Books I’ve Read This Year 2024
This report is what I captured via Audible and Goodreads.
My reading goals were to increase my novels from last year and improve my reading selections to be more positive. In 2025 I am looking to increase my count even more. I’ve set a new goal of 40+ books. We shall see.
For the year I purchased way more than 20 books. So, a new 2025 goal is to decrease my purchases to reduce spending for a much-needed money goal. One step forward, three steps back (sigh). I just keep saying my new mantra “Kindle Unlimited is my bestie.”
Also, I do tend to re-read my favorites. Primarily, Melissa Good, Elizabeth Moon, and David Weber series. I don’t know why but David Weber has been a go-to when I want some action and of course, the romance Tropical Storm by Melissa Good is golden with romance, and Elizabeth is a goddess author.
I paired my audible with my 1 hour of walking nightly which incidentally picked up my audible reading level substantially. I wonder what I can do this year to add more.
Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
Books of Fiction meant for entertainment
- Where the Heart Is by Lily Seabrooke
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
- A Little Light by Melissa Tereze
- Counting Chimneys by Sandy Taylor
- Hoax For the Holidays by Bel Blackwood
- Meeting Millie by Claire Ashton
- The Goodmans by Claire Ashton
- Life Worth Living by Monica McCallan
- Terms of Enlistment by Marco Kloos
- Lines Of Departure by Marco Kloos
- Angles of Attack by Marco Kloos
- Fair Winds and Following Seas by Melissa Good
- Winds of Change B1 by Melissa Good
- Winds of Change B2 by Melissa Good
- Aubrey McFadden Is Never Getting Married by Georgia Beers (so freak’n funny)
- Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan
- On the Same Page by Haley Cass
- Impulse Buy by Jae
- Stolen Hearts by Eliza Lentzski
- Lighthouse Keeper by Eliza Lentzski (10 stars – great read)
- Loser of the Year by Carrie Byrd
- In the Long Run by Haley Cass
- The Snowball Effect by Haley Cass
- Forever and A Day by Haley Cass
- Two Tickets by Ruby Landers
- A Heart Full of Hope by Cheyenne Blue
- Pine Creek Lodge by Lynette McCornan
- Staging Love by Lynette McCornan
- Stars Collide by Rachel Lacey
- Cover Story by Rachel Lacey
- Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
- Southern Stars by Melissa Good
- The Roommate Arrangement by Jae
- Graceless by Ruby Landers
- Saving Grace by Ruby Landers
- Second Verse by Natasha West
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
by Jim Collins
Self-Help Books or other than Fiction
- Work It Out: The New Rules for Women to Get Ahead at Work by Mel Robbins
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
- Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel by Lisa Cron
- The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch
- Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
- Reread – Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
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