searching for his father with a ton of digressions/adventures that might or might not be dreams

19. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
-Historical novel centering on the rights of disabled people and the relationships between various racial and ethnic communities and the individuals within them in the 1930s. Will read more from this author.

20. A fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Leguin
-short story collection I had not read before

21. Screaming on the Inside: the Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grose (audio book)
-I wish any of the information in this was surprising. It validated my pandemic experience though.  The deniers in the demographics thread would probably benefit from reading this.

22.One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
-my mom likes this series and recommended it to me but I absolutely hated it. I know the first book is 30 years old now and I kept vacillating between "this hasn't aged well" and "wow, why did anyone think this was ever ok?" (main character's inner monologue was full of fat phobia and racist dog whistles, and she learns nothing, plus the writing was bad). Will politely tell my mom that it's just not my thing.

23. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
-nice cozy platonic romance about video game developers. I liked the use of video games as a way of doing magical realism without it being too jarring. 

24. What We Don't Talk about when We Talk about Fat by Aubrey Gordon (audio book)
-I learned a lot from this one about how heavier people are discriminated against in our society from employment to medical treatment and even legal judgements. A lot of things I just hadn't really thought of before.

25. Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
- This is about a mother's search for her missing daughter amidst racial tension in 1970's Boston. I really like how the main character's worldview evolves as she deals with new information.

26. Matrix by Lauren Groff
-a sort of re-imagining of the life of medieval nuns.  I appreciate the good writing and nice metaphors but the conflicts seemed too easily resolved and there was no tension. 

[gatortator]

6.  Menopause Manifesto by Dr. Jen Gunter
7.  World War Z by Max Brooks
8.  Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
9.  The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
10. ASAP by Axie Oh
11. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

[Wanttobehome]

Hi All


Jan
1. The Donkey principle - Rachel Anne Ridge
2. Magic lessons - Alice Hoffman
3.A Sting in the Tale - My adventures with Bumble bees - Dave Goulson
4.The Arbornaut - Meg Lowman
5. Small bodies of water- Nina Powles


Feb
1. Doomsday Match - Jeff Wheeler
2. Jaguar Prophecies - Jeff Wheeler
3.The book of magic - Alice Hoffman
4.The wood - John Lewis-Stempel

[Zikoris]

And that makes the first hundred! Favourites marked. This batch starts withe the remainder of my relevant reads for vacation, and then back to my normal schedule (i.e. new releases, reading challenges, and Goodreads Choice Awards books).

81. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
THIS WAS SO GOOD! It is REALLY different from the Disney movie, and it was really interesting seeing what they changed and what they kept.

82. Candide by Voltaire
83. The Flight to France by Jules Verne
84. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
85. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

86. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Antsy has been one of my favourite characters in the Wayward Children series to date, and I loved seeing a really satisfying conclusion to her story arc. This is such a fun series.

87. Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
88. Exhalation by Ted Chiang
89. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
90. Poems and Songs by Robert Burns
91. The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of the Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers by Adam Nicolson
92. Before we Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
93. The Confessions by Saint Augistine
94. Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Paulson
95. Happily Ever Witch by Cassandra Gannon
96. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
97. The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna
98. To the Bloody End by Rachel Aaron
99. 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger
100. Iron to Iron by Ryan Graudin

[StarBright]

1. The Armor of Light by Ken Follett
2. Edith Holler: A Novel by Edward Carey
3. Love is the Way by Bishop Michael Curry
4. Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
5. Emily Climbs by L.M Montgomery
6. Emily's Quest by L.M. Montgomery
7. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
8. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbie Wakeman
9. Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
10. Babel or the Necessity of Violence  by R. F. Kuang

11. Toxic Charity by Robert D Lupton
12. The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales
13. The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell (ended up being a reread that I hadn't remembered)
14. The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by  Laura Pearson
15. Jane in Love by Rachel GIvney
16. The Other Woman by Sandy Jones
17. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
18. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
19. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
20. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
21. Mockingjoay by Suzanne Collins
22. God Land by Lyz Lentz
23. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
24. The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell
25. Palazzo by Danielle Steel
26. Little Steps Big Faith by Dawn Rundman

Hungers Games Original 3 were rereads but my son wanted to read and talk about them so we had Mom/Son Book club. And I actually really enjoyed Songbirds and Snakes.

