Books Completed in 2024
January Reading Wrap UP
- Lyssa Kay Adams - Undercover Bromance ***
- Sara Nisha Adams - The Reading List ****
- Sarah Addison Allen - Other Birds ***
- Jim Butcher - Aeronauts Windlass #1 Cinder Spires ****
- Jenna Black - Dark Descendant ***
- Marie Brennan - Tropic of Serpents #2 Lady Trent *****
- Brendan Slocumb - Violin Conspiracy ****
- R.F. Kuang - Babel: An Arcane History *****
- Samantha Shannon - The Bone Season #1 ****
- Samantha Shannon - The Pale Dreamer novella ****
- Jenny Colgan - The Bookshop on the Corner ****
- Karen Rose - Count to Ten ****
- Ashley Poston - The Dead Romantics ****
- J.D. Robb - Random in Death #58 In Death series *****
- J.T. Ellison - Lie to Me *****
- Emily St. John Mandel - Sea of Tranquility **
- Sulari Gentill - The Woman in the Library ****
- Haruki Murakami - Sputnik Sweetheart *****
- Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas #1 ****
- Evie Woods - The Lost Bookshop ****
February Reading wrap up
- Ben Aaronovitch - Moon over Soho #2 Rivers of London ****
- Ben Aaronovitch - Whispers Underground #3 Rivers of London ****
- Ben Aaronovitch - Broken Homes #4 Rivers of London ****
- Sharon Bolton - Now You See Me #1 Lacey Flint ****
- Jenny Colgan - Cafe by the Sea #1 Mure ****
- Justin Cronin - The Ferryman *****
- Elizabeth Hunter - The Scribe #1 Irin Chronicles ****
- Elizabeth Hunter - The Singer #2 Irin Chronicles ****
- Elizabeth Hunter - The Secret #3 Irin Chronicles ****
- John Grisham - Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer ****
- Iain Pears - Giotti's Hand #5 Jonathan Argyll ***
- Paola Peritti - The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree ****
- Mark Pryor - The Book Artist #8 Hugo Marston ****
March Reading Wrap Up
- Ben Aaronovitch - Foxglove Summer #5 Rivers of London ****
- Mark Helprin - In Sunlight and In Shadow ****
- Fourth Wing #1 Empryean - Rebecca Yarros *****
- Iron Flame #2 Empryean - Rebecca Yarros *****
- Faith Hunter - Rift in the Soul #4 Soulwood ****
- Kay Hooper - Curse of Salem: #20 Bishop/Special crimes ****
- Jessica Strawser - The Last Caretaker **
- Leslie Wolfe - The Surgeon **
- Charles De Lint - The Mystery of Grace ****
- Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry ****
- David Brin - Earth ****
- Christopher Paolini - Murtagh #5 Inheritance Cycle ****
- Elizabeth Bear - Machine #2 White Space ****
- Julia Quinn - Romancing Mr. Bridgerton ****
- Naomi Novik - His Majesty's Dragon #1 Temeraire *****
- Trisha Das - Never Meant to Stay ****
- Namrata Patel - Candid Life of Meena Dave *****
- Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb - Remember When / Big Jack #17.5 In death ****
- John Scalzi - Old Man's War ****
- Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama )****
- Peng Shepherd - The Cartographers ***
- Nalini Singh - Archangel's Lineage #16 Guild Hunter *****
- Derek Paul - A Machine Divine ****
- Blake Crouch - Dark Matter ****
- Ernest Cline - Armada ****
- Mimi Matthews - The Belle of Belgrave Square ****
June
- Nora Roberts - Mind Games *****
- Lady Midnight: Dark Artifices - Cassandra Clare ****
- When Woman Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill ****
- Zodiak Academy #1: The Awakening - Caroline Peckham ***
- Venus Prime V: Breaking Strain - Paul Preuss ****
- The Librarian of Crooked Lane #1 Glass Library - C.J. Archer ****
July
- Lord of Shadows: #2 Dark Artifices - Cassandra Clare (Young Adult fantasy, 699)
- The It Girl - Ruth Ware (mystery, thriller, 423)
- From Lukov with Love - Mariana Zapata (e, sports romance, annoying characters, ***)
- Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston (e, Magical Realism, Romance, ****)
- Winter Lost - Patricia Briggs (Mercedes Thompson adventure, urban fantasy, 408, *****)
- Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert (contemporary romance, disabled heroine, e, ****)
- You, Me, and the Colors of Life - Noa Walker (Heartbreaking story about terminally ill woman who falls in love, gives back to those in need, and finds something positive about every day, e)
- Darker Shade of Magic - V. E. Schwab (young adult fantasy, good vs evil, 400)
August
- Primal Mirror - Nalini Singh (#8 psy-changeling trinity, 400) ****
- Once Upon A River - Diana Setterfield (Magical Realism, 464) ****
- Patricia Briggs Mercedes Thompson reread 1 - 14)
September
- Patricia Briggs Alpha and Omega series reread 1 - 4
- J.D. Robb Passion in Death (In death book) *** Story didn't vibe with me.
- Satoshi Yagisawa’s Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Japanese, books about books, romance and friendship, family, and relationships, 150) *** Didn't connect with characters.
- Joanna Quinn - The Whalebone Theatre (W1 through WW2, 400 pages, war and relationships, and adventures) ****.5
- Steve Berry - Charlemagne's Pursuit #4 Cotton Malone (Antarctica and around the world, missing sailors mystery) ****
- T.A. Barron - The Ancient One: (Middle grade time travel fantasy, native american culture and saving an ancient forest) ****
- Amanda Quick - When She Dreams #6 Burning Cove (Paranormal, ***)
October
- Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary: (Science Fiction space adventure in which a Biologist turned school teacher has to help save the world for the evil astrophage, *****)
- Willa Cather - Death Comes for the Archbishop: (Literary bedtime reread, ****)
- Nina Sankovitch - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair (Memoir, grief, year of reading) *****
- Jason Pargin - I'm Starting to Worry About This Big Black Box of Doom: (Thriller, humorous, crazy ride across the U.S. with internet conspiracy theorist making up stories about them along the way.)
- Toni McGee Causey - Bobby Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day: (Suspense with a little bit of Romance thrown in. Non stop action as Bobby Faye tries to save her brother and goes from one fire to another.) ***
My rating system is a mishmash of Goodreads and others.
5 star - Loved the author, and will read anything they publish. Loved the story line, loved the characters. Couldn't put it down. Made me think. Will read it again.
4 star - Liked the story, liked the characters, but not necessarily rereadable
3 star - Good but....
2 star - Failed to live up to my expectations
1 star - DNF - Not my cup of tea at all and didn't want to continue.
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