Too much information about what Rebecca read in 2024.
I'm finally getting around to posting my book list and categories for last year. I used the same category list that I did for 2023, and I might keep using it for a while.
2024 Reading Goals of 2024
By an author I've never read before: A Line in the Sand.
By two people: P.S. Longer Letter Later.
Childhood favorite: The Giver.
From Goodwill/secondhand: The Teddy Bear Tree.
Made into a movie: Practical Magic.
Nonfiction book: A Mother's Reckoning.
Over 400 pages: Broken Harbor.
Part of a series: On Top of Concord Hill.
Published in a decade not on my list: Treasure Island.
Published in a year not on my list: Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Sara recommended: Mary Jane.
Second book by an author I've read once: The Signature of All Things.
Set in Texas: Making Friends With Billy Wong.
Set in a non-English-speaking country: Paris in the Present Tense.
Translated from another language: Little French Bistro.
Under 100 pages: Happy Birthday, Josefina.
After I'd met my reading goals, with my adult audiobooks, I moved onto rereading authors that I'd read before, and with my paper childrens books, I decided to read one book from each decade, which was a fun goal. Some were picked at random, some were books that I'd heard of but never actually read, a few were years that weren't on my list, and one was an author reread. Anyway, below is every book I read in 2024 (36 total, average year published 1989), divided into five categories.
Best
Mary Jane, by Jessica Anya Blau
Broken Harbor, by Tana French
The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Above Average
A Line in the Sand, by Sherry Garland
The Signature of All Things, by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Girl in the Red Coat, by Kate Hamer
A Mother's Reckoning, by Sue Klebold
Betsy's Wedding, by Maud Hart Lovelace
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Inland, by Tea Obreht
Lila, by Marilynne Robinson
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
On Top of Concord Hill, by Maria D. Wilkes
Across the Rolling River, by Celia Wilkins
Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay
Average
The Waters, by Bonnie Jo Campbell
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
P.S. Longer Letter Later, by Paula Danzinger & Ann M. Martin
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli
Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman
A Handful of Stars, by Cynthia Lord
'Tis, by Frank McCourt
T-Model Tommy, by Stephen W. Meader
Village Affairs, by Miss Read
The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden
Happy Birthday, Josefina, by Valerie Tripp
Below Average
Stand the Storm, by Breena Clarke
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Teddy Bear Tree, by Barbara Dillon
The Little French Bistro, by Nina George
Paris in the Present Tense, by Mark Helprin
Making Friends With Billy Wong, by Augusta Scattergood
Land of Love and Drowning, by Tiphanie Yanique
Poor
Imaginary Friend, by Stephen Chbosky
And here are some stats from my Excel list where I keep (almost) every book I've read from 2009 to the present. It currently contains 3350 books by 210 authors, average year published 1994. My most-read authors are currently:
11: Ann M Martin. 10: Maud Hart Lovelace. 8: Valerie Tripp, Melissa Wiley. 7: Tana French, Lois Lowry. 6: Kristin Cashore, Laura Lippman. 3: 12 authors. 2: 39 authors.
And this is a list of decades published, by popularity: 2010s: 126. 1990s: 61. 2000s: 49. 1980s: 32. 1970s: 18. 1940s: 10. 1960s: 8. 1950s: 8. 1800s 8. 2020s: 7. 1930s: 3. 1910s: 3. 1920s: 1. 1900s: 1. One of my long-term goals is to eventually read one book for every year of the entire 20th century, but that will take me a long time.
2024 Reading Goals of 2024
By an author I've never read before: A Line in the Sand.
By two people: P.S. Longer Letter Later.
Childhood favorite: The Giver.
From Goodwill/secondhand: The Teddy Bear Tree.
Made into a movie: Practical Magic.
Nonfiction book: A Mother's Reckoning.
Over 400 pages: Broken Harbor.
Part of a series: On Top of Concord Hill.
Published in a decade not on my list: Treasure Island.
Published in a year not on my list: Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Sara recommended: Mary Jane.
Second book by an author I've read once: The Signature of All Things.
Set in Texas: Making Friends With Billy Wong.
Set in a non-English-speaking country: Paris in the Present Tense.
Translated from another language: Little French Bistro.
Under 100 pages: Happy Birthday, Josefina.
After I'd met my reading goals, with my adult audiobooks, I moved onto rereading authors that I'd read before, and with my paper childrens books, I decided to read one book from each decade, which was a fun goal. Some were picked at random, some were books that I'd heard of but never actually read, a few were years that weren't on my list, and one was an author reread. Anyway, below is every book I read in 2024 (36 total, average year published 1989), divided into five categories.
Best
Mary Jane, by Jessica Anya Blau
Broken Harbor, by Tana French
The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Above Average
A Line in the Sand, by Sherry Garland
The Signature of All Things, by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Girl in the Red Coat, by Kate Hamer
A Mother's Reckoning, by Sue Klebold
Betsy's Wedding, by Maud Hart Lovelace
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Inland, by Tea Obreht
Lila, by Marilynne Robinson
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
On Top of Concord Hill, by Maria D. Wilkes
Across the Rolling River, by Celia Wilkins
Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay
Average
The Waters, by Bonnie Jo Campbell
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
P.S. Longer Letter Later, by Paula Danzinger & Ann M. Martin
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli
Practical Magic, by Alice Hoffman
A Handful of Stars, by Cynthia Lord
'Tis, by Frank McCourt
T-Model Tommy, by Stephen W. Meader
Village Affairs, by Miss Read
The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden
Happy Birthday, Josefina, by Valerie Tripp
Below Average
Stand the Storm, by Breena Clarke
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Teddy Bear Tree, by Barbara Dillon
The Little French Bistro, by Nina George
Paris in the Present Tense, by Mark Helprin
Making Friends With Billy Wong, by Augusta Scattergood
Land of Love and Drowning, by Tiphanie Yanique
Poor
Imaginary Friend, by Stephen Chbosky
And here are some stats from my Excel list where I keep (almost) every book I've read from 2009 to the present. It currently contains 3350 books by 210 authors, average year published 1994. My most-read authors are currently:
11: Ann M Martin. 10: Maud Hart Lovelace. 8: Valerie Tripp, Melissa Wiley. 7: Tana French, Lois Lowry. 6: Kristin Cashore, Laura Lippman. 3: 12 authors. 2: 39 authors.
And this is a list of decades published, by popularity: 2010s: 126. 1990s: 61. 2000s: 49. 1980s: 32. 1970s: 18. 1940s: 10. 1960s: 8. 1950s: 8. 1800s 8. 2020s: 7. 1930s: 3. 1910s: 3. 1920s: 1. 1900s: 1. One of my long-term goals is to eventually read one book for every year of the entire 20th century, but that will take me a long time.