Otherwise Remarkably Bright Creatures really is as pleasant and basic as everyone says and it the one book from the month that I would recommend to anyone who wants a cozy read.  God Land was the book that hit me in the feels, but don't know if it would resonate if you aren't a super liberal christian woman living in the MidWest :)

I wanted to like the Jesmyn Ward book more than I did.

[Linea_Norway]

1. The World and All that it Holds, by Aleksandar Hemon.
2. The Last Devil to Die, by Richard Osman.
3. Mot elven (Against the river), by Tom Nevle.
4. En nær himmelen opplevelse (A near heaven experience), by Tom Nevle.
5. Bølgen som brøt (The Wave that Collapsed), by Tom Nevle.
6. The Last Train to London, by Meg Waite Clayton.
7. Sarek, by Ulf Kvensler.
8. Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov (Reread, now in Norwegian).
9. Det litterære apotek (The literary pharmacy), by Nina George.

10. Det usynlige universet (The Invisible Universe) by Jostein Riiser Kristiansen.

[Avolonte]

January's books:
1 Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Eric Brende (2005). Just OK.
2 West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (2021). Fun, easy read.
3 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (2019). I thought the "twist" was obvious, but I liked it fine.
4 How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (2022). Sci-fi/fantasy short stories mostly written before the pandemic, about a pandemic and climate change. Characters intertwine throughout. Loved it, some of the stories made me tear up.

 5     Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo (2023). One of NYT's best books of 2023. Interesting story, but written in a way that made it pretty dull. For me, anyway.
 6     Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)

[trc4897]

I most likely won't make it to 50, but I have already read more this year than last year, at only 2 months in! I credit my kindle paperwhite for the increase.

1. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
2. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky
3. Fool Me Once - Harlan Coben
4. Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
5. The Woods - Harlan Coben
6. I Will Find You - Harlan Coben
7. Gone for Good - Harlan Coben
8. Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey
9. Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky - IN PROGRESS
10. How Not to Die - Dr. Michael Gregor - IN PROGRESS

1. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir - Loved it! Really like his writing style
2. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Liked it! Interesting concept. Dragged a little at times, but other times had me hooked
3. Fool Me Once - Harlan Coben - Liked it! First venture outside of scifi in years. Turns out I like thrillers!
4. Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey - Loved it! So good. Better than the TV show
5. The Woods - Harlan Coben - Liked it!
6. I Will Find You - Harlan Coben - Liked it!
7. Gone for Good - Harlan Coben - Liked it! Went through a Harlan Coben kick. Any recommendations on books/authors like him?
8. Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey - Loved it! May be my new favorite scifi series
9. Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Liked it! But not as much as Children of Time
10. How Not to Die - Dr. Michael Gregor - Very interesting. Has made me drastically increase fruit/veggie intake and reduce meat
11. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein - Loved it! I'm a sucker for dog books
12. Innocent - Harlan Coben - IN PROGRESS
13. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - IN PROGRESS

[Avolonte]

@trc4897 I just picked up The Art of Racing in the Rain at the thrift store, and am also currently reading Fahrenheit 451. What are the chances?! :D

[Raenia]

1	The Moonstone, Part 2	Wilkie Collins	Library	Sequel	1/3/2024	General Fiction
2	The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder	Richard Louv	Library	TBR List	1/11/2024	Nonfiction - Philosophy
3	Defiant	Brandon Sanderson	Library	Sequel	1/16/2024	Fiction - Science Fiction
4	A Passage to India	E.M. Forster	Library	TBR List	1/23/2024	General Fiction
DNF	Something Wicked This Way Comes	Ray Bradbury	Own	Other	N/A	General Fiction
5	The Rage of Dragons	Evan Winter	Library	TBR List	2/1/2024	Fiction - Fantasy
DNF	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman	Laurence Sterne	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction
6	Under the Pendulum Sun	Jeanette Ng	Library	TBR List	2/10/2024	Fiction - Fantasy
7	Making Space, Clutter Free: The Last Book on Decluttering You'll Ever Need	Tracy McCubbin	Library	TBR List	2/14/2024	Nonfiction - Self-help

