2024 started off kind of rocky. I didn’t get my first 5 star read until April which had me a bit worried! However, the year ended strong with me reading 75 books and having 17 5 Star reads total! I am so happy with how my reading year went and I can’t wait to share my thoughts with you!
Heading into 2025, I have plans to be more active in posting my book reviews. This past year I took time to just enjoy reading and took a step back from posting content so I could focus on my mental health and overall enjoyment of my hobbies. Clearly, this step back really helped me as I read 20 more books this year than the last. I am excited to see where 2025 will take me.
Reading Stats
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2024 Reading Goal
I planned on reading only 55 books this year, but I quickly surpassed this!
This is by far the most successful year yet!
So many pages!!! It’s wild!
I would love to read some longer books going into 2025. However, this seems like a good mix to me.
Every year I say I am going to read more non-fiction. However, This graph looks pretty similar to previous years.
Maybe 2025 will be my non-fiction era…Who knows?
I used to say that thrillers and mysteries were my favorite genre, I don’t think I can say that any longer. This makes me sad but I did read a lot of great romance books which changed my life.
I do think I had a decent mix of genres this year but I would love to see some of these other genres rise in ranks in the coming years. Mostly fantasy as I would like to dip my toe into this genre a bit further and step out of my comfort zone a bit more.
This year was the best for me format wise! I found my love for E-books this year and I foresee this section growing exponentially next year. Also, I would love to see more audiobooks next year as well, I plan on focusing on more of my hobbies in the new year so audiobooks will be great as background noise!
Jennifer Lynn Barnes really killed it this year! The Inheritance Games Series really sucked me in! She solidified herself as an all time favorite author for me!
I started to use a .25 rating system this year and I really enjoyed it! I do think I will go to a .50 system next year as my tracking sheet on google docs will only calculate .50 and not the .25 and that’s ok! I like being able to have more options than just a flat number rating as books don’t always fit into those categories for me.
Top 10 Books
As mentioned above, I read 17 5 star books but some of my first top ten will be my 4.5 Star reads. I read a lot of manga and graphic novels which made it in my 5 star reads this year so they will be getting their own category. Also I rate my books on vibes so my Top 10 books are all ones that really stuck with me!
10th Place
9th Place
8th Place
Top 5 Manga
5th Place
4th Place
3rd Place
2nd Place
2024 Manga Book of The Year
Creepy Cat Volume 1
By Cotton Valent
Additional Awards
Best Series
This series was everything I have ever wanted! The men in this series are all god tier!
All books were 5 stars!
Best Re-Read
I re-read both Fourth Wing and Iron Flame this year and I fell in love with them all over again. I picked up on new things especially in Iron Flame that really brought my enjoyment up! I originally rated this book 4 Stars but after my re-read the rating went up to 5 Stars!
Lowest Rated Book
I didn’t have high hopes for this novella and I was right to think that. Where was the Christmas?
Most Disappointing Book
I had such high hopes for this book but I ended up DNF’ing this book along with many of my fellow book club members.
Most Surprising Book
I never wanted to read this series but I devoured this book in two days….
It doesn’t have the best writing but it kept me interested and left me wanting to know more.
2024 Book Boyfriend
Isaiah Rhodes is a King! I will marry him right here, right now!
Prettiest Cover
This is a poetry book that I absolutely adored! The cover is simple but gorgeous!
Spiciest Book
This is a Why Choose Hockey Romance… Enough said…
An Overhyped Book
This book was just not for me… Everyone on Booktok Hyped up this book saying “OMG, The candy cane scene!” Let me save you some time… The candy cane scene was all of two seconds and wasn’t that crazy…
A Book I Wished I Had Read
This is a prequel to Legends and Lattes which was one of my favorite books of 2023. I am so sad I didn’t pick this one up but I feel like it is due to me being worried it won’t be nearly as good as the first…
Favorite Quotes
“Sugar, you deserve to go out on your own terms. Just because you got dusted doesn’t mean you’re done.”
Lyla Sage, Done and Dusted
“You’ve never gotten a say in your own life, and the last thing I’m going to do is take that away from you again. Every option is yours, Kenny. Whatever you want to do, I will be your biggest supporter. But I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t allow you the space to fulfill your goals, to live up to everything you’ve worked so hard for.”
Liz Tomforde, Play Along
“If you ever decide to stop running and make a home…” His eyes are begging, pleading. “Make it with me.”
Liz Tomforde, Caught Up
“This is practically a how-to manual on how to please a woman. How are more men not reading these?”
Liz Tomforde, The Right Move
“Being vulnerable and authentic is scary, man. Terrifying. But to the people who matter to you, the ones you’ve shown your true self to, they love you unconditionally. Why not let others love you unconditionally too? At least give them a chance to.”
Liz Tomforde, Mile High
This was an amazing year for reading for me. I truly fell back in love with this hobby due to the social media and blog posting break I took. I hope to come out swinging next year and to hopefully create more content. Thank you 2024 for being a great year for me and my favorite Hobby.
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