8	Scoop	Evelyn Waugh	Library	TBR List	2/17/2024	General Fiction
DNF	Tess of the D'Urbervilles	Thomas Hardy	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction
9	Brighton Rock	Graham Green	Library	TBR List	3/3/2024	General Fiction
10	The Rules of Magic	Alice Hoffman	Own	Other	3/6/2024	Fiction - Fantasy
DNF	The Code of the Woosters	P.G. Wodehouse	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction

TBR: 10
Sequels: 2
Nonfiction: 2

[Linea_Norway]

1. The World and All that it Holds, by Aleksandar Hemon.
2. The Last Devil to Die, by Richard Osman.
3. Mot elven (Against the river), by Tom Nevle.
4. En nær himmelen opplevelse (A near heaven experience), by Tom Nevle.
5. Bølgen som brøt (The Wave that Collapsed), by Tom Nevle.
6. The Last Train to London, by Meg Waite Clayton.
7. Sarek, by Ulf Kvensler.
8. Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov (Reread, now in Norwegian).
9. Det litterære apotek (The literary pharmacy), by Nina George.
10. Det usynlige universet (The Invisible Universe) by Jostein Riiser Kristiansen.

11. Overløperen (The Traitor), by Maarten de Mol.

[ahptex]

(1) Right Place, Right Time by Ryan Frederick
(2) China Blonde by Nicole Webb
(3) Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
(4) Talking to My Daughter about the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis
(5) Where You Go is Not Who You Will Be by Frank Bruni

(6) Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
(7) The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
(8) A Practitioner’s Guide to Telemental Health by David D. Luxton, Eve-Lynn Nelson, and Marlene Maheu
(9) Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
(10) The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
(11) Exit Stage Left by Madeline G. Wheeler

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas

[meadow lark]

1-16 Knights of the Black Swan by Victoria Danann.  One of my fav paranormal series.
1-5 Cocktails in Hell by SE Babin.  Fun.
4 Crossroads Queen by Annabel Chase.  Pretty good.
The Future by Naomi Alderman.  I enjoyed this one a lot. 
North Woods by Daniel Mason - really cool in audiobook form!
The Art Merchant. JK Flynn
7 Psychic Cleaners Mystery

Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchaupse
Shoe Dog - didn’t finish.

Fiction Total - 29
Non-fiction - 1

1-3 Magical Soapmaker Mystery SE Babin
1-2 The Deadicated Matchmaker SE Babin

Hell is a World Without You - DNF
Atrocity Archives -DNF
The Diamond Age- DNF

Fiction -34
Non-fiction 1

I am in no way succeeding on this year’s goal to read at least 1 NF book a month!

[PlanetDee]

10. Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

[trc4897]

@trc4897 I just picked up The Art of Racing in the Rain at the thrift store, and am also currently reading Fahrenheit 451. What are the chances?! :D

Haha that's funny - Curious what you think of them!

[nessness]

7. Woolly by Ben Mezrich

8. The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak by Shannon Bream

9. ADHD Nation by Alan Schwarz

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas

[Serendip]

1) The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia McConnell
2) Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
3) Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart by Jen Sookfong Lee
4) A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are by Byron Katie w/ Stephen Mitchell
5) A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (fiction)
6) Rewilding: Meditations, Practices and Skills for Awakening in Nature by Micah Mortali
7) The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki (fiction)
8) For the Love of a Dog by Patricia McConnell (audiobook)
9) Living on Almost Nothing by Amber Storck
10) The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen (fiction)
11) There There by Tommy Orange (fiction)
12) Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (graphic novel)
13) Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
14) Tao Te Ching: A New English Version by Lao-tzu /Stephen Mitchell

Recently finished/reading
15) The Do No Harm Dog Training and Behaviour Handbook by Linda Michaels

16) Projections: A Story of Human Emotions by Karl Deisseroth

[nessness]

10. Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

11. Above Ground by Clint Smith

[meadow lark]

1-16 Knights of the Black Swan by Victoria Danann.  One of my fav paranormal series.
1-5 Cocktails in Hell by SE Babin.  Fun.
4 Crossroads Queen by Annabel Chase.  Pretty good.
The Future by Naomi Alderman.  I enjoyed this one a lot. 
North Woods by Daniel Mason - really cool in audiobook form!
The Art Merchant. JK Flynn
7 Psychic Cleaners Mystery
1-3 Magical Soapmaker Mystery SE Babin
1-2 The Deadicated Matchmaker

Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchaupse

1-3 Magical Soapmaker Mystery SE Babin
1-2 The Deadicated Matchmaker SE Babin

Food Fights & Culture Wars by Tom Nealon.   
1-2 The lies of Vampires and Slayers KM Shea
Bubble Gum and Blackmail SE Babin
1-4 Magical Midlife Death.  Tia Didmon

Fiction 41
NF - 2

Currently reading Fantastic Fungi.
Soon to be caught up with my goal of 1 NF book a month.

[Zikoris]

Next heap, lots of Greek tragedies, favourites marked:

101. Agamemnon by Aeschylus
102. The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus
103. The Furies by Aeschylus
104. 1984 by George Orwell
105. Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus
106. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
107. From the Forest by L.E. Modesitt
108. 84K by Claire North
109. Antigone by Sophocles

110. The Walled City by Ryan Graudin
This was a fun thriller for anyone who's spent time in Hong Kong. Good time.

111. Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Clive Oppenheimer
112. Hippolytus by Euripedes

113. The Frogs by Aristophanes
This was just amazing, I think the funniest thing I've read this year. Another author added to the list of "do not read this in public or people will think you're having a stroke".

114. The Bacchae by Euripedes
115. Oranges by John McPhee
116. Don Quixote, Part One by Miguel de Cervantes
117. Reader's Guide to the Harvard Classics by Charles Eliot (probably should have started my Harvard Classics Challenge with this one, but better late than never!)
118. Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

119. Weyward by Emilia Hart
This one caught my eye last fall by winning two Goodreads Choice Awards, and it was great - a triple-timeline witchy historical fiction.

120. Night for Day by Roselle Lim

[Linea_Norway]

1. The World and All that it Holds, by Aleksandar Hemon.
2. The Last Devil to Die, by Richard Osman.
3. Mot elven (Against the river), by Tom Nevle.
4. En nær himmelen opplevelse (A near heaven experience), by Tom Nevle.
5. Bølgen som brøt (The Wave that Collapsed), by Tom Nevle.
6. The Last Train to London, by Meg Waite Clayton.
7. Sarek, by Ulf Kvensler.
8. Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov (Reread, now in Norwegian).
9. Det litterære apotek (The literary pharmacy), by Nina George.
10. Det usynlige universet (The Invisible Universe) by Jostein Riiser Kristiansen.
11. Overløperen (The Traitor), by Maarten de Mol.

12. Dyrking i pallekarm (Growing food in a pallet collar), by Eva Robild.

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas
11. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
12. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas

[erp]

• Daring Greatly - Brene Brown (audiobook; recommended by friend)
• The Doors of Eden - Adrian Tchaikovsky
• How to be Perfect - Michael Schur (audiobook)
• Artificial Condition -Martha Wells (audiobook; recommended by friend)
• I’m Your Man - Sylvie Simmons (Leonard Cohen biography)
• All Systems Red - Martha Wells (audiobook)
• Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells (audiobook)
• The Heat Will Kill You First - Jeff Goodell (audiobook)
• A wrinkle in time - Madeleine L’Engle (audiobook)
• How To Do Nothing - Jenny Odell (audiobook)
• No one will come back for us (and other stories) - Premee Mohamed
• Number Go Up - Zeke Faux (audiobook)
• Babel - R.F. Kuang
• Exit Strategy - Martha Wells (audiobook)
• Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells (audiobook)
• 12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson (audiobook) - DNF
• Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell (audiobook)
• A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
• The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik
• The Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel (audiobook)
• The Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik

All told, that's some 2500 or so pages of text, plus a bunch of audiobooks. It's shaping up to be a good year for reading (I was immensely helped by a long vacation with a ton of reading time). I might actually hit 50 books in 2024!

[PlanetDee]

11. The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas
11. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
12. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas
13. A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas

[ahptex]

(1) Right Place, Right Time by Ryan Frederick
(2) China Blonde by Nicole Webb
(3) Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
(4) Talking to My Daughter about the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis
(5) Where You Go is Not Who You Will Be by Frank Bruni
(6) Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
(7) The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
(8) A Practitioner’s Guide to Telemental Health by David D. Luxton, Eve-Lynn Nelson, and Marlene Maheu
(9) Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
(10) The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
(11) Exit Stage Left by Madeline G. Wheeler

(12) The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction by Linda Greenhouse
(13) Dust by Hugh Howey (re-read)

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas
11. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
12. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas
13. A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas
14. Her Lessons in Persuasion, Megan Frampton

[cwilkinson1ski]

Joining for the motivation to read more and doom scroll less.  And, for the book recommendations.

1. Storms by Carol Ann Harris - an interesting perspective about Fleetwood Mac from Lindsay Buckinghams live in girlfriend.  A little dishy from an ex.
2. Scarred by Sara Edmonson - damn I'm glad I'm not in some freaky cult!
3. Fatherland by Robert Harris - historical novel - got intrigued by the WWII era by watching the Man in the Hightower series.
4. At Any Cost by Rebecca Rosenberg and Selim Algar - true crime porn, lol.
5. What Only We Know - historical novel - WWII era see #3
6. A Spy Among Friends, Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre - super interesting and very well written about Philby MI6 agent and double agent (KGB) in the cold war
7. Never Never by James Patterson and Candace Fox - a quick thriller with some twists and turns.

[Razzle]

13. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engel
14. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
15. Welcome Home, Stranger by Kate Christensen
16. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Audio/Eye)
17. The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas
11. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
12. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas
13. A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas
14. Her Lessons in Persuasion, Megan Frampton
15. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride

[redhead84]

10. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
11. The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel
12. A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

[grantmeaname]

How was Demon Copperhead?

[grantmeaname]

Previous years: 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023

January
1. Hell Is a World Without You by Jason Kirk ★★★★★
2. A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay ★★★★★
3. Redshirts by John Scalzi ★★★★☆

February
4. No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood ★★★☆☆
5. Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener ★★★★☆
6. Convenience Store Woman by  ★★★☆☆
7. Diary of a Tokyo Teen by Christine Mari Inzer ★★★☆☆
8. The Game Console 2.0: A Photographic History by Evan Amos ★★★★☆
9. My Detachment: A Memoir by Tracy Kidder ★★★☆☆
10. Monkey Business: Swinging Through Wall Street by John Rolfe and Peter Troob ★★★☆☆
11. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach ★★★★☆
12. Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes ★★★★☆

March
13. Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus by David Quammen ★★★★☆
14. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz ★★★★☆
15. American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home by Lester Walker ★★★☆☆
16. The Proving Ground: A Season on the Fringe in NFL Europe by Lars Anderson ★★★☆☆
17. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay ★★★★★
18. Pretty Good House; A Guide to Creating Better Homes by Daniel Kolbert et al ★★★★☆
19. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell ★★★★☆

Currently in the middle of three more books. Up to my eyes in books, but happily at least I can say I'm consistently reading again.

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas
11. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
12. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas
13. A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas
14. Her Lessons in Persuasion, Megan Frampton
15. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
16. The Lantern's Dance, Laurie R. King
17. A Holly Jolly Ever After, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

[Linea_Norway]

1. The World and All that it Holds, by Aleksandar Hemon.
2. The Last Devil to Die, by Richard Osman.
3. Mot elven (Against the river), by Tom Nevle.
4. En nær himmelen opplevelse (A near heaven experience), by Tom Nevle.
5. Bølgen som brøt (The Wave that Collapsed), by Tom Nevle.
6. The Last Train to London, by Meg Waite Clayton.
7. Sarek, by Ulf Kvensler.
8. Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov (Reread, now in Norwegian).
9. Det litterære apotek (The literary pharmacy), by Nina George.
10. Det usynlige universet (The Invisible Universe) by Jostein Riiser Kristiansen.
11. Overløperen (The Traitor), by Maarten de Mol.
12. Dyrking i pallekarm (Growing food in a pallet collar), by Eva Robild.

13. Skogen (The forest), by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson.
I thought I knew a lot about this subject, but I learned quit a few new things. An interesting book.
I also borrowed her insect book from the library, describing all insect families in Norway. But that is more a book to own and look up once in a while. This forest book is a book to read.

[nessness]

12. Book of Queens by Pardis Mahdavi

13. Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O'Connell

[salt cured]

Light month. All fine but nothing I really loved, though I may read the other two Emily books.

12. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
13. Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
14. Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery

[gatortator]

12.  XxxHolic vol. 1 by CLAMP
13.  The How of happiness: the scientific approach to getting the life you want by Sonja Lyubomirsky
14.  The kiss quotient by Helen Hoang
15.  A brief history of everyone who has ever lived by Adam Rutherford.
16.  A love song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
17.  Station eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
18. The  Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas
11. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
12. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas
13. A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas
14. Her Lessons in Persuasion, Megan Frampton
15. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
16. The Lantern's Dance, Laurie R. King
17. A Holly Jolly Ever After, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
18. The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

[Serendip]

1) The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia McConnell
2) Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
3) Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart by Jen Sookfong Lee
4) A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are by Byron Katie w/ Stephen Mitchell
5) A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (fiction)
6) Rewilding: Meditations, Practices and Skills for Awakening in Nature by Micah Mortali
7) The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki (fiction)
8) For the Love of a Dog by Patricia McConnell (audiobook)
9) Living on Almost Nothing by Amber Storck
10) The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen (fiction)
11) There There by Tommy Orange (fiction)
12) Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (graphic novel)
13) Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
14) Tao Te Ching: A New English Version by Lao-tzu /Stephen Mitchell
15) The Do No Harm Dog Training and Behaviour Handbook by Linda Michaels
16)Projections: A Story of Human Emotions by Karl Deisseroth

Recently finished/reading
17 & 18) The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling (bookclub)-- eegads is all I can say. I'm not anti-romance (/light erotica) but these felt boring they were so predictable and made my feminist hackles stiffen.

19) Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans to Save Your Life by John Tarrant really enjoying this one..have been wanting to read for a while and was able to get it as an interlibrary loan

[YellowCat]

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
2. Always, in December, Emily Stone
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
6. The Stars of Mount Quixx, S. M. Beiko
7. The Heiress Hunt, Joanna Shupe
8. Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas
11. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
12. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas
13. A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas
14. Her Lessons in Persuasion, Megan Frampton
15. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
16. The Lantern's Dance, Laurie R. King
17. A Holly Jolly Ever After, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
18. The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey
19. A Merry Little Meet Cute, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

[hudsoncat]

2024 Finished:

January
1. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman (I like Backman books. This one was fine but did not work as well as others have for me)
2. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (meh. I had mostly figured out where things were headed early on and kept reading to see if I was correct.)
3. Dune by Frank Herbert (Sci Fi, I really liked the first half, lost me a bit toward the end)
4. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (I LOVED this. Historical fantasy set in the Tang dynasty [names, including country/dynasty changed in the book, but that is the one])
5. The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrick Backman (Turned out this is just a short story)
6. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (SciFi, I am not loving Dune... if I like the third one even less, I might have to just read the synopsis for the rest!)
7. Spare by Prince Harry (Memoir, if half of this was true, I do feel sorry for him, but man this entire book was an whiney, petty, woe is me tale.)
February
8. All Sinners Bleed by S.A. Crosby (So good! Crime/Thriller about a Black Sheriff in a small southern town... murder, torture, racism, religion... this book touches on a lot of heavy subjects)
9. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Enjoyable read. SciFi, quick, light, fun...)
10. Family Meal by Bryan Washington (Heavy read about love and grief, lust and loss, family and relationships ... I liked it, but it was a challenging read for me due to the format)
11. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman (also heavy, also about love, loss, grief, family, but also nothing like the above book. Good, short)
12: Children of Dune by Frank Herbert (SciFi, I liked this one! I'm in it to the end of the six book arc now)
13. God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (SciFi, also good!)
14. Three-inch Teeth by C.J. Box (Mystery, I've been reading Joe Pickett novels since they came out... each year they feel more repetitive and more in need of a good editor, but I still come back)
March
15. North Woods by Daniel Mason (Historical Fiction, Not sure I have anything to add to the multitude of accolades for this one, but it is a really enjoyable read.)
16. Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert (SciFi, Fine. Aiming to finish the arc really)
17. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (Fiction? Satire?, I liked this, I found it engaging, but... I read where a critique said it occasionally lack nuance and I agree. Occasionally that took me out of the story.

Currently reading:

Audio: Razorblade Tears by S.A Crosby
Print: The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
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[Raenia]

1	The Moonstone, Part 2	Wilkie Collins	Library	Sequel	1/3/2024	General Fiction
2	The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder	Richard Louv	Library	TBR List	1/11/2024	Nonfiction - Philosophy
3	Defiant	Brandon Sanderson	Library	Sequel	1/16/2024	Fiction - Science Fiction
4	A Passage to India	E.M. Forster	Library	TBR List	1/23/2024	General Fiction
DNF	Something Wicked This Way Comes	Ray Bradbury	Own	Other	N/A	General Fiction
5	The Rage of Dragons	Evan Winter	Library	TBR List	2/1/2024	Fiction - Fantasy
DNF	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman	Laurence Sterne	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction
6	Under the Pendulum Sun	Jeanette Ng	Library	TBR List	2/10/2024	Fiction - Fantasy
7	Making Space, Clutter Free: The Last Book on Decluttering You'll Ever Need	Tracy McCubbin	Library	TBR List	2/14/2024	Nonfiction - Self-help
8	Scoop	Evelyn Waugh	Library	TBR List	2/17/2024	General Fiction
DNF	Tess of the D'Urbervilles	Thomas Hardy	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction
9	Brighton Rock	Graham Green	Library	TBR List	3/3/2024	General Fiction
10	The Rules of Magic	Alice Hoffman	Own	Other	3/6/2024	Fiction - Fantasy
DNF	The Code of the Woosters	P.G. Wodehouse	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction

11	Perennial Vegetables: From Artichoke to 'Zuiki' Taro, a Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious, Easy-to-Grow Edibles	Eric Toensmeier	Library	TBR List	3/15/2024	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
12	Self-Care for Introverts: 17 Soothing Rituals for Peace in a Hectic World	Barrie Davenport	Library	TBR List	3/19/2024	Nonfiction - Self-help
DNF	David Copperfield	Charles Dickens	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction
13	Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals can Transform our Lives - and Save Theirs	Richard Louv	Library	TBR List	3/29/2024	Nonfiction - Philosophy
DNF	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction
DNF	The House of God	Samuel Shem	Library	TBR List	N/A	General Fiction

TBR: 16
Sequels: 2
Nonfiction: 5

[redhead84]

How was Demon Copperhead?

I enjoyed it. I found the main character and overall story arc very engaging. However, the pace started to drag during some parts of the story, and I was disappointed in the ending. I listed on audio, and the narrator's performance added to my overall enjoyment.